The Government of Moscow visited School of Arts, Design and Architecture
06.06.2014
The team of 19 members from the Government of Moscow visited during their visit to City of Helsinki also Aalto University on 21 May 2014.
The guests came from different units around the Government of Moscow, among those came e.g. Mr Kirill Batarin Head of Special International Projects Division, Department for External Economic and International Relations, The Government of Moscow; Tatyana Sarayeva Counsellor, Regional Affairs Division, Department of Culture, Daria Pustovalova Counsellor, Special International Projects Division, Department for External Economic and International Relations, Maria Rogacheva Head of Cultural and Youth Policy Division in Moscow North-East Administrative Area and Anna Rudakova Expert, Special International Projects Division, Department for External Economic and International Relations.
The guests got a shortcut what is up in Aalto University and School of Arts, Design and Architecture by the former vice-dean of research Professor Mr Pekka Korvenmaa. The visit was also a consequence of the deepening partnership of School of Arts, Design and Architecture with Russia and Moscow.
School of Arts, Design and Architecture has been active over the past years in Moscow whereas World Design Capital 2012 headed the school to Moscow to present and share in a new way its knowledge in the creative fields. The School has been also intensifying over the past few years its partnership with a number of prominent universities in Russia and Moscow and gathering colleagues; academics, students and professionals into actions in the future.
Among those very important is the partnership of Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges in Art, Design and Media with the Association of the Russian Designers that has its headquarters located in Moscow. Cumulus secretariat is hosted by Aalto University. The guests also learned a bit about an EU Tempus funded project in collaboration with the University of Saratov in the field of media where Aalto plays an important role to develop together the education and research of new media in Russia. An instant reaction was to figure out any potential to collaborate together with the Government of Moscow in the future.
Contact: eija.salmi [at] aalto [dot] fi
