On April 28, 2015, a meeting of the section "New Materials" chaired by its head, academician of RAS Evgeny Kablov, General Director of VIAM, was held at the All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Aviation Materials.
The section is a part of the working group established under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation to develop a coordinated research and development program for promotion of new production technologies.
In frame of the event, a list of project consortia with international participation focused on domestic and foreign markets, including large companies of state participation considered as consumers of new production technologies was drawn up.