Ildar Khalikov visits Genetec headquarters in Montreal
12 March 2014, Wednesday
On March 12 during his working trip to Canada Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov visited Genetec headquarters in Montreal.
Founded in 1997, Genetec Inc. is a pioneer in the sphere of IP video surveillance systems and technology leader in the sphere of physical protection means. With headquarters in Montreal, the company has offices located in the USA, Europe, Middle East and East Asia. Genetec supports its innovative products via its international service.
At his meeting with Ildar Khalikov, Company’s founder, Director General, and President Pierre Racz presented the number plate recognition system, noting that Genetec projects are being implemented in Turkmenistan and Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg).
Commenting on the presentation, Ildar Khalikov said that many software products are used in Tatarstan for ensuring traffic safety. He continued that such solutions that help to prevent overspeeding and control observance of traffic regulations may be useful for Tatarstan.
Ildar Khalikov also told about Avtodoria software solution, a vehicle speed measurement system.
Tatarstan Prime Minister summarized that cooperation with such companies as Genetec can help reducing costs and increase efficiency of researches.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.