On April 19, 2011, Moscow hosted a conference under the topic of Strategic management in Russian tool-making enterprises. It was organized by the Modern Electronics Center. The list of conference speakers included Roman Pakholkov, President of the Promwad Innovation Company.

This event became a platform for experience exchange in various aspects of management in tool-making enterprises:

• Principles of strategic planning at the enterprise and industry level.
• Assessment of opportunities and selection of priorities for Russian tool-making enterprises.
• Qualified personnel development. Cluster development.
• Development of key technologies for electronics.

The conference featured themed presentations made by heads of leading companies as well as technology experts, such as Semyon Lukachev, President of the Altonika manufacturing company; Ivan Pokrovski, President of the Modern Electronics Center; Yuri Kolkovski, Deputy CEO for Research at the PULSAR Design Center, and others.

Roman Pakholkov’s presentation focused on the future prospects of embedded systems. The relevance of this topic is determined by the current situation in electronic development – the market requires devices with a modern interface and extended functionality, while developers seek not only to ensure the product’s manufacturability, but also minimize the cost parameters. These stringent requirements are coupled with the product’s reduced time-to-market. How will tool-making enterprises in Russia withstand the challenge of time? Usingembeddedmodules andsystems is oneof the answers.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of embedded modules? What criteria should their selection be based on? What companies in the embedded systems market can offer high-quality solutions and technical support? All of these issues were discussed in the presentation by Promwad’s CEO. The presentation materials are available for download: download the presentation The Prospects of Embedded Systems.