At the meeting, Viktor Vekselberg said that Skolkovo is an extremely important project within the economic modernization policy of Russia, which is supported by the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. "Russia has a good foundation, a powerful scientific and educational base. The Skolkovo Project aims to commercialize innovative ideas that are created in our institutions. Our goal is integration into the international innovation environment, so I will not hide the fact - we are interested in attracting partners from Belgium."
Prince Philippe of Belgium noted that for the Belgian economic mission, the "presentation of such a grandiose project, which is a symbol of change in the economy and the symbol of creative innovations in Russia, is of great interest." Representatives of the foundation explained in detail about the principles of the innovation centre. Director of the Department for International Development, Alexey Sitnikov, spoke about the work of the Innovation Centre, director of the Key Partners Department, Roman Romanovsky spoke about the key partners of the Innovation Centre, the investment director of the Foundation, Alexander Lupachev - about the ecosystem of the project, and the director of Business Development of Energy Efficient Technologies Cluster, Alan Island Park, gave an example of the work and implementation of energy-efficient technologies.
The Belgian companies said that they are interested in investments and cooperation within research projects that are at early stages in Russia, and Skolkovo is the most suitable platform for such an interaction