Ildar Khalikov opens the 14th conference "Russian Radio-Electronics: New Challenges and Prospects" in Kazan

On September 24, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Russian Deputy Minister of Defense Yuri Borisov, Director of the Andrei Boginsky Department of radio-electronic industry of Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade Sergei Khokhlov, and Acting Prime Minister of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov took part in opening of the 14th conference "Russian Radio-Electronics: New Challenges and Prospects" in Kazan.

During the conference representatives and heads of radio-electronic enterprises will be discussing problems faced by the industry and possible solutions.
Speaking at the ceremony Ildar Khalikov noted that it was symbolic that the conference was held near Innopolis, which is rapidly developing.

“The place of our meeting is Kazan, the IT center of Russia. Innopolis that opened this year has drawn attention of the whole country by its potential for the development of education, technologies and small innovative companies. It should be noted that the production and scientific potential of Tatarstan lies within the concern of radio-electronic technologies that is hosting the conference today,” Andrei Boginsky said. He reminded that realization of import substitution policy started one year ago, and the radio-electronic industry has experienced certain changes.

It was noted that implementation of the federal targeted programme “Development of radio-electronic component base and radio-electronics” is finishing this year , and summarizing its results will be one of the issues discussed at the conference.