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 The round table was
moderated by Svetlana Openysheva, Director
of the Regional State Agency “Government for Citizens”, who noted that the
Ulyanovsk Region was the first in Russia to adopt the concept of introducing
intelligent digital technologies "Smart Region" and in cooperation with
the World Bank was the first to assess the readiness of the region for the
digital economy.
The World Bank experts presented
the results of the previous study on the digital economy of the region. It
included assessing the complex of factors and the level of use of digital
technologies in the Ulyanovsk Region by public authorities, businesses and
citizens.
"The public sector in the
Ulyanovsk region has a good level of strategic planning in the digital economy,
but it requires further update of the legal and regulatory framework."
There is a big enough reserve for the development of the digital
public services and digital government. In the field of education, the region
is one of the most powerful regions in terms of use of information technology
having a powerful IT industry”.
On the other hand, there is a lack of IT staff. This is one of the most
important constraints for the development of the digital economy. In business
sector, the region exceeds the all-Russian indicators for the R&D
expenditures share in the gross regional product. Most of these costs are born
by businesses, but the innovative activity of enterprises is low. The ability
of businesses in Ulyanovsk region to introduce digital technologies is quite
low.
“Ulyanovsk region has a high penetration
of broadband Internet access that creates the conditions for the use of digital
technologies by citizens. However, digital literacy of the population and
continued use of digital public services should be increased, the mistrust of
electronic commerce should be reduced” said
Mikhail Bunchuk, Regional Programs Coordinator of the World Bank.
 Dr. Yuri Hohlov, Chairman of the Board of Director of the Institute of the Information Society, added the speech of Mikhail Bunchuk with the information on development of
new lines of the Program “Digital Economy of the Russian Federation”.
He noted that Ulyanovsk Region is
a pilot region participating in the health consortium, initiative groups for
the development of new lines of the program related to the digital industry and
in the “Smart City” line. This is the right approach, which allows participating
in these initiatives from the very beginning and coordinate the region’s
activities at federal level. He believes that this approach of the region can
be only supported. “And it is necessary to pay tribute to Sergei Morozov, Governor of Ulyanovsk Region, and
those responsible for the development of the digital economy in the region,
"- said Yuri Hohlov.
In his speech, Sergei Kiselev, Head of Department of Measuring
and Computational Complexes of Ulyanovsk State Technical University, mentioned
the importance of application of the industrial Internet of Things.
Report presented by Anton
Safiullin, Head of Economic Theory Department, was devoted to opportunities and
challenges of the digital economy development.
Final report of the round table, presented by Dmitry Shabalkin, Adviser at the Rector's office for Human
Resources for the Defense Industry of the Ulyanovsk State University was focused on strategic project
“Workshop for Leadership Competencies in Digital Transformation”. |
