CIPR has completed the official program and opened the Tech Friendly Weekend Youth Festival

Over the five days of the international conference “Digitalization of Industrial Russia”, more than 10,000 people from all regions of Russia and more than 40 countries of the world attended the event in Nizhny Novgorod. About 140 sessions were held as part of the business program, and 176 stands with digital solutions from Russian and international companies were presented at the annual exhibition. During the event, more than 300 agreements were signed, including those on IT cooperation with China, Cuba, Serbia, Iran, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan and Equatorial Guinea.

The tenth anniversary CIPR conference traditionally gathered business and government representatives in Nizhny Novgorod to discuss topical issues of the digital transformation of the economy. The event was attended by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation – Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Grigorenko, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadaev, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Anton Alikhanov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, as well as representatives of the country’s largest digital companies, including CEO of Rostec State Corporation Sergey Chemezov and Rostec Director for Special Assignments Vasily Brovko, President of Rostelecom Mikhail Oseevsky, General Director – Chairman of the Management Board of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, CEO of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Severstal Alexey Mordashov, CEO of Roscosmos State Corporation Dmitry Bakanov, CEO of PJSC ROSSETI Andrey Ryumin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank of Russia German Gref, Chairman of the Management Board, CEO of Gazprom Neft Alexander Dyukov and other heads of state corporations and companies.

The business program of the anniversary CIPR-2025 opened with a discussion of strategic issues and technological priorities of the industry in the context of transformation. The discussion was moderated by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadaev. The participants discussed how to turn digital transformation into the foundation of technological leadership, as well as what solutions shape the industrial standards of tomorrow. “Our task is not just to replace foreign analogues, but to create competitive ecosystems, as has already been done in metallurgy and industry,” commented Maksut Shadaev. In addition, the head of the ministry got familiarized with the latest developments of technology companies during a tour of the exhibition exposition.

The central part of the event in Nizhny Novgorod was the plenary session “Digital Independence of Industrial Russia”, which took place on June 3. The key participant was the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin. He spoke about the main achievements of the domestic IT industry over the past 3 years and said that since 2022, sales of domestic IT solutions and services have almost doubled, reaching 4.5 trillion rubles. The head of government also said that Russia is ready to share its best practices in the digital sphere with partners and noted that, despite the withdrawal of a number of foreign companies, Russia has developed its own technologies and has begun to massively implement them. The CIPR conference has played a significant role in this.

“The Digitalization of Industrial Russia Conference” marks its tenth anniversary this year. Over this time, it has established itself as one of the country’s main venues for meetings of all participants in the digital economy – developers, major companies, and public officials. Here, new ideas for the development of the industry become the result of professional discussions. Today’s event has confirmed this once again. I wish the CIPR further success, and wish all its participants interesting and sought-after projects,” added Mikhail Mishustin.

A special feature of this year was the main plenary session in a new location – the renovated Passage of the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. “This is a familiar playground for Nizhny Novgorod residents. The atrium has been renovated, stripped of redundant structures, and now it is a rich space with preserved history on its walls! As for digital technologies, they have given the facility a special look! There are more than 5,000 additional square meters to hold, for example, plenary sessions and international conferences, and organize large expositions. This is our true legacy,” said Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Together with the First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko, Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov, Head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadaev, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin visited the exhibition of Russian and international digital solutions. In particular, at a meeting with the Cuban delegation, the Minister of Communications of the Republic, Mayra Arevich Marín, stated that cooperation with Russia is the most important for Cuba, especially in the field of telecommunications and computer science. Companies from the Republic of Belarus presented to the Prime Minister labor-related solutions, in particular, a VR-based system for training personnel for the energy sector. Russian companies also showed their developments to the prime minister: ROSATOM, Aeroflot, Severstal, CSoft, Top Systems, TMX, Sber, T-Bank, Eurochem, Gazprom Neft.

As part of the business program of the conference, results of Russia’s first systemic monitoring of the IT industry were presented. Monitoring results were summed up by Dmitry Grigorenko, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation. At the 2024 year-end, the contribution of accredited companies in the IT industry to the Russian economy amounted to 6%, and for every ruble of government support invested the state earned 2 rubles in taxes, which makes the IT sector a driver of economic transformation, public administration and the social sphere.

“The IT industry is actively developing, which can be seen, among other things, from the solutions presented at the CIPR. At the same time, previously there was no reliable and unified industry assessment model that would show the real picture and dynamics. Based on comprehensive and regular monitoring of the IT industry, it is also planned to analyze the effectiveness of government support measures,” said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko.

In addition, he toured the exhibition, where he met with “digital attaches” – employees of Russian trade missions abroad who promote Russian IT products. The corresponding stand reflected the experience of international cooperation in this field.

During CIPR-2025, the merger of the EPS Forum of Responsible Business and the ESG Forum SO.ZNANIE was announced. The unified EPS Forum of Responsible Business “SO.ZNANIE” will be held this year in Nizhny Novgorod on October 16-17. A cooperation agreement was also signed between the Central Federal District and the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Central Federal District Igor Shchegolev and the Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin agreed to jointly develop environmental initiatives and demographic programs, as well as contribute to the forum.

“It is critically important for entrepreneurs to have open platforms for direct discussion of joint initiatives with the authorities and experts. Together, the Central Federal District and the Volga Federal District make up half of our country’s population, economy, and investments. I am confident that the joint forum will strengthen partnership to achieve national development goals,” stressed Igor Shchegolev.

CIPR-2025 was also marked by other important events.

• The Geoscan company and the Gonets satellite system announced the launch of small Geoscan-4 and Geoscan-5 spacecraft in the summer of 2025. The aim of the project is to test packet data transmission technologies for remote monitoring and personal communications.
• Dmitry Bakanov, head of Roscosmos, held a presentation of the national Cosmos project, which includes eight federal-level projects and provides for the deployment of the Rassvet constellation of 886 satellites by 2030; increasing the accuracy of the GLONASS system to decimeters; launching the newest Amur-LNG rocket with a returnable first stage. Roscosmos state corporation also plans to test artificial intelligence on the ISS.
• Rostec State Corporation has introduced more than 20 digital solutions for aviation, telecommunications, logistics, medicine, education and other industries. One of the main innovations is the KUPoL IT system for after-sales support of Russian SJ-100 and MC-21 aircraft, which will be delivered since 2026. The system will accumulate information about the life cycle of an aircraft and link together the aviation industry, from manufacturing plants to airlines.
• Yandex B2B Tech, a division of Yandex that develops technologies for the corporate sector, presented the Picker robot arm, a robot with a two–finger pinch grip. The development is able to select and sort goods at different production sites and warehouses. It has a built-in neural network that is responsible for recognizing objects.
• X Holding presented the first domestic LTE/5G carrier-class base stations with a full development cycle: from hardware to software. The data rate reaches 300 Mbit/s.
• Positive Technologies has introduced a comprehensive cross-industry cybersecurity system integrated into an open industrial automation platform. The key goal is to ensure the technological independence and sustainability of industrial facilities.
• The Russian company BioSmart uses a biometric identification system based on the veins of the palm. The device creates a unique vein pattern and saves it to the server.

During the conference, the exhibition of Russian and international solutions in the field of high technologies was actively running – 176 stands in total, including a separate international pavilion. Key market players presented new developments and products. Among the foreign participants of the exhibition:

• China demonstrated solutions for the development of data storage systems, servers and high-performance computing; intelligent technologies and digital solutions with its own developments in the field of 5G, big data, artificial intelligence and digital twins.
• Participants from the Republic of Belarus demonstrated a VR-based personnel training system for the energy sector.
• India has presented its own developments in the field of software services for searching and analyzing patent and scientific information.
• Cuban companies presented solutions for business, e-commerce, automation, metrology, management and operation of civil airports, aviation security and others.

CIPR-2025 has become a platform for signing more than 300 agreements between digital market players, with global cooperation announced by:

• the Russian integrator DAO Tech and the Chinese company Kuntu. The strategic agreement is aimed at the joint launch of local production of servers, data storage systems and other solutions in Russia. DAO Tech will help the Chinese manufacturer build a chain of local partners and promote digital sovereignty and technological sustainability.
• TrueConf and the Cuban companies ETI and ETECSA. According to the partners, this is a big step for the technological exchange between the countries, as well as the modernization of Cuba’s telemedicine industry using TrueConf developments. The signing ceremony was attended by Cuba’s Minister of Communications, Maira Arevich Marin, and Dmitry Fofanov, “digital attache” of the Russian Trade Mission in the Republic of Cuba.
• MTS and China Telecom scaled up the existing project for the HAVAL brand in the IoV (Internet of Vehicles) segment and covered new automakers Changan and Avatr. In the future, we will provide all Chinese cars for the Russian market with built-in Internet and digital services.

In addition to the business program and the exhibition, the winners were awarded in the International School IT Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity, organized by the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod region together with the Union of Informatics of Cuba, Gorky Tech and NEYMARK, with Sber as the general partner, and the final of the International Cyber Championship on Information Security was held, organized by Solar Group of Companies, with the support from the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation and the National Coordination Center for Computer Incidents. 117 teams from Russia, CIS countries, Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America took part in the championship, almost three times more than last year. The competition was held in the Defense Challenge format – the participants defended the virtual infrastructure from imitations of real cyber threats. The final, which was held within the framework of the CIPR, was won by the team from Belarus, with the second and third places taken by teams from Russia and Vietnam, respectively.

On June 3, the winners of the CIPR Digital business award were announced. The best Russian companies and their executives were granted awards in 14 nominations for developments in the field of digital technologies; special nominations were awarded to those who most actively supported the conference and contributed to the development of CIPR over the past 10 years. CIPR Digital-2025’s technology partner was Positive Technologies: the company ensured the security of voting and its protection from external influences at all stages.

Throughout the conference, the DECIPRALAND digital art exhibition was held at the venue, where more than 50 artists from 8 countries presented their works. Among the participants are world-renowned artists: Alexandr Subsensus, DMITRIEV & YANAK, Alexandr Pamikov, SABRINA GUECHETOULI | Rank SSS, RateLRise, and others.

On June 5, an “open” day was held for residents and guests of Nizhny Novgorod. Everyone was able to visit the exhibition for free, learn about new technological solutions and test the companies’ digital products. On the same day, on the sidelines of the CIPR, the Global Digital Forum opened where representatives of governments, business, science, and international organizations discussed key areas of development in the digital world. The main topics of the forum are security, sovereignty and international cooperation in ICT. The Forum was attended by delegates from over 100 countries.

At the same time, on June 5, the Tech Friendly Weekend Festival of modern technologies started at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair. Lectures and master classes were given by Alexandra Zharkova, Denis Parshin and others. During the weekend, participants will also receive master classes from leaders and experts in the creative industries: Wylsacom, Anastasia Poletaeva, Natalia Osmann, Andrey Konyaev, Daniil Trabun, Georgy Lobushkin and many others.

The X conference “Digitalization of Industrial Russia” is being held on June 2-8, 2025 with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, the Government of Moscow and the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region. The conference is organized by OMG Company.

General partners: Rostec State Corporation, Rostelecom, ROSATOM, Sber, Yandex, CSoft Group, T-Bank, Gazprom Neft, Transmashholding. Technology partner: X Holding Group.

VIP partners: Astra Group, Kaspersky Lab, Rosseti Group, RTK Data Center, GC Solar, NtechLab, GC Softline, SOGAZ, infrastructure software developer Basis, RED SOFT, EuroChem, PhosAgro, Center for Biometric Technologies, Diasoft, MegaFon ProBusiness, MTS, KAMAZ, AVTOVAZ, Nizhny Novgorod Automobile Plant, K2Tech, Fplus, IBS, Transneft, Moscow Government, 1C, Positive Technologies, Russian Railways.

Official partners: T1 IT Holding, OCS, Axiom JDK, SONET, Postgres Professional, SUPERTEL, ASCON, Cyberprotect, Basalt SPO, Ru-Center, OpenYard, Nexign, Alfa-Bank, NOVIKOM Bank, PSB, POLYPLASTIC Group, Geoscan, SberTech, VK, Severstal, Graviton, Naumen, Sheremetyevo International Airport, SATEL, Russian developer of engineering software Top Systems, Security Code, Rubytech Group, Galaktika Corporation, ALMI Partner, National Computer Corporation (NCC), Zyfra Group, Delta Computers, Katyusha Group, Beshtau Group, Interprocom, Norilsk Nickel, LANSOFT, I-Teco, RTK IT Plus, CommuniGate Pro (SBK), IVA Technologies, MyOffice, T8, Irteya, Sibur, Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, T Plus Group, Goznak, ICL Group, Netline, T8, SIBUR, IRTEYA, Aquarius Group, Empereum Group. Panel discussion Partner: Cloud.ru. Partners: Nedra Digital, Software Product Group, SkillStaff, Flant, UserGate.

Exhibitors: Sigur, STM Labs, Control IT, Open Solutions, Ideco, Polymedia, CESCA, FORS, Content AI, Mobius Technologies, Technoprom, AXELOT, Modeling and Digital Twins, Haulmont, Monitoring+, Algorithm C, UserGate, CTP, Webmonitorex, Signaltec, First Bit, Dipaul, TRASSIR, CodeInside, Verbosity, IS LABS, Gazprom CPS, VVPGroup, TrueConf, Space Communications, Almaks CT, Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics (MTUCI), Inline Telecom Solutions, Teal HR, IT-Element29, ETMC Exponenta, TsRTsT with the support from the Government and the Ministry of Digital Development of the Chelyabinsk Region, Usetech Group, MSTU “STANKIN”, Teraplan, Patseer.

Business partner: Cross Technologies. Networking zone partner: ITG Corporation.