On May 17, 2017 KarRC RAS was visited by ad interim Head of the Republic of Karelia Artur Parfenchikov. He met with the Centre’s SEOs and leading scientists, paid visits to institutes of Geology, Biology, Forest Research, and Linguistics, Literature and History. A roundtable discussion was organized during the visit, dealing with the prospects of using KarRC RAS’s scientific developments for the benefit of the socio-economic development of the Republic of Karelia.