Anniversary exhibition-congress «High Technologies. Innovations. Investments» (HI-TECH), which took place in Saint-Petersburg during Match 12-14 2014, was completed with sizing up the competition «The best innovative project and the best scientific and technical development of the year».

The competition was founded by the Ministry of science and technologies of Russia and has been conducted since 1998. Specialists of the Federal public budget scientific institution «Scientific-research institute - Federal Research Centre for Projects Evaluation and Consulting Services», who picked winners and awardees of the competition, expertized (FRCEC).

In 2014 227 projects were sent to the competition. Enterprises and institutes from Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region, Moscow region, Stavropol territory, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, the Far East, Belorussia and Ukraine became the laureates.

From 13 projects, presented by the Petrozavodsk state university in the competition, 9 became laureates and were awarded to gold and silver medals.

Innovative project of the small innovative enterprise «NANOSCAN»Ltd «Automated early warning system for ecological danger and emergency situations in the ponds» became a gold laureate of the competition in the category "Environment and harmonious exploitation".

In the category "Information technologies" the development of «Centre of social and economic dynamics’ monitoring and modelling» Ltd - "PROGNOSiS" – software complex of prediction modelling of Russian economy’s staff requirements won gold medal».

Silver laureates of the competition are:

• The cloud service of production scheduling «Timber sawing» («Opti-Soft» Ltd);
  
• Automated system «SPRINT» for the creation of the scientific electronic journals («Internet-business-systems» Ltd);
  
• High-technology equipment for the protection of the extended linear structures from trees and shrubs;
  
• Automated fry complex "AquaVita" («Fish resources» Ltd);
  
• Simulator of an eye’s microsurgeon;
  
• Anodic oxide coating on the titanium and its alloys with the improved photocatalytic characteristics ( PetrSU’s scientific-research laboratory « Physics of the nanostructured oxide films and coatings »);
  
• Pulse generator of supercooled plasma afloat for the increase of the germinating ability and improvement of the morphological indexes of sprout in plant growing («Plasmasphere» Ltd).
  
  

Department for innovation and industrial activity