The Roscongress Foundation has announced the programme of events that
will be held at the Innovation Space as part of the Foundations Building Trust
Area at the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum. The main discussion topics will deal
with various aspects of the technological partnership between Russia and
African countries. Gazprom will be the general partner of the Innovation Space,
company Aksioma will serve as the partner.
The Innovation Space programme will kick off on 23 October with the RBK
session Innovations Without Borders: New Cross-Border Business Opportunities.
Russian tech companies have already established themselves as reliable solution
providers on international markets. The discussion participants will talk about
key points in developing business partnerships between Russian and African
companies. This above all includes smart manufacturing, fintech, transport, and
infrastructure.
Other themes on the first day will include the use of digital
technologies and advanced Russian telemedicine systems in the healthcare
industry in Africa as well as the role of startups and accelerators in the
development of an innovative environment.
The key event of the second day of the Forum, 24 October, will be the
pitch session Business Priority: Perspective as part of the Business Priority
project, which is being implemented under the auspices of the Roscongress
Foundation. Seven high-tech startups with solid prospects on African markets
will give presentations to potential investors and customers.
The technologies presented by the pitch session participants and other
innovative companies will also be presented at the Innovation Space, which will
function throughout the Forum. In particular, the company ViNTERA.TV will
present a multimedia platform that provides access to hundreds of free online
TV channels.
AGRATEC BIO and Bionovatik will show off innovative products to
accelerate and regulate plant growth. In addition, the company Health Source
offers a decentralized drinking water supply system that uses unique automated
equipment of its own design.
The
exhibits will also include three projects that have already been granted
Business Priority status: the unique Kalancha technology for gas-powder fire
extinguishing of tanks with oil and petroleum products; the Oasis project from
the company Avtonomika, which allows for the geoengineering preparation of
habitable plots in desert and arid territories; and the company Intelligent
Scanning Systems, which will deploy a real shooting range with virtual reality
components directly onsite.
More information about the Innovation Space is available on the official website of
the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum and Summit.
The RussiaAfrica Summit and Economic Forum will
take place on 23-24 October in Sochi at the Sirius Park
of Science and Art .
The events are being organized by the Roscongress Foundation, and the
co-organizers of the RussiaAfrica Economic Forum are Russian Export Center and
Afreximbank