PhoQuS (co)organized events
The essential part of realization of the PhoQuS project is organization of a number of research, popular and business oriented events, which will foster exchange of scientific ideas between researchers from the Faculty and the international community, promote research achievements of the Faculty among the general public and facilitate the transfer of best practice and know-how in innovation and technology transfer.
Research events
Over 80 outgoing and incoming research missions to and from the 13 project partners as well as a number of conferences, workshops and symposia be supported by the PhoQuS project:
- Quantum Optics VIII , Warsaw, Poland (May 26-June 1, 2013)
- 3rd Polish Optical Conference, Sandomierz, Poland (June 30 – July 3, 2013)
- Central European Workshops on Quantum Optics (CEWQO), (Summer 2015)
- 4th Polish Optical Conference (Summer 2015)
- Plasmon enhanced diffractive elements session at the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON 2013, Cartagena, Spain, (23-27 June 2013)
- Session ”Photonic Fibers I” at the 15th Conference on Optical Fibers and their Applications, (January 2014)
- Metasurfaces and Sub-wavelength Plasmonic DOE session at the SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics Congress, Conference on Metamaterials X in Prague, Czech Republic (April 2015)
- Hands-on Advanced Workshop “Molecular beam epitaxy” (Summer/Autumn 2013)
- Hands-on Advanced Workshop “Scanning near-field microscopy” (January 2015)
- Hands-on Advanced Workshop “Molecular beam epitaxy”, (Winter 2015)
- Workshop “Femtochemistry”, (Autumn 2015)
- Workshop “Quantum Limits of Optical Communication”, (24-26 February, 2016, Warsaw, Poland)
- Workshop “Recent Advances in Quantum Metrology”, (02-04 March 2016, Warsaw, Poland)
- Workshop Spectral & Spatial Engineering of Quantum Light, (30 March-1 April 2016, Warsaw, Poland)
Popular events
Lectures, workshops and seminars for high school students will be organized with the aim to encourage science careers, especially among most talented candidates and a number of events popularizing science are to be supported:
- Warsaw Science Festival
- Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre
- Open days at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw with the Open Day for Girls Only during the event “Girls as Scientists”
- Secondary School Graduates’ Saloon organized by the “Perspektywy” journal
Innovation events.
Annual “Open days” will be organized for the industry community. On site visits and sightseeing of thelaboratories will help to establish closer and deeper cooperation between science and industry. 2 workshops targeting at business partners will aim at informing the industry about the research capabilities, results and technology solution developed in the faculty and gauging the expectations of the industry with respect to the research topics that would be welcome by the business.
NEWS
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PROJECT / The PhoQuS@UW project has ended on 31 October 2016
31.10.2016
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PROJECT / Final meeting of the PhoQuS@UW project
The final meeting of the PhoQuS@UW project, including the final meeting of the ex-post evaluation panel took place in Warsaw on 12-13 October 2016. … »
12 - 13.10.2016
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PROJECT / Internal meeting of the Ex-post evaluation panel
The internal meeting of the ex-post evaluation panel of PhoQuS@UW took place in Warsaw on 14-15 April 2016. … »
14 - 15.04.2016
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INNOVATION / Patent application for the detection of gases
The patent application P.416703 entitled "The set-up and the method for the detection of gases based on multiplexing and demultiplexing of optical signals in laser spectroscopy" invented by Prof. Tadeusz Stacewicz, Paweł Magryta, Prof. Zbigniew Bielecki and Dr Jacek Wojtas has been submitted to the Polish Patent Office on 31.03.2016. … »
31.03 - 03.04.2016
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RESEARCH / Spectral & Spatial Engineering of Quantum Light
The SSEQL'2016 workshop has been organized on 30 March - 1 April 2016 in Warsaw with the support of the PhoQuS@UW project. The workshop has been focused on exploring the spectral-temporal and spatial degree of freedom of light for multidimensional photonic quantum information encoding and processing. … »
30.03 - 01.04.2016
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INNOVATION / On-site meeting with the representative of Oxford University
On-site meeting connected with the hands-on workshop for industry and business community was organized on March 16th, 2016. The meeting purpose was twofold. Two talks on research management and commercialization of results were addressed mostly to local partners of PhoQuS@UW project. The other two were directed to representatives of business and industry and informed about recent research achievements at the Faculty of Physics UW. … »
16.03.2016
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RESEARCH / Quantum Limits of Optical Communication
The QLOC'2016 workshop has been organized on 24-26 February 2016 in Warsaw with the support of the PhoQuS@UW project. The purpose of this workshop was to review these advances and to identify further steps towards practical exploitation of quantum enhancement in optical communication. … »
18.01 - 26.02.2016
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RESEARCH / Recent Advances in Quantum Metrology
The RAQM'2016 workshop has been organized on 02-04 March 2016 in Warsaw with the support of the PhoQuS@UW project. The workshop has been focused on recent fascinating developments in quantum metrology. … »
23.12.2015 - 04.03.2016
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RESEARCH / Hands-on Advanced Workshop on “Molecular beam epitaxy” 2015
The workshop on “Molecular beam epitaxy” (17.11.2015-16.12.2015) was organized at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. We hosted four lecturers – trainers, during their visit in the Faculty. Three of them were from Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory (France): dr Karol Nogajewski, Tomasz Jakubczyk and prof. Marek Potemski and one from Univerity of Bremen (Germany): prof. Detlef Hommel. … »
17.11.2015 - 16.12.2016
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INNOVATION / Patent for third harmonic generation
The patent PAT.220359 for the third harmonic generation entitled "Optical system, generator and method for generating the third harmonic impulses of laser light" invented by Czesław Radzewicz and Tomasz Kardaś, has been published on the 30th October 2015 by the Polish Patenting Office. The related patent application P.395808 was submitted on 29.07.2011. … »
30.10.2015
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RESEARCH / Workshop on ultrafast science and femtochemistry
The workshop on ultrafast spectroscopy and femtochemistry organized within the framework of the PhoQuS@UW project at the Faculty of Physics UW (FPUW) took place on 29-30.09.2015. … »
29.09 - 01.10.2015
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INNOVATION / Patent application for a broadband tunable FP
The patent application P.413956 for a broadband, tunable, Fabry-Perot interferometer, invented by Wojciech Wasilewski and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz has been submitted to the Polish Patent Office on 14.09.2015 r. … »
14.09.2015
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INNOVATION / Patent application for a microoptical device
The patent application P.413667 entitled "Microoptical device" has been submitted to the Polish Patenting Office on 28.08.2015 r. The inventor of the patent application is Andrzej Kaźmierczak. … »
28.08.2015
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OUTREACH / Researchers from UW in popular media
Radosław Chrapkiewicz took part in a program of Krzysztof Michalski broadcasted by Polish Radio. Olga Woźniak and Piotr Wasylczyk published a popularization paper in Gazeta wyborcza. … »
12.08.2015
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PROJECT / Ex-post Evaluation Panel Meeting
Ex-post Evaluation Panel Meeting took place at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw on 15th and 16th of July 2015. … »
15 - 16.07.2015
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INNOVATION / An open day for buisiness - Kubara Lamina
An open day for business was held on 18 June 2015 at the Faculty of Physics UW. A meeting was organised with the representatives of Kubara Lamina S.A - Mariusz Błażejewicz and Dariusz Baczewski. … »
18.06.2015
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INNOVATION / Top 500
The Innovation Manager of PhoQuS@UW, Dr Cezary Samojłowicz, is awarded by the „Top 500 Innovators” governmental programme. … »
09.06.2015
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INNOVATION / An open day for buisiness - InPhOTech
An open day for business was held on 12 May 2015 at the Faculty of Physics UW. A meeting was organised with the representatives of InPhOTech - Dr. Tomasz Nasiłowski and Dr. Marek Napierała. … »
12.05.2015
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INNOVATION / Patent application for focal distance measurement
On 08.05.2015 Polish patent application for “The measurement setup for determining position of focal plane and effective focal length of an optical system and the method of determining position of focal plane and effective focal length of an optical system” was filed in the Polish Patent Office and registered under #P.412267 and subsequently on 05.05.2016 was filed PCT application in World Intellectual Property Office and registered under #PCT/IB2016/000583. Inventors: Wojciech Wasilewski and Radosław Chrapkiewicz. The patent applications owner is the University of Warsaw. … »
08.05.2015 - 05.05.2016
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INNOVATION / Patent for Optical Table
The patent PAT.219451 for the "Optical Table" invented by Piotr Wasylczyk has been published on the 30th April 2015 by the Polish Patenting Office. … »
30.04.2015
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RESEARCH / Metasurfaces and Sub-wavelength Plasmonic DOE
Special session on "Metasurfaces and Sub-wavelength Plasmonic DOE" has been organized in the framework of PhoQus@UW at the SPIE Congress in Prague on16th April 2015. … »
16.04.2015
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INNOVATION / OPTON EXPO
The 3rd International Fair for Optoelectronics and Photonics OPTONExpo 2015 was held on 8-9 April 2014 in Warsaw at the Warsaw International Expocentre EXPO XXI. The research activieties in photonics conducted at the Faculty of Physics UW have been presented at the Fair as part of the PhoQuS@UW project. … »
08 - 09.04.2015
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INNOVATION / Workshop for industry
Was organised on 3rd February 2015 at the Faculty of Physics UW … »
03.02.2015
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RESEARCH / Hands-on advanced workshop on scanning near-field microscopy
was organized at the Faculty of Physics UW on 19-20 January 2015. … »
19 - 20.01.2015
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INNOVATION / An open day for buisiness - Saule Technologies
An open day for buisiness was held on 13 Jan 2015 at the new building of the Faculty of Physics UW (ul. Pasteura 5). Olga Malinkiewicz from Saule Technologies Sp. z o.o. was our guest. … »
13.01.2015
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RESEARCH / IMPULS FNP
Dr Andrzej Kaźmierczak has been awarded the IMPULS grant of the Foundation for Polish Science … »
15.12.2014
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RESEARCH / Super-resolved fluorescence microscopy
Joanna Oracz, a PhD student of prof. Czesław Radzewicz, has spent over two years in Göttingen in the Lab of prof. Stefan W. Hell, who has been awarded the Nobel Price in chemistry in 2014. … »
12.11.2014
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INNOVATION / Coaching FNP
Dr. Cezary Samojłowicz (Innovation manager) is among the first eight laurates of the Coaching programme of FNP. … »
28.10.2014
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INNOVATION / An open day for business
A meeting with the representaticves of Astri Polska, a buisiness Partner, was organized on Oct 21, 2014. … »
21.10.2014
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OUTREACH / Interviews with researchers from UW broadcasted in public media
Tomasz Stefaniuk and Piotr Wróbel took part in a program of Krzysztof Michalski broadcasted by TVP and discussed the research activities in photonics and plasmonics at UW. Following they have also given an interview for the Polish Radio. A later interview on fluorescence microscopy was given by prof. Czesław Radzewicz. … »
19.08.2014
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RESEARCH / Mentoring FNP
Dr Andrzej Kaźmierczak (leader of the biomedical optics group) has been nominated to participate in the Mentoring Program of the Foundation for Polish Science. He will collaborate with Nigel Johnson from the Univ. of Glasgow, UK. … »
29.07.2014
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PROJECT / 2nd International Advisory Board Meeting
The 2nd International Advisory Board Meeting took place on 29 Jul. 2014. … »
29.07.2014
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INNOVATION / An open day for buisiness - PCO SA
A meeting with the representatives of PCO SA, a buisiness Partner, was organized on May 29, 2014 at the Faculty of Physics UW. … »
29.05.2014
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INNOVATION / Tunable, narrow-band optical filter
The patent application for a "Tunable, narrow-band optical filter for filtering laser beams and a method for filtering laser beams" was submitted to the Polish Patenting Office on 29 April 2014. The invention is authored by Dr. Wojciech Wasilewski and Radosław Chrapkiewicz. … »
29.04.2014
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INNOVATION / A practical guide on patenting
A practical guide on patenting in mathematics and natural sciences authored by Jakub Sielewiesiuk, Radosława Bach and Cezary Samojłowicz was issued within the Phoqus project and can be downloaded from this site. … »
10.03.2014
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OUTREACH / Year of Light
On 20 December 2013, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015). … »
01.01.2014 - 31.12.2015
ARCHIVE
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OUTREACH / Not only for girls 2014
The traditional spring event "Girls as scientists" was held on 3.04.2014. … »
03.04.2014
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PROJECT / Newsletter
Third issue of the project's Newsletter. … »
01 - 30.04.2014
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OUTREACH / A demonstration organised for school children
On March 14, 2014 researchers from Optics Department, Institute of Experimental Physics, FPUW organised lectures with demonstrations for school children. … »
14.03.2014
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INNOVATION / Workshop presenting the research highlights at the Faculty of Physics
The workshop was organised on the 30th January 2014 in the new building of the Center for Novel Technologies III of the University of Warsaw. Its purpose was to present the research higlights at the Faculty of Physics UW to representatives of business and industry and to encourage the development of links and to help to determine potential domains for collaboration between industry and the Faculty of Physics. Around 40 persons participated in this event. … »
30.01.2014
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RESEARCH / Special session on Photonic Fibers I
The session on Photonic Fibers I was organized by PhoQuS@UW in the framework of 15th Conference on Optical Fibers and Their Applications Białystok – Lipowy Most 29.01-1.02.2014. … »
29 - 30.01.2014
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INNOVATION / Patent application filled on a novel colour filter
The first patent application developed under PhoQuS@UW project was filled on November 21, 2013 and registered in the Polish Patent Office under P.406178. A device “Transmission phase gratings fabricated with direct laser writing as colour filters in the visible” was invented in the Photonic Nanostructure Facility led by Dr hab. Piotr Wasylczyk. … »
21.11.2013
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JOBS / Optoelectronic engineer position filled
1 Oct. 2013, Optoelectronic engineer Piotr Skibiński has been employed … »
01.10.2013
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OUTREACH / Science Festival
September 23-28, 2013, science festival was organized at the Faculty of Physics. … »
23 - 28.09.2013
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RESEARCH / Hands-on Advanced Workshop on “Molecular beam epitaxy”
The workshop on “Molecular beam epitaxy” (16.09.2013-15.10.2013) was organized at Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. We hosted two lecturer - trainers dr Carsten Kruse from Univerity of Bremen (Germany) and prof. Marek Potemski from Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory (France). … »
16.09 - 15.10.2013
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OUTREACH / Optics in Nanoscale in Dębe Wielkie
Prof. Tomasz Szoplik visited Gimnazjum Gminne im. Bohaterów Powstania Listopadowego in Dębe Wielkie on September 10, 2013. He gave a talk on Optics in Nanoscale and made a contact with Krzysztof Rek – director of Gimnazjum and two teachers of physics and mathematics. … »
10.09.2013
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JOBS / Innovation manager
Call for the project innovation manager was opened … »
23.07 - 16.08.2013
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OUTREACH / Summer School of Physics
In 2013 Summer School of Physics we had 130 participants from nearly 80 schools. They had a choice between 11 lectures in theoretical and experimental physics presented by FPUW staff members and graduate students involved in current research projects. Participants of the 2013 Summer School of Physics were invited to take part in a workshop in optics and nanooptics which was offered during 4 days of the School. … »
01 - 12.07.2013
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RESEARCH / III Polish Optical Conference
June 30 – July 3, 2013, Sandomierz, Poland. … »
30.06 - 03.07.2013
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OUTREACH / Promotional Physics' Days in Sandomierz
In 2013 at the turn of June and July in Sandomierz researchers of Optics Department and Information Optics Department FPUW organized Promotional Physics' Days. … »
30.06 - 01.07.2013
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OUTREACH / Lectures on optics/photonics in Nowa Słupia
A meeting to promote physics and optics/photonics in particular among high school students in Nowa Słupia, a small town in Świętokrzyskie Province. … »
29.06.2013
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RESEARCH / Plasmon enhanced diffractive elements session
at the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - ICTON 2013, Cartagena, Spain, (23-27 June 2013) … »
23.06 - 27.07.2013
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JOBS / Optoelectronic engineer
A call for an engineer to assist the researchers in design and construction of experimental devices was opened. … »
19 - 30.06.2013
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INNOVATION / Patents in natural sciences
June 17, 2013. Practical guide to patents in natural sciences … »
17.06.2013
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JOBS / Electronics engineers
June 4, 2013. Two experienced electronics engineers have been employed part time as a result of PhoQuS job call: dr Paweł Kopyt and dr Paweł Piasecki. … »
04.06.2013
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RESEARCH / Quantum Optics VIII
May 26 – June 01 2013, Warsaw area. … »
26.05 - 01.06.2013
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OUTREACH / The Physisist Day
Traditionally in Spring FPUW organized Day of Physicist which was held in 2013 and 2014 respectively on 10 May and on 8-9 May. … »
10.05.2013 - 09.05.2014
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OUTREACH / Not only for girls 2013
April 25, 2013. Open day has been organized at the Faculty of Physics under the "Girls as Scientists" programme … »
25.04.2013
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JOBS / Electronics engineer
A call for engineers to assist the researchers in design and construction of experimental devices has been opened. … »
25.03 - 10.04.2013
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JOBS / Research positions
A call for two research positions in quantum physics and quantum optics was opened … »
22.03 - 22.04.2013
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PROJECT / Kick-off meeting
March 15, 2013, Warsaw. Project Kick-off … »
15.03.2013
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OUTREACH / National Childrens Fund workshop
March 11-15, 2013, Warsaw. Outreach activities for exceptionally gifted secondary school pupils were organized. … »
11 - 15.03.2013
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JOBS / Three research positions filled
February 18, 2013. Three researchers have been employed as a result of the first PhoQuS job call. … »
04 - 18.02.2013
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PROJECT / Project logo chosen
January 21, 2013. The project logo has been chosen. … »
21.01.2013
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JOBS / Research positions
January 8, 2013. First call for 8 research positions open. … »
08.01 - 04.02.2013
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PROJECT / Innovation Manager chosen
November 1, 2012. dr Radoslawa Bach chosen as the innovation manager … »
01.11.2012
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JOBS / Innovation manager
October 1, 2012. Call for the project innovation manager … »
01.10 - 01.11.2012
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PROJECT / Project manager chosen
October 1, 2012. dr Lidia Tanska chosen as the project manager … »
01.10.2012
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JOBS / Project manager
August 15, 2012. Call for the project manager was opened … »
01.09 - 01.11.2012