At a press conference in Tatar-Inform discussed the preparations for the International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023

Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications Ayrat Khayrullin, Chairman of the Board of the Association for the Promotion of Digital Development Rifkat Minnikhanov, Director General of Tattelecom Telecommunication Company Ayrat Nurutdinov answered journalists' questions. Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization noted that this year the Forum received federal status, the organizing committee on preparation for the event is chaired by Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev.

According to Khayrullin, the states of the near and far abroad, including the OIC and CIS countries, show great interest. Last year, almost 14,000 offline participants attended the Forum, over 3,000 people watched the online broadcast of the event.

International Forum Kazan Digital Week-2023 will be held from September 20 to September 22 at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre. The mission of the large-scale event is to promote the exchange of scientific and technological information, the consolidation of scientific and technological assets capable of efficiently solving the problems of import substitution and import transfer, ensure technological sovereignty and data sovereignty as the basis of the leadership of the Russian Federation in international cooperation.