National Technology Initiative Companies. Six new NTI projects received government support

  • Basic principles
  • Markets
  • Implementation
  • International cooperation
  • Miscellaneous
  • What is on the agenda of the National Technology Initiative (NTI)? Is this about import substitution?

    The National Technology Initiative includes:

    • identification of new markets, including key demand drivers, key market niches and possible types of products and services that will fill these niches;
    • identifying key technologies that will help create products and services in new markets;
    • a set of support and incentive measures, including institutional, financial and research tools, allowing to grow national champion companies in new markets.

    NTI does not have the tasks of import substitution or modernization of existing industries. NTI involves the creation of strategies for developing fundamentally new markets. But some of the key technologies that form the predecessor markets for NTI markets may appear as part of the process of import substitution and modernization.

  • How does NTI relate to the existing system of government, the business community, the scientific system, the education system, etc.?

    NTI develops a matrix of priorities and communities around roadmaps for new markets and key technologies. From this matrix it follows:

    • setting tasks for fundamental and applied research;
    • policy in the field of advanced personnel training - and corresponding tasks for the education system;
    • priorities for investment in new industries by state-owned companies;
    • joint projects between society and business that do not require government participation;
    • directions of international technological cooperation.
  • Russia has already had enough initiatives in the field of technological development in recent years - why do we need another initiative?

    We have made many mistakes in managing innovation. Some of these mistakes were inevitable - we had no experience in building such management models, we sometimes thoughtlessly transferred Western institutions and memes to Russian soil, which worked brilliantly in the USA, but were not suitable in Russian conditions. Now we have gained experience, we understand what works and what doesn’t. At the same time, we cannot return to the USSR; restoring the Soviet system is counterproductive - the command-administrative system no longer exists. Even the USSR, which had the power of a superpower and a human potential of 270 million people, could not withstand the scientific and technological race in the 1970s and 80s. There is no reason to believe that in the second decade of the 21st century, with a potential of 143 million people, Russia will be able to restore the Soviet system, which was also not very effective. This will be a direct route to North Korea.

    In order to create a new innovation management system, you need to go between the Scylla of the Soviet administrative-command system and the Charybdis of the American venture economics model.

    NTI does not involve pumping trillions of rubles into lobbied projects. We do not plan to build monumental structures or conduct propaganda from central television. We propose identifying future markets and forming coalitions aimed at capturing these markets. The rest will follow.

  • And why do you think you will succeed?

    Until now, all the main issues of innovative development were decided by smart officials; this was the sphere of bureaucratic regulation. NTI must create conditions where private money is more important than public money - and we believe that projects with private investment will be more effective. Simply handing out government money is the most ineffective strategy. “Smart” strategies for development management, practices of joint investments, joint funds, crowdfunding and crowdinvesting should appear. Some elements of such an ecosystem have already been created. For example, the fund of funds model of the Russian Venture Company seems reasonable. We will disseminate the best practices of RVC and other development institutions in NTI.

    However, the most important issue is not money or beautiful documentation. Any document that we write will be another “strategy” in a row of many already adopted and not working roadmaps. A group of like-minded people is more important than a stack of papers. Therefore, we need a network of bright leaders with shared vision and values ​​from the fields of business, science and government - and it is these leaders who will be able to implement any plan in any political and institutional climate. These leaders can be called "tech patriots" - because each of them believes that the country is capable of generating a technological breakthrough, and their trust in each other on high value grounds is more important than the fight for resources. These are people who are ready to extend their personal interests 20 years into the future so that their children and grandchildren would go to the same schools as them - and they would not be ashamed of their grandchildren, or of the schools, or of the country.

  • The country has a poor investment climate, the basic institutions of modern society do not work, and the level of corruption is off the charts. What kind of technological development can we talk about? How are you going to retain high-quality specialists and entrepreneurs - after all, it is easier for many to leave and start a project where the institutions work much better?

    The institutional and investment climate, unlike usual, is changed by the combined efforts of people, and not by the grace of God. Russia has never had a completely business-friendly business climate. Everyone for whom comfort, sun, wine, mountains and the ocean of California are most important, it seems to us, has already left Russia. The rest understand that in Sevastopol the sun, wine, mountains and sea are no worse.

    A bad climate provides no excuse for inactivity. You need to move forward with possible steps, and not wait for someone to change this climate for you. At the same time, each NTI roadmap must contain proposals to change the situation, for which we will fight together. Our experience in implementing the National Entrepreneurial Initiative, the Global Education program, WorldSkills shows that sometimes you get even more than you expect. We must develop positive tools for retaining high professionals in the country.

  • You chose 2035 for your forecast - and in our country no one plans that far. A lot will change over the next 20 years; are you even going to be responsible for your forecasts?

    2035 is the planning horizon, that is, the extreme point to which we extend forecasts and projects. At the same time, NTI roadmaps at the level of practical actions will be built for 2015-2018. with control of implementation every six months. This means that we must look 20 years ahead and act starting today.

    The results of the work in the near future will be new companies, new educational programs, new scientific laboratories - and if everything goes as it should, in a few years we will see a significant increase in high-tech Russian exports.

  • Why is the Agency for Strategic Initiatives involved in the National Technology Initiative? Are you going to replace RVK and FANO?

    The Agency for Strategic Initiatives is a structure whose main task is to launch strategic initiatives commissioned by the country's leadership. We have proven our success in entrepreneurship support programs and in projects related to the development of children's and vocational education. The national theme of technological development lacked precisely these links - work with entrepreneurs who give orders for new technological solutions, and work with education (including children's clubs and circle movement), which creates competitive skills for the development of technologies and markets.

    We are not going to run science or the venture sector. The Agency for Strategic Initiatives is a platform where it is convenient for different groups and segments of society to come to agreement; our role is that of a moderator, not a boss. ASI does not plan to lay claim to budgets in the NTI management. The whole practice of our previous work is to initiate large processes of change, but at the same time remain a small control structure.

    And who exactly will have to manage NTI will be shown by foresight and subsequent work on creating roadmaps. As moderators of this process, we have no special secret knowledge.

  • You have chosen nine markets for NTI - EnergoNet, NeuroNet, AeroNet, MariNet and others. Why are you starting with markets? Why "No" - why are they called so strangely? Why these nine?

    The global technological revolution is replacing established industries and creating new markets. Most Western technology strategies use 2035 as a key point: they devote the next ten years to refining technological solutions and introducing new products to the market, and the next ten years will be spent dividing the global market and replacing existing technologies. For example, there are no major car companies that will invest in the combustion engine or the human behind the wheel after 2025 - they are all preparing for autonomous electric vehicles. For now, we continue to invest in the construction of an industry that has 10 years left to live, and which is under the control of foreign manufacturers who are not going to transfer to us intellectual property on the key competencies of the future market.

    Why does the name of all markets of the future contain the word ‘net’, that is, “network”? All emerging new markets either use the physical infrastructure of the Internet, or its protocols, or are built in its image. “Smart networks” will work according to this principle, connecting many producers and consumers of electricity - that is, EnergoNet. This is how the transport systems of the future will be organized - AeroNet, AutoNet and MariNet. Even conservative markets, such as agricultural equipment, are turning into networks of cyber-physical devices that the manufacturer owns, and farmers lease them and renew software licenses. That is, all markets of the future are networks at the same time.

    Why these? We do not believe that there can be a comprehensive model for describing the future, and our recipe is a combination of systems analysis and leadership energy. In our pilot work on NTI roadmaps, we focused on obvious markets where we see similar movements in other countries, and where there are strong leaders and communities in Russia. The list of markets is not exhaustive, and we expect to launch work on new markets every year. If we see that we have missed some significant market, we will start working on it in 2016.

    Those markets that are allocated for work now are organized according to the following logic:

    • three of them relate to the security of the country and its systemic provision of resources: this is the market for food (FoodNet), energy (EnergyNet) and security (SafeNet)
    • three relate to transformations in the transport system: this is the market for unmanned vehicles (AutoNet), air transport (AeroNet) and sea / river transport (MariNet)
    • and finally, three relate to the most important areas of human life, where “crazy” technological changes are taking place: this is the market for “digital” health (HealthNet), new finance (FinNet) and neurocommunications (NeuroNet).
  • Why is the emphasis placed on creating markets rather than advancing science or technology?

    Technology itself means nothing if there is no demand for it. For this, as a rule, a market is needed - and if the technology is not in demand by the market, then its development becomes difficult.

    Of course, the market approach is not the only possible one. Equally important is the national security perspective, which is how many modern markets have evolved, from energy and basic food markets to cybersecurity and space launch markets. But the maximum effect is achieved where both tasks are solved - meeting market demand and state security. An example is the GLONASS project - at the same time it is both state security in the field of geopositioning and a very large market for those companies that have started working with it. Perhaps the 2016 foresight fleet will be organized through this prism.

  • If I think you've missed an important market, may I make a suggestion? What do I need to be heard and my proposal taken into account in further work?

    If you think that there is an important new market that needs to be taken into account in further work on NTI, then first of all answer yourself the following questions:

    • Is there an opportunity to create fundamentally new technological standards in this area? (i.e. whether the market is new)
    • Is there a community of entrepreneurs and scientists in Russia who share the idea of ​​the possible emergence of such a market? (i.e., does leadership energy exist)
    • Are there similar international projects or consortia in the same direction? (that is, is it possible to find international partners with whom the launch of this market can be realized)

    If the answer to these questions is affirmative, then we ask you to submit an application to ASI for inclusion of a new market, and we promise to organize its comprehensive public discussion and inclusion in the event of a positive decision.

  • In our country, more than 80% of the economy is under direct or indirect government control - why do you even put such an emphasis on entrepreneurs and markets?

    We believe that the experiment with building state capitalism in Russia has already shown the ineffectiveness of this model, and the future lies in effective models of public-private partnerships. In general, we cannot do without a significant role of the state, even in new areas of the economy. This is shown, for example, by the struggle between Yandex and Google unfolding before our eyes. But relying only on state giants is futile; we need developed supply chains and ecosystems of medium and small technology companies.

  • Why should we discuss new markets if we have a crisis on the horizon and we will need to feed the country?

    One of the key NTI markets is FoodNet, that is, the food market, which solves the problem of more efficient production, delivery and processing of food products, taking into account the needs of large cities. This market is already forming before our eyes, and although it will reach maturity in 15-20 years, many solutions can be applied now: for example, robotization of dairy farms greatly increases milk yield, product quality control and delivery efficiency to the end consumer - and such technology pays off in a very short period of time. Unfortunately, the consumer is not yet aware of most modern technological solutions and is not motivated to use them - and this is a consequence of the current model of government incentives in this area. Therefore, the state must demonstrate new priorities in order to launch technological renewal. Practice has shown that our country is capable of quickly creating entire branches of agriculture - in less than 10 years, we have turned from importers of chicken into exporters. In this logic, by 2035 we can become leaders in many areas of high-tech agricultural production.

  • Where is the place in NTI for the idea that for global competitiveness a country must solve global problems? Let's say, environmental problems or providing the planet's population with water and food?

    Solving global problems is a possible strategy for achieving global leadership, through which it will be critical to look at all our technology initiatives. We will definitely do this as part of the project, including at the Foresight Fleet.

  • Why should we develop new technology businesses if there is no market for them yet? If they create something valuable, either Russian Technologies or Google will buy them.

    This is one of the key risks of NTI. However, the sale of companies in itself to Russian state-owned companies with global potential (such as Russian Technologies) or even to international technology companies (such as Google) is not necessarily bad - in innovative markets it is one of the market strategies that allows business creators to capitalize on their efforts.

    It is important that there remains a part of new businesses that decide to develop independently and challenge existing giants in the fight for new markets - these are the companies that will be able to become new global champions. The task of NTI is to ensure that there are as many of these companies as possible, and that they retain the potential for global growth. We propose to decide together how exactly to achieve this in the coming months; we are open to ideas and suggestions. One solution is the practice of corporate spinoffs - large corporations must learn to create their own venture funds and allocate promising areas into separate business units. Another is the creation of a new generation of “patent trolls” in unoccupied niches. The third is the practice of transferring IP to the country and quickly growing national champions under state orders, with a pre-established model of export to Asian markets. There are options.

  • We will make 20 development roadmaps - what next? Why do you think they will be implemented?

    To implement NTI, we want to use the successful mechanism of the National Entrepreneurial Initiative (NPI), which allowed Russia to significantly improve its position in world business climate rankings (for example, in the Doing Business ranking, Russia showed record dynamics, rising from 124th to 60th place for 2 years). The NPI is based on the following model: roadmaps to improve the business climate are formed with the coordination of the ASI; Each road map is maintained by a group of entrepreneurs and officials who ensure that the map is not bureaucratically watered down. At the same time, NPI cards are controlled from the highest level of government. A similar mechanism is embedded in NTI.

  • What will happen if the President does not accept the NTI road maps?
  • What financial resources will be used to pay for the implementation of NTI roadmaps? If my project needs funding, how can I get it within the NTI?

    NTI, first of all, is people, not a roof or a pocket. If you need government money for the success of the project, and that’s all, you probably shouldn’t participate in NTI.

    But it is clear that for NTI to succeed, new scientific research must be launched and support must be provided for high-risk technological projects. Therefore, representatives of the Russian Science Foundation, Russian Academy of Sciences, RVC, Skolkovo, the Assistance Fund, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Education and Science, and the Ministry of Economic Development are involved in the development of NTI; they will implement the priorities of the NTI in their policies to support new projects.

    The set of institutional decisions necessary to launch the market should be developed by the working group itself. But we are not going to turn this into a lobbying process and predetermine certain decisions. The ultimate criterion is the ability to create a market with maximum growth potential, and not taking into account the interests of individual players.

  • If the state starts NTI, what will happen to existing initiatives and projects? Should we cancel existing government programs to support technological development and close any of the existing development institutions?
  • Why don’t foreign specialists participate in the development of NTI roadmaps?

    When developing a national technology policy, it is important that it starts at the national level. At the next step, we will build systems of cooperation and consortia with international partners, but at the start this issue is primarily national.

    When creating NTI roadmaps, we use the results of all major international, national and corporate foresights in relevant areas. Foresight fleet participants in individual areas are deeply integrated into the international process of developing future market standards.

    In particular, based on the Russian Education Foresight 2035 initiative, the Global Education Futures project was launched in 2014, within which education leaders from around the world create a vision and global standards for the development of new education markets that support learning throughout life.

  • Where in NTI are robotics, the Internet of things, sustainable development, climate change and other topics relevant to the modern international agenda?

    We believe that a number of mistakes in scientific and technological development were associated with the uncritical borrowing of Western meme concepts, behind which there were marketing interests in promoting specific companies. It's important for us to practice semantic hygiene and use terms that point to specific markets and technologies to focus on specific areas with growth potential.

    An example of an uncritical attitude is the concept of a “smart city with centralized control.” Practice shows that behind this there is an attempt to impose ultra-expensive technological solutions, while the most effective solutions are those that support decentralized management based on local communities.

  • The country is in a difficult geopolitical situation. How can you build a technological future while being isolated and under sanctions from the international community, including in the field of technological cooperation?

    When the rocket and space project started in 1932, the country was in a significantly less advantageous position - and it managed. Even in the worst scenario, we are doomed to update and develop our economy - without this we simply have no future.

    However, we hope that the process of developing technology policy will take place in cooperation with the largest countries of the world, with which we have no isolation, and work has already begun on a number of standards - these are China, India and other BRICS countries, as well as a number of rapidly developing new economies. But we hope that science will remain global and that new “iron curtains” will not be created in it. In Russia, a number of projects continue to focus on global cooperation rather than isolation - this is the “5 in the Top 100” program for leading Russian universities, this is the “Global Education” program for training specialists in leading educational institutions of the world with a return to their homeland, projects Big Science, and others.

  • Today's technology standards are global by definition - how are you going to get in with your standards and why will you be listened to?

    According to our definition, new markets differ from existing ones precisely in that they lack established international technological standards. At the same time, you need to understand that in a number of technology markets - including the Internet - the position of the United States is too dominant, and this does not suit many other economies. The overall position of the BRICS countries is that standards for the next generation of markets should not be US- and Euro-centric, and that truly global standards should emerge.

    We see the relevance of the task of building truly global standards for all BRICS countries. Therefore, we immediately enter into dialogue with them on this issue so that it is possible to mutually take into account our national interests - at least in the format of a “second standard”, which can be built on the principles of open architecture. We do not limit the participation of the US and EU countries in this dialogue, but it should take place on common rules. And over time, it is very likely that the condition for admission to the markets of the BRICS countries will be the ability to meet the formulated standards - just as it is now happening with admission to the markets of the European Union and North America.

  • What is the relationship between NTI foresight and the scientific and technological forecast that the Higher School of Economics makes at the request of the Ministry of Education and Science?

    NTI uses the results of scientific and technological forecasts. His co-authors work in all NTI groups.

  • The project also includes entrepreneurs who failed to create high-tech industries and brought large losses to investors. Why do you invite not only successful but also bankrupt businessmen to the project?

    The most valuable property of a businessman is his practical experience, which can only be gained in battle. If we don’t send into battle all those who have lost once, then we won’t have any fighters left. In this case, you need to look at the achievements of each specific leader, including scientific and social ones, and his ability to recover from defeats.

  • To what extent does NTI rely on the scientific and technological resources that exist in our country?

    NTI builds its work from the future and from the needs of markets. Relying only on groundwork, which has served as the basis for scientific and technological policy in recent decades, has already shown its ineffectiveness. We cannot endlessly rely on the Soviet experience; the time has come to create new foundations where their potential can be maximally used.

Resolution of April 18, 2016 No. 317. A mechanism for interaction between participants in the development of road maps and projects of the National Technology Initiative is being established. Requirements for the content of documents, sources and forms of support for project implementation, conditions for providing a subsidy and its return in case of failure to achieve established targets, and the obligations of the subsidy recipient are determined. OJSC Russian Venture Company is assigned the functions of the project office of the National Technology Initiative. The project office provides management, organizational, technical and expert-analytical support, information and financial support for the development and implementation of road maps and projects of the National Technology Initiative.

Reference

Prepared by the Ministry of Education and Science in pursuance of the list of instructions of the President for the implementation of the Address to the Federal Assembly (No. Pr-2821 of December 5, 2014, subparagraph 29 of paragraph 1) regarding the development and implementation of the National Technological Initiative (hereinafter referred to as NTI).

NTI is a long-term interdepartmental public-private partnership program to promote the development of new promising markets based on high-tech solutions that will determine the development of the global and Russian economy in 15–20 years.

The system of “road maps”, which are implemented in the form of NTI projects, has been defined as the main tool for the implementation of NTI.

The signed resolution, in particular, approved:

Rules for the development and implementation of action plans (“road maps”) of the National Technology Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the Rules for the development of NTI “road maps”);

Regulations on the development, selection, implementation and monitoring of projects in order to implement action plans (“road maps”) of the National Technology Initiative (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations on NTI projects);

Rules for the provision of subsidies from the federal budget for the implementation of projects in order to implement action plans (“road maps”) of the National Technology Initiative.

These documents establish a mechanism for interaction between participants in the development of road maps and NTI projects, define requirements for the content of documents, sources and forms of support for project implementation, conditions for providing a subsidy and its return in case of failure to achieve established targets, and the obligations of the subsidy recipient.

The rules for the development of NTI “road maps” determine that after approval by the Presidium of the Council under the President of Russia for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia (hereinafter referred to as the Presidium), the “road maps” are considered prepared for implementation.

The regulations on NTI projects establish a mechanism according to which the implementation of projects and financing is carried out after their approval by the interdepartmental working group for the development and implementation of the National Technology Initiative under the Presidium.

The federal budget for 2016 allocates 8 billion rubles for the implementation of key NTI roadmap projects.

OJSC Russian Venture Company is vested with the functions of the NTI project office, which provides project management, organizational, technical and expert analytical support, information and financial support for the development and implementation of NTI road maps and projects.

The NTI project office is the recipient of a subsidy provided by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science for the implementation of NTI projects. These funds will be allocated to participants implementing specific projects.

The decisions taken are aimed at developing promising markets for high-tech products.

09.27.2018, Thu, 11:11, Moscow time , Text: Ulyana Gortinskaya

The interdepartmental working group for the implementation of the National Technology Initiative under the Government Commission for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia approved support for six high-tech projects. The state will provide assistance in the development of the Neuronet, Healthnet, Technet and Circle Movement markets, according to a press release from the venture capital company RVC, which is the NTI project office.

As the message reminds, the National Technology Initiative is a long-term government program aimed at creating new markets and achieving global technological leadership in Russia by 2035.

Thus, in 2017, the interdepartmental group for the development and implementation of NTI under the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development approved 21 NTI market projects. In 2016, 11 projects were approved.

In 2018 the following were selected:

"Biobank Platform-5"(performer – National BioService LLC)

“National BioService” is part of the portfolio of the RVC Biofund and is the first wide-profile research biobank and bioservice in Russia. The company collects, processes, stores and analyzes biosamples necessary for the development of innovative medicines and diagnostic systems in Russia.

With the help of government support within the framework of NTI, it is planned to create and scale a network of biobanks of tissues, cell lines and other research products in five Russian regions. The biobanks being created will make it possible to collect, study and analyze biological markers of tumor development and progression, which, in turn, will help find possible therapeutic combinations and identify groups of patients with certain biomarkers. Also, a biobank can serve to determine the effectiveness of a particular therapy, which is especially important in connection with the development of personalized treatment.

"Spinal neuroprosthesis"(executor – Kosima LLC)

The project involves the development of a neurostimulation device for independent walking in patients with severe motor impairment after a stroke. The development is based on a method of non-invasive electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, developed by the project manager Yuri Gerasimenko. The neuroprosthesis will make it possible to initiate and control walking in sedentary and paralyzed patients. The device is intended for use not only in neurological and rehabilitation departments of clinics - it can also be effectively used as part of home rehabilitation. Spinal neuroprostheses will be several times cheaper than their closest analogues - exoskeletons.

The project team will receive funding from the NTI Project Support Fund. With the help of government support, a prototype will be created and technical and clinical tests will be conducted to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the products. By 2020, the developers plan to submit an application for registration of spinal neuroprostheses to Roszdravnadzor and receive Russian and international patents.

"Experimental digital certification platform"(executor – Tesis LLC)

The implementation of the project involves the creation of a comprehensive system of services in the field of accelerated conformity assessment and certification of products made from polymer composite materials (PCM). As part of the project, it is planned to create an experimental digital platform, the services of which will reduce time (up to 3-6 months) and material (more than 1.5 times) costs for certification of products from PCM, and in the future, products of advanced production technologies. Approbation of the new approach and testing of the created services are carried out on PCM products for railway infrastructure, road construction and intermodal transport equipment.

Customers of the platform's services are developers and manufacturers of new products interested in creating and using tools for advanced regulatory and technical regulation of markets for new materials and products, in replacing full-scale certification tests with virtual ones, using digital models of products and materials.

The project will receive funding from the NTI Project Support Fund, and the project implementers’ own funds will also be raised for its implementation.

"Operkit Platform"(executor – IC IAS LLC)

The goal of the project is to develop a unified information and analytical online platform for providing after-sales service processes for high-tech products and to create a centralized service that unites in a single information space all participants in the product life cycle: manufacturers, developers, operating organizations and dealers.

The results of the project will make it possible to contribute to the formation of a set of key competencies that ensure the integration of advanced production technologies for managing the life cycle of high-tech products in various industries, and improve the quality of after-sales service, increase the volume of competitive customized/personalized products in the domestic and foreign markets through the use of technologies in an integrated information environment.

The platform for introducing the created digital platform into commercial operation will be the Russian Helicopters holding company.

"Academy of Mentors"(executor – Skolkovo Foundation)

The project is aimed at creating a system of mass training, certification and employment of mentors for children's and youth projects and teams in the technological field, stimulating technical creativity and technological entrepreneurship in Russia.

As part of the “Academy of Mentors”, a system of educational programs, competitions and massive open online courses in the field of mentoring will be created, and an online platform will be launched, including various services for mentors, including certification and employment. The project involves active interaction between key players in the field of working with human capital and technological development: participants in the NTI road maps, representatives of the Skolkovo Information Center, Sirius OC, Quantoriums and Centers of Information Technology, ANO Association of Circle Movement Participants, World Skills Russia and etc. By 2020, the authors of the project expect to train at least 6,000 mentors. The project will receive funding from the NTI Project Support Fund.

"Practices of the future"(performer – ANO “Association of Circle Movement Participants”)

The program is aimed at creating project schools, which should become a space for involving children and adults from regions of Russia and abroad in the development of projects in the most relevant areas of NTI. The goal of the project is to bridge the gap between the needs for youth teams developing projects on the frontier of technological development, and the lack of mechanisms in the existing education system for the formation of such teams.

Project schools will be carried out through the cooperation of development institutions, universities, technology companies, additional education organizations and regional platforms. In total, four formats of project schools are planned: regional, specialized, all-Russian and international. The explanatory note to the project notes that following its implementation, teachers of additional and general education, interested students and university teachers will be able to master innovative technologies for working with youth projects. Stable communities of enthusiasts will appear in the regions, including the most active and talented young people, mentors and experts from companies. The project will receive funding from the NTI Project Support Fund.

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"Technet" - action plan (“road map”) National Technology Initiative on the development of cross-market/cross-industry direction" Advanced production technologies" (PPT), which will ensure the competitiveness of domestic companies in the NTI markets and in high-tech industries.

"Technet" is the first road map within the NTI framework, developed for the development and effective application of "end-to-end technologies", primarily new production technologies.

To advanced production technologies in accordance with the NTI concept, First of all, we include: digital design and modeling, including supercomputer engineering, new materials, primarily composite materials, metamaterials, metal powders, additive and hybrid technologies, flexible production cells / robotic complexes, all kinds of sensors, industrial Internet, big data , virtual and augmented reality technologies, expert systems and artificial intelligence.

The key role in the Digital Economy will be played by Digital factories are a certain type of business process system, a way of combining business processes, which has the following characteristics:

  • creation of digital platforms, unique ecosystems of advanced digital technologies; it is the platform approach that makes it possible to unite geographically distributed participants in the design and production processes, increase the level of flexibility and customization taking into account consumer requirements, and all this based on predictive analytics and big data;
  • development of a system of digital models of both new designed products and production processes; here it is important to emphasize that digital models must have a high level of adequacy to real objects and real processes (here it is appropriate to talk about the convergence of the material and digital worlds, generating synergistic effects);
  • digitalization of the entire product life cycle(from concept idea, design, production, operation, service and disposal); everyone understands that the cost of changes increases the later we make these changes, and therefore world practice shows that The “center of gravity” is shifting towards design processes, within which the characteristics of global competitiveness or high consumer requirements are laid down."

It is fundamentally important to understand that at the formation stage Digital Factory happens and formation of new key competencies, For example:

  • fast customization response to requests from the Market or Customer,
  • use of systems approaches (“systems engineering”), when we must keep the entire System, all its interacting components, in our field of vision at every moment of time;
  • formation multi-level matrix of targets and restrictions as the basis for a new design that significantly reduces risks, the volume of full-scale testing and the amount of work associated with “finishing products and products based on testing”;
  • development and validation (“comparison with “experiments”) of mathematical models with a high level of adequacy to real objects and real processes - the so-called “smart” models,
  • change management throughout the entire life cycle, finally,
  • “digital certification”, based on thousands of virtual tests of both individual components and the entire system as a whole.

In order to Digital factories were harmoniously integrated into the formed Digital economy, it is necessary to comprehensively solve a number of problems:

  • in the field of education, research and development: formation of applied master's degrees (the new principle is “training while performing real R&D”, training of “engineering special forces”), conducting current problem-oriented R&D, developing key competencies in engineering centers of universities, in competence centers and engineering companies, in innovative companies of small and medium business;
  • formation of a digital ecosystem as infrastructure- creation of “testing grounds” as centers for assembly, testing and effective application of advanced multidisciplinary and cross-industry technologies and the formation of world-class competencies;
  • in the field of “normative regulation”: improvement of institutional conditions in the field of standardization and certification of new materials, products and products, we note, with increasing volumes of “digital certification” based on virtual tests, which meets the best practices of world leaders.

As part of the first phase, it is proposed to simultaneously create three test sites:

  • "university" on the basis of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University as a prototype and Digital Factory Generator for various branches of high-tech industry;
  • "industrial" based on NPO Saturn as a prototype "Smart" factories with a high degree of automation and robotization of labor-intensive production processes;
  • “certification” on the basis of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, Skoltech and a number of other organizations to develop modern approaches to certification of materials and products with a high share of “digital certification”.

There is a lot to be done and done in a fairly short time, objectively assessing the pace of development of the IV industrial revolution, but in Russia we have serious scientific and technological groundwork, experience in training engineers with world-class competencies, and, finally, experience in designing and creating globally competitive high-tech products.

In particular, during the event, the results of work in the “Factory of the Future” paradigm were presented on orders from world leaders in the high-tech industry, both domestic and foreign companies.

Assistant to the President of Russia A.R. Belousov about "Factory of the Future". (Interview after the meeting of the Presidium of the Council for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia, which took place at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University on June 24, 2016).

First of all, I mean the unique experience of working with the German auto industry within the framework of the Industry 4.0 concept since 2011, I emphasize - in fact, since the launch of this program.

It was this experience that served as the basis for successful implementation together with the lead contractor FSUE NAMI project “Unified modular platform” (project “Cortege”), within which, and in fact, within the framework of the Digital Factory concept, many approaches, advanced technologies and unique competencies that I spoke about earlier were applied.

It was the formed Digital Factory that ensured that in June 2016, on the first attempt (!), the highest score (!) for passive safety was obtained during testing of the sedan at an independent test site (!) in Berlin. But to obtain such a result “almost from scratch”, in 1.5 years, fundamentally new approaches of “simulation-based design” were developed and applied for the first time, during which about 30,000 target indicators and restrictions were simultaneously taken into account, thousands of virtual tests based on the developed unique “smart” models, for the first time “digital working design documentation” was fully developed, and finally, “digital certification” was completed in accordance with global requirements.

Comment by D.V. Manturova about the project "Cortege" and Factories of the Future within the framework.

It is this SPbPU Digital Factory that forms the basis for further scaling and replication, given that the approaches used are invariant, and the advanced technologies are “end-to-end”, that is, applicable in almost all sectors of the high-tech industry.

In particular, together with the Agency for Strategic Initiatives, the Russian Venture Company, the Innovation Assistance Fund, the Skolkovo Foundation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia, the Agency for Technological Development, many issues of scaling and replication of best practices have been worked out and the implementation of projects has already begun within the framework of the “Factory of the Future” concept "

Other corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, universities, and finally, entire regions are ready to join these enterprises within the framework of the Technet direction of NTI - - here I would note, first of all, the deep interest of the Republic of Tatarstan, in which, under the chairmanship President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Nurgalievich Minnikhanov was held where issues of implementing the Technet NTI were considered.

What is needed for this?

Start implementing the DC as soon as possible "Technet" NTI, considering Roadmap goals:

    formation of a set of key competencies in the Russian Federation, ensuring the integration of advanced production technologies (APT) and business models for their dissemination as “Factory of the Future” of the first and subsequent generations;

    creation of globally competitive customized/personalized products of a new generation for the NTI markets and high-tech industries

And Roadmap tasks:

    creating infrastructure for developing a set of key competencies for Factories of the Future;

    implementation of a set of key competencies by creating globally competitive companies in the NTI markets and in high-tech industries;

    long-term planning for the development of advanced manufacturing technologies and associated business models;

    creating an ecosystem for creating, attracting, developing and transferring best-in-class technologies;

  • creation of legislative and institutional conditions for the development of advanced production technologies,

which will allow to form ecosystem of Digital Factories and based on the implementation of a system of measures, obtain the indicated effects from the implementation of Digital Factories.

Presentation by A.I. Borovkov "About the road map"Technet" (advanced manufacturing technologies) of the National Technology Initiative- (.pdf, 1.18 MB)

Priority activities for the implementation of the road map in 2017-2019:

    Launch of test sites, including on the basis of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and on the basis of NPO Saturn;

    Launch of five "Factory of the Future" in high-tech industries;

    Launching an acceleration system for companies in the field of advanced production technologies and creating experimental digital certification centers;

    Creation of the National Center for Testing, Verification and Validation of Software in the field of computer and supercomputer engineering, the National Network Center for Reverse Engineering and Prototyping and the Transfer Centers for PPT, research, training and export support of Technet NTI (in China and Europe);

According to the roadmap, by 2035, 40 “Factory of the Future” will be created.

At the first stages, the roadmap will cover at least eight industries. Transport market companies (Avtonet, Aeronet and Marinet) will become active consumers of products and developments created at Technet testing sites.

“A number of projects are already being implemented. In the automotive industry, this is the design and production of a fundamentally new car "UAZ-Patriot 2020", as well as. In shipbuilding, the project of the Baltic Shipyard stands out - the largest nuclear icebreaker in the world, 22220 Arktika. In the nuclear energy sector, promising projects are being led by Rosatom, which is introducing innovative control systems for the most complex engineering facilities. Several other projects relate to the aircraft manufacturing and rocket and space industries.”

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia

  • Presentation by V.S.Osmakov "About the road map"Technet" -(.pdf, 1.56 MB)

    • Presentation by V.A. Shvetsov "UAZ Digital Platform Project"- (.pdf, 1.08 MB)

History of the development of the Technet direction of NTI

National Technology Initiative- a program of measures to form fundamentally new markets and create conditions for Russia’s global technological leadership by 2035.

On December 4, 2014, in his Address to the Federal Assembly Vladimir Putin designated National Technology Initiative one of the priorities of state policy.

“Based on long-term forecasting, it is necessary to understand what challenges Russia will face in 10-15 years, what advanced solutions will be required in order to ensure national security, the quality of life of people, and the development of industries of a new technological order.”

V.V. Putin,

"Foresight Fleet 2015". Key point in road design and assembly
NTI maps in 2015.

Vice-Rector for Advanced Projects, Scientific Director of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies of SPbPU, Head of the Engineering Center (CompMechLab®) of SPbPU Professor A.I. Borovkov, on his own initiative, together with colleagues from NPO Saturn and the Skolkovo Foundation, formed the only working group dedicated to future technologies - TechNet

Since May 2015, extensive systematic work has been carried out within the framework of National Technology Initiative (NTI). Was formed by experts NTI Matrix, connecting markets, technologies, infrastructure and institutions.

The NTI matrix combines key concepts:
markets, technology, infrastructure/resources and institutions. Source: asi.ru

The key point in the design and assembly of NTI roadmaps in 2015 was "Foresight Fleet".

Over the course of 5 days, over 600 participants - technology entrepreneurs, venture investors, scientists, representatives of the educational environment and development institutions, business and public associations, leaders of enterprises in the real sector of the economy, federal executive authorities - designed promising markets and developed “road maps” for entry into Russian technology companies will become national champions in these markets by 2035.

Vice-Rector for Advanced Projects of SPbPU, Scientific Director of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies A.I. Borovkov was an active participant in Foresight Fleet 2015, where, on his own initiative, together with colleagues from NPO Saturn OJSC and the Skolkovo Foundation, he formed the only working group dedicated to future technologies - the group received the name TechNet and was positioned as the central and technological part of the markets of the future: AeroNet, AutoNet, MariNet, EnergyNet, NeuroNet, SafeNet, HealthNet, FoodNet, FinNet.

A.I. Borovkov - interview with Foresight Fleet, where the markets of the future were formed, including the formation of the TechNet working group

Meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for economic modernization and innovative development of Russia.

At a meeting of the Presidium of the Council dedicated to the consideration of the issue “On the development and implementation of the National Technology Initiative,” prof. A.I. Borovkov was introduced as the leader of the TechNet working group

The next significant event in the development of NTI was the meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia, which took place on June 9, 2015, where it was announced that the system-forming documents of NTI would be road maps aimed at the formation of promising technology markets.

It was indicated that roadmaps should include a rationale for the selection of such markets, a list of target indicators by 2035 and the necessary support to achieve the indicators. The Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects was appointed responsible for the development of maps; the functions of the project office were assigned to the Russian Venture Company OJSC. Additionally, a special interdepartmental working group has been created under the Presidium of the Council for Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia, headed by Deputy Prime Minister A. V. Dvorkovich and Assistant to the President A. R. Belousov.

At a meeting of the Presidium of the Council dedicated to the consideration of the issue “On the development and implementation of the National Technology Initiative”, prof. A.I. Borovkov was presented leader of the working groupTechNet(Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, APT), and the working group was assigned basic technologies:

  • Digital design and modeling;
  • New materials;
  • Additive technologies.


Strategic planning session in Rybinsk at the site of NPO SATURN

Within the framework of the TechNet working group (PPT), a Project Consortium was formed, which included the Center for Strategic Research Foundation, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, IPPT SPbPU, including the SPbPU Engineering Center, CompMechLab® group of companies, Skolkovo Foundation, NPO Saturn ", "NIAEP", Russian Technology Agency, "Datadvance" and a number of other organizations and companies. The main task is the implementation of the long-term vision of "Factory of the Future" until 2035.

II Forum for the Development of Regional Innovation Ecosystems of Russia “Ecosystem of Innovation”

A draft roadmap for the development of advanced production technologies ("Factory of the Future"), and designs for test sites for the "Factory of the Future" are presented.

Meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia

Vice-Rector for Advanced Projects, Scientific Director of IPPT SPbPU, Head of the Engineering Center (CompMechLab®) SPbPU Professor A.I. Borovkov was approved as co-leader of the Technet working group of the National Technology Initiative.

Meeting of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Economic Modernization and Innovative Development of Russia

A meeting dedicated to the potential of higher educational institutions in the implementation of the National Technology Initiative (NTI) was held by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev. The meeting took place at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Forum of strategic initiatives dedicated to the formation of the concept of long-term socio-economic development of Russia until 2035

NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

The launch of NTI takes place during an unfolding global technological revolution. The explosive development and spread of new technologies, their penetration into all spheres of human activity are currently leading to rapid and dramatic changes in global markets, in the very structure and nature of modern industrial production and the economy. The transition to a new technological structure will lead to the formation of completely new large markets in the world over the next 10–20 years, offering consumers advanced technological solutions and fundamentally new products and services.

NTI on includes a set of projects and programs aimed at actively including Russia in the formation of standards for global markets of the future and for Russian companies to gain a significant share in these markets.

In his Address to the Federal Assembly on December 4, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined the National Technology Initiative as one of the priorities of state policy.

“Based on long-term forecasting, it is necessary to understand what challenges Russia will face in 10-15 years, what advanced solutions will be required in order to ensure national security, the quality of life of people, and the development of industries of a new technological order” -V. Putin ( from the message to the Federal Assembly).

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NTI is initially built as a broad coalition action, which involves the formation of groups of like-minded people from technology entrepreneurs, representatives of leading universities and research centers, large business associations in Russia, development institutions, expert and professional communities, as well as interested executive authorities. At the same time, NTI forms butnew and strengthens existing programs to support scientific and technological development, ensuring the formation and transmission of requests from potential leaders of new markets to the public administration system.

NTI MARKETS

NTI concentrates on new global markets that will form in 15–20 years. Most markets will be networked in nature (inheriting approaches that exist on the Internet, or using the infrastructure of the Web). New markets will be human-centricend consumer, the distance between the manufacturer andthe consumer demand for them will be minimal. Russia, within the framework of NTI, will focus on those markets in which there is an opportunity to create industries of a new technological order that are significant from the point of view of ensuring national security and a high standard of living for citizens.

NTI WORKING GROUPS

A distinctive feature of NTI is that the content of the list of measures for Russia to achieve leadership in new markets is formulated by the high-tech business itself. For each market area, a Working Group is formed, which is headed by an established technology entrepreneur, a professional in the relevant thematic area, and a specialized deputy minister of the responsible federal executive body. The NTI Working Group includes representatives of business, scientific and educational communities, executive authorities and other interested participants. Currently, there are 12 working groups that are working on road maps for the development of nine promising markets and three cross-market areas.

ROADMAPS AND NTI PROJECTS

“Road maps” are strategic planning documents containing a set of activities interconnected by tasks, implementation deadlines, performers and resources. The main categories of road map activities are the creation, development and promotion of technologies, products and services that ensure priority positions for Russian companies in emerging markets; improving the regulatory framework to remove barriers to the use of advanced technological solutions; creating a system of incentives for their implementation; improving the education system to meet the personnel needs of companies, scientific and creative teams participating in the creation of NTI markets. The implementation of roadmaps is carried out through the launch of specific NTI projects.