The Director of the Centre for Quantum Metamaterials, Dr.Alexey Vagov has acted as a leading expert during the Future Technologies Forum, which was held by Roscongress Foundation on February 20-21, 2025

The Future Technologies Forum is a discussion platform dedicated to the development of high-tech technologies in Russia. The Forum was launched in 2023 and has become a flagship event where leading experts, scientists, business representatives and government authorities talk about advanced scientific developments and product solutions based on them. The Roscongress Foundation is the operator of the Forum, and the largest Russian corporations are co–organizers. The plenary session of the Forum was attended by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The two-day forum was dedicated to the prospects for development of scientific research and technologies for the production of advanced materials in various sectors of the national economy. The achievements in this field were discussed during the event, as well as the further areas of work related to the creation and use of new generation materials.
The forum was held at a high level and brought together  leading scientists and engineers, representatives of research centers, universities, the Russian Academy of Sciences, large companies and banks. The ministers, deputy Prime Ministers of the Russian Federation, heads of Rosatom and the Kurchatov Institute, as well as the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences were among the guests and speakers of the Forum.
The plenary session on February 21 was attended by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, who delivered a report on state policy in the field of materials science.
A.V. Vagov, Director of the Center for Quantum Materials, presented a report at the meeting "Metamaterials – the key to future technologies", where he spoke about the research carried out and the prospects for practical application of their results.