March 27, 2014. Sverdlovsk Region authorities started getting ready for the 5th Innoprom exhibition this year, Governor of Sverdlovsk Region's Information Policies Department reports.

'The meeting that was chaired by local Prime Minister Denis Pasler included a presentation of Innoprom business agenda. This year's theme is Intellectual Industry. The first day of the event is expected to open with a forecast session called the Machines of the Future on the future of vehicles and the potential of alternative engines and unmanned automobiles. The 4th industrial design forum dedicated to joint projects by Russian and Western designers and new materials and technologies will also take place,' the Department says.

Sverdlovsk Region's exhibition will be 600 sq m big and will feature the area's primary investment projects and support system for investors. According to Sverdlovsk Region Foreign Economic Relations Minister Andrei Sobolev, large companies from the Czech Republic, Germany, and Byelorussia have already confirmed they are taking part in the event. In addition, Russian-Arab business talks will be coordinated during Innoprom.

The exhibition will take place in Yekaterinburg on July 9-12, 2014.