Innovations, hi-tech to be discussed at RF-Poland forum

MOSCOW, June 1 (Itar-Tass) - A Russia-Poland forum of regions meets
for a third time. It has drawn parliamentarians from the two countries who
will discuss the theme of innovations and high technologies, which is of
current importance to Russia.
The conference is traditionally held in two formats. The first day
will be devoted to Polish guests' familiarization with the science cities
of Moscow and Kaluga Regions. The know-how will be demonstrated to them by
the research and production centers of Zelenograd, Shatura, Chernogolovka,
Zhukovsky, Dubna, Protvino, Fryazino, Pushchino, and Obninsk.
Meanwhile, Bogdan Borusewicz, Marshal of the Senate and leader of the
Polish delegation, will have a series of conversations in Moscow,
including talks with Alexander Torshin, acting Speaker of the Federation
Council upper house of the Russian parliament, Boris Gryzlov, Speaker of
the State Duma lower house of parliament, and a meeting with Minister of
Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov.
However, the head of the upper house of the Polish parliament will not
stay aloof from the study of Russia's achievements in the field of
modernization. Early on Wednesday morning he is expected at the
supercomputer center and technopark of Moscow State University named after
M.V. Lomonosov. The Polish delegation will wind up the workday with a
guided tour of the Kolomenskoye museum estate.
On Thursday, June 2, the parliamentarians, the heads of voivodships
and members of the Polish business community will go to the Moscow school
of management Skolkovo where the forum's plenary session will open up to
be co-chaired by Torshin and Borusewicz.
Main rapporteurs will be Vyacheslav Pozgalyov, Governor of Vologda
Region, Valery Aksakov, chairman of the Moscow regional duma legislature,
Vladimir Beketov, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar
Territory, Tatyana Yelfimova, deputy head of the Rosatom, and Georgy
Petrov, vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The forum of regions, which is held every year under the auspices of
the Federation Council and the Polish Senate, is an important machanism
for the maintenance of bilateral cooperation. Within the framework of the
previous conferences, participants discussed prospects for giving greater
scope to interregional economic partnerhip between Russia and Poland, and
interaction in the fields of education, culture, youth policy, and sports.