On June 7, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) featured a plenary session titled “Technological Ecosystem of the Future: For the Benefit of Humanity and the Planet.”
Participants included Alexey Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, Anton Alikhanov, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Pavel Sorokin, First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey, Laureano Facundo Ortega Murillo, Special Representative of the President of Nicaragua for Cooperation with Russia, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO of DP World, and others.
In his speech, Likhachev highlighted the multifaceted nature of the future technological ecosystem, identifying three essential components. “The first is energy, crucial for human existence. Looking ahead a hundred years, we see potential in specific technologies – the new generation of nuclear energy with a closed fuel cycle. The second component is development and evolution, with science, knowledge, and the discovery of new properties of matter being integral to the technological landscape. The third aspect involves moral values and fairness, ensuring equal opportunities for human development worldwide,” he said.
Likhachev stressed that Rosatom’s projects harmoniously integrate these three components, fostering the advancement of technology, knowledge, and human potential.
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The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is a key event in the CIS economic space. The main theme of the SPIEF-2024 is ‘The Formation of New Areas of Growth as the Cornerstone of a Multipolar World’. Forum participants discuss the prospects for the development of healthcare and pharmaceuticals, the modern labour market, new technologies, the development of the Arctic and the Northern Sea Route, and much more. Rosatom State Corporation is the title partner of the forum in 2024.
Energy remains fundamental to the socio-economic development of the country, supporting both industry and citizens. The Russian fuel and energy sector continues to launch new projects and systematically renew its capacities, following trends in digitalisation and the replacement of imported equipment. Rosatom, as Russia’s only global technology company, and its enterprises, actively participate in this work.
