Roman Shaikhutdinov discusses creation of “smart cities” with Ernst & Young
3 October 2012, Wednesday
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of informatization and communications Roman Shaikhutdinov visited the Ernst & Young Centre for Smart City Innovation and met with CEO Bill Hutchison.
They discussed general global trends in the sphere of smart cities and issues connected with creation and development of Innopolis. The minister noted that experience of Bill and other Ernst & Young specialists in similar international projects, namely WaterfrontToronto (Canada), Cyberport (Singapore), Multimedia Super Corodor (Malaysia), association i-CANADA (Canada), Skolkovo (Russia) is very interesting and useful upon creating Innopolis. Roman Shaikhutdinov invited Bill to Kazan to see construction site of the innovation city.
The Ernst & Young Centre for Smart City Innovation was founded in May 2012. It deals with research and renders consulting services in terms of different social and management aspects and formation of efficient ecosystem for innovative and intellectual communities in Russia and CIS. Specialists and experts of the center possess longstanding practice in the sphere of international projects management in USA, Canada, Singapore, Russia, Germany, UK and Hong Kong.
They discussed general global trends in the sphere of smart cities and issues connected with creation and development of Innopolis. The minister noted that experience of Bill and other Ernst & Young specialists in similar international projects, namely WaterfrontToronto (Canada), Cyberport (Singapore), Multimedia Super Corodor (Malaysia), association i-CANADA (Canada), Skolkovo (Russia) is very interesting and useful upon creating Innopolis. Roman Shaikhutdinov invited Bill to Kazan to see construction site of the innovation city.
The Ernst & Young Centre for Smart City Innovation was founded in May 2012. It deals with research and renders consulting services in terms of different social and management aspects and formation of efficient ecosystem for innovative and intellectual communities in Russia and CIS. Specialists and experts of the center possess longstanding practice in the sphere of international projects management in USA, Canada, Singapore, Russia, Germany, UK and Hong Kong.
Press service of RT Ministry of informatization and communications
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