TOMSK, May 12 – RIA Tomsk. Tomsk delegation at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will be held in early June, will present a project for the construction of a multifunctional student campus, where, in particular, it is planned to place research units of large companies, the press service of the regional administration reported on Wednesday.
Earlier it was reported that in 2019 the regional administration, VEB.RF and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education agreed on the implementation in Tomsk of a pilot project for the construction of an inter-university campus within the framework of the "Education" national project (it's about a grant from the state budget in the amount of 15 billion rubles) with the involvement of private investments. The campus will be able to accommodate 20 thousand students and will become a joint facility of the universities of the Big University of Tomsk.
According to the press service, at the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the delegation of the Tomsk region will present a project for the construction of a multifunctional student campus. With reference to the deputy governor Andrey Antonov, it is clarified that the emphasis in the presentation will be made on advanced educational programs and the development of startups with the participation of large companies.
"The inter-university campus will allow us to combine the development centers of large companies, a small business environment, technology testing sites and a multifunctional student town. The project will be accompanied by... introducing measures to support technological startups and stimulate large business to accommodate research units in the campus," Antonov is quoted.
It is added that within the framework of the forum business program, a number of agreements are planned, in particular, with PJSC Gazprom Neft on cooperation with the administration of the Tomsk region on cooperative projects, including the development of the Paleozoic technology platform.St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has been held since 1997, and since 2006 it has been held under the auspices and with the participation of the President of Russia. Over the years, the forum has become the leading platform for networking among the business community and discussing key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets and the world as a whole. The 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be held in St. Petersburg from June 2 to 5.
As previously reported, the reserves of traditional oil fields in the Tomsk region are running out, in 2025 this will lead to a reduction in production from 10 to 5 million tons per year. Gazprom Neft has launched the Paleozoic project in the region to develop hard-to-recover oil reserves from pre-Jurassic deposits. According to scientists, the development of methods for prospecting Paleozoic deposits is possible by the end of 2021.