District greets St Petersburg veteran!

We congratulate Dr. Anatoly Ovodenko with his 65th birthday (16 Apl) and wish him good health and success.

Professor Anatoly Ovodenko is an ISA Senior Member. He has served as the St. Petersburg , Russia, Section President and the Conference Committee Chairman. He has also served as the Section Alternate Delegate, and has been the Chairman of the ISA Headquarters Russian Federation since 2002. He was the coordinator of the District 12 Leadership Conference in St. Petersburg in 2002 and 2007. He was honor by ISA Emerging Leader Award in 2007.

Anatoly Ovodenko graduated from Leningrad Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation in 1970. He defended a thesis and took Candidate of Technical Science Degree in 1974 at the Leningrad Institute of Aerospace Instrumentation ( now St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation) in the field of Control Systems. In 1986 Doctor of Technical Science Degree was taken by him in the field of Control Systems.

Dr. Ovodenko is the St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation rector. He has authored more then 300 scientific articles, monographs, manuals and certificates in the fields of instrumentation, control systems, management of education, distance education and computer science. He is Honored Scientist of Russian Federation and a member of several International and Russian Academies, including the International Academy of Sciences of High Education, Academy of Medical-Technical Sciences, Academy of Information Processes and Technologies, and the International Academy of Informatics.

Since 1999 Dr. Ovodenko is a Chairman of UNESCO Chair “Distance Education in Engineering”.

Dr. Ovodenko received the high Russian Federation award, the Order for Services to the Fatherland- IY Degree in 2008.

New year greeting 2011/2012

Dear Colleagues,

2011 was not an easy year in several of our countries. I am not sure that 2012 will require less efforts. But clearly ISA can help in improving the competitiveness of our industry which is absolutely indispensable for our survival.

ISA is a unique reservoir of knowledge and also a think-tank where everybody can benefit from other members expertise et develop his own skills. I would like to thank very warmly all our colleagues who as volunteers spend a significant portion of their spare time in disseminating their know-how and permitting the young generations to inherit their experience.

I encourage you to pursue in this direction. We need to strengthen our forces, to capitalize on our colleagues’ knowledge, to share our own experience, to develop relationship between countries and sections.

I remain at your disposal, with  John Medcalf, our new DVP Elect, for helping in the launch of new initiatives and for developing your activities.

I wish you all the best for the coming year for yourself, your family and your activities.

With my best regards

Jean-Pierre HAUET
D12 DVP