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00:00Well, the world is talking about the Resnik missile complex, but what kinds of materials
00:05does the Resnik rely on?
00:08What about the temperature?
00:09There it's hot as the surface of the sun.
00:14The 1980s, we have been working on the Leutrink device, on the glider.
00:20It occurred to our researchers to have the solutions, but we did not have the materials.
00:27It was just melting in the air.
00:37Colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to welcome the participants of
00:43the Third International Future Technologies Forum.
00:48As per tradition, it is here, in this audience, that we outline the future frontiers of scientific
00:55research.
00:56We are discussing ideas that are just becoming crystallised, weighted and nurtured in laboratories
01:04and scientific centres, but very soon, and I have no doubt about it, these ideas will
01:10reshape the world.
01:13The topic of today's forum is chemistry and the use of new materials.
01:19These are indeed major cross-cutting areas, and they largely define the progress of humanity,
01:28the implementation of the most ambitious ideas of engineers and designers.
01:34Right now, these areas are going through drastic changes, and they, in turn, lay the foundation
01:39and spur on future, even more revolutionary discoveries in healthcare, industry, microelectronics,
01:49in creation of unmanned systems, in all spheres, with no exception.
01:55It is readily apparent that in order to be among the leaders in key areas of scientific
02:00and technological development, and that is the task that we are setting for ourselves,
02:05we need to achieve, among others, predominance in chemistry and in creation of new materials.
02:12That means that we need to offer competitive solutions and products in terms of price and
02:18quality, but they must be innovative.
02:21We need to have our own unique technological know-how that would allow to produce and export
02:27to the global markets not just raw commodities, but the products of the highest standard.
02:35I'd like to especially highlight that in our past, we've had experience of solving tasks
02:41of the same scale and significance, during the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, largely
02:50thanks to the efforts of Leonid Kostandov.
02:54Many people know this name today or remember it, but the specialists, I guess, do know,
03:00and they will have reminiscence about him.
03:04He used to be the Minister of Chemical Industry of the USSR.
03:08Back then, hundreds of cutting-edge plans were launched, specialized scientific institutions
03:14and design bureaus were created.
03:18In terms of total output volume, Soviet chemical industry was ranked number one in Europe and
03:23number two in the world.
03:26However, that heritage was largely squandered, and I say that with great regret.
03:34I feel shame about it.
03:37I feel shame because so many people gave all their lives to create the chemical industry
03:43of the Soviet Union.
03:44They were working for the future generations.
03:49They spent their days and nights in their offices, and they used to live also in harsh
03:57conditions in train cars, moving around the whole territory of the Soviet Union from one
04:03republic to another.
04:05They didn't have enough sleep or food, but they were creating the chemical industry of
04:11the USSR.
04:12Unfortunately, after the dissipation of the Soviet Union, crucial production was discontinued,
04:20production facilities were simply destroyed, the equipment was taken out for scrap metal.
04:26Along with deterioration of our own chemical industry, we fell into strong external dependence
04:32and we've lost a significant part of our industrial and technological sovereignty.
04:37Therefore, we know through our own negative experience what kind of systemic issues stem
04:44from vulnerability in the sphere of chemistry.
04:48In essence, we literally had to reconfigure a new many technological and production chains,
04:53build new enterprises to produce independently deep conversion products.
04:59For example, in Tumensk region, Tobolsk petrochemical plant became the foundation for new capacity,
05:06and in 2019, a modern petrochemical plant, Zapsib Neftohim, was launched.
05:13Under way is the construction of Amur gas chemical facility, as well as other enterprises
05:18that will help in the nearest future significantly increase the production of polymers, the key
05:24product of petrochemicals and gas chemistry.
05:28I'd like to add that after cleanup and remediation of the territory of Usolya-Sibirskin, Irkutsk
05:34region is slated to host a breakthrough Federal Center of Fine Chemistry.
05:39For those who might not know that, who are not experts in this sphere, I can say that
05:46we're talking about the production of small volumes, however necessary volumes, of specialized
05:52chemical products, resin solvents that are seemingly crucial for the development of microelectronics,
05:59pharmaceuticals and many other critically important spheres.
06:03Another cross-cutting area is catalysts, that is, the foundation of chemistry, substances
06:10that define the speed of reaction.
06:11It's important to ensure not only the development, but further testing, pilot production, followed
06:17by wide industrial use, as well as scaling up of domestic solutions.
06:21To support such projects, the famous Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in Novosibirsk is becoming
06:30a special scientific and technological cluster.
06:32It's an important step towards development of all Siberian scientific clusters as one
06:38of the key centers for the creation of technologies of the future in chemistry.
06:43Colleagues, in order not to fall behind the pace of progress in global competition, we
06:49need to significantly increase the potential of Russian chemical industry and adjacent
06:54sectors.
06:55We need to build the full cycle, starting with the exploration and development of new
06:59deposits including rare and rare earth metals, production and deep conversion of mineral
07:04resources, ending with the production of high-tech products with high added value.
07:11We have something to work on here.
07:14In essence, we have all the necessary components.
07:16We simply need to set the tasks and provide the conditions for businesses and invest in
07:21infrastructure.
07:23We still do not produce lithium in Russia, and we cannot develop without it.
07:27It is apparent for the specialists here, and we can.
07:31We could have done it a decade or 15 years ago.
07:36We need to solve these tasks using the principled new technological level, using achievements
07:41in AI and robotics, other tools aimed at increasing the productivity of labor.
07:48In science as well, our serious advantage here is an accessible and affordable energy.
07:55We have one of the largest grids of nuclear hydrothermal power plants.
08:00That allows us to build factories in many regions of our country, and naturally we need
08:04to do that with respect to the most stringent environmental norms using modern environmentally
08:10friendly solutions.
08:12The spheres that I am mentioning here are complex and of utmost importance.
08:17Therefore, in the sphere of new materials and chemistry, this year we have launched
08:23a new national project of technological leadership.
08:26The federal budget alone for the implementation from 2025 to 2030 earmarks about 170 billion
08:35rubles.
08:37Simultaneously, the investments of the companies of the real sector in the economy might stand
08:43at about 1 trillion rubles, and I think that's very realistic.
08:48I've talked to the owners and leaders of the companies, and they have very ambitious plans.
08:54I like this sentiment.
08:58We'll support them in their stride, and we'll fine-tune the mechanisms of supporting of
09:04private investment, including in R&D.
09:06I've mentioned many times that external issues and sanctions, with all the challenges and
09:11complexities for us, have played an important role of an incentive.
09:15Russian companies now turn more and more often to our scientists, and they receive the consultations
09:21from them.
09:22And it turns out that the domestic solutions quite often become more effective and efficient
09:28than international counterparts.
09:32In order to ensure a modern legal framework for cooperation between researchers and qualified
09:38clients, we've adopted a law on technological policy.
09:40It will enter into force in the summer of this year.
09:43I have already mentioned, and I have set this task, that together with the business community,
09:47we need to increase the funding of science up to 2 percent of GDP.
09:52It's crucial that we send all the additional resources for the support of promising disruptive
09:59areas of scientific and technological development.
10:02For example, in chemistry and new materials, it would be rather myopic and erroneous to
10:06be satisfied with simply substituting the technological processes that have already
10:12been explored somewhere abroad.
10:15It is naturally quite important.
10:17We need to keep in mind all the achievements and to make use of them, but we need to develop
10:21our own platforms.
10:23Right now, we're looking at the exhibition.
10:27My colleagues promised me that they will show me our progress.
10:34As we have agreed, in December last year, during the Council for Strategic Development
10:39National Projects, we need to shape plans in key dimensions that will ensure the predominance
10:44of the country in chemistry and modern materials sciences as well.
10:49It's important to define the lead scientific organizations that will take on the responsibility
10:56for conducting fundamental research, companies that are to introduce the technologies of
11:01the future, and fine-tune the talent training in chemistry for the tasks of technological
11:06leadership at all educational levels, starting with school and ending with universities.
11:12Unfortunately, the number of chemistry teachers in school is going down, and the number of
11:18students who are choosing chemistry as their major is going down as well.
11:25As further, the number of chemistry teachers who are older than 65 is increasing.
11:35What's happening in universities and institutions, I would like to ask you for a maximum engagement
11:41– the Russian Academy of Sciences, entrepreneurs, professional, scientific, and educational
11:46community.
11:47It's important that you continue to act in concert as true partners and you to be
11:51aware of responsibility for results.
11:56The implementation of all national projects of technological development hinges on that.
12:01Our plans to develop Siberia, the Arctic, and the Far East, all regions of the country,
12:06naturally solving the tasks in security and improving the quality of life of people.
12:13Security is a thing of its own.
12:15I have already spoken publicly about it.
12:17The whole world is talking about a Rashnik missile.
12:22What is it made of?
12:28The temperature on the payload is about the temperature on the surface of the sun.
12:37We have to be conscious of that.
12:41Starting with the 1980s, some gliding block technologies were being developed.
12:50It's called Vanguard today.
12:52It has comparable temperatures on the warhead, a bit less than the surface of the sun.
12:58We were thinking about that back in the 1980s, but it couldn't be done because there were
13:01no materials for it.
13:03That was the issue.
13:05It's flying and it's melting like ice cream.
13:09But this signal for homing is still coming through.
13:14That's the result of materialist science.
13:16Back in the day, for no apparent reason, our joint agreements on MS-21300, all the opportunities
13:30were closed down for wind.
13:33We had to postpone the project, but still we developed our own wind technologies with
13:37our own heads and minds, and we need to do that in all other dimensions as well to work
13:45constructively together.
13:46I'd like to ask the government to think about the way we can regulate the interaction between
13:53our enterprises and enterprises with our competitors in order to ensure certain advantages for
14:01our national producers.
14:03Yes, as part of the WTO system, but still certain hindrances were created for us.
14:11So we can regulate that for those who would like to come back to our markets, creating
14:16the advantages for our own producers.
14:19We need to do that, fine-tune that, but it needs to be done.
14:23I see that Minister Manturov is here and in agreement.
14:27He's not in agreement while we've spoken about it.
14:29Just like in agriculture, when agri-producers were begging us, don't let anyone in our market,
14:37we'll do it all ourselves, except for bananas, naturally.
14:40But now they're producing bananas as well, a bit costly, but still.
14:46But as for industrial production, we need to think it through and treat it with great
14:53attention, not to lose the potential that has been created by our ill-wishers who introduced
15:00sanctions against us.
15:04I have already mentioned it, but I would like to give a few other examples.
15:09In order to develop machine engineering, aviation production, missile and space program, we
15:17need to composite materials and alloys with unique characteristics.
15:21I've just mentioned it.
15:23Plant protection, a different sphere.
15:25In order to solve the tasks of food security, durable, safe systems for transfer and storage
15:32of energy, for UAVs, for new means of transportation, more durable and energy-efficient materials
15:38for construction sphere.
15:41In order to adapt for climate change, new compounds, biomaterials and prototypes of
15:46organs and tissues of human, in order to introduce breakthrough treatment methods
15:53in healthcare.
15:54I'd repeat myself that I've just outlined some specific directions.
16:00However, the lack of results, even in a single one of them, and I'd like to highlight that
16:04specifically, would create a domino effect and will drag down all other national projects.
16:09I've given you an example of MS-21300.
16:13We had no materials for the fuselage and for the body and the wings, and the whole
16:19project was stuck.
16:22The same applies to other spheres as well.
16:24We've seen it all with our own eyes.
16:27That is the experience of our work in the past two, three years.
16:32As for all key technological spheres, we need to build comprehensive coordination and natural
16:39interconnectedness of all of our steps and measures.
16:44I suggest that we ensure a higher level of mechanism for steering technological development.
16:49I'd like to ask the government to propose the necessary governance ideas.
16:54Colleagues, all our plans to create the solutions for the future in chemistry and material sciences
17:01are based on the tremendous potential of our scientific and engineering schools.
17:05Their traditions were laid back in the Russian Empire.
17:08I spoke about the Soviet Union, but the traditions were created in the Russian Empire in the
17:1319th and beginning of the 20th century, and they were developed in the Soviet times as
17:18well.
17:19As I have just said, I'm sure that Mikhail Kovalchuk, we have just met with him and had
17:25some words, and other participants of the preliminary session will tell you about how
17:31today the achievements in chemistry and material sciences are multiplying, that were received
17:37back in the time of a space and nuclear project.
17:41Other research for the energy of the future of thermonuclear fusion spearheaded by Yevgeny
17:47Velikhov, and I believe it's necessary to dedicate to the memory of this outstanding
17:51thinker and citizen a new grant contest by the Russian Scientific Foundation for leading
17:57scientists.
17:59The grant for five years will range from 250 million rubles up to 500 million rubles.
18:07Largest domestic companies will co-finance these grants, will be direct clients of disruptive
18:12technologies.
18:13As for support, spheres, they will change annually.
18:18This year, I suggest to dedicate this contest to creation of unique materials and products
18:23thereof for autonomous sources of energy, propulsion and energy units, as well as for
18:30devices and systems for processing of information necessary for development of artificial intelligence
18:36as well.
18:37It is absolutely apparent that this technology is defining development of all spheres, and
18:42it's producing a real revolution in chemistry and material science as well.
18:48Through introducing artificial intelligence and computer modelling, our country needs
18:52– and it's quite realistic – to cut down to five to ten years, and in the future
18:58to two or three years, the time allotted for developing and introducing of new materials.
19:03For that, the researchers, engineers should have the necessary data bank about the existing
19:08materials and their components.
19:11I suggest we build a mechanism for regulation of operations of them, including collection,
19:17storage, processing, transfer and the use of them.
19:22I'd like to add a tremendous body of data.
19:24Breakthrough knowledge about new elements and materials will be received during the
19:28research at domestic installations of mega-science class.
19:34They allow us to study the matter literally at the level of atoms.
19:38I'd like to highlight specifically that some facilities in our country, for example,
19:44Nika in Dubna or PIK in Leningrad region, are unique, unparalleled.
19:50In the nearest future, we plan to conduct the technological launch of yet another powerful
19:56installation called SKIF.
19:58It will significantly increase the functionality and range of possibilities of Russian research
20:05infrastructure.
20:06Naturally, we'd like to invite international scientists to work together as well.
20:11Leningrad region, where I've travelled several years ago, was the place for work of specialists
20:16from Europe, from those countries where the use of nuclear energy was rolled back.
20:23Therefore, they rolled back the research in that sphere as well.
20:28Here they were quite happy to work in Russia, and we hope that that will continue.
20:33Our door is always open.
20:34We're always happy to welcome our friends and colleagues.
20:38I'd like to highlight that when they stand fully well, that open and transparent, equal
20:44exchange of information in scientific sphere is one of key factors for strengthening multipolar
20:49world.
20:50We'll continue to facilitate bringing together efforts of researchers and engineers from
20:55the East and from the South in order to solve large-scale experimental, theoretical and
21:01naturally practical tasks.
21:03BRICS is already a platform for socio-economic development and technological development
21:07of the global level.
21:10We do not intend to install barriers for a partnership with the Western scientists, and
21:14we hope that the Western politicians will understand how detrimental such actions of
21:24limitation in cooperation in science and education is.
21:30It's important that the global development is just and well balanced.
21:34Therefore, we need to ensure further industrial technological progress while decreasing negative
21:40impact for environment, maintaining the fragile ecosystem of the planet, its fauna and flora.
21:47Naturally, we'll take a look at the need to introduce such technologies.
21:54In the centre of special attention today are breakthrough solutions in genetics, bio and
21:59natural-like technologies, as well as creation of materials that mimic the processes in live
22:04systems.
22:05Overall, we're talking about the shape of a new principle, new phenomenon, a new reality
22:10– bioeconomics.
22:12This topic is crucial and key from the point of view of global growth and its quality.
22:18I suggest that we dedicate the next Future Technology Forum to the matters of bioeconomy,
22:23naturally, if colleagues believe it possible and interesting.
22:27We'd like to invite all scientists, educational community and business community from around
22:33the world.
22:34We are prepared to cooperate.
22:35Friends, I'm very happy that our country is the place for a frank and meaningful discussion
22:41of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs.
22:45That testifies to the transparency of Russia and our special attention to the matters of
22:50scientific and technological development.
22:53I don't think that any expert would take it upon himself to forecast the new solutions
22:58that will be discovered and invented even in the nearest future.
23:02However, there is something that we can do, and we can do it for sure.
23:08That is to ensure our efficient support for key technological areas that are especially
23:15crucial and useful for the citizens, for society, for economic growth.
23:20In this direction, we intend to work.
23:24And I'm quite sure that that's the tone for your discussion today.