Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan spoke at a roundtable about innovative development of regions

16-17 October 2013 the Federal State Institution "State Regional Standardization , Metrology and Testing in the Republic of Tatarstan" will held a seminar "The concept of expanding the scope of services FBU UCM to engage in economic turnover of the results of scientific and technological activities ." Today , October 17, 2013 as part of the seminar was held a round table on the theme : " Innovative Development of Regions : Success Factors and software tools . The application of standardization, metrology and conformity assessment for the purpose of putting into production of innovative products . " As one of the speakers of the round table was the Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Zdunov . The Republic of Tatarstan is among the top five innovative regions of Russia , and among the regions participating in the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia is in 1st place . The priority directions of science and technology development in the Republic of Tatarstan include nanotechnology , biotechnology, fundamental and applied medicine, plastics , composite materials and high power , energy and energy-efficiency , high technology engineering, etc.