International Forum
"Transport science: innovative solutions for business"
March 22–23,2011
Renaissance Hotel, Moscow
Vladimir Yakunin
JSC "Russian Railways"
Dear colleagues,
I would like to say welcome on behalf of Russian Railways and myself personally to the participants and guests of the first International Forum "Transport Science: Innovative Solutions for Business".
Each and every day the transport industry’s need for innovative solutions increases, as railways require accelerated technological development to make them more competitive within the Eurasian transport system. Issues concerning the efficient application of science and engineering achievements and the recognition of science as one of the fundamental components of an innovative economy are coming to the fore.
At the same time, it is impossible to provide scientific and engineering support for the transport industry without providing incentives for innovative transformation in science and commercialising it.
I am confident that the International Forum "Transport Science: Innovative Solutions for Business" will significantly assist the development of mutually beneficial partnership between business, science, education and government agencies, and will make a practical contribution to the development of transport science in Russia.
President of the JSC "Russian Railways" Vladimir Yakunin |