On April 28, the strategic plenary session “Market Formation - Challenges and Opportunities” will be held

On April 28, during the VacuumCryoTech exhibition of vacuum and cryogenic technology solutions, the strategic plenary session “Market Formation – Challenges and Opportunities” will take place.

This session will be especially beneficial for manufacturers and suppliers of vacuum and cryogenic equipment who are interested in business development, understanding the market situation, and finding new opportunities for growth.

Full session program:

Moderator: Alexey Burmistrov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the "Vacuum Technology of Electrophysical Installations" Department, KNITU

11:15-13:45 Track 1. General State and Development Prospects. Government Support for the Industry

Confirmed participants:

• Khadzhimurat Saadulaev, Head of the Department for the Development of Equipment for Oil and Gas Refining and Water and Gas Purification, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
• Evgeny Kapustin, General Director, “Vakummash”
• Alexey Dub, First Deputy General Director, “Science and Innovations,” Rosatom
• Kirill Okhotkin, Rector, Kazan National Research Technical University
• Sergey Kochergin, Head of CTT, JSC “NPO ‘Technomash’ named after S.A. Afanasiev”
• Yulia Popova, Head of Materials Science Department, NIO-21, PJSC United Aircraft Corporation “Sukhoi Design Bureau”
• Anton Kurshev, Head of Department, PJSC “Yakolev”
• Yaroslav Zhelonkin, General Director, “Ferry Watt”

Key issues:

• Defining the place of vacuum technologies in Russia's industrial policy: key technological foundation or auxiliary means of production. Development plans of key players in VTT (Vacuum Technology).
• Mechanisms for business and government interaction: existing support measures, barriers, and potential of public-private partnerships (PPP) in vacuum engineering.
• Formation of the industry association: goals, format, expected outcomes, and conditions for participation for manufacturers and consumers.

Discussion topics:

• Problems and prospects of vacuum and cryogenic engineering.
• Government support for the industry.
• The role of national projects (“Space,” “New Atomic and Energy Technologies”).
• Formation of long-term demand through government programs.
• What is needed for the government to start considering vacuum engineering as a separate object of support?
• Project financing, preferential loans, venture investments, and other industry modernization tools
• Decree 719 – Confirmation of industrial product production in the Russian Federation within the context of the Vacuum Industry.
• The role of the VTT market as the foundation for high-tech industries in Russia, given its multi-sector structure.
• The balance between government and private demand: optimal B2G and B2B ratios for different industry segments (components, systems, services).
• The role of R&D in the industry's development: how to transform scientific and technical developments into serial market products.
• Cooperative chains in vacuum engineering: from components to final solutions.
• Commercialization tools for developments: from pilot projects to serial production.
• Promising drivers for VTT market development.

14:15-16:15 Track 2. Mission of the Association

Confirmed participants:

• Evgeny Kapustin, General Director, “Vakummash”
• Yaroslav Zhelonkin, General Director, “Ferry Watt”
• Evgeny Matveev, General Director, “Kriogenmash”
• Vasily Grigoriev, General Director, “LVT+”
• Yuri Panfilov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the "Electronic Technologies in Mechanical Engineering" Department, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
• Ruslan Batulin, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Associate Professor (academic rank), Senior Researcher, Head of the Quantum Stimulators Research Laboratory, Kazan Federal University

Discussion topics:

• Defining the role of the Association; Goals and objectives of the Association; Expert Council at the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
• Protection of Russian manufacturers' interests.
• Global vacuum technology market: key trends, growth drivers, and support models in technologically developed countries (Germany, Japan, China).
• Export. International cooperation in new conditions and the association's role in analyzing global practices.
• Proposals for the creation of an industry expert framework.

16:15-17:15 Track 3. Personnel and Competencies

Confirmed participants:

• Olga Volobueva, HR Director, Rosnano
• Yuri Panfilov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the "Electronic Technologies in Mechanical Engineering" Department, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
• Vladislav Smirnov, Head of the Technological Experiment Preparation Laboratory, Kurchatov Institute

Discussion topics:

• What new competencies (digital modeling, service engineering) are required for the industry and how to develop them?
• Programs for retraining engineers and forming a personnel reserve for the industry.
• The role of SMEs in shaping university educational standards.
• Reorienting science towards the real sector's needs.
• Cooperation between science, education, and industry.
• Scientific projects with mandatory implementation in the economy.

The exhibition and business program can be attended for free by obtaining an electronic ticket using the promo code news26.

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