Participated in the meeting of the working group on scientific and technological development of the region

A meeting of the working group on scientific and technological development of the region was held today at the House of Soviets under the chairmanship of Anton Yefimov, Vice Governor and Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Orenburg Region for Economic and Investment Policy, Minister of Economic Development, Investment, Tourism and External Relations of the Orenburg Region, Head of Scientific and technological Development of the Orenburg Region. It was attended by representatives of the government of the region, the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities, scientific institutes and the business community. The Orenburg State Medical University was represented at the meeting by Tatyana Sharapova, Head of the Department of Innovation and Scientific Activities of the Department for Scientific, Innovative and International Activities.

The agenda included presentations on key mechanisms for the development of science in the region. Ekaterina Zhuravleva, Advisor to the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, presented a report on the mechanisms of "State Assignment 2.0", noting that the region can act as a qualified customer of scientific research, and participation in the program allows attracting additional funding. Reports on the implementation of patented developments, the development of cooperation between science and business, projects in the field of geoecology, mentoring under the acceleration program and interim results of scientific and technological development of the region were also heard.

Following the meeting, decisions were made regarding the further scientific and technological development of the region, as well as the creation and operation of a biomedical cluster.