Programme

A key feature of the current development of the Russian Federation and its regions is decoupling between increasing demand of a number of economic sectors for their technological modernization and available supply, which Russian managers and producers of technologies can put forward to achieve this demand.
Due to this reason, the prior direction of government activity at all levels of innovation can became a forming of a comprehensive system in order to identify and support the most promising technological developments (with public and private investments). For the development of regional innovation potential under dynamic changing of technological development nature, the policy based on understanding of longterm trends of technological development in the region should be elaborated by regional authorities. The results of the regional foresight a particular technique of "anticipation" and coordination of the future of social, technological and infrastructural areas of the city or region – might be a basis for regional technological development policy.
Foresight is a specially organized process of systematic evaluation of longterm development prospects with the participation of business, scientific community, government bodies and civic institutions. Foresight helps to evaluate the potential specialization of a particular region and align with key stakeholders the development projects as inevitable part of a goal achievement process.
Foresight’s methodology allows predicting, and in some cases forming the future, taking into account all possible changes in such areas as: science and technology, economics, public administration, social and community relations, and culture.