Preface of the 13th FRUCT conference proceeding

Abstract

We welcome you to the 13th Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT. This is second time when our conference returns to the beautiful capital of Republic of Karelia — Petrozavodsk. The conference is hosted by Petrozavodsk State University, which has long positive history of pioneering and running long-term cross-border cooperation between Russia and Finland. The university teams have strong connections with other members of FRUCT Association and play the key role in many projects and working groups. The conference is organized by FRUCT in partnership and with financial support of ENPI Karelia CBC Programme 2007–2013 (projects KA-179 and KA-322), FRUCT and IEEE Russia (NorthWest) Section. The conference organization and travelling of the selected participants was supported by funding of Nokia University Cooperation Program in Russia, EMC2 Corporation sponsorship and EIT ICT Labs. Following FRUCT traditions, program of this conference includes 4 trainings, 1 workshop, 1 seminar, more than 10 conference sessions plus a special demo section combined with the conference social event. The events are packed into a number of intensive training modules and parallel presentation sessions that are scheduled into parallel tracks on April 22–26, 2013.