Dmitry Medvedev Will Discuss Innovation Development in Russia With Heads of International Technological Corporations

MOSCOW, September 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

On September 28, 2015, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the International Online Conference "Russian Agenda in Technological Revolution". The conference is timed to the fifth anniversary of Skolkovo Foundation and will be performed as part of preparation for Open Innovations Forum 2015.

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Within the event, Dmitry Medvedev will speak with major international experts in innovations about integration of Russia into global innovation environment, achievements of technological capitalization in Russia and plans for further development of innovative fields.

Those experts to have conversation with Dmitry Medvedev will be the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Rafael Reif; Craig Barrett, Co-Chairman of Skolkovo Foundation Council; President of Strategic Relationship at Google Carlo d'Asaro Biondo; Director General of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) Luis Sanz; Managing Partner of UMJ Russia Fund Yusuke Otsubo; Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); CEO of Group IB Ilya Sachkov.

The meeting will be moderated by the TechCrunch Europe blog's Editor-at-large Mike Butcher.  

The conference will be broadcasted in real time at the official website of Open Innovations Forum and Technology Show. Viewing is open for everybody at http://forinnovations.ru/en/prime_minister/. The broadcast starts on September 28, 2015, at 3:30 pm (GMT +3).