UrFU displayed projects at Hi-Tech Forum in China

16:12, October 16, 2018

UrFU offers a full range of services on the support of innovative developments and enterprises

The delegation of Ural Federal University headed by the First Vice-Rector Sergey Kortov is currently taking part in the Third Russian-Chinese Hi-Tech Forum "45 Degrees of Northern Latitude" in Harbin (China). The portfolio projects of the university's innovative infrastructure (in total, 7 projects) аre featured at the UrFU stand. The stand is assisted by the representative of UrFU innovation development fund.

Sergey Kortov participated in the forum's opening ceremony and in the conference on innovative cooperation between Russia and China. Special attention was paid to the establishment of the network innovative center situated in four cities: Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Harbin and Shenzhen. The First Vice-rector introduced the technical capabilities of Ekaterinburg, particularly UrFU, as one of the locations for the Russian Innovation Center during his report.

'UrFU innovative infrastructure provides a full range of services on the support of innovative developments and enterprises, provides legal, institutional and marketing support in promotion of projects within the territory of Russia. As part of the support programs, projects can be featured on the platform of UrFU Innovative Structure. We have brought some of our projects on an exhibition and they will be featured at the UrFU stand,’ Sergey Kortov explained.

He also noted that the innovative centers have to develop in two directions: granting not only infrastructural, but also hi-tech services to the projects which have prospects of doing business in Russia or China.

‘Each center can be focused on its own directions — our center based at the innovative infrastructure of UrFU is prepared to provide hi-tech services in mechanical engineering, materials science, pharmaceutics,’ Sergey Kortov added.

According to him, both parties have their vision of the cooperation, and now it is necessary to select and work out the interaction mechanisms. One of tools is the dialogue within the conference in question.

‘Our delegation is faced with several goals. First of all, there is a wish to create several joint projects with China. Perhaps, the attention of the Chinese partners will be drawn by the projects we brought to the exhibition. Besides, we are ready to propose to the Chinese investors to contribute to the UrFU innovation development fund in order to conduct a joint selection of the projects to invest in’.