The first meeting of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry Committee on Industrial and Innovation Policy in 2023

Mikhail Kogan, Chairman of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry  Committee on Industrial and Innovation Policy, held the first organizational meeting with the Committee members in 2023.

The event began with the presentation of new companies that joined the Committee and are ready to actively participate in the formation of the agenda of meetings and the plan of joint activities.

Evgeny Volkov, General Director of Polikom LLC, a manufacturer of industrial alkali–free electrolyzers, shared his positive experience with the Committee in preparing the necessary documents for applying for inclusion in the register of domestic manufacturers.

Kirill Nagornykh, General Director of Proinzhgroup LLC, presented to the audience opportunities for cooperation – from carrying out design and survey work to the production of drilling tools. The Company plans to conduct active public activities within the Committee and is preparing to formulate the topic of future meetings.

Mikhail Kogan noted that it is possible to cooperate with the Committee in the status of an expert.  In 2021, Natalia Sorokina, Associate Professor of the Department of National and Regional Economics, Candidate of Economic Sciences, representing the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, joined the Committee. Moreover since 2023, Vladimir Kuzmin, Deputy Director of the Association of ElektronAgro, has received the status of an expert.

The central topic of the meeting was the discussion of the action plan for 6 months. Every year, the Chairman conducts a survey of Committee members about the issues of interest, based on these data, the agenda of meetings held every two months is formed. So, among the topics announced for 2023 are logistics and transport, personnel for the digital economy, strategic planning, the use of artificial intelligence, etc.

At the end of the meeting, it was decided to form an additional list of the companies' wishes regarding participation in foreign business missions and congress and exhibition events for subsequent approval by the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry.