A.Vavilov made a report "The Role of Alternative Investment in SWF Management" on Adam Smith Conferences' Second International Russian Alternative Investment Forum on 19th-21st February.

10-12 October 2008 IFS experts took part in the Tomsk Innovation Forum organized by the Administration of the Tomsk region. The forum was supported by the Russian Presidential Administration, Science and Education Ministry, Ministry for Economic Development, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Russian Nanotechnology Corporation, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sibur and others.

The X anniversary All-Russia symposium “Strategic planning and development of enterprises” was held in Central Economics and Mathematics Institute RAS (CEMI RAS).

IFS experts took part in the 6th international conference on research, development and application of high technology in industry that was held 16-18 October in St. Petersburg.

September 22-24, 2010 IFS staff took part in the ‘Development of Russia's Electrical Power Industry in 2010-2011' conference held in the form of a workshop.

18 December ‘Global Energy Security and International Financial Mechanisms of Risk Management roundtable took place at the Council of Federation.

On September 16-18, 2009 IFS specialists took part in the IV International research and practice conference “THE STATE, TENDENCIES AND PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF WEST SIBERIA OIL AND GAS POTENTIAL” which was held in Tyumen in West-Siberian innovation center of oil and gas.

On April 20-23, 2010 IFS specialists took part in the IX International conference “REREARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION SECTOR”

IFS specialists presented the following reports:

The XII international conference “Development and use of high technologies in the production sector” was held in Saint-Petersburg on December 08-10, 2011. The conference traditionally brings together specialists in different high technology and science-consuming industries. In the framework of the plenary meeting D. Pankratova, IFS analyst, made a report which finished the first stage of research “Potential strategy of development of car industry inRussia” that started 2 years ago in IFS.

On October 27-28, 2009 IFS specialists took part in the VIII international conference “RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIGH TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY” which was held in Saint-Petersburg State Hydrometeorological University (Saint-Petersburg).

October 5-7, 2009 IFS specialists took part in the III International Conference "MANAGEMENT OF LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT" which was held in Moscow in V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences.