Rustam Minnikhanov takes part in forum “Open innovations”
14 October 2014, Tuesday
On October 14, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov and Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov took part in a traditional annual forum “Open innovations” in Moscow.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chairman of Chinese State Council Lǐ Kèqíang delivered speeches at a plenary session.
Later on, Rustam Minnikhanov spoke at a governor’s session of the forum that was dedicated to priorities of technological development of regions, support of demand for innovative products and international cooperation within the framework of joint Russia-China projects.
Tatarstan President told about economic growth points of the republic and nanotechnologies. He reminded participants of the session that 14 Russian regions joined the association of innovative regions and uphold interests of regions before the federal center.
Rustam Minnikhanov also noted that cluster development is underway in the republic, and engineering centres are being created, such as Rosnano centre of nanotechnologies and Aerocomposit company.
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.