Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov held a meeting with young entrepreneurs from the Russian regions at the Russian Investment Forum. Participants came from the Ryazan, Lipetsk, Omsk, Chelyabinsk, Kaluga, Omsk, and Nizhny Novgorod Regions as well as the Perm Territory and the Republic of Udmurtia.

The conversation concerned the development of the timber industry and woodworking, robotics and software, the production of oil and gas equipment and building materials, catering, engineering, and light industry.