The issues of the information cryptoprotection tools (ICPT) being integrated into the metering device systems were discussed by the experts at the round-table discussion «Safe and Efficient Energy Accounting. Exchange of Experience in Introduction and Operation of Smart Energy Metering Systems».

The present and the past of the utility infrastructure were discussed by representatives of public authorities, professional associations and branch enterprises at the round-table discussion «Modernization of the Housing and Utilities Infrastructure in Cities. Mechanisms. Technologies. Opportunities».

Within the period from July 2022 to July 2023, the utility services debt amount increased by 8.7% and made 833.5 billion rubles. This was reported by Anton Lomakin, Head of the «Housing and Communal Payments» product of Tinkoff Bank at the session «Smart Housing and Communal Services: Cases of Implementing Digital Solutions for Automated Operation of Housing and Communal Services» within the International Exhibition «Housing and Communal Services of Russia – 2024».

Corrosion of the offshore facilities not only creates hazardous working conditions but also makes adverse effect on the country economy. Efficient anticorrosion measures were discussed by participants of the session II «Electrochemical Protection and Operating Issues» that took place as part of the International Scientific and Practical Conference «Topical Issues of Rustproofing».

Within the first working day of the XII Russian International Energy Forum, the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences presented its forecast for the development of the world and Russian energy sector up to 2050. This year, it was for the first time that the artificial intelligence has taken part in working on the forecast.

To make Russian heat supply more reliable and safer, it is necessary to change the industry management system and to increase liability of all parties involved in the process of heat supply. Such an opinion was arrived at by the participants of the round-table discussion «Improving Reliability and Safety of Heat Supply Systems».

Specifics of applying anticorrosive coatings in the industry were discussed by the participants of the session «Protective Coatings and Corrosion Inhibitors» as part of the conference «Topical Issues of Rustproofing». Russian manufacturer have a lot to tell about their own know-how in this field.