Rustam Minnikhanov arrives in Boston with a working visit
15 September 2013, Sunday
On September 15 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Boston with a working visit to take part in Russian Innovation Week, RIW.
The event is held for the second time in order to demonstrate the potential of Russian innovative industry, help Russian investors and venture funds to establish contacts with American partners.
Representatives of Russian and American state agencies, heads of major businesses, venture investors and entrepreneurs will take part in Russian Innovation Week this year. The event is organized by Russian development institutes – OAO “Russian venture company”, OAO “Rosnano” and Skolkovo Fund.
Within the framework of RIW Rustam Minnikhanov will take part in a plenary session and panel discussion “New horizons of Russia: providing new opportunities for competence at global markets”, hold several meetings and negotiations.
In particular, he will meet with Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki (Massachusetts), Rector of Carnegie Mellon University Mark Kamlet, Senior partner of Runa Capitals fund, Chairman of Parallels Board Sergey Belousov, and English First officials.
Rustam Minnikhanov will also visit IPG Photonics, get familiar with activity of Massachusetts Technology Institute and Centre of quantum physics of Harvard university.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.