Rector of Innopolis University discussed models of the world-class universities establishment with leading field experts at the Open Innovations Forum.

Alexander Tormasov, Rector of Innopolis University, was one of the key speakers at the round table discussions at the largest forum in the field of modern international technologies in human life which was devoted to new models of cooperation between universities and industries, different mobile technologies of education and other trends in the educational sphere.

Along with the Rector of Innopolis University, the round table discussions devoted to the “Establishment of Global Innovation Technologies” was featured by Alexei Sitnikov, Vice-President of the Skoltech, Anil Wali, Managing Director at Foundation for Innovation & Technology Transfer of Indian Institute of Technology, Dan E. Davidson, President of American Councils for International Education ACTR/ACCELS, Edward Crawley is President of the Skoltech, Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director of Italian Institute of Technology and Wei Shi, Vice President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“Establishment of global innovation technologies is not just a basic necessity of a certain nation eager to be competitive on the global level. It’s a direct inquiry of the society looking for its place in the world of the fast-developing technologies”, - noticed Alexander Tormasov in his speech.

During the discussion, the experts touched upon the issues related to the establishment of higher educational institutions able to train top-level experts for the innovation fields and carry out effective research activity. In addition, the round table participants discussed the impact of international experience on the establishment of the high-quality educational platform.