Business programme

In April 2021, the Russian Science Foundation announced that they were accepting entries for a number of new contests created during the optimization of development institutions. Over RUB 3 billion has been set aside in the Foundation's 2022 budget for the implementation of these projects. Grants will be awarded to basic and exploratory scientific research projects and contests to engage and harness the regions’ scientific potential. The new line of grants will address two objectives: (1) creating and developing new topics for research teams and forming those teams; and (2) supporting topics related to regional socioeconomic development. What are the specifics of these new contests? How will the basic and exploratory research topics be determined? How will the turn towards solving regional issues occur? Can joint efforts towards a common agenda help identify the basic scientific objectives that will prove useful for the country and its regions over the next 5 to 10 years? What demands do businesses have for researchers? What should a young scientist do to appeal to companies in the high-tech economic sector? What research must be done and how must its results be presented to find industrial partners for projects?

Moderator
Vladimir Lazarev, Head of Photonics and IR-technology Laboratory, MSTU named after Bauman

Vladimir Lazarev

Head of Photonics and IR-technology Laboratory, MSTU named after Bauman

Panellists
Andrey Blinov, Deputy General Director - Head of Programs and Projects Department, Russian Science Foundation
Mikhail Varfolomeev, Head of the Priority Direction "Eco-Oil - Global Energy and Resources for Materials of the Future", Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Daniel Itkis, Head of Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Physics named after N.N. Semenov Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexey Slobozhanyuk, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Research, Senior Researcher of the Physics Faculty, ITMO University
Dmitry Yuriev, Head of the Innovation Strategy Department, Gazprom Neft
Oscar Yagafarov, Director, Technopark Morion Digital

Andrey Blinov

Deputy General Director - Head of Programs and Projects Department, Russian Science Foundation

Mikhail Varfolomeev

Head of the Priority Direction "Eco-Oil - Global Energy and Resources for Materials of the Future", Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University

Daniel Itkis

Head of Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Physics named after N.N. Semenov Russian Academy of Sciences

Alexey Slobozhanyuk

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Research, Senior Researcher of the Physics Faculty, ITMO University

Alexey defended his PhD thesis devoted to physics of artificial materials in 2017 at the Australian National University. Since 2018, Alexey is a research group leader at ITMO University. The main focus of his research is the investigation and application of novel electromagnetic materials (materials are applied for Internet of Things, 5G, medical equipment, antennas). Alexey has a significant list of scientific papers in well-known journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, etc. and experience of interacting with industrial partners. He is also the founder of a startup developing innovative devices to significantly improve magnetic resonance imaging characteristics, allowing for detecting breast cancer at an early stage.
Alexey has implemented a set of activities aimed at developing interdisciplinary projects and the popularization of science, such as ITMO Open Science, Meetups with the Vice-Rector, etc.
The level of education:
2009-2015: ITMO University (St. Petersburg, Russia), bachelor's and master's degrees at the Faculty of Photonics and Optoinformatics.
2014-2017: Australian National University (Canberra, Australia), PhD.
2019-2020: Synergy Bussiness School (Moscow, Russia): Executive MBA.
2020-2021: Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO (Moscow, Russia): Leaders of Scientific and Technological Breakthrough

Dmitry Yuriev

Head of the Innovation Strategy Department, Gazprom Neft

Oscar Yagafarov

Director, Technopark Morion Digital

Innovative infrastructure and high-tech business expert.
Since April 2019, Oscar leads the high-technology park Morion Digital (Perm), one of the largest private high-tech parks in Russia. Morion Digital is home to 40+ businesses ranging from a small startup to a national tech giant. Many are working on game-changing technologies from connectivity and IoT to artificial intelligence and robotics. Morion Digital gained A+ rating from the National Rating of Technoparks of Russia in 2020.
Before joining Morion Digital, Oscar served as a technical director for Technopark Group of Companies (Troitsk, Moscow), where he was in charge for business development in the “New Materials” and “Genetics and Biotechnology” divisions.
Oscar has over 40 scientific publications in Russian and English, scientific and technical expertise in high-tech innovative projects and products.

Oscar earned both his M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.