Rustam Minnikhanov visits Gdansk Science&Technology Park
7 December 2011, Wednesday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has visited Gdansk Science&Technology Park in the context of his working visit to Poland.
Director of Department for external relations- Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Chief of RT investment development agency Linar Yakupov, Director-general of ZAO “Innovative production technopark “Idea” Sergey Yushko are on Tatarstan delegation.
The Science&Technology Park was presented to Tatarstan delegation.
Gdansk Science&Technology Park (GSTP) named after Professor Hilari Koprovski is included into Pomeranian Special economic zone (PSEZ) and is a joint enterprise of Pomeranian Special economic zone, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Gdansk city and Gdansk technology university. Construction of the park started in 2006 and it was opened in 2008. Currently works on expanding infrastructure are being implemented.
The idea of interaction between science, business and government institutions was the basis for creating a park. Today it is a complex comprised of offices, research laboratories, production halls and business incubator. Main areas of activity are biotechnologies, biomedicine, IT, electronics, energetics. The number of employees is more than 150 people. A data center with a capacity of 1 MW is also functioning here.
Rustam Minnikhanov appreciated the fact of having a kindergarten for children of employees of Gdansk Science&Technology Park.
A company engaged in organization of scientific work for the youth was also presented to Head of Tatarstan.
Rustam Minnikhanov believes it is important to establish cooperation between Gdansk Science&Technology Park and Innovative production technopark “Idea”, exchange experience, adopt technologies of development and use of infrastructure of technoparks in order to increase the number of innovative companies.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.