An International conference entitled «Cooperation between Russian and foreign industrial parks: an experience of creating and developing innovative infrastructure» was held in Madrid (The Kingdom of Spain). Russian Ministry of Education and Science, «Systema-Sarov» industrial park, Federal State Institution «Research Institute – Republican research and consulting expert center» and International Association of Science Parks (IASP) organized the conference as a part of the Year of Russia in Spain program.

A report-and-election conference lead by the Moscow regional department of the United Russia party (UR) took place in the Moscow region. The conference reached an agreement to keep on implementing innovation concepts of development in the Moscow region.