Sphere Congress summed up the results of industry development

Today EXPOCENTRE opened its doors to the 16th International Navigation Forum and the 3rd Sphere Congress organised by GLONASS/GNSS Forum in partnership with EXPOCENTRE AO. These events are included in the Russian Week of High Technologies.

The congress was opened by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Denis Manturov. “Sphere is a platform where key space technology trends and search for breakthrough ideas are discussed, said the Minister. “The industry today is an infrastructure source of economy digitalization. To achieve technological sovereignty of the country we need to provide it with all modern services. I mean communication, navigation, broadcasting, broadband Internet access, and remote sensing. To do this, we need to develop our network of satellites.”

The congress participants discussed implementation of the federal project on Integrated Development of Space Information Technologies “Sphere”, use of telecommunication, navigation and geoinformation technologies, as well as demonstrated innovations of the national rocket and space industry.

The Sphere congress attendees summarised the results of the industry development for the year 2022. The experts made reports on the project implementation, representatives of the ministries and departments discussed the current and planned specialised state programmes to support the industry, CEOs of key companies shared their experience and told about existing practices and development plans. 

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO