OREANDA-NEWS. November 11, 2010. The first meeting of Innovation Club of “IES” CJSC took place in health resort “Demidkovo” (Perm Territory). The participants were the prize-winners of divisional stages of Innovation and  Rationalization Proposals Contest which started in 2010 at all companies and enterprises of the Holding. The top-managers of the Company and supervisors of key functional areas spoke to the innovators on the meeting. 

The main area of discussion of the Innovation Club was the development of innovation activity in “Integrated Energy Systems” Company. Mikhail Slobodin the President of IES-Holding noted in his speech that the Company in order to be successful on the market shall rely on its employees – innovators who propose brand new solutions. “Innovative solutions topic is a priority one in the energy industry. It has the future. New engineering solutions shall make a new wave in power efficiency in the Company.”

Within two days the innovators representing different IES-Holding business areas shared experience and discussed the most problem issues of innovative activity with the experts of the Company. The issues discussed involved the following: organization of innovation activity management in IES Company, perspective innovative solutions for power plants, networks and energy sale companies.

On the basis of group discussions and experts’ recommendations the participants of the club will improve their proposals. On the corporate stage of the Contest the central contest commission will estimate the presented works and identify the winners on IES Company level in the following nominations: The best innovation projects of the year; The best innovative solution up to 3 mln rubles; The best innovative solution up to 300 thousand rubles; The best young innovator in IES. The best IES-Holding innovators will get certificates and monetary awards.