Members of the Center for Common Use of the Mining University, Associate Professor E. Kremcheev and assistant D. Nagornov, participated in the III All-Russian Centers of Common Use of scientific equipment meeting, which was held at the Innovation Center "Skolkovo" (Moscow) on 16 – 18 September, 2015 where Director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation S. Salikhov and the Director of Social Innovation and Development of the Ministry of Economic Development A. Shadrin made their speeches. They discussed issues of development of scientific infrastructure in Russia and new tools for business acquisition CCU. The Delegation of the Mining University took part in round-table discussions and proposed a number of initiatives aimed at the development of networking established within the territory of the Russian Federation a network of centers for common use.