A scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Zavoisky Kazan Physical-Technical Institute of the Kazan Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, was held in the Conference Hall of the Zavoisky Kazan Physical-Technical Institute on 19 December 2005. The following reports were presented at the session: (1) Krokhin O N (Lebedev Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow) "50 years of quantum electronics"; (2) Gorbunov A V, Timofeev V B (Institute of Solid State Physics, RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow region) "Bose condensation of interwell excitons and spatial structure of luminescence in lateral traps"; (3) Chekalin SV(Institute of Spectroscopy, RAS, Troitsk, Moscow region) "The unique femtosecond spectrometric complex as an instrument for ultrafast spectroscopy, femto-chemistry, and nanooptics"; (4) Salikhov K M (Zavoisky Kazan Physical-Technical Institute of the Kazan Scientific Center, RAS) "Time-resolved EPR spectroscopy of nonequilibrium spin systems produced during spin-dependent photophysical and photo-chemical processes in condensed media"; (5) Manenkov A A (Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow) "The role of electron paramagnetic resonance in the development of quantum electronics: facts and comments"; (6) Smirnov A I (Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, RAS, Moscow) "Magnetic resonance modes in spin-gap magnets"; (7) Kochelaev B I (Kazan State University) "Evolution of antiferromagnetic cuprates in high-temperature superconductors"; (8) Garifullin I A (Zavoisky Kazan Physical-Technical Institute of the Kazan Scientific Center, RAS) "The superconductor/ferromagnet proximity effect and its potential application in spintronics." The main propositions of O N Krokhin's report were published in Usp. Phys. Nauk 174 1117 (2004) [Phys. Usp. 47 1045 (2004)]. A brief presentation of reports 2 — 6 and 8 is given below. • Bose condensation of interwell excitons and spatial structure of luminescence in lateral traps, A V Gorbunov, V B Timofeev Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 629–634 • The unique femtosecond spectrometric complex as an instrument for ultrafast spectroscopy, femtochemistry, and nanooptics, S V Chekalin Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 634–641 • Time-resolved EPR spectroscopy of nonequilibrium spin systems produced during spin-dependent photophysical and photochemical processes in condensed media, K M Salikhov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 641–645 • The role of electron paramagnetic resonance in the development of quantum electronics: facts and comments, A A Manenkov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 645–649 • Magnetic resonance modes in spin-gap magnets, A I Smirnov Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 649–652 • The superconductor/ferromagnet proximity effect and its potential application in spintronics, I A Garifullin Physics-Uspekhi, 2006, Volume 49, Number 6, Pages 652–655