The event was organized jointly with Rospatent, the world intellectual property organization (WIPO) and the government of the Vologda Oblast. At the opening ceremony of the seminar welcoming speeches were delievered by Deputy Governor of the Vologda Oblast Vitaly Tushinov, Vice- rector on scientific activities of VSU Michael Basnin, Head of the Center for research in the field of intellectual property management Andrei Klypyn.
The seminar was attended by representatives from the Tajik national University , Saransk State University named after N. P. Ogarev, Vyatka State University, Cherepovets State University, Vologda State Dairy Farming Academy named After N. V. Vereshchagin, Northern research Institute of the forest complex, Vologda scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The seminar focused on such issues as intellectual property policy, the main measures to support the development of the intellectual property policy in the region, the development of regulations in the field of intellectual property, the WIPO model provision in the field of intellectual property, and many others. During the business game the university students developed a draft of intellectual property policy.
During the meeting, issues of further cooperation with WIPO and Rospatent, universities of Tajikistan, Saransk and Vyatka were also touched upon.