04.05.2010

Mrs. Nadejhda Gaponenko, the head of the Scientificand Innovative Activity and Foresight Department of the Institute for ScienceDevelopmentIssues, under the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, wasinvited by the Strategic Research Center, under the Office of the President ofAzerbaijan, and the Azerbaijan Future Studies Society, the Azerbaijani Node ofthe Millennium Project, to conduct discussions and round-table sessionsdedicated to the topic, “Global challenges and regional strategy - prospects ofdevelopment of energy and nanotechnology.” On May 4-7, 2010, meetings werearranged between Mrs. Nadejda Gaponenko and Mr. Ali Abbasov, the communicationsand IT minister, Mr. Mahmud Kerimov, the president of the National Academy ofSciences of Azerbaijan, Mr. Shamsaddin Hajiyev, the rector of the AzerbaijaniState Economic University, and Mr. Elnur Aslanov, the head of the PoliticalAnalysis and Informational Support Unit of the Executive Office of thePresident of Azerbaijan.