Rustam Minnikhanov visits Oracle OpenWorld Conference and meets senior managers of Oracle Company

On October 23, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited specialized exhibition held under Oracle OpenWorld 2018 International Conference.

Oracle OpenWorld is an annual conference held by Oracle Corporation for information technology professionals. San Francisco hosts the main event and regional versions are organized in Sao Paulo and Shanghai. 

Before the event, Minnikhanov had a meeting with senior managers of the Oracle Company. During the meeting, he noted that the conference is held at a high level and the latest technological solutions used in advanced enterprises around the world are introduced here.

The development of information and communication technologies, innovations is one of the priorities for Tatarstan as one of the leading regions of Russia in the introduction of advanced technologies, Minnikhanov said.

During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic – Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaykhutdinov briefed about the city of Innopolis, which was built from scratch and has a modern, world-class infrastructure now.

Innopolis has become a hub for the development of Russian and then foreign IT companies, he added.

"We think that the digitalization of the economy is an important task,” Minnikhanov said at a meeting with the Oracle leadership. He wanted to strengthen the relations and suggested that Tatarstan and large enterprises of the region will become not just users of Oracle software and services, but also partners.

In their turn, representatives of the company appreciated the efforts of Tatarstan made to the development of the IT industry and to digitalization in general. They showed interest in a long-term cooperation.

Minnikhanov proposed the establishment of a working group to work out pressing issues and topics for more detailed discussion. Minnikhanov invited the company's specialists to make a presentation for the heads of large industrial enterprises of Tatarstan at the next board meeting of Tatneftekhiminvest – Holding.