The international badminton judges seminar will be officially opened at the Tennis Academy. The ceremony will be attended by Tatarstan’s Minister of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Rafis Burganov, 1st Vice President of FISU and Russian Student Sports Union President Oleg Matytsin, FISU Secretary General/CEO Eric Saintrond, 1st Deputy Director General of the Kazan 2013 Executive Directorate Azat Kadyrov and other officials. The seminar will be held under the auspices of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan, Executive Directorate of the 27th Summer Universiade Kazan 2013, National Badminton Federation of Russia, and Badminton Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan.