Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting of the Presidential Council for Science and Education 2013-12-19 15:00:00 During the meeting participants will discuss the plans and priorities to develop fundamental research in Russia, as well as measures to reform the academic sector, and the implementation of new tasks assigned to the Russian Academy of Sciences. Taking part in the meeting will be Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, presidential aides Andrei Belousov and Andrei Fursenko (also the Council’s Deputy Chairman), President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Ivan Dedov, President of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Gennady Romanenko, heads of federal academic institutions and research centres, and State Duma deputies. * * * On the same day, Vladimir Putin will speak at a gala evening marking Security Agency Worker’s Day.