On 2 June 2016, Dresden has seen the Saxony-Tatarstan Economic Forum with the participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The participants of the Forum were welcomed by Stefan Brangs, State Secretary of the Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour, and Transport.
The industrial potential of Tatarstan was presented by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov.
At the end of the Forum, the parties signed the Agreement on establishment of the Tatarstan-German Engineering Centre in the field of energy efficiency and environmental security between the Kazan State Power Engineering University and SARAD GmbH.