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As part of the VI International Rail Business Forum "1520 Strategic Partnership", which will take place from 31 May to 2 June in Sochi, it is planned that an outline agreement on cooperation between the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT) and Siemens AG will be signed.One of Russia’s leading transport-related higher education establishments, the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering (MIIT), and Siemens AG, a world leader in the field of electronics and electrical equipment, have reached an agreement regarding future cooperation, which will be officially signed during the "1520 Strategic Partnership" forum taking place in Sochi from 31 May to 2 June. According to this agreement, the two sides will undertake scientific cooperation in the following areas:
In addition to this, the agreement stipulates cooperation between the two sides in the areas of preparing joint investment and integration projects in various fields, and also training, retraining and upskilling of specialists on the basis of adapting the university’s relevant teaching programmes to the required level for training the company’s future staff. The document will be signed by Boris Levin, Rector of MIIT, and Hans-JoergGrundmann, Vice President of Siemens AG. The sixth International Rail Business Forum "1520 Strategic Partnership" is organised by Business Dialogue, with support from RZD. Additional information about the progress of preparations for the forum can be found on the forum"s official website www.forum1520.ru. |
Letters of support
Vladimir Putin, The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation It is my pleasure to greet all participants and guests of this forum. 
Vladimir Yakunin, "Russian Railways" JSC On behalf of Russian Railways I would like to welcome the organisers and participants of the 6th International Railway Business Forum Strategic Partnership 1520. 
Igor Levitin, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation On behalf of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and on my own behalf, I welcome the participants and guests of the 6th International Railway Business Forum “Strategic Partnership 1520”. 
Dr. Hans-Jörg Grundmann, "Siemens AG" On behalf of Siemens, I would like to cordially welcome the participants and organizers of the 6th International Rail Business Forum "Strategic Partnership 1520"! 
Dr. Rüdiger Grube, "Deutsche Bahn AG" Now for the third time in a row, Deutsche Bahn AG is proud to take part in the "1520 Strategic Partnership" International Railway Forum as an official international partner. 
Oleg Sienko, "Uralvagonzavod" JSC On behalf of the staff of the “Uralvagonzavod” corporation I have got a great pleasure to greet you on the international business forum being an effective instrument to implement our common tasks. 
Gennady Talashkin, "RZDstroy" OJSC For the sixth time already this communication ground gathers the leaders of the railway industry with the only main goal – to contribute to developmentof business cooperation and to improve competitiveness of the transport infrastructures of the partners by the wide gage line. 
Alexandr Shokhin, President of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs On behalf of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs I congratulate you on the opening of the VI International Rail Business Forum “1520 Strategic Partnership”. |