Author: Irina I. Rakhmeeva, Applicant for a candidate degree of Regional and Municipal Economics Dept., Urals State University of Economics

Abstract: The article provides a forecast of innovative economy development including innovative infrastructure of Sverdlovsk oblast for the period until 2018. Forecasting is carried out by the method of linear trends on the basis of official statistical data. The received results can be used to correct dynamics of development and efficiency of innovative structure of a region, and specify the main strategic documents in the sphere of innovative economy.

Keywords: Innovative infrastructure of a region, region forecast, trend prognostication, innovative economy of a region