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Within the framework of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, experts discussed the success factors of the development and implementation of innovative materials. They go from scientific research to industrial production, provided they choose the right market strategy.

The main condition for success is demand, believes Sergey Lyulin, Director of the Institute of High Molecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IVS RAS). Two years ago, a Center for Chemistry of New Materials for Shipbuilding was established at the Institute, where work is currently underway to create composite fasteners. Successful work on the project is due to both competent technical specifications from the shipbuilders, and the presence of their own preliminary ideas and developments of the IVS RAS. That is, in the process of implementation, science should clearly understand what tasks it solves for industry, and industry should form a competent technical task. At the same time, it is impossible to create a completely new product in two or three years.

Another option of demand in the market is the definition of a free niche. The St. Petersburg company Bee Pitron, for example, focused on the production of equipment for working with high-temperature thermoplastics — the company has practically no competitors in Russia. Now the production is located on a private industrial site in St. Petersburg, but the company is looking for government support in terms of preferential rental of finished industrial areas.

Under the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, a discussion was held about the composite material industry for production of new materials as the basis for the industrial development Today composites are demanded in various sectors of the economy. The main challenges the industry in Russia faces today are import dependence and still quite high cost.

 Our country have already examples of active replacement of traditional metal structures and materials with composite ones. Thus, the Sredne-Nevsky shipyard in St. Petersburg builds civil ships and warships using composites and together with Rosatom develops a project to equip industrial wind turbines. Also according to the general director of SNSZ Vladimir Seredokho, the company managed to achieve 100 percent import substitution for fabrics and resins, and now work is underway to transfer to domestic PVC.

The plenary session of the All-Russian Festival of University Technology Projects was devoted to the development of startups. Representatives of industry associations, educational establishments and large companies discussed the role of market participants in the development of the innovative culture.

Alexander Aivazov, Vice President for Business Development of Rostelecom PJSC, called on large companies to participate in the development of innovations. Alexander Vaino, head of the Center for Youth Initiatives of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, told about the role of regional innovation centers for the development of startups. According to him, the centers allow concentrating all the market players on a single site. Kirill Soloveichik, Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, announced the expansion of the existing innovation ecosystem in the city: it will accept more educational establishments that graduate specialists in industry. This will allow active students to establish contacts with business representatives and receive governmental support for their projects.

The participants also discussed the prospects of universities and research centers in the creation of demanded developments. Igor Rozhdestvensky, co-founder and member of the Board of the Innovation and Technology Brokers Association, expressed his hope for improving the quality of communication channels in educational establishments. Dmitry Zemtsov, Vice-Rector of the Higher School of Economics, recalled that all market participants are partners in creating an innovative culture.

The creation of a single platform for support of startups by the government and business became another topic of the Plenary session of the All-Russian Festival of University Technology Projects. Deputy Director of the Department of State Youth Policy and Educational Activities of the MINOBRNAUKI Alexander Vedekhin told about the plans to synchronize measures to support start-up entrepreneurs. The system will be jointly built by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science.

Under the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, specialists discussed the introduction of innovations in construction, capital repairs of the housing stock and urban facilities. The experts agreed that the use of new methods will require an improvement in the existing regulatory framework.

As the chairman of the Council of the Union of Restorers of St. Petersburg, Nina Shangina, explained, until recently, the cost estimate, the principles of which were developed in Soviet times, did not correspond to the real state of affairs: the modern cost of labor, the principles of taxation, the need for using advanced technologies.

Currently, on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation, new regulatory documents are being developed as concerns the principles of estimated pricing. During the transition period, companies are allowed to use the base-index calculation method, with the goal to apply the resource method and pricing based on market analysis.

It is worth mentioning that the Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development of the Russian Federation with a Low Level of Greenhouse Gas Emissions until 2050 has been recently adopted. The document contains global scenarios for the development of the situation, but effective selective solutions are possible on the ground. For example, the insulation of the facades of panel houses of the popular series will allow meeting the standards for heat conservation, which today are much stricter than at the time of their construction, and the replacement of the boiler equipment results in a decrease in the cost of heat and a reduction in emissions.

The peculiarities of using composite materials in the industry and construction under difficult climatic conditions were discussed on November 12 at the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum by company representatives and leading experts. The participants of the round table "Prospects for use of composites in the extractive industries and in the Arctic" told about the implemented projects and their own developments.

Andrey Anisimov, Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Composite Cluster of St. Petersburg, Deputy Head of the Scientific and Production Cluster of the National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" - Central Research Institute of KM "Prometey", noted that the operational reliability and environmental safety of the marine equipment and various structures for the Arctic hugely depends on the materials used and the performance of anti-corrosive protection. It is why composites are used today in the shipbuilding industry. The system of long-term cathodic protection of the hulls of ice-class ships with use of modern materials has already shown its performance in the Arctic. The expert clarified that composites can be used for the manufacture of ship decks, lifeboats, hatches, railings and other structures. Among the advantages of using such materials are: increased manufacturing accuracy, reduced harmfulness and digitalization of production. Andrey Anisimov also spoke about promising developments. In the near future, it will be possible to move to a qualitatively new level of safety and reliability of marine equipment through the creation of sensor systems built into the material to monitor its condition during operation.

General Director of the Siberian Industrial Association (SIA) Oleg Merchenko presented the company's development - repair polymer-composite systems and modified building mixtures PolyRem and Novopolycon. Wear-resistant materials are already produced by the SIA, have a certificate of conformity and are used at industrial facilities. In Norilsk, which is one of the northernmost cities in the world, the SIA specialists examined reinforced concrete structures and used original technologies using PolyRem and Novopolycon materials to restore the structures.

Evgeny Koinov, Leading Specialist of the Center for Resource Support of Engineering at Gazpromneft-NTC, told about the development and implementation of composite building structures in the field development. Choosing a material to achieve this objective, the company decided to use fiberglass. According to experts, it can be used in the construction of tanks, process pipelines, communication masts, lighting and other facilities. For remote stations in hard-to-reach places, the center's specialists suggest using additive technologies. This will allow making structures from polymer materials using 3D printing at the construction site. The cost and profitability of such a project is currently being studied.

As part of the SPIIF-2021, a round table "Youth Entrepreneurship Programs" was held. The session was organized by Entrepreneurship Center LLC. The invited experts talked about how to turn crises to your advantage and not lose faith in your project.

The experts agreed that one of the main difficulties at the early stage of business development is the lack of funding. Not all startups know how to properly package their business and communicate with investors.

Special projects are designed to help young entrepreneurs and investors meet. Alexandra Sanina, strategic business consultant, CEO of Sellmore Consulting, presented at the session a project of a hybrid reality show - a gamified competition based on the St. Petersburg State University Business Incubator. The project was initiated by the IBC MBA business club and is aimed at supporting startups of representatives of generations "Y" and "Z". The competition is held on social networks and live broadcasts and involves the participation of opinion leaders.

Entrepreneurs also discussed current niches for founding startups. Svetlana Nikolaeva, a marketer, founder of the Bull & Dog agency and the Lingon IT startu, advised young entrepreneurs to pay attention to the needs of the audience, which is 65+ consumers.

How can a high quality of life for people in the regions of Russia be ensured through the sustainable development of industrial enterprises? How to make cities environmentally friendly and safe to live in? These and other questions were answered by the participants of the round table "Ecosystem of industrial symbiosis", which took place on November 12 as part of the business program of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

Daria Mironova, Director of the Center for Project Activities and Commercialization, Deputy Director of the Mega-Faculty of Biotechnology and Low-Temperature Systems at the ITMO University, told about the creation of a sustainable development project for the Pskov Region in the Moglino-3 special economic zone. She said that in the spring of 2021, an agreement was signed between the ITMO and the administration of the Pskov region on the development of green technologies in the region. To implement the project, a working group has been created, a pool of potential investors has been identified. The ITMO University is developing an ecosymbiosis program, which includes scientists and university students.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Plastics Processing Plant named after Komsomolskaya Pravda, Tatiana Loginova, told about the tools and technologies for innovative systems based on the example of the operation of the Polymer Cluster. The expert noted that today it is necessary to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). Cooperation between industrial enterprises and universities allows expanding the capabilities of the modern ecosystem. Tatyana Loginova gave an example of the experience of joint work of the plant and St. Petersburg universities. The specialists of the enterprise and universities have developed and made a multifunctional traffic light for railways. Non-combustible composite materials are used in the body of the product.

Director of the St. Petersburg Fund for the Development of Small and Medium Business, Maxim Balanev, told about the initiative, aimed at creating conditions to stimulate the transition to a circular economy model in the regions of the North-West Federal District. He said that in this way it will be possible to upgrade production facilities, create conditions for the implementation of ideas in the areas of industrial symbiosis, new energy, sustainable tourism, green start-ups and others. Maxim Balanev announced a project for smart recycling of household waste. By the end of 2021, interested companies and universities will present their developments for the implementation of this task.

The development of intellectual property in the regions was discussed by the participants of the round table at the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

In 2020, St. Petersburg took the first place in the list of constituent entities of the Russian Federation with the highest coefficient of inventive activity (CIA). The city is developing a support system for inventors. So SPB GBU "Center for the Development and Support of Entrepreneurship" launched a project to conduct patent research for entrepreneurs-innovators. Developers can get help from the center for free. Olga Goryshina, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, invited exporting companies to get acquainted with the opportunities of obtaining compensation for the costs of patent registration and protection of trademarks.

The indices of inventive activity are also growing in the regions. According to the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Federal Institute of Industrial Property" (FIIP), the number of regions with positive dynamics of filed patent applications has doubled. Anna Aleksandrova, Deputy Head of the FIIP Analytical Center, advised regional leaders to revise the taxation system in order to stimulate the activity of inventors, for example, to introduce incentives for them.

Radiy Salimov, Advisor to the General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Tatarstan "Tatarstan Center for Scientific and Technical Information (TsSTI)" shared examples of patent practice in Tatarstan with the Forum. He urged the heads of regional enterprises to pay attention to the system of motivation of employees' inventive activity built at TATNEFT PJSC. TATNEFT annually submits about 200 applications for registration of inventions.

The participants also discussed the creation of Technology Transfer Centers (TTC), which should ensure the exchange of knowledge and technology between educational institutions, businesses and other market participants.

Experts in non-formal education discussed the development of education for entrepreneurs. The session participants highlighted the most effective ways to support startups and transfer experience to them in modern conditions.

Alexander Ruzhinsky, founder of Startup Family, shared his observations with forum participants: young startups often lack motivation to implement their ideas. According to statistics, the chances of an entrepreneur to stay in the market increase by 80% if he is trained by a mentor. Startup Family launched the Startup Junior program in Russian schools, in which teenagers interact with experienced entrepreneurs. Over the past year, 361 schoolchildren have been trained in the program. Irina Muravyova, General Director of the Legal Bureau "Resolve", spoke about a new and effective mentoring format - master-mind. By participating in master minds, startups can interact not only with mentors, but also with each other.

Digitalization allows entrepreneurs to receive education online without interrupting their activities. Anna Volova, Managing Partner of Students International IELTS Test Center, drew attention to this opportunity. She also advised to combine training in Russian and foreign programs in order to get the most of the best business practices.

At the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum on November 12, the round table "The use of composite materials and products in transport, construction and infrastructure" was held. Anatoly Chernyshov, General Director of Severkomplektstroy, presented a project for use of advanced technologies on railways. He told about the opportunity of using sleepers made of sulfur concrete, which is a modern composite building material made on the basis of modified sulfur and industrial waste. Anatoly Chernyshov explained that products made of sulfur concrete have high strength, corrosion resistance, and are also recyclable.

Mikhail Alekseev, head of pilot production at Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard JSC, told about innovative technologies for making structures of composite materials. He noted that the enterprise uses digital modeling with products produced on automatic and vacuum injection equipment. The expert is sure that only use of modern technologies at all stages of development and production can help the company meet modern requirements for the reliability, safety and the cost of ships. In the fall of 2021, the company launched a catamaran made of carbon materials. It will be the first ship in Russia to test unmanned driving technologies. Today the company is fulfilling an order for the construction of passenger catamarans using composite materials. The innovative ships will be used to transport tourists.

The Deputy Executive Director of the Composite Cluster of St. Petersburg noted that today the volume of the composite materials market in Russia is more than 80 billion rubles. Over the past two years, it has increased by 23.8%. Experts point to positive dynamics and good export prospects. The world market of composite materials annually grows by an average of 6.8% and by 2027 its volume will amount to $ 112 billion. The participants of the Composite cluster are confident that Russian enterprises can offer their customers competitive products.

What training programs for young entrepreneurs are working effectively today? Does a businessman need a mentor, what can he teach him or her? Why do schoolchildren need business knowledge and can they become successful entrepreneurs tomorrow? What will the students of the company teach? These and other questions were answered by the participants of the round table "Mentoring Programs for Entrepreneurs", which was held on November 11 as under the business program of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

The General Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Denis Didkovsky noted that today the market is filled with various online business training courses, but such classes can only be used as an additional tool. For a modern entrepreneur, practice is important rather than education. Therefore, the accelerators of the Center for Entrepreneurship suggest that emergent entrepreneurs use the experience of successful corporations, whose representatives act here as mentors. Experts note that motivation is needed to improve professional skills in business today. For this reason, training and innovation for entrepreneurs should be paid for, unless it is about social projects.

Alexander Ruzhinsky, Deputy Director for Development of the Center for Advanced Professional Training, shared his experience of relations with emergent entrepreneurs. He spoke about the Startup Junior project, which was implemented in St. Petersburg with the support of the Education Committee on the basis of secondary schools. 17 educational institutions took part in the pilot launch. The goal of the program is to develop professional skills through the implementation of their own projects that can generate profit. Now schoolchildren are developing ideas for startups.

The roundtable participants agreed that today, emergent entrepreneurs need individual lessons with experienced businessmen, and when solving complex problems, it is necessary to involve experts and coaches in the training process. The mentor of the Agat Small Business Support Fund, Andris Ulyanov, spoke about the work of the mentoring programs at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. On the basis of the University, teams of students offer their projects to companies whose specialists act as mentors. Young entrepreneurs learn the basics of business, develop start-ups in various industries. As practice has shown, many of the students have already organized their own businesses.

Industrial tourism will become one of the promising areas of the tourism industry. The factors of its development and ways to overcome the related difficulties has become the topic of the session "The innovative potential of industrial tourism".

Today, 80% of European businesses are available to tourists. Industrial tourism is also developing in Asia. The largest manufacturers in China use their manufacturing facilities to hold international business events. In Russia, a similar case has been implemented on the basis of the Vyksa Steel Works. The industrial heritage of Vyksa has turned the monotown into a tourist center.

Industrial tourism is already one of the current business cards of some Russian regions, including the Sverdlovsk region. More than 50 tourist routes in the region are associated with visits to industrial facilities.

In 2020, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) launched the All-Russian Industrial Tourism Accelerator. The project is aimed at training representatives of regional administrations and enterprises in the creation of tourism products at industrial facilities. 30 regions have become the participants of the program.

The XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum has held a discussion of investment projects that search for financial support. As explained by Luiza Aleksandrova, Development Director of the Union of Business Angels Organizations SOBA, the purpose of the event called "Business Launching Pad" is to assess the development of entrepreneurs for their readiness to be presented to potential investors.

Entrepreneur Igor Pyankov spoke about the Smart Resident project created on a digital platform. The developed system automates the work of management companies. He announced the opportunity of scaling the business. For these purposes, it is necessary to attract investments in the amount of 21.3 million rubles.

Director of the Omnic company Oleg Smirnov, presenting his project, noted that, the demand for the delivery of goods is growing in the post-like world. This is also reflected by the company's revenue - in 2020 it amounted to about 210 million rubles, and by the end of 2021 it is expected to reach 450 million rubles. Omnic expects to receive investments in the amount of 150 million rubles for the development of the parcel terminal service. By 2025, the company plans to enter the top 10 global manufacturers of self-service solutions.

According to experts, speech recognition software using artificial intelligence technologies may be demanded at the current market. According to the developer of "AI - secretary" Taras Fedorov, the new system can not only translate speech into text, but also store and organize records. The advantage of the service is its own engine, which allows the program to be affordable and free in a minimal configuration. The profit is planned to be generate from an extended package of services. The product can be useful both for large corporations holding meetings and conferences, and for journalists, bloggers, and writers. The developer is confident that in the near future, "AI - secretary" will enter the top 5 providers of similar services.

Kirill Vitkovsky offered potential investors to invest in the development of the Metranpage project - a service for automatic layout and design of printed products. According to the author, his software will be able to replace a person and work without errors. The financial plan of Kirill Vitkovsky assumes an increase in the revenue to 800 million rubles by 2027. At the stage of investing an idea, he needs $50 thousand, and after having developed a prototype - another $ 300 thousand.

Summing up the results of the "Business Launching Pad", Development Director of the Union of Business Angels Organizations SOBA Luiza Aleksandrova noted that the projects for development of Omnic and "AI - Secretary" services are almost ready and will be presented to the members of the closed club of investors.

The role of PR in the development of the IT community and the promotion of technologies became the main topic of the session "PR and Marketing for Digitalization of the Economy" held on the first day of the Forum. Specialists in public relations and corporate communications, representatives of Russian IT companies shared their successful experience. The participants discussed the specifics of promoting IT services, as well as working with user communities.

Catalina Albu, Head of Corporate Communications at RED SOFT, spoke about the impact of PR on the image of B2G companies, as well as the importance of positioning the company in the market. According to Catalina Albu, the press relations service has become the most effective tool for promoting RED SOFT.

Alexey Fomin, senior communications manager at Cyberprotect, drew attention to the prospects for using success stories in PR activities. He advised sharing successful cases with consumers and presented a plan for preparing such a material.

The rest of the discussion participants, managers and heads of public relations departments, also shared their experience, including examples of relations with regional professional associations, the nuances of developing personalized offers and methods of creating high-quality content for target clients.

The session "PR and Marketing for Digitalization of the Economy" took place at the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum as a part of the VII annual RUSSOFT Leadership Forum.

Business consultants advised  emergent entrepreneurs on how to take their projects to the international market. The questions of the participants of the All-Russian Festival of University Technology Projects were answered by Edgar Romashchenko, head of the Russian-Chinese Innovation Alliance, and Christina Raiko, co-founder of the Russian-Chinese Innovation Alliance and the head of GlobalTech IP.

Entrepreneurs told startups about the specifics of working with business offices in foreign universities and existing start-up support programs using the example of Great Britain and China. They also noticed that foreign investors primarily pay attention to the stability of the team and the scalability of the project.

The consultants presented a Virtual Accelerator for Russian startups wishing to enter the Chinese market. Also Edgar Romaschenko and Christina Raiko announced the search for a Russian case to enter the Indian market.

At the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, leading experts discussed the problems of the environmental situation in the North-West region of Russia. Under the business program of the event, a round table "High quality of the environment as the main resource for sustainable development of the St. Petersburg - Leningrad Region agglomeration" was held. The discussion was organized by the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg. The participants of the round table drew the attention of the audience to the fact that the improvement of the ecological situation in the region will be facilitated by initiatives to implement green technologies at industrial enterprises and by adherence to business principles of sustainable development.

The Chairman of the Committee on Environmental, Industrial and Technological Safety of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, Chairman of the Council of the Ecological Union Semyon Gordyshevsky noted in his speech that, according to expert estimates, the annually losses of the Russian GDP due to the deterioration of the quality of the environment and related economic factors, amount to  4-6%, and taking into account the damage to human health can reach 10-15% of GDP. He emphasized that in order to solve the existing problems today, cooperation between business, the government and the general population is necessary. Participants pointed to the need for open policy and educational activities in the field of ecology.

According to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Petersburg Recycling Association,  Vsevolod Khmyrov, today, due to the lack of necessary information about modern waste processing technologies and monitoring of the state of the environment, many environment protection projects are perceived negatively by the population. He noted that in order to solve the issues of recycling and processing waste, it is necessary to support projects by the state, it is necessary to improve the management of enterprises, to pay attention to innovative solutions offered by private entrepreneurs.

Vladimir Tsvetkov, Rector of the St. Petersburg Institute for Nature Management, Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection, is confident that applied ecology is the most important tool for sustainable development. He explained that if it is used correctly, the financial losses of enterprises will be short-term and insignificant, and the performance of activities will be significantly improved due to competitive advantages in the market, expanding business activity, attracting potential investors, building customer loyalty, business partners and relations from government officials.

As a part of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum, the best practices of acceleration programs were presented. As the participants of the presentation noted, today the acceleration can be both an educational tool for acquiring new skills, and a full-fledged business package.

 According to Irina Samoilova, Development Director of the Union of Business Angels Organizations, the key to success for such massive undertakings is a well-established team, a clear methodology and simple reporting for the final executors.

 A completely different approach is required by the acceleration of small and medium-sized businesses, especially in regions where systematic business support programs are often absent. The Center for Entrepreneurship, whose main office is located in Moscow, operates in various constituent entities of the Russian Federation and has already conducted acceleration programs in 22 cities in 16 regions of Russia.  The method is based on mentoring, when a larger and more experienced business partner is selected for a SME. Its consulting services are voluntary and free of charge, and the exchange of entrepreneurial experience is a bonus. To enter the program, it is imperative that the participating company has been operating at the market for at least three years (that is, startups are not accepted for participation), have revenue of up to 80 million rubles, a minimum staff and a desire to develop. The result is an increase in revenue by an average of 25%, and in some regions up to 100%.

 The Commercialization Reactor accelerator, which specializes in deep-tech projects, uniting a technology creator and an entrepreneur who can make a  a product of it into a single team can be regarded as a successful example.   In addition, the company has its own venture fund, that is, the opportunity to invest in promising startups.  According to the head of the company, Nikolai Adamovich, this enables a researcher to remain a researcher and not change his place of residence.

Actual problems of using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in urban conditions became the main topic of the round table "Potential of unmanned aerial systems for metropolitan tasks", which took place on November 10  under the PMIF-2021. The discussion was organized by Navigator JSC.

Director of the Derzhavinsky Technopark of the Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin Dmitry Rybakov drew attention to the need to provide residential facilities in cities with infrastructure for receiving drones. In his opinion, such measures will expand the use of drones in the delivery of goods.

Representatives of development companies presented domestic solutions and practical cases of using UAS in the urban enviroment. Maxim Chizhov, First Deputy General Director of Aeromax, spoke about the company's new practices in the field of unmanned cargo delivery. So, in 2020, Aeromax conducted an experiment with the delivery of cargo using an electric helicopter. The device is capable of delivering goods weighing 5-7 kilograms over a distance of 30-50 kilometers.

The participants also discussed technological safety and the development of a navigation system for unmanned vehicles. The speakers presented their ideas for collision avoidance. The creation of transport corridors for drones can help to solve the problem.

The participants of the round table "The Role of Innovative Developments in the Recycling Economy. S.U.P. Sorting, utilization, processing". The discussion was held on November 11 at the site of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. ESG Media Agency’s Managing Director, Roman Kozlov, noted that today the principles of environmental, social and corporate governance are coming to the fore. To get into the future, it is necessary to adhere to the principles of sustainable development. Experts note that investors today are investing in green projects that provide maximum benefits, are approved by the society and supported by governments. Surveys of representatives of industrial enterprises show: entrepreneurs and their partners want transparency and confidence in business, employees of enterprises have become more conscious - they think about which company they work for, and consumers have ceased to be indifferent - they care what they buy.

Olga Luchina, Sustainable Development Manager for Philip Morris International in Russia, clarified that many market participants propose to add another letter to the ESG abbreviation - "P", from the English word product. According to the expert, today it is not enough to introduce green technologies, new products of companies should change life for the better. She spoke about the projects of the enterprise and clarified that in Russia almost 100% of industrial waste of Philip Morris International is recycled. By 2025, the Philip Morris Izhora factory in the Leningrad Region will switch to a carbon-neutral model.

Vera Podstrelova, head of sustainable development projects at Coca-Cola HBC Russia, spoke about innovations in packaging and consumer waste management to create cyclical business processes. She noted that in 2018, the company developed a "Waste-Free World" strategy. Today, over 99% of the packaging used by Coca-Cola HBC is recyclable. Vera Podstrelova drew the attention of the round table participants to the need to educate the consumer of the future. To this end, the company implements programs to promote sustainable development, conducts educational campaigns in schools and municipalities. The expert noted that a new generation of Russians are actively involved in initiatives for separate waste collection and smart consumption.

Svyatoslav Lavrinenko, head of the Regional Union of Waste Processors of the Kaliningrad Region, said how such green technologies and environmental projects are being implemented in one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The organization unites 45 enterprises. According to the expert, the Union have modern technologies for  transportation, processing and disposal of hazardous waste. The region has established collection of glass containers, processing of glass into abrasive material and building tiles. Also, material for roofing is produced from waste.

The participants of the round table noted that the participation of every employee of an industrial enterprise is important in the implementation of the principles of environmental, social and corporate governance, but the role of governmental structures in the form of support for initiatives and projects of sustainable development is also important. 

Under PMIF-2021, experts from Russia and Finland discussed the prospects of the ImProfEdu project "Improvement of vocational education taking into account the needs of Russia and Finland using innovative methods and technologies". As Valery Pilyavsky, Rector of the Autonomous Non-Commercial Educational Organization of Further Professional Education "St. Petersburg Institute of Business and Innovation", Valery Pilyavsky, explained, one of the main tasks of the Forum is to increase the prestige of blue-collar and engineering professions, because the development of industry is impossible without the formation of human resources.

The implementation of the ImProfEdu project began within the framework of the cross-border cooperation program "South-East Finland - Russia 2014-2020". Its goal is to prepare students from both countries to work in multicultural companies, to learn "flexible skills" in the context of cultural differences, to become familiar with labor laws and norms of behavior in the workplace. The need for this is quite high: in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region alone, today there are more than 600 enterprises with the participation of Finnish capital.

The areas of study have been selected taking into account the interests of both countries, today they are business administration, interior design, tourism and hairdressing. The profession can be obtained by both Russian and Finnish students. For example, in Petrovsky College, in a group of 28 designers, seven are Finns. Training is conducted, among other things, using a digital platform (this turned out to be especially important during a pandemic) in three languages ​​- Russian, Finnish and English.

According to Pilyavsky, this educational project must be continued within the framework of the new program of cross-border cooperation between Russia and Finland, which is now being developed for 2021 - 2027. According to the schedule, the draft of the new document is expected to be approved in December 2021, after which the program will be submitted for approval by the presidents of Russia and Finland.

The XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum hosts presentations of projects developed by specialists from Russian universities. On November 10, within the framework of the XII Interregional Intellectual Property Exchange, inventions that may be of interest to manufacturers of medical equipment were presented.

During the presentation area, the team of the St. Petersburg Polytechnic presented systems for transporting people with disabilities on beaches. Alexander Tregubov, Chairman of the All-Russian Society of Inventors and Innovators of the Kurortny District of St. Petersburg, spoke about the development of special mechanisms for the descent and ascent of beachgoers who use wheelchairs into the water. The inventors believe that such systems will interest the owners of tourist complexes. Currently, negotiations are underway with representatives of the resorts of the Krasnodar Territory and the Republic of Crimea.

Mikhail Rayak, ITMO Highpark project innovation advisor, spoke about the new innovative quarter in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg. He invited representatives of industrial companies until 2023 to submit their wishes on the features and technical requirements for the premises that they plan to use in the technopark. It is planned to build such federal properties as a business incubator, the National Center for Urbanism (NCU) and a Data Processing Center (DPC) on the territory of the ITMO business park. The total area of ​​the complex will be 3.95 hectares. It is planned that in 2023 a business incubator will be created in the Pushkin District, and by 2027 the research and innovative infrastructures of the residents will be functioning.

The moderator of the event, Director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Ismail Kadiev noted that holding such presentations at the PMIF helps the authors of projects to promote their ideas and resolve issues with intellectual property rights. He noted that under the new conditions it is necessary to create a special virtual platform for presenting projects and the team of organizers of the Interregional Exchange is working in this area.

Export and its future after the end of the pandemic became the topic of one of the discussions at the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. Representatives of government institutions and non-profit associations discussed plans to develop exports in the changed market conditions.

The presentation “Export after the pandemic: summing up the results and making plans” was organized by ANO “St. Petersburg Export Support Center”.

Also during the discussion, the service “My Export” from “Russian Export Center” JSC was presented. Andrey Mironov, head of the REC representative office in St. Petersburg, spoke about the center's new program – “Regional Export Standard 2.0”.

Alexander Buch, Project Manager of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, presented a platform for exchanging best practices “Smarttek” to the forum participants. He referred to successful examples of regional export support practices. For example, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, the post of a business sheriff appeared – a person responsible for working with exporters. The experience of the Fund for the Support of Foreign Economic Activity of the Moscow Region is also interesting: the institution has introduced a KPI system to increase the motivation of the fund's employees.

Nadezhda Larionova, General Director of the St. Petersburg Export Support Center, spoke about the state support measures taken to assist emerging exporters in the region. Solutions in the field of analytics, marketing, promotion and training are available to St. Petersburg companies.

Tatiana Schwarzkopf, Head of NRW Global Business Russia in St. Petersburg, shared the main practices of supporting companies in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. “NRW works with small and medium-sized businesses to help them enter international markets. Companies receive recommendations on the selection of the most promising markets for the sale of their products. Business trips and presentations at leading exhibitions are also organized for companies,” said Tatiana Schwarzkopf.

Projects in the field of mechanical engineering and instrument manufacture are presented at the XII Interregional Intellectual Property Exchange. The presentations were held at the site of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.

The team of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University presented a magnetic joystick at the Interregional Intellectual Property Exchange. The goal of the development is to create a simple-in-design, reliable device with an easily dismantled handle. The developer Pavel Gedko said that the project is dedicated to the creation of a contactless magnetic joystick, which will be competitive and cheaper than foreign counterparts. This device can be used to control various machines and mechanisms, medical equipment, and gaming applications. As Pavel Gedko specified, the patent holder of the invention is Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

The hardware and software complex for quality control of metal products was shown in the presentation area by Voenmekh specialists. The project aroused great interest among industrial specialists, since the development team already has a prototype. According to Aleksey Olekhver, senior lecturer of the Baltic State Technical University “Voenmech” named after D.F. Ustinov, this development is attractive for investment. The hardware and software complex is a system of sensors with an acoustic emission device and a personal computer. The novelty will save time and labor costs for industrial businesses. As Alexey Olekhver explained, the hardware and software complex allows you to control the processes and quality of parts manufacture without unnecessary hassle.

The organizer of the XII Interregional Intellectual Property Exchange was Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. On November 10, during the first day of PMIF-2021, representatives of businesses and universities from different regions of Russia demonstrated their developments and proposals for the introduction of new technologies at the event site.

On November 10, the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum began its work. The opening ceremony of the PMIF-2021 events was attended by the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov. The head of the city greeted the participants of the event and got acquainted with the exposition of the exhibition, where industrial businesses, research centers and universities of different regions of Russia presented original developments and innovative solutions.

Participants and visitors of PMIF-2021 note that holding the event in an offline format is of particular importance today for the business and economy of the region as a whole. At the Forum site, the leading businesses of St. Petersburg, the Leningrad Region, the Republic of Crimea, the Surgut District of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug and other regions of Russia present their products and developments in various industries. In 2021, the PMIF is being held under the motto “New Industrial Policy. Readiness for change”.

During his speech, Anatoly Turchak, President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, noted that a large-scale digital transformation awaits the Russian industry. He recalled that the head of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed an order defining the strategic directions of transforming the country's industry. The document provides for the active introduction of key innovations into production practice – artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of things, new production and communication technologies.

As the chairman of the Committee for Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg Kirill Soloveichik noted, during the three days of the PMIF-2021, its participants will talk about today's achievements in the field of industry and high technologies, exchange experience and be able to find new partners. 44 businesses present their products and inventions. At the stands of the exhibition you can see such novelties as unmanned aerial vehicles and ships, products made of composite materials, “smart” devices that can be used today in housing and communal services. There is a business contacts exchange on the site. In 2021, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is the partner country of the PMIF.

The XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum is held on November 10-12 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. At the same time, events of the XXV International Forum “Russian Industrialist” and exhibitions “Protection against Corrosion” are held in the pavilions of the Congress and Exhibition Center.

What competencies in Industry 4.0 should to be developed by domestic technology companies? What measures of technological services and support measures are already available and what are mostly demanded? How to increase the labor performance and what kind of specialists are needed for Industry 4.0? These and other questions were answered by the participants of the “Creonomics” Resources” round table. Innovative Resources for Development of Industry 4.0 in St. Petersburg”, which was held under the business program of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum.
Alexey Korablev, Chairman of the Board of the Creonomics cluster, spoke about importance of introducing modern technologies in industry and digitalization of businesses. He noted that in the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic, the cluster managed to expand international cooperation, hold special educational events devoted to Industry 4.0, and the use of artificial intelligence. Alexey Korablev emphasized the need to improve the qualifications of specialists for industrial businesses that will be involved in the digitalization of production processes.
Head of Education Development in KUKA Russia, Natalia Usova, drew the audience's attention to the fact that one of the current main problems is the level of competence of workers and engineers. The shortage of qualified personnel has urged the company to create its own professional college. An educational institution of one of the largest manufacturers of industrial robots today trains not only specialists for businesses, but also teachers in digitalization and automation.
Sergey Mayorov, Chairman of the Board of the Machine-Building Cluster of the Republic of Tatarstan, noted that automation and robotization allow to increase the performance of enterprises. Today the cluster unites more than 300 businesses in the region. Sergey Mayorov emphasized that the Republic of Tatarstan ranks first in Russia in terms of the number of robots at industrial businesses. He also recalled the need to train qualified personnel and said that the companies within the cluster are ready to train specialists at their production sites.
Business Development Director of the Institute of Innovative Technologies in Business (IITB) Maxim Korablev spoke about the activities of the educational center for digitalization specialists. For retraining and advanced training, employees of businesses can undergo training at special stands and practice skills in working with robotic industrial complexes. Courses at IITB are conducted by certified specialists having experience in coding, implementation and maintenance of robots.

The final of the HSE FEST All-Russian Festival of University Technological Projects will be held on November 11, at the venue of the XIV Saint Petersburg International Innovation Forum in the Expoforum Exhibition Center. According to the HSE FEST organizing committee, in 2021, 567 teams from 211 universities have applied for participation. The Festival will be attended by representatives of 67 regions of Russia and 7 countries. The key goal of the event is to support aspiring technology entrepreneurs, find resources, partners and financing for further implementation of their projects. Educational lectures and master classes, trainings, individual consultations with companies’ experts and representatives are scheduled as part of the HSE FEST accelerator program.

At the SPIIF-2021 venue, registered visitors will be able to participate offline and online in the finalists’ pitch sessions, round tables, master classes of the festival partners, as well as find new business partners.

The Festival is organized by the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) – Saint Petersburg. The event operator: Saint Petersburg Technopark. The Festival is held in context of “The Year of Science and Technology”, supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Government of Saint Petersburg and the Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade, as well as the Presidential Grants Fund. The General Partner is Rostelecom PJSC.

Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University will develop the methodology for assessing the environmental index of equipment to minimize risks and increase the environmental efficiency of investments, as well as will research the possibility of converting Murmansk Thermal Power Station (TPS) and Apatitskaya TPS to low-carbon fuels, including hydrogen. According to the higher education institution’s website, the University will carry out this work under the order from the TGC-1 company, in framework of the agreement on expanding cooperation in the field of innovation. For two years, the Polytechnic University has been implementing about a dozen scientific, technical and educational projects. Until 2024, the University’s experts will take part in improving digital models of power plants, and introducing the online prompt system for operational personnel, to increase the TPS efficiency and reliability. Scientists and the University’s students will also develop software and hardware for introduction of the engine room patrol robot at TGC-1 power plants.

Researchers from V.I. Ulyanov Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” have developed “the smart sticking plaster”, which, on the basis of monitoring data of the state of the body and environmental conditions, is capable of introducing drugs into the human body through special microneedles. According to the press service of the University, such devices can be used by people suffering from chronic diseases or working in conditions implying with the possibility of severe poisoning. Depending on the purpose, the system is equipped with the necessary set of miniature devices, the medicine storage container and the array of microneedles.

“The smart sticking plaster” production is based on application of flexible electronics micro-processing and printing modern technologies. In addition to the mandatory modules, it may include sensors for monitoring the human condition, the radio communication module designed to control the device in case of emergency, as well as the micro-pump to provide the required rate of the substance administration. This device can be placed on the person’s wrist as a wristwatch. The development is carried out in framework of “Biointerface”, one of the priority R&D areas of the SPbSETU “LETI”, and is also supported by the grant from the Russian Science Foundation.

Environmental situation in the region and the prospects for development of green technologies at enterprises and in the urban environment will be discussed by participants of the event organized by the Saint Petersburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs at the SPIIF-2021 venue. As part of the business program of the Forum, on November 11, the session “High Quality of the Environment as the Key Resource for Sustainable Development of the Saint Petersburg – Leningrad Region Agglomeration” will be held.

Experts are going to talk about environmental monitoring technologies, emission control, waste recycling programs and successful projects to be implemented in the region. For example, in 2022, the regional operator of Saint Petersburg plans to install in the city 3,200 containers for separate waste collection. The first 200 containers will be installed and serviced since January 01, 2022. Residents of the Kalininsky District of Saint Petersburg will be able to hand over plastic, glass, paper and cardboard, aluminum and tin containers, cardboard packaging for drinks of the tetra pack type for recycling. The project on creating the separate waste accumulation system is being implemented by Nevsky Ecological Operator, which has been the regional waste management operator in Saint Petersburg since September 2021, in partnership with the RusPRO Association and ArtEco SPB, specializing in working with secondary raw materials.

The device for automatic verification of QR codes was developed by Addreality, the company from Saint Petersburg, focusing on development of communication systems via digital screens. As RBC reports, the first vending machines with artificial intelligence technologies are installed in large shopping malls of Saint Petersburg. The device, consisting of the screen and the camera, scans the QR code and verifies its authenticity on the website of Gosuslugi. In addition, the machine monitors if there is a mask on the person’s face, and can check an identity document. From the developers’ words, this will prevent visitors from using other people’s QR codes.

According to the Company, smart screens equipped with Addreality Box equipment are able to recognize impersonal gender and age features of a person. The new QR code verification functional will reduce the danger to staff and visitors of public places, as well as improve the verification process efficiency. The Company believes that the device will help fulfill the city authorities’ requirements on accessing to venues and events only people with the QR code.

Significance of innovative developments for the recycling economy will be discussed by the participants of the session to be held on November 11 as part of the business program of the XIV Saint Petersburg International Innovation Forum. The event will be attended by representatives of companies and organizations that have experience in implementing solutions in this area and have succeeded in developing sustainable business. For example, the Kaliningrad Region Waste Processors Regional Union organized separate collection of glass containers in the region. The project was launched in Kaliningrad in October 2021. Representatives of such companies as Philip Morris International in Russia, UPM Russia, Coca-Cola HBC Russia and others are invited to take part in the conversation. At the end of October 2021, Coca-Cola and UPM announced their cooperation in the field of packaging modernization and bottles production of vegetable raw materials – mono-ethylene glycol (bMEG). According to the official website of UPM Russia, the new technology of processing raw materials excludes the stage of producing ethanol. By 2025, Coca-Cola intends to reduce by three million tonnes the use of primary plastic made of sources based on crude oil. Philip Morris International’s factories in Russia adhere to the principles of the recycling economy, sending 99.9% of industrial waste for recycling. According to the Company’s press service, the enterprise implements the project for tobacco heating devices disposal after their application to be finished. Since the launch of the project, Russian consumers of smokeless products have handed over more than 120,000 devices for recycling. The Company’s employees also participate in environmental actions within the corporate volunteering programs for improvement of urban and natural areas.

Gazprom Neft will present its new developments at the XIV Saint Petersburg International Innovation Forum (SPIIF). As part of the business program, at the SPIIF-2021 venue, on November 11, the virtual tour on the Gazprom Neft production facility will take place. VR technologies will help the participants of the event make the cross-functional journey to the production sites of the logistics, processing and sales unit.

According to the press service of the Company, in 2022, Gazprom Neft plans to enter the global technology market. Among other factors, the Company currently completes development of six types of catalysts. Gazprom Neft intends to offer solutions in the field of new technologies for oil refining and catalysts, petrochemistry, household chemicals, biotechnology and decarbonization. This is necessary to fulfill the Company’s strategic goals in the field of logistics, processing and sales, which today cover not only oil refining, but also new business segments.

The International Exhibition of Advanced Technologies for ensuring the security of individuals, society and the state "EXPOTECHNOSTRAGE - 2021" will be held in St. Petersburg on November 10-12, 2021. As reported on the event's website. The exhibition will be held within the framework of the Days of Industry and Innovation project, in the year of the fifth anniversary of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation and the 210th anniversary of the creation of the law enforcement forces. EXPOTEHNOSTRAGE-2021 is a large-scale complex of congress, exhibition and demonstration events,
aimed at creating a communication environment for discussing innovative ideas, demonstrating modern developments. The participants of the event will exchange information on achievements in the field of special means, equipment and weapons. The exhibition will feature high-tech ready-made solutions that contribute to improving the equipment of law enforcement agencies and other law enforcement agencies, enterprises and corporations. The exhibition is a communication platform for communication of specialists - representatives of state authorities, law enforcement agencies, industrial enterprises, structures of the non-state security sector. On November 11, the Expoforum Exhibition Center will host the All-Russian Conference "Safety of Fuel and Energy Facilities - 2021".
The organizers of the event are: The Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation. The Government of St. Petersburg. Event operator: ExpoForum International.

Scientists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University have developed a new generation thermoelectric generator. According to the press service of the university, the finished product will be put into production by the end of 2021. A thermoelectric generator is a device that converts thermal energy into electrical energy. Specialists of the Polytechnic University have developed a concept for creating a generator containing a complex carbon nanostructure, inside which, when heated, quantum electrodynamic processes occur that trigger thermoelectric generation. The university scientists
built a digital model and conducted digital tests, which significantly reduced the time for technology development. The simulation results were verified during experiments implemented using atomic force microscopes, various types of spectrometers, etc.

The robotic complex of the new generation will be presented by specialists of the D. F. Ustinov Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" at the site of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. The domestic development surpasses foreign analogues in terms of the accuracy of operations and has ample opportunities for model modification. The multi-stage robot manipulator UMM-1000-PRO, created in Voenmeh, is designed to perform complex operations in space with high accuracy and speed. The robot is based on a fundamentally new technology for designing modular robotic systems. When creating manipulators, universal blocks with rotational or translational movements are used. They are equipped with
replaceable working bodies using technologies, the so-called sensitized grip. This makes it possible to quickly and cost-effectively create and modify robotic manipulators to perform specific tasks, including working in extreme conditions, for example, in an airless space, at great depth, in radiation zones and in a confined space. Voenmekh specialists note that the new robot manipulator is capable of performing high-precision tasks during any production process and is indispensable for solving special tasks, such as mine clearance, cleaning of infected territories and dismantling of rubble.

Participants of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum will talk about the possibilities of industrial tourism and its development in Russia. Representatives of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), heads of enterprises, specialists in the development of industrial tourism and tour organizers will take part in the discussion, which will take place on November 11 as part of the track "Cluster Development of the city" of the PMIF-2021.
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), together with MICE Market, has developed a methodology for the development of industrial tourism for Russian regions, which includes step-by-step recommendations for organizing, creating and conducting excursions, training guides and employees of enterprises, as well as the concept of working with stakeholders. In August 2021, the All-Russian Accelerator for Industrial Tourism was launched. The introduction of the methodology allows regions to understand where to start the process of industrial tourism development, evaluate resources and opportunities, and create excursion products.
The participants of the session "Innovative potential of industrial Tourism" will learn the details of the ASI initiative, the speakers will share the experience of cooperation between enterprises with tourism and event companies, as well as talk about how to effectively use this tool to promote production, products and the region as a whole. Organizer: St. Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "Congress and Exhibition Bureau".

The specialists of the My Business Center will provide consulting assistance and tell about the measures of state support for small and medium-sized businesses in St. Petersburg throughout the work of the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum - from November 10 to 12. You will be able to get advice at the Expoforum Exhibition Center at the joint exposition of St. Petersburg.
The national project "Small and Medium-sized entrepreneurship and support for individual entrepreneurial initiative", within the framework of which the infrastructure for supporting small and medium–sized businesses has been created - the My Business Center has been implemented in St. Petersburg since March 2019. A single management body, the regional operator of the project is the Foundation for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Businesses in St. Petersburg. The goal of the My Business project is to create a universal platform for beginners and existing entrepreneurs on the principle of "one window", as well as to optimize the operation of existing infrastructures. Today, entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg can receive information, consulting, educational services, as well as promotion assistance at the My Business platform.

Today, personal meetings are more than ever an important factor for establishing business relationships. The Exchange of Business Contacts, a unique online meeting management system, will increase the effectiveness of participation in the events of the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum (SPIEF), help find new partners and strengthen existing business ties. The exchange provides an opportunity to get acquainted with expanded information about the participants of the events, helps to find companies that may be of interest, schedule and coordinate business meetings at the PMIF-2021 site, as well as plan a personal schedule for attending events.
During the work of the PMIF from November 10 to 12, 2021, suppliers and customers in the field of industrial technologies and equipment, innovations and consulting can take part in unique business negotiations on the Business Contacts Exchange. Participants of the event will receive information and consultations from representatives of executive authorities, specialists in the field of consulting, training personnel, will meet with specialists of the largest enterprises of Russia.
On November 10, the Business Contacts Exchange will be held with the participation of companies and organizations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - the partner country of the PMIF-2021. Organizers: Committee on Industrial Policy, Innovation and Trade of St. Petersburg, Committee on External Relations of St. Petersburg. Registration is carried out on the official page of the Business Contacts Exchange.

Surgut District of Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra presents its industrial, investment and tourism potential at the XIV St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. On November 10, as part of the PMIF-2021 business program, a congress event "Surgut District for Investors" will be held at the Expoforum Exhibition Center.
Surgut district annually provides more than 25% of the volume of industrial production of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra and a quarter of regional investments in fixed assets. 72 investment platforms have been created in the region. Industrial enterprises of the region will be represented at the exhibition of the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum: Surgutmebel – a large wood processor in the KhMAO with a developed multidisciplinary production, Severplast - a manufacturer of industrial large-sized containers, tanks made of plastics and polymer raw materials, Zavodzhelezobetonstroy - a manufacturer
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Companies from the Republic of Crimea are to Show the Industrial Potential of the Region in the framework of the 25th Russian Industrialist International Forum. The Fiolent Plant, an enterprise specializing in automation of marine technical equipment, design and manufacturing of automated control systems and elements, will demonstrate its products. Selma, an electric machine building plant, will present the equipment and accessories for all kinds of electrical welding and metal cutting. Also, the goods of the Kerch Metallurgical Plant that specializes in manufacturing of track superstructure products (switches), steel ware and iron castings, will be demonstrated at the exhibition. The 25th Russian Industrialist International Forum will take place on November 10–12 at the EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Center. Solutions to protect facilities of critical information infrastructure. Besides, companies intend to hold hackathons, launch acceleration programs for industry specific IT startups and organize permanent cooperation with specific educational establishments of higher education.

Scientists of the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” named after V.I. Ulyanov have designed a special coating for solar panels that allows increasing the volume of consumed light due to reduced reflection losses. According to the Press Office of Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”, currently the ecological method still has a few drawbacks: e.g. the coatings used don’t provide complete sun light absorption. This problem has been solved by St. Petersburg specialists in the framework of the project “Antireflection Black Composite Coatings Based on Nanostructured Carbon-Containing Anodic Aluminum Oxide”. A share of electromagnetic emission reflected from a new coating is almost two times smaller than a share of filtered and absorbed emissions. Meanwhile, the carbon contain allows regulating the ratio between them.

Antireflection coatings are manufactured based on the technology of electrochemical anode treatment of aluminum substrates: aluminum is put into the electrolyte based on oxalic tartaric acids to shape a carbon porous coating under electrical current flow. According to the scientists, the developed technology allows using coatings not in a visible spectrum only, but in an infrared band as well. It will provide an opportunity to make smart heating clothes with electrical supply maintained at the expense of human body heat.

Scientists of the ITMO University Have Developed a Program to Identify the Same Mutations of Different Bacteria Promptly The genome analysis algorithm is able to identify similar changes in their strains. According to the ITMO Press Office, it takes the program called PaReBrick less than a minute to identify simultaneous alterations in bacterial populations. The algorithm is able to analyze a phylogenetic tree built for bacterial strains; it examines similar fragments of genomes, find required attributes automatically and color strains of the phylogenetic tree a certain way depending on the state of an attribute. Thus, a visual image of the information about the genome is formed. The algorithm has been tested on streptococcus strains – a pneumonia agent, and coliform bacteria. Previously, such researches had been conducted manually through a lot of laboratory experiments that had taken much time. It has been confirmed by the ITMO University, that the suggested method is universal and can be applied in field of medicine, gene engineering, as well as in fundamental biological studies. In particular, the algorithm will simplify the research of evolutionary bacteria mechanisms to identify potential reasons of their resistance to antibiotics.

Scientists of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University are the first in Russia to use the innovative welding procedure to get a new aluminum alloy for bridge construction. As experts of the Laboratory of Lightweight Materials and Structures note, application of friction stir welding for a new alloy will allow exceeding the current quality of conventional arc welding significantly. The use of friction stir welding allows connecting low-melting materials easily. According to experts, such a technology provides a new way to look at application of aluminum in a general industry, so that a non-precious metal could become a serious competitor for noble ones in the nearest future. As TASS reports, the aluminum pedestrian bridge which is supposed to be built in the City of Bor (Nizhny Novgorod Region) till the end of 2021, is to become the first practical application of such a technology in Russia.

Municipal Buses of St. Petersburg Are to Be Equipped with an Intelligent Driver Assistance System. As reported by the Press Office of Passazhiravtotrans, until the end of 2021, the enterprise will receive 20 ‘smart’ vehicles. The algorithms applied in the driver assistance system are prototypes of an intelligent safety systems for unmanned buses of the future. The system was tested by experts of Passazhiravtotrans since 2017 to 2020. Based on the results of tests, the intelligent driver assistant system has been integrated into a basic configuration of newly bought buses. A smart driver assistant will be able to recognize pedestrians, cyclists, vehicles and obstacles throughout the bus’s journey, including those in a ‘blind spot’. In case any danger or risk of collision arises, it notifies the driver.

A Fourth Generation Substation Brought into Commission by Rosseti Lenenergo in St. Petersburg. The cutting-edge main substation uses digital data exchange; it’s equipped with remote control and surveillance systems for machine monitoring. The operator’s workplace is automated. Such a substation can be managed remotely by monitoring the state of equipment and eliminating any possible bugs without sending a maintenance crew to the site. The innovative highly automated substation is located in the Tsentralny (Central) District of St. Petersburg. A smart main substation provides residential areas, business centers, hotels, shopping malls and entertainment complexes with electrical energy. According to Press Office of Rosseti Lenenergo PJSC, it’s one of the first Russian substations equipped with a new generation protective relay digital devices based on Industry 4.0 technologies that provide for a largescale automation and industrial application of artificial intelligence.

As Rosseti Lenenergo PJSC notes, a digital substation allows reducing the construction period and commissioning time of the equipment significantly, as well as using smaller premises. In restrained urban conditions it’s the best possible solution that allows reducing the amount of investments in construction, reconstruction and exploitation of facilities.

The budget for digitalization development in St. Petersburg is planned to be increased up to 1.5 bln rubles. According to the Press Office of the City Government, currently the expenses on digital transformation of economy and management of the Northern Capital amount to 700 mln rubles. Artificial intelligence will be introduced in St. Petersburg along with some robotic technologies and wireless communications. The most part of socially significant state services of the city are expected to be digitized by 2024. During implementation of the Digital Transformation Strategy the following technologies will be integrated: artificial intelligence, elements of robotic technologies and sensorics, big data, Industrial Internet, wireless communications, and blockchain systems. The digitalization process will cover healthcare, education and science, urban development, transport and logistics, public administration, social matters, tourism and culture.

Introduction of platform solutions in field of public administration will allow raising a share of socially significant mass services provided in an electronic form up to 95% by the end of 2024. In particular, in 2022, all buses will be equipped with non-cash payment systems, and the information about their movement will be easy to get through a smartphone. About 30% of school lessons will be held using advanced information technologies. By the end of 2024, the number of online professional medical advice will raise to 35%, and a share of medical appointment booked online will reach 63%.

Concern Avtomatika, a part of Rostec, together with the National Engineering Corporation and T. Hunter, a St. Petersburg company, will create a hardware and software system to fight against cyber crimes. The system will collect and analyze information about the citizens using open resources to prevent violations. According to the CNews portal, a new solution will be used by the Ministry of the Interior, as well as large companies to investigate cybercrimes.

The system will be based on OSINT, an open-source intelligence technology. According to the elaboration of T. Hunter, a specialist will upload the suspect’s e-mail or telephone number in the system, and the software system will compare it with pools of data by more than 40 parameters, including IP-addresses, information from payment systems and identifiers for advertisers. As a result, a public law enforcement official will get a report about the object’s personality with a list of reference sources in text and graphic formats.

A Cybersecurity Competence Centre will be established in order to respond to cybercrimes. It will also serve as a basis for development of specialized Russian solutions to protect facilities of critical information infrastructure. Besides, companies intend to hold hackathons, launch acceleration programs for industry specific IT startups and organize permanent cooperation with specific educational establishments of higher education.

The first automated container surveillance and monitoring system has been integrated at the October Railway. It has been successfully tested in the cargo terminal of the St. Petersburg-Finlyandsky Station of the October Terminal and Storage Facility Directorate. According to the RZD Press Office, the information about container location is now recorded with optic devices based on artificial intelligence and a GPS-tracker. The time to dump loads and arrange the loads for storage has been reduced up to 39 seconds.

In September 2021, the system was updated. One of loaders was equipped with a video camera and GPS trackers of geodetic accuracy that allowed indicating the location of the container in a terminal. When grasping the container, the camera reads its number, and the geolocation system records exacts location after its installation on the load board. It will allow increasing the speed of container processing by 26%.

In 2022, it is planned to install a set of cameras equipped with such a system at the cargo terminal of the St. Petersburg-Finlyandsky Station to read the vehicle and container plate numbers when cars approach to be unloaded.

Xenia the Robot, a project with application of a telemedical platform by SberHealth implemented in the framework of the Healthcare National Project, allows monitoring health conditions of 3,700 patients from more than 20 health care facilities of the Leningrad Region in the remote mode.

According to the Press Office of the Severo-Zapadny Bank of Sberbank PJSC, in the framework of the pilot project the robot collects data about patient general well-being, body temperature, any tightness of the chest or labored breathing. In case any deviations are revealed (or if it’s the patient’s time as per the chart of observations), patients can consult telemedicine doctors.

A telemedicine service takes 9–12 minutes at the average. The robot calls patients with chronical non-communicable diseases and COVID-19, conducts a survey according to an established algorithm and analyzes the answers. The collected data are displayed in the patient’s diary. If any deviations are identified, the doctor is immediately made aware. They can contact the patient by phone, via a mobile app or on a special website to deliver care. Also, in some medical facilities patients with chronical non-communicable diseases are monitored in the remote mode. All of it allows reducing a number of visitors in medical facilities, therefore, reducing a risk of disease incidence in public places. Xenia the Robot is supposed to work as a pilot project till the end of 2021.

Vkontakte developers have used their own speech-recognition technology to generate automatic subtitle in videos. According to the release issued by the company’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, the updated version of a video player now features automated subtitles. They are generated based on the initial social media technology, machine learning algorithms of a shared video platform and an intelligent noise suppression system of the single video call platform.

The new technology generates text automatically by placing letters and punctuation marks, distributes the text across shots and ensures that the moment when subtitles emerge is precise. In the nearest future the program will learn to parse human speech into phrases. As it has been noted in Vkontakte, it significantly simplifies transcription and makes it easier to read the text while watching the video.

To ensure high quality of such a transcription, the subtitles flow goes through four processing stages. At first, the record is cleared of background noises with an intelligent noise suppression technology. Then a neural network recognizes words and turns them into a text. At the third stage the punctuation model is added: it deals with letters and punctuation marks. Machine learning methods distribute the text across the shots, so that a phrase could emerge the same moment when it’s said by a speaker.

The social media tests and fine tunes its new technology: subtitles are already available for some viewers in popular clips and videos from verified communities on the Vkontakte website and in the mobile app, though in the experimental mode only.

Sveza Group has presented special plywood which is often used in construction of liquefied gas tankers and CNG storages. According to the official website of the company, the plywood is a key construction material to build membrane tanks of such vessels. It takes the load of a transported gas. The tankage reaches up to 200,000 cubic meters, and the weight of transported gas amounts to 85,000 tons. The plywood must measure up to exacting standards in terms of stress-related properties. It’s made of birch veneer; external and internal layers of plywood are strictly free of wood flaws and processing defects. Besides, the finished good needs to be resistant to cryogenic temperatures (–160 °C).

The company’s plant in St. Petersburg is the only manufacturer in Russia (and one of the four existing ones in the world) with a Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) international certificate. According to Sveza specialists, its products holds promise both abroad and in the internal market – Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex intends to produce gas carriers with membrane storage systems. Currently, Russian LNG-plywood is manufactured in St. Petersburg only. Sveza Group intends to increase its capacities by getting new sites in other regions of Russia certified.

Scientists of the Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design made the team to develop an innovative technology – the first one in the world to restore drawings of critical period clothing without touching them. According to the University Press Office, the technology has comprised 3D scanning applied by museums, and some advanced software products that are conventionally used to design computer games characters and special effects in movies.

Such a know-how has significantly reduced time spent on scale modeling, fittings and designing pattern sets for the purpose of artefact reconstruction. It also increases makes end pieces more precise and give scientists new opportunities to study period clothing in terms of experimental archeology. The algorithm created by scientists will allow not only transferring artefacts into the virtual environment to turn the concept of interactive visits to museums into reality, but also restoring drawings of historical pieces as objects of engineering art.

Efforts of scientists from the Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design have been supported with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of Fundamental Principles of Digital Twin Virtual Design for the System “Human Figure – Human Clothes”, a scientific project with application of neuropsychological technologies and reverse engineering.

Experts of the ITMO University, the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and the University of Toronto have designed gel inks that fluoresce under the monochromatic light of various wave lengths. It allows creating complicated patterns of marks and labels put on the products. According to developers, these structures ensure a much greater level of protection than existing analogues. The ITMO Press Office elaborates that the research has been supported with a grant of the Russian Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.

The original ink contains nanocolloid systems received via saturation with helium ions composed of differently charged polymer particles based on polyethyl methacrylate. It makes the material not only more agile, but more resilient as well. Innovative gels can be used both to put on two-dimensional images and for multilayer 3D printing. As ITMO experts note, the solution can be applied in various fields, from creating functional biological materials and films to printing optically active structures, including those that can protect products from being counterfeited.

New generation gel inks allow putting marks not on flat surfaces only, but on materials with complicated geometrical patterns, curves and some roughness. The method is environmentally friendly, low-cost and safe for people and various materials. Gel inks can be easily washed off with organic solutions; they don’t penetrate through the package of food products.

On November 19, the plenary session of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum was held under the title " Tandem of industry and healthcare. Conclusions and forecasts».

The hybrid plenary session was moderated by Roman Gerasimov, a journalist and TV presenter: «this year we passed a real stress test, where the main thing is the importance of medicine, health and doctors. The city is still based on industry, education and science, which cannot be stopped. That is why I propose to discuss this key Alliance.»

Alexander Beglov, Governor of Saint Petersburg, delivered a welcome speech to all the participants in an online format: «Saint Petersburg has always been a leader in innovation. Today, the city’s enterprises use the development and resources of the military-industrial complex for the production of medical equipment. Several such projects are already being implemented.»

The Governor emphasized the important figures for our city, noting that more than 70 pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of medicines work in St. Petersburg. The volume of drug production increases by 10–15% annually. The volume of products shipped exceeds 35 billion rubles a year.

The Governor also said that about 100 St. Petersburg companies produce medical devices and equipment. Their sales reach 15.5 billion rubles. The products are delivered to 102 countries around the world.

Mikhail Lobin, first Vice-President of the Union of Industrialists and entrepreneurs of Saint Petersburg, also noted the relevance of the chosen issue: «Today’s topic is not easy to choose: we have a specific challenge that we are fighting. The St. Petersburg industry has something to share during these events. There are problems that need to be discussed and solutions found.»

Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the management Board of RUSNANO management company, gave an assessment of how domestic production responds to the virus threat. He shared information about the projects that the Corporation has launched, and gave a short excursion into the history of Russian pharmaceuticals.

«Russia inherited strong science and weak industry from the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, it is not the Soviet Union was a leader in the pharmaceutical industry, the majority of the drugs we were getting on imports. This became apparent in the late 90’s. The vector that has changed a lot is the Pharma-2020 project, " Anatoly Borisovich explained.

The expert paid attention to the implementation of RUSNANO projects: «at the early stage of the pandemic, there was a problem with testing. One of our portfolio companies, Testgen, was at the final stage of completing a set of chemical reagents for testing. The main argument in favor of this test is accuracy, the parameters are much higher than others. Another example is a system for measuring hemostasis for those who have problems with blood clotting. We conducted clinical trials that proved that the Ministry of health made the right decision about the need for anticoagulant therapy. Our device allows you to quickly make a measurement. The third example: we funded an American company that develops a drug, not a vaccine.»

Vladimir Knyaginin, Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg, highlighted the key trends in the current situation: «The block that we should lead is the centers of artificial intelligence. There are 43 universities and 300 research institutes in St. Petersburg. Consolidation is underway in many sectors, and we must create artificial intelligence research centers in order to agglomerate the existing structures and establish deep cooperation between science and industry. And, of course, to prevent the „ice age“ in the frames. I repeat, it is important that our universities gain a foothold in economic leadership.»

Andrey rudskoy, rector of Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, dedicated his speech to combining efforts that led to practical results and developments.

«A cluster of translational medicine was created together with the Almazov research center. We joined these challenges in the summer of 2020, winning a tough competition and gaining the status of a world-class scientific center. We are especially happy to cooperate with medical centers and other world-class research centers. we are currently developing a roadmap for areas where we can combine our efforts. This is a joint activity and research of digital platforms in the development of vaccines against viruses, biomodeling of diseases and a number of other promising areas, including the introduction of a «smart clinic», — assured rudskoy.

Polytech developed a mathematical model for the development of pandemic events and calculated several possible curves for the spread of cases. As expected, from the end of autumn and early winter, do not forget about COVID-19.

Dmitry Morozov, General Director of JSC «Biocad», raised the issue of the complexity of pharmaceuticals in terms of regulating the processes of launching a vaccine: «Pharmaceuticals cannot live in a vacuum, or rely on applied medicine. We have four vaccine projects, but we are focused on Sputnik V, and time has decided a lot. In fact, the only problem is a long way to launch, in order to pass all the necessary stages in a short time. From December, we will increase production and reach a million doses. This vaccine works, obviously. When we put it on track, it will make a significant contribution to the fight against coronavirus.»

Evgeny Shlyakhto, General Director of the Almazov National medical research center of the Russian Ministry of health, spoke about the potential of medical centers, the creation of breakthrough technologies, and, in particular, about «smart clinics».

«Today it is absolutely clear that healthcare is developing in such a way that it is impossible to do without integration of the translation part. COVID-19 was an indicator of institutions ' willingness to innovate. We are faced with the task of transferring the patient to the outpatient stage, and without telemedicine it is impossible to do this, so the issues of patient monitoring, signal reception, data processing and telemedicine consultation are acute, otherwise there will be huge problems with queues. We need to take the overload off the hospitals. We are doing a lot in relation to the «smart chamber» and personalized medicine, since everyone has the right to world-class medicine, " the head of the center Almazova assured.

Presented «smart house» and «smart clinic» Ivan Ozhigin, Deputy General Director of the shvabe Holding. He noted that the Almazov center already has two pilot wards: «One of the national projects is digital healthcare, and it was this project that launched the development of the program. The existing telemedicine capabilities have made it possible to involve staff in this problem, and this is quite a feasible task.»

Alexander Lopota, Director-chief designer of the Central research and development Institute of robotics and technical Cybernetics, opened the topic of inventions in the field of healthcare: «We have been involved in medical projects for more than 10 years. since spring, we have made UV floodgates that are effective in the bactericidal spectrum. We also launched a mobile device called „ultraviolet flashlight“, which disinfects any objects, reducing the pathogenic part. Our main problem is the licensing procedures for launching products.»

Vladislav Balsky, administrative Director of the translational medicine Cluster, stated the main task of the company: «this is, of course, to ensure the accelerated translation of scientific ideas into specific applications, using the full potential of the cluster participants, first of all, breakthrough solutions in the development of vaccines, „smart clinics“, the creation of which is possible within the framework of international cooperation.»

On November 19, the second day of the event, the opening ceremony of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum was held.

Olga Goryshina, Deputy Chairman Of the Committee for industrial policy, innovation and trade of Saint Petersburg, Alexey Waldenberg, Deputy Chairman Of the Committee for healthcare of the Leningrad region, Georgy Abelev, Vice-President of SPP SPb, Alexey Borisenko, General Director of PETROSOFT, and Sergey Voronkov, General Director of Expoforum international.

«Our city is not only a major industrial center, but also a scientific center where innovative ideas are born and implemented," said Olga Goryshina, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on industrial policy, innovation and trade of St. Petersburg. She thanked the delegations of the Leningrad, Pskov, Tomsk regions and the Komi Republic, who, despite the difficulties, found the opportunity to take part in the Forum in person.

Deputy Chairman of the health Committee of the Leningrad region Alexey Waldenberg read out a greeting from Sergey Vylegzhanin, Chairman of the health Committee of the Leningrad region: «issues of preserving people’s health and improving the demographic situation today are given special attention both at the Federal and regional levels. It is very important that these topics are on the agenda of the Forum, which, despite the current difficult circumstances, brought together not only medical professionals, but also representatives of science and industry.»

Sergey Voronkov, General Director of Expoforum international LLC, made the final speech, noting that the most important thing is the ability to remain optimistic and continue human and business communication.

The official tour of the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist» continued the opening ceremony, where the best industry practices of enterprises and collective expositions of regions are presented at the stands.

During the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum and the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist», the Exchange of business contacts has been operating for three days.

This format of work has proven to be the most effective tool for promoting products and services, establishing business contacts and discussing the terms of future partnership between domestic and foreign enterprises.

Similar to the Congress part of the Forum, the exchange of business contacts is held both offline and online.

During the first day of the Forum, more than 100 meetings and negotiations were held at the exchange.

The long-awaited event, the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum, started at the Expoforum exhibition center and will last until November 20. The forum will bring together more than 40 St. Petersburg companies, demonstrating the latest developments in the field of medicine, information technology and industry. The event will also be held in the traditional exhibition format.

The Forum organizers provide participants and visitors with all the necessary preventive security measures by implementing mandatory and modern solutions to meet the standards of safe operation: handling shuttles, installing vending machines and creating «buffer zones», creating remote registration and using innovative thermal imagers.

This year’s event is held in both offline and online formats.

The St. Petersburg international innovation forum is traditionally held on the same platform as the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist», the exhibition-Congress» corrosion Protection «and the 20th international exhibition"welding».

So, on November 18, the Plenary session of the international exhibition «welding» was held, the Central theme of which was the current problems of improving the efficiency of welding production. The event was organized by Expoforum international LLC and the Saint Petersburg Welders ' Alliance.

The closed event discussed the development and modernization of the industry, as well as trends emerging in the global welding equipment market: computer modeling of welding and surfacing metallurgy for innovative advanced production, the concept of welding development and related technologies in shipbuilding. The meeting also discussed the legal framework for the development of the system of professional qualifications in the Russian Federation.

The event was attended by leading Russian industry experts, including invited expert Evgenia Dmitrieva, General Director of KEMPPI LLC, who shared her experience in improving the efficiency of welding production in Russia, one of the main suppliers of high-tech welding equipment for the oil and gas industry, machine-building and shipbuilding industries, as well as heavy engineering.

We remind you that the Plenary session of the St. Petersburg international innovation forum will be held on November 19 at 12.00.

The organizers kindly ask all visitors to observe the mask mode and refrain from full-time participation in the event for all guests over the age of 65.

Tomorrow, a round table «Innovative tools for improving students ' competencies and employment of graduates» will be held within the framework of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum, which is held by the Russian Youth Union in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region with the support of the Government of St. Petersburg.

The event will take place on November 20 from 10: 00 to 12: 00 at the Expoforum site (64 Peterburgskoe shosse, building 1, lit. A, pavilion F).

At the event, experts and guests will discuss the following topics:

1) online tools for acquiring additional competencies by students in modern conditions.

2) Innovative forms of internships and practices for students, taking into account the impact of COVID-19.

3) on-line tools for job search interaction with human resources services in the employment of students and graduates.

Experts will include the management Of the Fund for assistance to innovative development and human resources of the Leningrad region economy, the North-Western Institute of management of the Russian presidential Academy Of national economy and public administration (ranepa), the Pushkin state University of Leningrad, Petrovsky College, The Russian Youth Union in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, as well as experts and representatives of the scientific community Of the Russian state pedagogical University named after A. I. Herzen, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, I. p. Pavlov First Saint Petersburg state medical University, Saint Petersburg employment Center, Saint Petersburg labor resources Center.

The event will be held in person with an online broadcast in zoom for participants who have passed pre-registration.

As part of the online block of the St. Petersburg international innovation forum, the St. Petersburg health Committee organized a series of thematic events. So, on November 18, a webinar «Improving the efficiency of laboratories using the laboratory information system (LIS) in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic"was held.

The event was organized by AKROSS-Engineering Laboratory LLC, which put forward such topics as the role of LIS in automating laboratory services in the context of a sharp increase in research volumes, the integration of LIS with medical information systems, and the creation of unified digital complexes for rapid exchange of medical data and effective digitalization of healthcare.

Speakers at the event were active healthcare professionals from all over Russia.

Due to increased security measures and the ban on visiting crowded places for people over 65 years of age, the St. Petersburg international innovation forum this year introduces an additional format for holding the event — online broadcast.

Thus, a round table of the St. Petersburg health Committee «methods of diagnostics of COVID-19 at the outpatient stage"was held as part of the live broadcast in the online format.

Employees of city consulting and diagnostic centers, clinical and diagnostic laboratories, hospitals of St. Petersburg and specialists of the Committee discussed fundamental and applied aspects of laboratory diagnostics of COVID-19, computed tomography and PCR diagnostics of COVID infection in outpatient settings.

Virologists shared their experience of the laboratory’s work in the context of a pandemic.

As part of the first day of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum, the St. Petersburg state electrotechnical University «LETI» together with the RUSNANO Foundation for infrastructure and educational programs held a Round table «Personnel design of high-tech industries».

The main issues for discussion were ways and tools to find new technologies for personnel design.

In the online and offline format, the event participants discussed personnel design and professions of the future, in particular, technologies for the VI technological order and atomic-molecular architectonics as a new end-to-end technology.

RUSNANO shared the results of projects to develop and scale the human resources model — the formation of engineering teams. This model is used for the introduction of advanced production technologies. The experts also discussed the design of promising educational projects aimed at a comprehensive solution to the formation of the personnel potential of the future technological order, including projects for training specialists in atomic and molecular architectonics.

The XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum has a lecture hall, which includes round tables, presentations and panel sessions.

On the first day of the Forum, the lecture hall hosted the XI interregional intellectual property exchange, which was logically divided into several blocks: a panel session, a presentation of projects in the field of medicine, pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies, a presentation of projects in the field of materials, information technologies, resource-saving and agricultural technologies, as well as a presentation of projects in the field of mechanical engineering and instrumentation.

The event was organized by Spbpu, the intellectual property Committee of the Saint Petersburg regional branch of Business Russia, and the intellectual property development Fund.

The main topics of the panel discussion were the role of intellectual property in investing in innovative projects, the use of artificial intelligence tools to compare three-dimensional models, support for small enterprises that are at the initial stage of development and have a great potential for commercialization, as well as legal protection of intellectual property results.

The XI interregional intellectual property exchange is held to provide practical assistance to all participants in the process of creating, supporting and applying Russian high-tech products and technologies in order to accelerate the growth of domestic production of innovative products and its entry into world markets.

Today at the site of Expoforum Convention and exhibition centre started the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum. The event is supported by the Government of Saint Petersburg, the Committee for industrial policy, innovation and trade of Saint Petersburg and the Ministry of industry and trade of Russia.

In the next 3 days, leading industry figures and opinion leaders will meet at the Forum to discuss the accumulated issues of industry, technology and innovation over the past year.

The theme of the Plenary session in 2020 is set by events in the world and sounds like this: «Tandem of industry and health 2020. Conclusions and forecasts».

The business program events will be held in a combined format: traditional offline and new digital formats. In tandem with the PMIF, the site hosts the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist», the exhibition-Congress» corrosion Protection «and the 20th international exhibition"welding».

Tomorrow, the doors of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum will open so that professionals in the field of industry, innovation and healthcare can meet on the same platform to discuss topical and urgent issues.

Construction of the Forum is in full swing. Corridors, conference rooms and pavilions bring the final Shine, looking forward to the guests.

Traditionally, the Innovation forum is supported by the exhibition exposition of the Russian industrialist forum, where the best industry practices of enterprises and collective expositions of regions are presented at the stands.

We are waiting for you from November 18 to 20 at the Expoforum exhibition center.

The organizers of the St. Petersburg international innovation forum have taken all measures to make the event accessible and safe for visitors.

However, due to the difficult situation in the world, not everyone will be able to take part in the Forum in person this year.

Having played ahead of the game, the organizers have also provided for this — the event will be held in digital format, and anyone can visit the business program without leaving their own home.

The event will include live broadcasts of round tables and conferences. Links to broadcasts will appear in the business program under specific events on the eve of the forum.

Get connected, we’re starting soon!

An agreement on the transfer of technological documentation was signed with the national research center of epidemiology and Microbiology named after N. F. Gamalei. The technology transfer is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The candidate area selected plant «pharmasyntez-Nord» in Saint-Petersburg.

In October, the farmasintez-Nord plant passed a preliminary audit, during which the technology specialists of the Gamalei Center confirmed the possibility of using the production complex for the manufacture of the vaccine.

The plant has modern equipment ready for vaccine production on a full cycle, including disposable systems for the production of the substance, and also complex equipment for the production of finished forms of medicinal products as a solution and as a lyophilized drug.

«We are confident and are doing everything necessary to start production of the vaccine on an industrial scale in the 1st quarter of next year, «says Mikhail Kvasnikov, General Director of pharmasintez — Nord JSC.

In the St. Petersburg SEZ on the site «Novoorlovskaya», the group of companies «pharmasintez» has an enterprise «pharmasintez-Nord». At the moment, it consists of two queues. The first stage with an area of 4.5 thousand square meters was launched at the technology transfer Center (TTC) in 2017.the production specializes in cancer drugs. At the moment, the second stage of the enterprise is in the final stage of construction. Commissioning is scheduled for January 2021. The volume of investment in expanding production at the expense of the second stage is about 3 billion rubles.

Tamara Rondaleva, General Director of SEZ Saint Petersburg JSC: «At the moment, among the partner companies for the production of Russian coronavirus vaccine, 2 companies are residents of the St. Petersburg SEZ. In August, Biocad became a partner of the Gamalei research center. Now the list includes the company „pharmasintez“. Moreover, both manufacturers plan to use their production facilities located on the territory of the zone in St. Petersburg for the production of the vaccine. The enterprises created here will allow you to quickly and efficiently deploy the production of a product that is urgently needed by the domestic consumer.

„About the SEZ“ Saint Petersburg»

To date, 57 companies are registered as residents of the special economic zone of technical and innovation type (TVT SEZ) in Saint Petersburg. The volume of declared investments in projects is 86.45 billion rubles. The SEZ is located on two sites — «Neudorf» (18.99 ha, village). Strelna, Petrodvorets district of Saint Petersburg) and Novoorlovskaya (163.33 ha, Primorsky district of Saint Petersburg). The regime of the special economic zone «Saint-Petersburg» is valid until 2054.

ASKM company offered an innovation in the market of disinfection services-a mobile hygiene center that is controlled remotely and destroys pathogens with an efficiency of up to 99.99%.

The mobile hygiene center uses the method of fine aerosol spraying, which allows not only to effectively fight infections, but also to save money. For example, in accordance with the recommendations of Rospotrebnadzor, the cost of processing one bus manually, taking into account all costs, is approximately 700 rubles, while the aerosol method reduces them by almost 3 times.

The new development is planned for use in public and urban transport, and not only on surfaces, but also air through a ventilation system. The hygiene center is able to work with any registered disinfectant.

«In the current conditions, the processing of public transport is of particular importance, «comments Tamara Rondaleva, General Director of JSC SEZ Saint Petersburg," Disinfection of transport during the coronavirus pandemic, including road, rail and air transport, is regulated by temporary guidelines of the Ministry of transport of the Russian Federation. These measures are taken in order to prevent and ensure the safety of people. And the product developed by the resident will minimize the possibility of spreading infections.»

Kirov Interdistrict hospital of the Leningrad region will present two mobile complexes that allow conducting primary medical examinations.

The first complex is a mobile fluorography room with a digital «scanning type» fluorograph based on the KAMAZ-4308 Car. It is intended for conducting mass preventive examinations of the population in rural areas, remote areas that are difficult to access, as well as in cities and localities outside of medical institutions.

The second is the Mobile outpatient clinic complex based on the GAZ 53445 Automobile, which is designed to provide community-based medical and preventive care by visiting rural localities.

All interested Forum visitors can pass a qualified primary medical examination!

Anatoly Borisovich Chubais, Chairman of the management Board of RUSNANO, confirmed his participation as one of the key speakers of the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum. His speech will take place in the framework of the Plenary session, which will be held on the second day of the Forum, on November 19.

This year the key theme of the Plenary session is as follows: «Tandem of industry and healthcare 2020. Conclusions and forecasts».

This year, the Forum will discuss topical issues of ways to develop industry and healthcare, telemedicine and digitalization of the economy, as well as increasing human capital.

The SPIEF Plenary session will be attended by the largest specialists of the declared industries, who will make presentations in online and offline formats.

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The international fDi publication Global Free Zones of the Year 2020 Awards marked the SEZ «Saint Petersburg» in the specialty «Pharmaceuticals» and put it in the first place of the rating in 2020.

This is the second year in a row when the publication notes the significant contribution of the St. Petersburg SEZ to the development of the pharmaceutical industry in Russia. Today, 16% of the total number of residents of the economic zone conduct their work in the field of pharmaceuticals, medicine and healthcare, allocating more than 81% of the total investment of SEZ residents to the industry. The companies BIOCAD and NOVARTIS were also mentioned as part of the analysis of the companies ' activities.

Among other things, the publication Global Free Zones notes the expected prospects from the construction of the innovation center, which is planned to be built in the SEZ «Saint Petersburg» by the end of next year.

Laser systems, a resident of the SEZ Saint Petersburg, offered an innovative solution to the epidemiological situation-remote tests to determine alcohol intoxication "Alkoramka / Pro". This development is an improved analog of the first-generation "Alcoramka" released by the company in 2014. The device is effectively used in closed enterprises, secure facilities, car depots, enterprises with a hazard class, as well as transport companies — in other words, where the safety of the work process, as well as the life and health of people depend on the sober state of the employee. The increased sensitivity of the advanced device allows you to use it completely contactless, even if a person is wearing a protective mask. The speed of detection of ethanol vapors is only one second. And in another second, the device is ready for the next test. In addition, the device has a new function — Alkarama|Pro can now also measure the body temperature. Moreover, do this in parallel with determining the presence of alcohol in the test. The manufacturer's stated uninterrupted service life of the device is 7 years. The device does not require special maintenance.

The long-awaited event, the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum, will be held at THE EXPOFORUM exhibition center in conjunction with the exhibition «Russian industrialist», the exhibition-Congress «corrosion Protection», «welding», «St. Petersburg international health forum» and the exhibition «Sfitex» — the First International exhibition of security equipment and equipment for safety and fire protection. Events, including the traditional exhibition format, will be held from November 18 to 20 and will bring together more than 100 companies, demonstrating the latest developments in the field of medicine, information technology and industry.

Health and safety issues are the key focus of this year’s forum. As part of the business program, the PMIF will discuss innovative developments and ways to implement ideas in the health sector that meet the needs of society in connection with the tense epidemiological situation. In addition to the Congress part, Forum participants will also be able to visit thematic exhibitions, where they will have the opportunity to listen to poster presentations and reports, evaluate the functionality of enterprises ' products in action, and hold talks with company representatives.

The Forum organizers provide participants and visitors with all necessary preventive measures. The venue for the event is traditionally the Expoforum Convention and exhibition center, which has implemented mandatory and modern solutions to meet the standards of safe operation. Traditional shuttles from Moskovskaya metro station during events will be additionally processed after each flight. There are «buffer zones» on the sites and vending machines with PPE sets. Contactless «remote registration» is organized for visitors and participants of events. Modern non-contact thermal imagers measure the temperature. The Congress program is designed with the necessary remote Seating, breaks for disinfection and mandatory comprehensive cleaning before and after the event.

It is also worth noting that Congress and exhibition events are different from mass events, such as sports shows or music concerts, where the number of people and their presence in one place is difficult to control. Organizers of Congress and exhibition events are able to control the presence of visitors on the site, observe medical safety, and predict attendance using engineering services, technological solutions, and implementation of a clear schedule.

See you at the PMIF! Take care of yourself and be healthy!

A promising educational project is being launched on the basis of the Saint Petersburg Technopark — advanced training courses and internships in popular modern areas for people of different ages and interests.

Entrepreneurship, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence and 3D printing are among the areas announced.

Both students without work experience and current employees of small and medium-sized enterprises will be able to study at the Technopark University.

Classes will be held in online and offline formats with a theoretical and practical part. As a bonus, students will have access to the laboratories of the Technopark of Saint Petersburg, as well as communication with its highly qualified specialists. The main goal of the project is to provide everyone with an affordable opportunity to undergo retraining or career guidance to get a relevant profession in demand today.

A resident of the Special economic zone of Saint Petersburg has started producing new test systems for detecting covid-19 antibodies in a patient.

Vital development Corporation, the Creator of the test, began developing a diagnostic tool for a new coronavirus infection in the spring of this year. On October 12, the SEZ press service announced that the product was ready.

The new test system will allow you to get information about the presence of antibodies to COVID-19 in just one hour. Different types of biomaterials are suitable for analysis: blood plasma, blood serum. The accuracy of the test is 98.8%.

The production capacity is 500 thousand tests per month. The products are planned to be delivered to hospitals throughout the Russian Federation.

Vital development Corporation JSC has been on the market since 1994 and specializes in the development and production of clinical diagnostic tools. It has its own production facilities. The company has been a resident of the SEZ since 2009.

Four weeks remain until the opening of one of the leading events in the sphere of Russian industry — the XIII St. Petersburg international innovation forum.

From November 18 to 20, with the support of the Government of St. Petersburg, the Committee on industrial policy, innovation and trade of St. Petersburg and the Ministry of trade and Trade of Russia, leading industry figures and opinion leaders will meet at the EXPOFORUM exhibition center to discuss the accumulated issues of industry, technology and innovation over the year.

The theme of the Plenary session in 2020 is set by events in the world and sounds like this: «Tandem of industry and health 2020. Conclusions and forecasts».

Despite all the difficulties, limitations and changes that we all have had to face this year, the forum is planned to be held in the traditional offline format. However, some of the events will be held online. In tandem with the PMIF, the site will host the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist», the exhibition-Congress» corrosion protection «and the 20th international exhibition"welding».

On November 18–20, 2020, St. Petersburg will jointly host the traditional St. Petersburg international innovation forum (hereinafter-PMIF), the XXIV international forum «Russian industrialist», the XX international exhibition» welding «and the XXIII Exhibition-Congress» corrosion Protection " (hereinafter — Events, Forums), which will enhance the effect of intra-industry communication, expand the subject of industrial sectors, and create conditions for effective interregional and international cooperation.

The events are included in the Consolidated plan of participation of the Russian Ministry of industry and trade in exhibition and Congress events held in the Russian Federation and abroad in 2020.

This year, as part of the Congress events and the business contacts exchange of the PMIF, special attention will be paid to such topical topics as the role of industry in healthcare, technological breakthrough in the face of restrictions, digitalization of the economy, telemedicine, crisis preparedness of enterprises, human capital, etc.

The main tracks of the PMIF in 2020 will be:

    1) innovative solutions in the medical industry

     2) adapting to new conditions

     3) working with a team in a crisis

The organizer of this exhibition is the center for industrial development of the Leningrad region.

The purpose of the region’s participation is to search for partners and new customers, business negotiations and business meetings on the site. In addition, the Center will organize a round table on industrial cooperation, to which everyone is invited.

Participation of enterprises of the Leningrad region will help to increase the competitiveness of industrial enterprises in the region.

The list of collective expositions of enterprises of the Leningrad region will be posted on the website later.

Kaspersky lab has developed projects that standardize the basic components and definitions for Internet of things systems in Russia.

This summer, Kaspersky Lab presented the first drafts of new preliminary national standards (PNST) in the field of the Internet of things and the industrial Internet of things. They were developed jointly with Technical Committee 194 «Cyber-physical systems» based on RVC. In the future, the PNST will have to Supplement the corresponding series of national standards.

The company’s specialists worked on the creation of these projects within the framework of the national standardization Program for 2020. The new PNTS define the basic components, terms, and definitions used in implementing domain-separated operating systems. This technology allows you to make the systems of the rapidly developing Internet of things (including industrial) cost-effective, functional and information secure. The PNST proposed by Kaspersky Lab is a step towards standardization at the state level of procedures for designing, implementing and certifying such systems.

Domain separation technology is the basis for designing reliable it solutions. It is implemented, for example, at the level of a trusted operating system. Kaspersky lab is actively developing the domestic trusted Kaspersky OS, while integrating its own key technologies in major international projects for implementing domain-sharing solutions. For example, the Kaspersky Security System module has become the basis for monitoring the state of the adaptive platform with domain separation (Adaptive MILS platform).

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