Ildar Khalikov: trip to Finland to enable studying experience in the sphere of innovations and establishing contacts for further cooperation

“We hope the trip to Finland and participation in the 3rd EU-Russia Innovation Forum will enable our specialists getting acquainted with the country’s developments in the sphere of energy saving and opportunities of using energy-saving technologies,” the Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov said to journalists after a plenary session of the forum.

To the point, the event is held in Lappeenranta on the basis of the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).

“We hope this visit will let the representatives of our universities and innovation companies within the RT delegation studying the Finland experience in the sphere of innovations and establishing contacts for further cooperation,” Ildar Khalikov said.

According to Ildar Khalikov, interaction between Tatarstan as a Russian region and Finland has lately become stronger, “because Tatarstan sets the task of innovative economic development, by creating many innovative platforms which attract investors and partners in this sphere.”