Russian First Vice Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Wednesday visited the Scientific Park of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU). He familiarised himself with certain innovations, examined a number of scientific stands and also watched a presentation organised by students within the framework of a business game modelling investment projects.
After a meeting Ivanov held at the university he went to watch an exhibition. In particular, intellectual security systems, software and mathematical support that are currently being developed by a company set up here were demonstrated to Ivanov at the exhibition. The company’s products make it possible to identify people on biometric data, as well as identify transport vehicles, things, collect information in complex and organize video surveillance.
At the university’s chemistry department buildings Ivanov was also demonstrated a number of innovations, in particular, a functional mock-up of a fuel element, modern materials for insulation and protection from fire, as well as installations modelling gas-diffusion processes.
The first vice prime minister was invited to take part in the business game. Students divided into two teams were to prepare investment projects and in a short period of time convince a hypothetical investor of the necessity of implementing the project. In particular, two students presented to Ivanov their plan “Intellectual Advertising” – a project based on video surveillance, intellectual analysis and a flexible system of presentation that is to offer to the potential customer the product that may interest him.
Although the first vice prime minister warned the inventors that “advertising is always obtrusive and most people do not watch it at all,” he nevertheless gave a high assessment to this idea.
Wishing the students success, Ivanov expressed regret that he had no time to look at all projects.
Ivanov said earlier at a meeting he chaired at the university that he believes that it is necessary to raise effectiveness of the country’s innovation policy by means of improving the existing funds, and not only by creating new ones.
“We need specific steps aimed at raising the innovation policy effectiveness and it is necessary to do this not only by creating new investment structures, but also by actively improving and modifying the existing funds,” Ivanov said at a meeting that focused on matters related to activities of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) on Wednesday.
Ivanov said that a meeting of the Commission for the Development of the Industry, Technology and Transport that will be held on September 21 would be devoted to this issue.
“It is also necessary to give closest attention to the creation of regional and sectoral structures of support of innovation activities, including forms of initial financing and venture business activity,” Ivanov said. He added that the guidelines of the Russian policy in the sphere of the development of the innovation system for a period up to 2010 contain the corresponding clauses.
“By means of the creation of a ramified innovation system we will finally be able to remove the national economy from the export-raw material environment in a short period of time, will ensure high growth dynamics of processing sectors of the industry and first of all sectors that are linked with the output of science-intensive and high technology products,” believes the first vice prime minister.
Ivanov also considers it necessary to create a system of support mechanisms of most qualified research associations that are engaged in the development and putting into operation of innovation ideas.
“For sustainable innovation development of the national economy it is vitally important for us to have a system of flexible financial mechanisms that would ensure supply of resources to most qualified research collectives and ‘advanced’ firms, as well as would make it possible to considerably curtail the path from the scientific idea birth to its implementation in production,” believes the first vice prime minister.
“Such a system should be based on competitive financing of innovation projects through a network of specialised funds, such as the FASIE,” Ivanov said.
In the view of the first vice prime minister, such an approach has a number of advantages – it provides possibility for a qualified and transparent expert examination of projects, inventors and research collectives will be provided with a real chance to get the necessary financing for putting their initiatives into practice and moreover, it makes it possible to effectively put into practice the principles of the state-private partnership in the sphere of science and innovations.
The FASIE is a state non-profit organisation established in 1994. Its main tasks include pursuing the state policy of the development and support of small enterprises in the scientific-technical sphere, support of small innovative enterprises (SME) implementing projects for the development and introduction of new types of science-intensive products and technology based on intellectual property of these enterprises, creation and development of infrastructure for the support of small innovative businesses.
The FASIE is an initiator and participant in the development of laws and legislative acts providing state and social support for small business.
Since its creation, more then 4,000 SME from various regions around the country have applied to the foundation. The foundation’s tender commission and experts have selected around 2,000 projects for funding.
Ivanov’s secretariat said that the results of the Wednesday visiting of the MGU Scientific Park would be used, in particular, in the preparation for a regular meeting of the Commission for the Development of the Industry, Technology and Transport. On September 21, the commission with gather for a meeting to consider the results of activities of investment-innovation foundations among which is the Russian Venture Company, Russian Investment Fund of Information-Communication Technologies, Russian Technological Development Fund, Fund for the Development of Nanotechnologies and FASIE.
After a meeting Ivanov held at the university he went to watch an exhibition. In particular, intellectual security systems, software and mathematical support that are currently being developed by a company set up here were demonstrated to Ivanov at the exhibition. The company’s products make it possible to identify people on biometric data, as well as identify transport vehicles, things, collect information in complex and organize video surveillance.
At the university’s chemistry department buildings Ivanov was also demonstrated a number of innovations, in particular, a functional mock-up of a fuel element, modern materials for insulation and protection from fire, as well as installations modelling gas-diffusion processes.
The first vice prime minister was invited to take part in the business game. Students divided into two teams were to prepare investment projects and in a short period of time convince a hypothetical investor of the necessity of implementing the project. In particular, two students presented to Ivanov their plan “Intellectual Advertising” – a project based on video surveillance, intellectual analysis and a flexible system of presentation that is to offer to the potential customer the product that may interest him.
Although the first vice prime minister warned the inventors that “advertising is always obtrusive and most people do not watch it at all,” he nevertheless gave a high assessment to this idea.
Wishing the students success, Ivanov expressed regret that he had no time to look at all projects.
Ivanov said earlier at a meeting he chaired at the university that he believes that it is necessary to raise effectiveness of the country’s innovation policy by means of improving the existing funds, and not only by creating new ones.
“We need specific steps aimed at raising the innovation policy effectiveness and it is necessary to do this not only by creating new investment structures, but also by actively improving and modifying the existing funds,” Ivanov said at a meeting that focused on matters related to activities of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) on Wednesday.
Ivanov said that a meeting of the Commission for the Development of the Industry, Technology and Transport that will be held on September 21 would be devoted to this issue.
“It is also necessary to give closest attention to the creation of regional and sectoral structures of support of innovation activities, including forms of initial financing and venture business activity,” Ivanov said. He added that the guidelines of the Russian policy in the sphere of the development of the innovation system for a period up to 2010 contain the corresponding clauses.
“By means of the creation of a ramified innovation system we will finally be able to remove the national economy from the export-raw material environment in a short period of time, will ensure high growth dynamics of processing sectors of the industry and first of all sectors that are linked with the output of science-intensive and high technology products,” believes the first vice prime minister.
Ivanov also considers it necessary to create a system of support mechanisms of most qualified research associations that are engaged in the development and putting into operation of innovation ideas.
“For sustainable innovation development of the national economy it is vitally important for us to have a system of flexible financial mechanisms that would ensure supply of resources to most qualified research collectives and ‘advanced’ firms, as well as would make it possible to considerably curtail the path from the scientific idea birth to its implementation in production,” believes the first vice prime minister.
“Such a system should be based on competitive financing of innovation projects through a network of specialised funds, such as the FASIE,” Ivanov said.
In the view of the first vice prime minister, such an approach has a number of advantages – it provides possibility for a qualified and transparent expert examination of projects, inventors and research collectives will be provided with a real chance to get the necessary financing for putting their initiatives into practice and moreover, it makes it possible to effectively put into practice the principles of the state-private partnership in the sphere of science and innovations.
The FASIE is a state non-profit organisation established in 1994. Its main tasks include pursuing the state policy of the development and support of small enterprises in the scientific-technical sphere, support of small innovative enterprises (SME) implementing projects for the development and introduction of new types of science-intensive products and technology based on intellectual property of these enterprises, creation and development of infrastructure for the support of small innovative businesses.
The FASIE is an initiator and participant in the development of laws and legislative acts providing state and social support for small business.
Since its creation, more then 4,000 SME from various regions around the country have applied to the foundation. The foundation’s tender commission and experts have selected around 2,000 projects for funding.
Ivanov’s secretariat said that the results of the Wednesday visiting of the MGU Scientific Park would be used, in particular, in the preparation for a regular meeting of the Commission for the Development of the Industry, Technology and Transport. On September 21, the commission with gather for a meeting to consider the results of activities of investment-innovation foundations among which is the Russian Venture Company, Russian Investment Fund of Information-Communication Technologies, Russian Technological Development Fund, Fund for the Development of Nanotechnologies and FASIE.
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