On June 3, on the sidelines of SPIEF, a panel session of Business Russia and the Distributed Power Generation Association titled "Russia and the UAE: New Pathways for Technological Cooperation" took place. The discussion was moderated by Maxim Zagornov, Business Ambassador of Business Russia to the UAE, President of the Distributed Power Generation Association, and Director of the Research Center for Autonomous Energy at MIPT.
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Maxim Zagornov: "Cooperation Between Russia and the UAE is a Path to Strengthening the Sovereignty of Both Countries"
New Pathways for Technological Cooperation Between Russia and the UAE Discussed at SPIEF 2026
On June 3, on the sidelines of the Russian Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship Forum, which opened the first day of SPIEF, a panel session organised by Business Russia and the Distrubuted Power Generation Association titled "Russia and the UAE: New Pathways for Technological Cooperation" took place. Session participants discussed the development of full-fledged bilateral partnership to ensure the technological sovereignty of both countries.
Invitation to the Panel Session "Business Russia" and the Distrubuted Power Generation Association on SPIEF-2026
On June 3, the zero-day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the panel session “Russia and the UAE: New Pathways for Technological Cooperation” will be held by Business Russia with the support of the Distrubuted Power Generation Association. The moderator will be Maxim Zagorynov, the Business Ambassador of Business Russia in the UAE, President of the Distrubuted Power Generation Association, and Director of the ITS Center for Autonomous Energy at MIPT.

About the Award
The International Award «Distributed Power Generation — Great Achievements» is a key annual project of the Distributed Power Generation Association. The award was established in 2013 and is currently the unique award, given to companies and organizations that achieved significant goals in the sector of distributed power generation and alternative energy in Russia and abroad.
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About the Association
The Distributed Power Generation Association is a public organization uniting the fast-growing and high-tech companies operating in the field of distributed power generation and related industries. The Association is aimed at consolidation the common efforts and competencies, administrative, financial and labour sources to form the distributed power generation market and jointly implement advance energy projects in Russia and abroad.
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Internal operating procedures' development
International markets’ expansion
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International advisory council
Alexey Repik
Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organization «Business Russia», founder of «R-Pharm» Group of Companies
Maxim Zagornov
President of the Distributed Power Generation Association, CEO at the MKS Group of Companies, LLC, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Distributed Power Generation of the Energy Committee, Business Ambassador of the «Business Russia» in the UAE
Sergey Alekseenko
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, winner of the Global Energy Award, Prof., Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Valentin Parmon
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, winner of the Global Energy Award, Prof., Doctor of Chemical Sciences
Samuel Mao
Director of ASPIRE Research Institute for Sustainable Energy, Co-Chair of UAE Universities Climate Network, and Professor of Practice of Khalifa University (UAE)
Pavel Ilyushin
Vice-President of the Distributed Power Generation Association for Science, Head of the Center «Intelligent Electric Power Systems and Distributed Energy» of the Institute of Energy Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Technical Sciences


