Among the events place taking place during Russian
Energy Week will be a panel session on 3 October entitled EnergyNet 2.0:
Priorities, Outlook, Opportunities.
Invitees to the session include Special Representative
of the President of the Russian Federation on Digital and Technological
Development Dmitry Peskov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the
Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation’s Committee on Energy Valery
Seleznev, Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Pavel Sorokin, Director
General of Rosseti Pavel Livinsky, Deputy Chairman of the Board of System
Operator of the United Power System Fedor Opadchiy, and Head of Project Center
for Innovation Development at the Strategic Research Center Foundation and
Deputy Head of the Working Group at the Energynet National Technology
Initiative Dmitry Kholkin. Moderating the session will be Oleg Grinko, Working
Group Co-Head at Energynet NTI.
The EnergyNet National Technology Initiative (NTI)
aims to develop smart energy services, and has been marked out as a priority in
the government’s policy to develop industries of the next technological wave
and secure Russia’s foothold in the markets of the future. A roadmap to
achieving these goals is currently being implemented on several levels simultaneously.
At the government level, this includes steps to improve the regulatory
framework in order to simplify interaction between public bodies and innovative
businesses.
“Thanks to the National Technology Initiative, we have
been able to begin work on a vital endeavour in our country aimed at developing
a framework for the future of energy. It is an absolutely critical issue,
because individual technical solutions are of little use to anyone – we need
comprehensive solutions which can be integrated into businesses,” said Dmitry
Kholkin.
Participants at the panel session will discuss what
has already been achieved in the implementation of the EnergyNet National
Technology Initiative roadmap, what new technological trends have emerged in
global energy markets, what challenges these trends pose to the Russian energy
sector, and other pressing issues concerning digital energy today.
