On the 6th of December, 2000 in Academy of Public Service under the President of RF there was held the second annual meeting of International A.Bogdanov Institute (IABI). More than 30 scientists and specialists attended the meeting.
Valerian V. Popkov, director of IABI, delivered a report on the Institute functioning during the year of 2000. He summed up scientific-methodical, research, publishing and information activities of the Institute. Among the most significant for IABI events for the past year there were mentioned such arrangements as:
The Institute activities in publishing and information field are of considerable public and scientific interest: there has been organized edition of quarterly collection "Bulletin of International A. Bogdanov Institute", carried out the issue of the first number of "Tectological Almanach", conceived to be published annually, created the site of the Institute in the Internet network.
Under the recommendation of the Institute Academic Council there were published books by V.Irkhin and M.Katsnelson "The Charters of Heavens", devoted to formation and development of modern scientific ideology, and Yu.Izyumov "From present to past and future".
In the final part of his report Mr. V.Popkov characterized basic directions of the Institute activities for the forthcoming year of 2001. Thus, among the prime problems, facing by the Institute in organization and scientific fields, there were called ensuring of state accreditation of the Institute in accord with requirements of RF legislation on science and state technological policy, stirring up the work on IABI interplay with international scientific centers, realization of plans for publishing and information activities, execution of joint projects through the link of technological cooperation between Russia and Japan, stipulated by bilateral intergovernmental agreement in force.
The report considered the following scientific work of the Institute to be the primary one: development of A.Bogdanov's ideas in coordination with modern achievements of scientific thought, evolutionary economy, competitive policies in banking field, theory of duality and its applications.
In 2001 by the forces of the Institute there is planned to be published in Russian a bibliographic reference book "Bogdanov and his works" edited by J.Biggart, G.D.Glovelly, A.Yassour.
In a discussion spread after the report all participants of the annual meeting of IABI noted successful work of the Institute during the first full year of functioning. They backed up basic theses of the report, in particular, the ones concerning possible directions of developing the ideas, contained in scientific heritage of Alexander Bogdanov. There were introduced suggestions in the working plan of the Institute for the following year. Corresponding suggestions were placed by Doctor of Economy, Professor V.D.Mekhryakov, Doctor of Law, Professor V.B.Isakov, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor A.N.Chumakov, Doctor of Philosophy G.N.Povarov, Doctor of Philosophy D.I.Shapiro, Candidate of Economy B.S.Klebaner, Candidate of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Rostov University E.V.Shilenkov, Professor of Higher Economic School A.Yu.Skopin, Advisor of department of methodology and simulation of RANS systems and processes safe development V.I.Pukh, deputy director on science of IABI G.D.Glovelly.
A total grand of the discussion was brought by director of the Institute V.V.Popkov, who underlined that the field of IABI scientific activities and its future role in the system of Russian scientific institutions are stipulated by objective process of modern knowledge development. At the same time it requires still more gains and creative return from all scientists, specialists, united by International A.Bogdanov Institute.