Mintimer Shaimiev: Intellectual potential of the republic will make us wealthy

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev visited the “Idea” Innovation Technopark, the central unit of which is business-incubator. The centre is aimed at ensuring early stage development of new undertakings, teaching staff, creating favourable, “incubatory” conditions and providing resources for rapid growth of innovation projects and commercialising technologies.

The presentation of the business-incubator was attended by RT Prime minister Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan Mayor Kamil Iskhakov, heads of ministries and organisations, directors of large enterprises, rectors of leading high schools of the republic.

The guests saw new high tech achievements in the sphere of power engineering, mechanical engineering, petrochemistry, agriculture, et al. With a special interest Mintimer Shaimiev talked with creators of the system allowing to reduce energy loss in city electric transport and compact plasma device for industrial cutting of metal-roll.

Talking to journalists, the President marked the importance of the technopark, estimated the first results of its work and, in particular, good combination of fundamental and applied studies. Today, Tatarstan is in the possession of the enormous intellectual potential, which will make us wealthy, Mintimer Shaimiev said. We have to create all the conditions for self-actualisation of gifted, creative people, and especially youth. The early stage ideas are to be followed by marketable products.