On February 19-20, 2020, the V International Conference "Arctic 2020" dedicated to the development of the Arctic region was held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Moscow. The conference was attended by more than 500 representatives of federal, regional and municipal authorities, scientific institutions and the largest oil and gas producing and service companies, manufacturers of equipment and machinery from Russia, the USA, Turkey, Latvia, Estonia.
Alexander Krutikov, Deputy Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, spoke about the economic development of the Arctic, benefits for small and medium-sized businesses, gratuitous subsidies to private investors and other measures aimed at attracting investment. Currently, the Russian Government is preparing a plan to adapt the Arctic to global climate change, including the introduction of state monitoring of permafrost degradation.
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to the President of the Russian Federation Andrey Fedotov noted the importance of creating a scientific and educational center "North", which will unite educational institutions Yakutia, Chukotka, Magadan and Kamchatka Krai. Further, the Permanent Representative of the republic touched upon the topic of ensuring transport connectivity of remote and hard-to-reach territories, which is being worked out by the Council for the Priority of Scientific and Technological Development and the possibility of developing a program "Platform solutions for the integrated development of sparsely populated and hard-to-reach territories".
Stanislav Mamulat, Advisor to the General Director of the FAA "ROSDORNIA", co-moderated the round table "Development of Transport Infrastructure", which was attended by representatives of the Federal State Educational Institution "SibADI", PJSC "Severstal", JSC "Russian Institute of Radio Navigation and Time", MADI, etc. In his speech "Green technologies of infrastructure construction in the Arctic" Stanislav Mamulat spoke about the possibilities, technical parameters and advantages of using geopolymer binders from secondary materials (nepheline sludge and ash-slag materials of coal thermal power plants) for complex stabilization and thermal insulation of layers of road and airfield coatings in the Arctic zone.