2017: Agreement on creation of the center
In October, 2017 Russian Railway, the New Economic School (NES), National Computer Corporation and IBM in Russia and the CIS signed the agreement on cooperation in the field of digitalization of the transport industry.
According to the document, based on NES it is going to create the Center of a research of digital transport for systematization of scientific research and front lines the practician in the field of digital economy.
Among the main activities of the new center there is an organization of researches and training of specialists in the field of digital technologies, creation and development of the virtual working environment integrating the Russian and international participants of the market of digital solutions for the transport industry.
According to Russian Railway, the main activities for the center will become: the organization of researches and training of specialists, consolidation of the Russian developers according to international standards, creation and development of the virtual working environment integrating the Russian and international participants of the market of digital solutions for the transport industry.
Russian Railway says that developments of the new center will be used when forming of transport of the section devoted to development which is just created within implementation of the Digital Economy state program adopted in July of this year [1].