30.09.2014

On 29 September 2014, the AEB held the round table “The establishment and improvement of mechanisms for cooperation between Russian universities and international business“ within the second national exhibition-forum “VUZPROMEXPO. National science - industrialization basis”. 

The session was organized by the AEB Working Group on Modernization and Innovations and it was co-moderated by Michael Akim, Member of the AEB Board, Chairman of the AEB Working Group on Modernization and Innovations; Vice-President, ABB Russia. Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the AEB Board, Chairman of the AEB Machine Building and Engineering Committee; President, Alstom (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), welcomed the participants and spoke on the AEB role and activities directed towards the acceleration of the innovative development of Russian economy. Speakers and participants were representatives of the RF Ministry of Education and Science, the RF Ministry of Economic Development, EU Delegation in the RF, Skolkovo Foundation, Higher School of Economics, AEB member-companies as well as Russian universities. The main goal of the session was the discussion of mutual expectations and experiences of business and universities on their cooperation as well as the possible mechanisms of state support of this interaction. 

The Forum took place in the oldest Moscow exhibition complex Gostiny Dvor. It was organized by the RF Ministry of Education and Science jointly with the RF Ministry of Industry and Trade and the RF Ministry of Economic Development. The event aimed at demonstrating modern and scientific projects, directed towards the modernization of Russian industry, as well as the successful samples of close cooperation between the European businesses and the Russian universities.

L-R: Philippe Pegorier, Chairman of the AEB Board, Chairman of the AEB Machine Building and Engineering Committee; President, Alstom (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus); Andrey Kortunov, co-moderator, General Director of the Russian International Affairs Council and the President of the New Eurasia Foundation; Michael Akim, Member of the AEB Board, Chairman of the AEB Working Group on Modernization and Innovations; Vice-President, ABB Russia.