Plans call for the two sides to cooperate in a number of areas: development of the innovation-based expert community, the performance of analytical research, the organisation of forums, conferences, seminars and other events, and the drafting and implementation of laws aimed at creating favourable conditions for the promotion of high-tech industry and innovation.

The first step towards further cooperation was the joint roundtable hosted by ExpoForum International and “Ingria” Business Incubator at the St. Petersburg International Health Forum – devoted to the development of innovative projects in the fields of biopharmacology and biomedicine – where the cooperation agreement was signed.

Delivering brief remarks to those in attandance was the General Director of the St. Petersburg Technopark – Andrey Sokolov. He pointed out that the agreement with Russia’s leading convention and exhibition centre would make it possible to accelerate the pace of cooperation between developers and private enterprise in the fields of biopharmacology and biomedicine – fine-tune interaction, secure technology transfer and lead Russia out of its present crisis.

For his part, Sergey Voronkov noted that ExpoForum has been heavily engaged in biotechnology pursuits for quite some time – the international health forum, for example, features the specialised “Bioindustry” exhibition. “This agreement is extremely important, insofar as we are a communications platform, whereas the “Ingria” Business Incubator is a company that cultivates projects. At our platform, we’ll hopefully end up with the kind of beneficial synergy where those coming with their business initiatives can find future partners,” stressed Sergey Georgievich Voronkov.