On May 21-22, 2015 in Tomsk passes the II Forum of young scientists of "U-NOVUS"

The forum U-NOVUS is a communication, discussion and creative platform for young scientists, inventors and businessmen in the innovative sphere.

The forum's purpose is strengthening of interaction of young scientists with representatives of business, institutes of development, investors and customers.

As organizers of a forum the Administration of the Tomsk region and Association of innovative regions of Russia acted.

Import substitution became the main subject of a forum this year.

Within a forum a large number of actions, including the "Import Substitution and the Advancing Development" exhibition and Competition of development of young scientists will took place.

The "Import Substitution and the Advancing Development" exhibition was opened on May 21 the Secretary of state – the deputy minister of economic development of the Russian Federation Oleg Fomichev and the governor of the Tomsk region Sergey Zhvachkin.

The purpose of holding an exhibition is formation at representatives of technological business, institutes of development and developers of innovative projects of uniform vision of the tasks and calls facing today the industry of Russia, and also association of efforts for creation and development of the technologies which don't have foreign analogs.

At an exhibition 150 import-substituting development of the companies from Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kaluga, Ulyanovsk, Irkutsk and Samara areas, Krasnoyarsk and Altai regions, Mordovia and Bashkortostan are presented.

Also within an exhibition  Competition of development of young scientists passed.

On May 22 the anniversary meeting of Association of innovative regions of Russia devoted to the 5 anniversary of its creation in which participated the Chairman of the board of Association - the acting president of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan Artyom Zdunov and the deputy minister of economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Bulat Haziakhmetov took place.