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Today, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency  Linar Yakupov met with Nick Archer, UK Trade & Investments Strategic Trade Group director, within a large scale PR campaign, entitled INVEST in TATARSTAN, which is aimed to promote the Republic of Tatarstan as an attractive investment destination and a number-one gateway to Russia and the CIS countries.

The participants of the meeting, which was held in London, paid particular attention to the discussion of cooperation on trade and investment activities, and on infrastructure development of both countries.  

Today the improved concept of SMART City Kazan master plan was presented to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mr. Rustam Minnikhanov within the VII Russian-Singapore Business Forum.

The project was developed by Tatarstan Investment Development Agency and Malaysian Consortium comprised of AJM Planning and Urban Design Group, Straits Consulting Engineers and Amanah Capital Group Limited.

The SMART City Kazan is being implemented under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and supervising state authority - Tatarstan Investment Development Agency. JSC "Tatarstan Development Corporation”, a special executive company, was created to accomplish the project.

During the official opening ceremony of the five day workshop, on 15th September, Mr. Linar Yakupov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency noted that the project of SMART City Kazan is to transform Kazan into a new international business hub in order to competitively attract major multinational, Russian and Tatarstan companies.  SMART City Kazan is a project of a modern state-of-art satellite city of Kazan with latest ICT facilities and infrastructure, eco-friendly technologies all of which create high quality social, working and living standards. The project of SMART City Kazan has been presented for the first time this year during the international forum KAZANINVEST 2012. Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency also reinforced the idea that the project of SMART City Kazan is to become a new competency center for the urban design and planning in the republic. Furthermore, Mr. Linar Yakupov mentioned that the international exhibition and convention center will become a major catalyst of the project. 

On the second day of the workshop Siemens made a presentation about eco-friendly and energy efficient technologies they have been utilizing on other “smart” projects. Moreover, Siemens Enterprise Communications shared their global experience of creating harmonized user experience using the innovative software platforms and integrating them into the "smart" projects.

Mr. Linar Yakupov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, has  given a  speech opening the workshop.  He noted that the project of SMART City Kazan is to transform Kazan into a new international business hub in order to competitively attract major multinational, Russian and Tatarstan companies.  SMART City Kazan is a project of a modern state-of-art satellite city of Kazan with latest ICT facilities and infrastructure, eco-friendly technologies all of which create high quality social, working and living standards. The project of SMART City Kazan has been presented for the first time this year during the international forum KAZANINVEST 2012. Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency also reinforced the idea that the project of SMART City Kazan is to become a new competency center for the urban design and planning in the republic. Furthermore, Mr. Linar Yakupov mentioned that the international exhibition and convention center will become a major catalyst of the project.

Today representatives of Siemens and Tatarstan Investment Development Agency signed an agreement of intent. The agreement will let the sides to specify the prospects for cooperation and mutual information and technical support on the implementation of SMART City Kazan project. It was signed in Moscow by Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency  Linar Yakupov and the CEO of Siemens in Russia and Central Asia Dietrich Muller.

The psrties agreed to cooperate on the concept development of smart and energy-efficient infrastructure provision of a new satellite city - SMART City Kazan, including energy generation, distribution and consumption systems, smart networks construction, logistics systems, building automation and security, and other «Siemens» solutions. Siemens and TIDA intend to cooperate at every stage of SMART City Kazan project implementation.  

Today , representatives of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency (TIDA) met with the leading companies in the field of consumer electronics production and investors , who are implementing their projects in the Republic of Tatarstan. The meeting was attended by the Deputy Head of TIDA Insaf Galiyev, Volga region’s  representative of "Panasonic Rus" Nazhiya Khamitova, Head of «Philips» in the Republic of Tatarstan Nail Zaripov, LLC "Yokogawa Electric CIS" Kazan’s office director Alexei Anokhin, as well as «ICL-KPO VS"‘s Director of Human Resources and Quality Anatoly Artamonov.

The participants of the meeting discussed the possibility to allocate the local production and R & D centers of foreign companies in the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as the perspective cooperation with TIDA in order to source them with highly-qualified workforces.

Today, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov met with the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia His Excellency Dato 'Seri Mustapa Mohamed. Representatives of Presidential Department of External Relations of the Republic of Tatarstan, Aide to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan on Foreign Economic Activities, experts of Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, Deputy Chief Executive of Malaysia Investment Development Authority and head of the Economic and Trade Relations Department of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia participated at the event.

Today the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with Malaysian consortium, which includes AMANAH Capital Group Company and Straits Consulting Engineers, with the largest conglomerate of the United Arab Emirates - TECOM Investments and a representative of Siemens. These companies have extensive experience on successful implementation of “smart city” projects in several countries. Siemens provides "smart" infrastructure technologies for the realization of “smart city” projects.

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency informs that the V Russian-Japanese Investment Forum will be held in Kazan on 6-7 June, 2012. The event is organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. The main aim of the Forum is the development of mutually beneficial trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Japan.  

On 26-27 May, within Entrepreneurs Day the IV Cycle Marathon is being held. More than 30 heads of Kazan small and medium-size enterprises gathered together to ride on the “Alekseevskoye – Bazarniye Mataki – Bulgar” route. Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov participated at the event and rode the distance of 14 kilometers from the Kargopol village of Alkeevsk region to Bazarniye Mataki.