Open Innovations (Forum and Technology Show) is an annual international forum that focuses on new technologies and perspectives of the international cooperation on

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s. The focus of Forum is to provide a platform for discussions, interaction and exchange amongst experts in leading edge technologies, scientists, top-managers from Russian and foreign corporations, startups, and state authorities including top public officials. The international exhibition of high-tech achievements is also part of Forum. Forum has been held in Moscow since 2012 under the guidance of the

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with the support of Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Moscow City Government and Russian development institutes:

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, Russian Venture Company, Skolkovo Foundation, Vnesheconombank, Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology (FASIE). Forum aims to establish itself as a major global innovation platform, capable of predicting the development of the global innovative

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, popularize innovative

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s, involve top public officials, international corporations and leaders of the innovation community into a dialogue about strategic partnership, and create new tools of international cooperation in innovation.

History

Forum 2012

The first Open Innovations Forum and Open Innovations Expo (an associate exhibition) took place in Moscow between 31 October and 3 November 2012, in

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. For three days Forum hosted more than 150 events involving 700 speakers from 40 countries. Forum was attended by more than 5000 people from 42 regions of Russia and 30 countries around the world. The event was also broadcast online to a wider audience. With 22 000 sqm of space, Open Innovations Expo hosted more than 500 companies from 16 countries representing more than 1000 of the latest engineering solutions. The exhibition was attended by 10 000 people.Open Innovations Forum, Moscow, 31 October – 2 November 2013
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of Open Innovations Forum was chaired by Vladislav Surkov.

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician and lawyer who has served as Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020. Medvedev was also President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and Prime Mini ...

and other officials participated in the first day sessions of Forum.

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s Vladislav Surkov and Arkady Dvorkovich gave speeches and represented Russian

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at Forum. Heads of Russian state corporations Igor Agamirzyan ( RVC),

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(

), Viktor Vekselberg ( Skolkovo) also spoke at Forum. Among the many participants were Sir

Richard Branson Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and controlled 5 companies remaining of once more than 400. Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneu ...

, founder of Virgin Group, Josh Lerner, head of the Entrepreneurial Management unit at

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...

, Alan AtKisson, counselor of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, David Yang, founder and director of the board of ABBYY, Wim Elfrink, Cisco's executive vice president and CGO for Industry Solutions, John Gage, co-founder of

Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc., often known as Sun for short, was an American technology company that existed from 1982 to 2010 which developed and sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services. Sun contributed sig ...

, Hans Vestberg, president and CEO of

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AB. Forum resulted in more than 20 signed agreements between major Russian and global companies in the field of

renewable energy Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...

, hi-tech technologies, education, science, healthcare and

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. According to research conducted by the Centre for Studying Regional Problems, Forum rated second in TOP-10 events in the area of innovations in 2012.

Forum 2013

In 2013, Forum and exhibition took place in Moscow between 31 October and 2 November in Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center. Forum hosted 75 events including ambassadors and foreign delegations from 22 countries, Russian and foreign ministers, Russian

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s from 26 districts of the Russian Federation, and 28 governors of the constituent entities of Russia. Forum was attended by more than 4000 people from 47 countries. The event was covered by 900 representatives of mass media.Results of the II Moscow International Forum for Innovative Development "Open Innovations" and Open Innovations Expo 2013
/ref> The organizing committee of Open Innovations Forum was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich; and Sergei Sobyanin, the

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, officially opened the Forum. The main topic of Forum in 2013 was " Disruption and Innovation: Game Changers Powering the Global Market". This topic was discussed during 3 plenary sessions and 60 industry sessions with 400 performing speakers. For the first time in 2013, Forum introduced the term, "partner country".

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and France became partner countries in 2013. Representing Russia and partner countries respectively were,

, prime-minister of Russia, Jyrki Katainen, prime-minister of Finland, and Jean-Marc Ayrault, prime-minister of France. The three dignitaries took part in Forum where they met with representatives of innovative

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and

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, members of "100 innovators" youth program, and participated in the plenary sessions. Before the plenary sessions

has a bilateral meeting with Jyrki Katainen. Among other invited participants were Jason Pontin, editor-in-chief of

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; Andrea Wong, president of

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment studio conglomerate that produces, acquires, and distributes filmed entertainment (theatrical motion pictures, television programs, and rec ...

; Ralph Simon, CEO of Mobilium Global; Duncan Mitchell, senior vice president of Emerging Markets at

Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc. (using the trademark Cisco) is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, s ...

, EVP Innovation and R&D; Gerald Schotman, chief technology officer at

Royal Dutch Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New ...

; Ian Hudson, president of

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Europe, Middle East and Africa and many others. Representing government agencies were: Vladislav Surkov, deputy prime-minister; Igor Agamirzyan (CEO, RVC);

(chairman of board of directors,

) and Viktor Vekselberg (president of Skolkovo). There were 530 companies from 9 countries gathered at the integrated Open Innovations Expo exhibition which demonstrated more than 1000 hi-tech developments and attracted more than 12 000 people. The first two days of Forum resulted in the signing of more than 30 agreements on cooperation in

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, areas in IT, education, ecosystem enhancement, competence and

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Forum 2014

In 2014, between 14 and 16 October, Open Innovations Forum and exhibition took place in Technopolis Moscow and attracted more than 15 000 people from 70 countries. Forum hosted more than 160 events and welcomed representatives of science, education, technological companies, investors and state authorities with more than 800

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from 19 countries.Outcomes of Third Moscow International Forum 'Open Innovations'
/ref> The official partner country of the 2014 Forum was the

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. Chinese partners held a special event within Forum called "Dialogue on Innovations: Interaction of Innovation Policies of the Partner Countries" where experts outlined trends for further cooperation with Russia. Forum was personally attended by

Li Keqiang Li Keqiang ( zh, s=李克强, p=Lǐ Kèqiáng; 3 July 1955 – 27 October 2023) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as the seventh premier of China from 2013 to 2023. He was also the second-ranked member of the Politburo Standing ...

, the

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. The main topic of Forum "Creative Destruction: Staying Competitive in the 21st Century" was discussed at more than 70 events. The highlight of the plenary session, "Emerging Global Innovation Map and Ways to Close the Technological Gap between Countries", was the participation of

and

, heads of the government of Russian and China. The session also welcomed Andrei Fursenko, aide to the president of the Russian Federation; Dmitry Livanov, minister of education and science of the Russian Federation; Denis Manturov, minister of industry and trade; Sergei Donskoi, minister of natural resources and environment;

Sergey Sobyanin Sergey Semyonovich Sobyanin (; born 21 June 1958) is a Russian politician, serving as the 3rd mayor of Moscow since 21 October 2010. Sobyanin previously served as the governor of Tyumen Oblast (2001–2005), Head of the Russian presidential ad ...

. Among other participants of Open Innovations Forum 2014 were Cabinet members Nikolai Nikiforov and Alexander Galushka; heads of companies: Viktor Vekselberg ( Skolkovo), Dmitry Konov (

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(

), Bo Andersson ( AvtoVAZ), Guo Ping (

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), Joe Liu ( 3M), Rupert Keeley (

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); scientists: Vladimir Fortov, Kurt Wüthrich and others. The key speakers at Forum were Richard Roberts (

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), Kurt Wüthrich (EZH Zürich),

Zhores Alferov Zhores Ivanovich Alferov ( rus, Жоре́с Ива́нович Алфёров, , ʐɐˈrɛs ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ɐlˈfʲɵrəf}; ; 15 March 19301 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist and academic who contributed significantly to the cr ...

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( Solar Impulse), Georgette Yakman (

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), and Eckard Foltin (

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MaterialScience). At the end of Forum winners of GenerationS 2014, the federal accelerating competition for technological startups, were announced. The winners were Promobot (Industrial), Kera-Tech (BioTechMed), NanoServ (CleanTech) and VeeRoute (IT).

Forum 2015

In 2015, Forum and exhibition took place in

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on 28 October-1 November at Pavilion 75, VDNH. For five days Forum hosted 115 business events involving more than 200 speakers from more than 30 countries. In 2015, the participants of Forum discussed how technologies influence productivity, habitat, education, health and entertainment. The major event of Forum in 2015 was the plenary session "Humanity in the Center of the Technological Revolution" that took place on 28 October. It involved Prime-Ministers of Russia and Serbia –

and

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as well as economist

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, futurist Gerd Leonhard, ABBYY founder David Yang. The session was moderated by Mike Butcher (

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Europe). Among the many participants were economist Nouriel Roubini, airspace designer

Burt Rutan Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the recor ...

, Jim Morris (

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Aubrey de Grey Aubrey David Nicholas Jasper de Grey (; born 20 April 1963) is an English biomedical gerontologist. He is the author of ''The Mitochondrial Free Radical Theory of Aging'' (1999) and co-author of '' Ending Aging'' (2007). De Grey is known for ...

( SENS Research Foundation), Axel Flaig (

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), Carlo Ratti ( SENSEable City Lab MIT). Representing government agencies were Deputy Prime-Minister of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich, mayor of Moscow

, Cabinet members of

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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

, the

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. As part of Forum winners of competitions such as Venture Investor, RUSNANOPRIZE 2015, TechUp 2015, Tech in Media 2015 and other were announced. The exhibition part of Forum featured Russian and foreign exhibits including the Moscow City Government, Russian development institutes, ministries of Russia, Association of Innovative Regions of Russia,

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to name a few.

Heads of states and governments who took part in Forum

The table below lists top public officials who participated in the events of Forum as well as events throughout.

Associated events

Apart from plenary sessions, Forum's program includes the exhibition, youth program and cultural program.

Exhibition of hi-tech achievements

Open Innovations Forum also hosts the exhibition of hi-tech achievements. Between 2012 and 2014 the original name for the exhibition was Open Innovations Expo. In 2015, the exhibition evolved into Open Innovations Technology Show.

Youth program

The youth program consists of a number of events for startups arranged as part of Open Innovations Forum. Selection procedures to decide on participants of the youth program are held both in Russia and abroad. During Forum, members of the youth program are offered tours to innovation sites of Moscow, meet with representatives of development institute and investors, participate in lectures and master classes, and get involved in business program of Forum.100 Innovators Group at the SCO Countries’ Student Spring
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References

External links

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Official Youtube channel
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