Dmitry Medvedev held an expanded meeting of the Skolkovo Foundation’s Board of Trustees at Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

Dmitry Medvedev held an expanded meeting of the State Council.

Mr Vekselberg briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the Skolkovo Innovation Centre’s current activities and the programmes the Skolkovo Foundation is currently carrying out.

Head of Tatarstan briefed the President on the social and economic situation in the republic.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to the space industry employees and veterans, congratulating them on Cosmonautics Day.

The meeting, the Commission’s 29^th so far, addressed the issue of making the research and development support system more effective in order to better pursue modernisation and innovative development. 

Dmitry Medvedev and Nikolai Vinogradov discussed the region's development prospects, in particular the creation of a research and production cluster in the Vladimir Region.

While on a working trip to Vladimir Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited the International Biotechnology Centre Generium, where he looked around the laboratories, saw how the production process works and met with the centre’s researchers.

Dmitry Medvedev visited EKRA’s education centre during a trip to Chuvashia.

Dmitry Medvedev awarded the President’s Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists for 2011 to Alexander Blagov, Pavel Kovalev, Viktor Orlov, Vladimir Komlev, and Andrei Raigorodsky.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Awarding the Russian Federation President's Prize in Science and Innovation for Young Scientists for 2011.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev spoke at the closing plenary session of the Russia-Republic of Korea Dialogue forum in St Petersburg.

Dmitry Medvedev met with young scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs in the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo.

Dmitry Medvedev met with president of Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Edward Crawley and president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Susan Hockfield.

Forming demand for innovative developments and products was the main item on the meeting’s agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev addressed the plenary session at the IV International Nanotechnology Forum – Rusnanotech 2011. The President said that financing for all modernisation priorities would continue to increase, and noted the decisive role given to development institutes in Russia’s Innovation Development Strategy through to 2020. 

Training and subsequent employment for highly qualified engineers in priority development sectors of the economy was the subject on the agenda.

During a working visit to Ulyanovsk Region, Dmitry Medvedev visited the National Scientific Centre – Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR).

Dmitry Medvedev met with students from Russian regional universities at Moscow’s Skolkovo School of Management, currently marking its fifth anniversary.