29.10.2014

On 29 October 2014, the AEB held its round table “The integration of European business into the modernization of the Urals” during the IX Annual Interregional Conference «Growth points of the Ural Macroregion’s Economy». The session was organized by the AEB Working Group on Modernization and Innovations in co-operation with the Analytical centre and the magazine “Expert-Ural”. The session was co-moderated by Michael Akim, Member of the AEB Board, Chairman of the AEB WG on Modernization and Innovations, Vice-President, ABB Russia, and Gleb Zhoga, Scientific Editor, “Expert-Ural”. Ruslan Kokarev, AEB COO, welcomed the participants and stressed the role of the AEB members in the modernization of the Russian economy. The discussion topics of the round table were the most appropriative and attractive forms of cooperation for European business in the Ural region including the development of in-house facilities, joint venture companies, partnerships, priority sectors for cooperation, the corporate networks development for scientific organizations. The «Growth points of the Ural Macroregion’s Economy» is a recognized research and communication project of the "Expert" Media Company in which key vectors of region development are formulated and discussed. The key leading persons of all regional subjects of Urals and Siberia as follows: leadership executive authorities, large and medium-sized companies, administrations of cities, organizations, scientific and educational groups, as well as leading experts from Russia and abroad, and representatives of the federal government.

R-L: Ruslan Kokarev, AEB COO; Mikhail Akim, Chairman of the AEB Working Group on Modernization & Innovations, Vice-President, ABB Russia.