Agenda determined for Russian Energy Week 2018

March 16, 2018

Agenda determined for Russian Energy Week 2018

Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak chaired a meeting of the Organizing Committee in charge of preparing for and holding the Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on 16 March.

This year the Forum is expected to be attended by more than 6,000 representatives of Russian and foreign businesses and about 1,000 media representatives. “In his speech to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin outlined the key tasks required to further develop our country. The priorities he cited included ensuring Russia’s leadership in key areas, which certainly encompasses the energy industry,” Adviser to the Russian President and Executive Secretary of the Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said. In addition, he separately thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Russia’s diplomatic missions for actively supporting and promoting REW abroad and also drew attention to issues related to the preparation of the event’s exhibition site and the Forum’s business programme. “Taking into account the experience of last year’s event and in an effort to develop the Forum, there needs to be a new arrangement for the layout of the exhibition. This year we are working with the concept of setting up the exhibition area uniformly for the main energy sectors. It is equally important that the booths serve as a place to attract business networking among REW participants,” Kobyakov added.

Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak expressed confidence that the event, which was granted presidential status last year, would become an international platform for the global analysis of the entire energy industry within the next few years. The interest in the largest event in the energy sector must be effectively utilized to create the business agenda for REW 2018, he said. “The list of instructions for the implementation of the Russian President’s Address to the Federal Assembly was approved today. The priorities include themes that are relevant for our industry. They must be taken into account when drawing up the REW business programme and exhibition. Particular attention should be paid to the modernization and introduction of digital technologies in the energy sector,” Novak said. He also expressed confidence that fuel and energy industry leaders would be actively involved in determining the main discussion themes at the Forum.

Russian Deputy Minister of Energy Anton Inyutsyn said that the ‘MediaTEK’ contest has started receiving and processing applications. Like last year, the contest’s Expert Council, which will again be headed by the Dmitry Peskov, will announce the results and present awards to the winners during Russian Energy Week in October 2018.

Head of the Moscow Housing and Utility Services Department Gasan Gasangadzhiyev reported on the progress of measures to prepare Moscow for the event. In particular, he noted that the city’s infrastructure and the site where REW will be held to ensure the organization of the event at the highest level. Particular attention will be paid to security issues and interaction among the city’s various services.

Upon conclusion of the meeting, representatives of fuel and energy companies expressed their readiness to invite their international business partners to take part in REW and discuss the substantive component of the event.

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06 October 2018 Energy Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education meet with students and young experts at REW 2018

On 6 October, as part of #BrighterTogether Youth Day of the Russian Energy Week 2018, Energy Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Mikhail Kotyukov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, held an informal meeting with students and young specialists. In his opening remarks, Alexander Novak pointed to the unprecedented scale of REW 2018, which has become an important international platform for discussing development problems faced by the energy sector. In particular, he said that around 10,000 specialists from 70 regions of Russia had taken part in the Russian Energy Week 2018, including 3000 young people aged under 35. The REW 2018 hosted 60 events and considered 70 projects, and most of them were developed involving young specialists, according to the Minister. Taking questions from young people, Alexander Novak and Mikhail Kotyukov stressed the need to foster educational programmes aimed at effectively attracting the youth into the energy sector. To illustrate this idea, Mr Novak recalled his first steps in the industry. Among other things, he said young specialists of his plant were actively involved in the development and introduction of streamlining proposals. The Energy Minister believes that the practice should be restored. The industry urgently needs the energy of young people, full of initiative and aimed to achieve the best results. Therefore, the top priority is to create the information and communication platforms for the youth to attract young people to the development and implementation of the industry’s projects. Addressing the audience, Alexander Novak invited participants to take part in the work of his ministry’s scientific and technical council. At the same time, he noted that not only the ministry but each large company in the sector should rely on the energy and knowledge of young specialists. The Minister said this was one of the indispensible prerequisites of the progressive development for any industrial team. In turn, Mikhail Kotyukov pointed to the importance of mentor traditions at production sites where experienced workers would assume patronage over their younger colleagues. “In my time, one of my mentors was Alexander Novak, and I have learnt a lot from him,” Mr Kotyukov confided. In this respect, he said the Ministry of Science and Higher Education planned to open 900 science labs at higher education institutions with a view to preparing over 35,000 new researchers who will promote the development of all spheres of the Russian economy, including energy. The meeting ended with a formal ceremony in which Alexander Novak and Mikhail Kotyukov handed awards to the winners of youth competitions held during the Russian Energy Week 2018.

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