Days with the Internet

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If you don’t have one Earth Hour in a year, during which all conscious citizens turn off the light and admire the planet, stimulating interest in the problem of climate change, then be ready to spend May 16 “Shutdown Day” - the first official “Shutdown Day” in Russia initiative of the Agency of Advanced Information Technologies and with the support of WWF - the World Wildlife Fund. On this holiday of offline life, you will be able to undergo an accelerated course of treatment for Internet addiction, be with your family, fry kebabs, increase your mind's flexibility in finding an effective cure for boredom. In Moscow, 26 companies will join the experiment, so don’t be surprised if the blissful day on May 16 will be overshadowed by the security of the office arranging raids on mobile and computer owners.

And we invite everyone who considers such actions to be a waste of time, on May 15 and 16 at Moscow State University, to the Days of Information Technologies . The event will feature speeches by specialists from ASUS, Intel, Microsoft with presentations on the development of information technologies. In addition, there will be an exhibition of the most modern equipment from ASUS (laptops, netbooks, tablets, smartphones, combat robots ). Here will be held master classes in image processing, overclocking, competitions for gamers, as well as competitions for visitors on innovative technologies ASUS with the ability to win prizes (from a computer mouse to the most modern laptop).
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May 15, 2012

13.00 - 17.00, hall (2nd floor) of the Central Auditorium of the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University.

13.00 - 13:15 The revolution of information technology. The role of physics. (Victor Zadkov, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Physics, MSU).

13.15 - 13:30 History of ASUS, innovative solutions 2012 (Margarita Fedoseeva, director of marketing for ASUS).

13:30 - 14:00 Processors and the future of nano-technology (Alexander Melnikov, leading specialist INTEL).

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Miniaturization, as a trend of the modern era of mobile devices (Dmitry Shaleev, specialist of ASUS mobile department).

14:45 - 15:15 Technologies for improving image quality: contrast, color reproduction, sharpness. Tools for professionals: S-IPS, ASUS Quick-Fit, etc. (Irina Mishchenko, Head of the Marketing Department, Component Department, ASUS).

15:15 - 15:45 Cloud computing and graphics servers are the future today (Anton Alpeev, specialist of the ASUS component division).

15:45 - 16:15 Extreme overclocking at -196 ° C, as a way to increase performance. Designing all the elements, taking into account the increased stability of work in extreme conditions. (Vlad Zakharov, PR Manager, Component Department, ASUS).

16:15 - 17:00 Active noise cancellation technology. PCB Shielding is a multi-level sound quality protection technology (Vlad Zakharov, PR manager, ASUS Component Components).

Here: a demonstration of devices and prize draws for listeners.

The schedule for May 16, while, unfortunately, is not so detailed. The presentation and exhibition of equipment will be held at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University from 12:30 to 18:00. More follow the announcements on the site.