According to the results of the UK prime-minster David Cameron visit to Moscow they have signed a series of bilateral documents, including those in the field of economic and scientific and technical cooperation.
Prime-minister David Cameron and President of Skolkovo Foundation Viktor Vekselberg signed the Memorandum of Cooperation in the field of joint scientific studies and development and commercialization of innovation technologies in the general interest. Within the framework of the memorandum they have signed several agreements today.
They signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of laser-plasma and accelerator physics between the cluster of Nuclear technologies and of the Foundation for Development of the Skolkovo Center for Development and Commercialization of New Technologies and Accelerator Physics Institute n.a. John Adams (founded by Oxford University and Royal Holloway university), Great Britain).
Within the framework of the agreement the parties wished to establish a joint Applied Research Center which activity will be focused on development and creation of portable intensive X-ray source. The Nuclear Technologies Cluster and Accelerator Physics Institute n.a. John Adams also plan to cooperated in the field of expert exchange, education programs and co-developing of long-term technological development forecasts. Implementation of these plans will render possible to significantly extend limits of fruitful cooperation in accelerator science and technology between Russia and Great Britain.
Moreover, in the nearest future the Center for applied researches in the field of energy efficient materials will become a resident of Skolkovo Innovation Center. The Applied Researches Center was founded in results of cooperation between Cambridge University Materials Science department and Moscow Scientific-Research University MISIS.
The Center will deal with applied developments in the field of high-technology energy-efficient materials for industrial applications, basically in power generation sector and metallurgical engineering. Research issues comprise material surface modification to obtain novel properties - materials on the basis of carbon nanotubes, low-density steel materials with specific properties. Some Russian and foreign companies have already showed their interest in co-financing of the Center with a view to implement the developments within 3-5 years.
Alongside with that the Imperial College of London, one of the leading international natural science universities, have signed an Agreement to create a Center for applied researches in the field of thermal processes and catalysis in a partnership with the Catalysis Institute n.a. G.K. Boreskov and Skolkovo Foundation.
The Center will deal with researches focused on improvement of energy efficiency of oil-refining sector up to 15 per cent due to energy consumption reduction, heat loss avoidance and regeneration of oil refinery recoverable resources. The researches will have an applied nature. The Center development will be stipulated by attracted engineering expertise from the Imperial College, NGU and RAS Catalysis Institute n.a. G.K. Boreskov.
The Skolkovo Innovation Center shall become the Russia largest proving ground for new economic policy. A certain area will be designated for arrangement of special environment for research and development activity, including those focused on creation of energy and energy-efficient technologies, nuclear, space, biomedical and computer technologies.