Coordinating Council for Youth in Science and Education Under the Russian President’s Council for Science and Education

Bring Together Companies and Universities for Modernization of Russian Economics

Abstract

Coordinating Council for Youth in science and education under the Russian President’s Council for Science and Education began its work in 2007. In 2011, the leadership of the country was given the task of creating youth innovation center (YIC) for large companies, which would attract young scientists from universities and research institutes and created them certain conditions for the implementation of their ideas and developments in practice. Company, which responded to the offer of the President of Russia was "IDGC Holding» (http://www.holding-mrsk.ru/) JSC IDGC Holding. As a result, half past year a number of youth innovation centers were created. Such cooperation with the Coordination Council was born and practically embodied the very constructive idea of the first National Youth Competition intensive innovative ideas and projects titled "Future Energetics". This competition was attended by over 180 participants from more than 81 regions of Russia. Now our task to invite all the leaders of the Russian economy. There already exist a preliminary agreement to hold similar competitions industrial grants to other major Russian companies. In the future, we want these competitions, but rather a system of working with young scientists, not only with universities and institutions, but also with some promising innovators and their teams have been stated in the program of innovation development of any company, not necessarily belong entirely to the state. And it's not so distant future, it may seem, but rather an imperative.