December 9, 2010 the Russian Academy of Sciences hosted the tenth jubilee session of the Global Strategic Forum on the theme “Whirlwinds of Global Risks Development Strategy of Russia”. During the second block of the Forum leaders of Russian IT-sector presented a report “On strategic directions of IT-industry development in Russia”, prepared by a working group within the Information and Computer Technologies Industry Association (APKIT) in cooperation with the Institute for economic strategies.

Alexander Ageev’s opening remarks.

The name itself — Far East — suggests that this is a remote region, and for its harmonious development and comfort life of nationals it is necessary to solve transportation problems.

Innovative development of economy, without which it is hard to end the stagnation of science is not real, but only the declared goal of public policy

Russia needs at least five percent growth so that in a historically foreseeable future — the lifetime of the current working generation (20-30 years) to reach, by economic and social indicators, the leading civilized countries standing on a par with the most developed countries in the world

Mentality and qualification of large company executives are the main factors determining the direction of further development of Russia

The practice of manipulating the exchange rate to achieve the “unfair” competitive advantage in international trade has repeatedly led to waves (more properly to be termed wars) of devaluations in response

It is necessary to restore faith in the powerful mineral resource base of Russia as an integral part of national security of the country, in that the work of a geologist is extremely important for the country

In the development of all civilizations it is found one fact common to all of them. In 1987–1993 it changes qualitatively the development type of all civilizations, without exception that indicates the achieving a high degree of integration of all countries of the world.

All the neighboring countries of Afghanistan are affected by the enormous potential of drugs in the country. Heroin is imported into Iran and Pakistan.