Annual Business Leaders Investment Forum «INNOVATION FOR BUSINESS»
16 - 17 November 2011
Chelyabinsk
Organizer(s):
Marchmont Capital PartnersMARCHMONT Capital Partners is an independent, American-owned company providing media and investment consulting services.
MARCHMONT Capital Partners conducts regular investment forums for business leaders in key Russian regions. The main target of these forums is to overcome barriers for investors who are seeking investment possibilities in the regions. A task is to unite business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, business angel investors and local administrations seeking to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of local industries and integrate the regions into global business society.
Co-Organizer(s):
JSC "Regional development agency"
Russian Managers’ Association for Presidential Civil Service Program Alumni of Chelyabinsk region
Official sponsor(s):

UBSUBS has been present in Russia since 1996 and is home to advisors from our investment bank, global asset management and wealth management businesses. Whatever your initial request, our experts will work together to provide you with seamless, integrated solutions, fully customized to your requirements. UBS has long been a trusted partner for international wealth management services for our Russian clients, who value our strength in this sector. We have developed Wealth Management into a broad service to help you meet your challenges and achieve your goals. Our holistic approach means we take the time to understand your entire financial situation not just once, but on a continuing basis.
Today, we remain committed to Russia as demonstrated by our plans to expand our local presence and our service offering over the coming months to better cater for our clients needs.
The information on these web pages may refer to the international financial group UBS which has a head office in Switzerland (UBS AG), and representative office in Russia, as well as its affiliates which operate in their countries under their respective licenses. On the territory of Russia the services are provided only by the legal entities which are duly registered in the Russian Federation and operate under their respective licenses including:
”OOO UBS Bank”. Legal address: 11 floor, 2/2 Paveletskaya Ploshchad, Moscow, 115054
Russian Central Bank banking license No.3463 dated 6 June 2006.
Licenses of the professional participant of the securities market, issued by Federal Financial Market Service (FFMS of Russia):
- for depository activity - No 177-12414-000100, issued 30 July 2009
- for broker activity - No 177-12405-100000, issued 30 July 2009
- for dealer activity - No 177-12408-010000, issued 30 July 2009
- for trust management activity - No 177-12411-001000, issued 30 July 2009
“UBS Securities” CJSC. Legal address: 2/2 Paveletskaya Ploshchad, Moscow, 115054
Licenses of the professional participant of the securities market, issued by Federal Financial Market Service (FFMS of Russia):
- for broker activity - No. 077-07006-100000, issued 21 October, 2003
- for dealer activity - No. 077-07018-010000, issued 21 October 2003
Supported by:
The Government of the Chelyabinsk region
Regional sponsor(s):

Sberinvest
Sberinvest is a Russian based Management Company of Investment Funds, operating from 2004.
The core activities of Sberinvest are Venture Capital and Private equity. The company manages real estate funds as well.
Currently the company manages six Venture Capital Funds providing investments to early stage technology companies in different Russian regions. Five of them are created under Government based programs:
4 Regional small business VC funds in Voronezh region, Kaluga region, Chelyabinsk region and Republic of Bashkortostan;
Metallurgy Industrial Fund created under RUSNANO program.
Sberinvest is a Venture partner of Russian Venture Company Seed Fund and has partner relations with all leading Russian Universities and Industrial Groups and companies.
The company is participating in a number of additional Government based VC programs.
The company diversify its activities by managing Real Estate Investment Funds. Sberinvest managers two Real-Estate Funds, investing in apartments and cottages construction.
Sberinvest Head office is located in Moscow with branches in 4 Russian regions - Kaluga, Voronezh, Ufa, Chelyabinsk.
Regional partner(s):
Chelyabinsk Regional Branch Delovaya Rossiya
Regional Informational partners:
Angel-Investors Association of the Urals
Delovoy Kvartal - Chelyabinsk

Portal biznesbomba.ru
Portal biznesbomba.ru is an unique web-resource for entrepreneur that helps to attract investments to his project.
On biznesbomba.ru you can register you project of any stage of development beginning with business idea till sustained business with any needs of finance.
On biznesbomba.ru either business-angel or professional investment company can find investment project that matches their needs.
On biznesbomba.ru entrepreneur can make his project attractive for the investor: you can tell about your business in blog, share you company news with professional community of investors and entrepreneurs, communicate with investors using direct messages, find partners and supporters. Father you can find valuable information and use special services: compose a contract on-line, ask experts a question, find out what type of company to register, calculate profit of you business.
Thanks to biznesbomba.ru perspective business can find source of financing as well as investor can find profitable way to invest money.

«Venture investor» is an independent business magazine that highlights the problems and prospects of venture capital industry. Its aim is to provide information for businesses to meet potential investment objects and entrepreneurs and scientists to find out fund raising possibilities for their projects. Analytical reviews of various economics sectors as well as their innovations opportunities and return on investment, news about science and advanced technology, expert assessments and recommendations on innovative projects development, interviews with famous business people , scientists and investors are published in the magazine. «Venture investor» provides information for effective interaction between business, science and authorities. Key headings: • Market environment - expert assessment of venture business in Russia and Perm region. • Project - analysis of investment projects in various industries. • Focus - a review of markets in terms of availability, competition, and prospects for innovation. • VIP-person - interview with successful business people and investors from Russia and other countries. • Innovation - an overview of new technologies in economics segments. • Start-up – project presentation of scientists, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Magazine target audience - representatives of large, medium and small businesses who would like to invest in the development of existing business and start of new projects, scientists and inventors. Format: full color magazine + B5 (190mm*250mm) Volume: 56 pages Frequency: monthly Circulation: 3000 copies Distribution: personal direct mail in brand-name envelopes
Elite Club of Corporate Behaviour
Media holding "Federal press"
Portal "Delovoy Chelyabinsk"
Informational partners:
Investments. Innovations. Business

TheAngelInvestor
The Magazine for alternative business investments across Russia. «The AngelInvestor» is the magazine for inside information on what is happening in the angel investment and venture capital worlds. «The AngelInvestor» is Russia's Number 1 source of industry news, resources and Entrepreneur business investment proposals.
«The AngelInvestor» is published monthly and is sent out to over 20,000 accredited high-net-worth business angel investors and potential business angel investors. The magazine covers various topics including; industry news, successful business angel interviews, industry profiles, start-up spotlights, resources, lifestyle features, events, and an entire section of entrepreneur Investment Proposals.
Corporate Publishing Limited is a boutique publishing house catering to niche affluent business angels', venture capital and lifestyle markets. We are a team of highly skilled professionals working to provide direct marketing opportunities through «The AngelInvestor» magazine, one of Russia's most exclusive publications.
«The AngelInvestor» publication is a Russian only magazine which exclusively targets the Angel Investment and Venture Capital community. «The AngelInvestor» is quite simply the fastest and most direct route to achieve your objectives, whether providing a product or service to wealthy High-Net-Worth individuals or, if you are looking to raise investment capital for your start-up or existing business.

Business Incubator Higher School of Economics
Business Incubator was founded in 2006 by students and professors of State University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, and has quickly become a catalyst for student entrepreneurial activities far beyond its HSE walls.
The Incubator concurrently hosts up to six startup teams. Startups get a fully equipped office space, administrative and consulting support. They also enjoy free participation at HSE and industry events, and take full advantage of networking opportunities provided by the Incubator’s team.
In just 3 years since its inception, the Incubator became a starting ground for a number of well-known student companies: SmartKniga, Skillopedia.ru, Native Speakers Club, Roomix, PensiaMarket, TimePad, and others.
Business Project Competition
Business project competitions serve an important purpose of popularizing entrepreneurship among students, searching for talented young entrepreneurs and “Next Big Thing” ideas.
HSE {10K} was initiated in 2006 as an analog for the MIT(100K) competition. It is a contest of students’ business projects – be it an idea or a young company.
Startup of the Year is another popular contest that attracts ambitious young entrepreneurs. They not only have to defend their business model, but present the audience with a short video about their startup. Winners of HSE {10K} and Startup of the Year receive cash prizes and a two-year residency at the Incubator.
The Incubator also runs less formal contests and business games:
* Iron Entrepreneur started as a team-building tool for HSE{10K} and spread virally throughout the country.
* Flip-Chat is very popular among technology students, as it allows to generate and present business ideas without an emphasis on presentation skills.
The Incubator partners up with other organizations to run regular business and networking events for startups and young entrepreneurs: BIT contest, Startup Weekend, Startup Point, Harvest (Greenfield.ru project) and many others.
The Incubator capitalizes on the leading role of HSE as a provider of entrepreneurial knowledge. It runs courses in entrepreneurship as well as stand-alone seminars provided by real entrepreneurs. Over 60% of participants come from other schools (mostly technology-oriented), and almost all of them participate in other events organized by the Incubator. Currently, the Incubator offers the following courses in entrepreneurship:
* How to Start a Successful Business, or Entrepreneurship 101,
* Business Laboratory,
* Creative Thinking in Business.
HSE{sun} is a yearly summer conference for Russian entrepreneurial support organizations. The Incubator invites participants from other schools, technology parks, venture firms, private businesses and multinational corporations to discuss common challenges in fostering entrepreneurship, and collaborate on designing a more effective support infrastructure for innovative businesses.

Technopark "Sarov"Technopark "Sarov" - created in 2005 on the basis of the largest research center of world-level Russian Federal Nuclear Center - VNIIEF (Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics) at a public-private partnership (strategic partner - JSC "Sistema" ) is an element of the national innovation system.
To date, in the Technology Park are approximately 25 large high-tech innovative companies (small and medium enterprises), including such as: Nokia Siemens Networks, JSC " Academician A. Mints Radio Engineering Institute» and Moscow Bank for Reconstruction & Development. The achieved values of the key indicators of development of Technopark in 2009, allowed a full member of the International Association of Science Parks.On the basis of Technopark has developed a program to create research and production cluster "SC Rosatom - JSC «Sistema," as the main platform for the commercialization of innovative technologies. The purpose of the Cluster - the use of innovative potential Federal Nuclear Center in the civilian sector on the basis of public-private partnership in conjunction with AFK "System" for the development of competitive products and services to Russian and foreign markets.
On the territory of Technopark as a project of the Youth Innovation Centre, which allows youth to attract innovative projects and to assist in their commercialization. Implementation and development of the YIC will allow the most efficient use of the innovation infrastructure, established with government support, to enable a broad range of innovators to realize their ideas and to reduce the brain drain overseas, a small innovative companies in Technopark.
Successful development of Technopark "Sarov" will be the basis for the interaction with the creation of innovative center "Skolkovo" and allow this center is to first use the existing infrastructure of Technopark, projects, and extensive scientific and technical competence.
TECHNOPARK projectFunded by the Russian Venture Company TECHNOPARK project is dedicated to the innovations in Russia. Above all, the project focuses on the venture investments and their role in the companies` development. Its flagship TECHNOPARK TV-program is broadcasted on Russia24 federal channel. All the series are published on www.tv-technopark.ru WEB-site which provides complementary information - exclusive interviews, blogs and updating news on innovations and venture business.
RVCA
Objectives and goals of RVCA activities:
*Creation a positive political and entrepreneurial environment for investment activities.
*Representing the RVCA members interests at the government level, in press, in financial and industrial markets within the country and abroad.
*Information support and communicative grounds establishment for the Russian venture market participants.
*Building a cluster of highly qualified professionals for the venture business companies.
«Time of Innovation» magazineMonthly business magazine "Time Innovation" is dedicated to the development of innovation in various segments of the economy. The main purpose of the magazine editors saw in providing information support to all participants of the innovation processes. The editors joined in an active business life and are in talks to conferences and "round tables" on information sites in Moscow and regions. The basis of our work - the release of high quality, both in content and design, issues of the journal. The magazine is distributed by subscription, direct mailing, exhibitions and all events, to which is the magazine "Time Innovation".
Center of modern educational technologies development
Web-portal “Expomap.Ru”
Expomap.ru is a well-known Russian web portal devoted to trade shows, the exhibition industry and related services. Its data base includes more then 30,000 exhibitions from Russia and the CIS Region and all over the world. The web-portal is owned by Serve Businesses Worldwide (Russia). The user-friendly well-designed Expomap Web portal provides an effective retrieval system, a choice of different exhibition services, business consultancy and advise, regular online-support, latest market data and news and related articles.
Our major business is providing assistance and logistics support in organizing trade fair participation, organisation of the corporate advertising campaign all over the world, consulting on any foreign event, remote trade fair visiting, interpretation service when abroad and organization of business tours.

Association of Personnel Search Consultants
Association of Personnel Search Consultants (APSC) is the largest and the most reputable professional union of recruiters on the territory of the Russian Federation, the CIS and Eastern Europe. The activity of APSC is targeted at providing effective employment of high-profile specialists in the era of market economy.
The APSC mission is to assist the development of the civilized personnel search market in Russia.
The tasks of APSC are:
*formulating professional ethic standards for APSC members;
*providing members of the Association with professional information;
*assisting in upgrading qualification of specialists within the framework of the Association;
*building up and upholding high professional reputation of APSC members;
*representing and protecting the common interests of APSC HR community in the relations with government authorities;
*interacting with international personnel search consultants' organizations.
The composition of APSC:
*More than 100 best personnel search and selection agencies from 26 Russian cities (from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad) as well as recruiting agencies from Belarus and the Ukraine;
*5 regional departments and 8 clubs "Territoria personala";
*Research and Training centers.
The history of APSC:
*1991 "The Izvestya newspaper" published the article "Headhunters" by Vasiliy Zakharko.
*1996 Creation of APSC on the non-commercial basis.
*1997 Foundation of Professional Ethics Commission.
*1997-1998 Well-known American, Canadian and European recruiters held seminars for recruiters in Moscow, Krasnodar, Minsk, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk.
*1998 APSC performed enormous assistance to recruiting agencies in preserving and developing personnel search business during the economic crisis in Russia.
*2000 Organization of the First International Congress in Kiev "Eurasia" employment in the 21st century" with the assistance of International Labor Organization.
*2001 Establishment of the Board of Experts of APSC.
*2002 Registration of the Internet site www.apsc.ru.
*2004-2005 Adoption of the Code of Interpersonal relations of HR market participants after the wide discussion in 20 Russian cities.
*2005 Working out of "The Program of personnel search market development".
*2006 Accomplishment of All - Russian project "Enhancement of efficiency of graduate employment in the era of market economy".
*2006 Creation of Media clubs network "Territoria personala" in 8 Russian cities.
Startobaza"Startobaza" is a managing company that provides strong support on seed and preseed stages to startup-projects in IT-sphere.
We search, analyze and promote IT-ideas and create them into a complete IT-project. We help IT-projects put their teams together, plan their strategy, find investments and gain financial support for the development and market realization of the project.
We are interested in different kinds of start-up projects in the field of Information Technology – from developing integrated software systems to different web-games and mobile applications. Our goal is to help IT-startup companies to build a stable and market-oriented business.
NGO Russian Managers’ Association for Presidential Civil Service Program Alumni - RUS
«National Projects» magazineGR GROUP (GRG), a publisher of Natsionalnuye Proyekty (National Projects), a federal journal on development of Russia.
Our publication is created and read by federal and regional ministers, governors, state officials, large and medium-sized business owners. We regularly develop target projects with the Federal Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Regional and Economic Development, the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation and regional authorities.
In five years National Projects has won trust and respect of federal and regional authorities and businesses. Their loyalty and an acute need of regional authorities in investments, often discussed by our editorial board, has resulted in a new direction of our activities – Investment and Project Support in Russia.

Imperia Kadrov
IMPERIA KADROV has been successfully going at personnel search market of Russia since 1995.
During the years past IMPERIA KADROV has deservedly reached the status of one of the personnel search market leaders. And today the list of our Customers includes Russian and international key companies representing various chief business segments: Retail, Finance and Banking, Industry, Fuel-energy complex, Building and Development, Informational technologies and Telecommunications, Advertisement and PR, Consulting, Trade, Medicine and Pharmacy.
Our Customers value individual approach and professional team involved in the working process running with us, which makes possible solving different targets successfully in the shortest periods of time:
*Recruiting services: personnel of different degrees and levels search.
*Outstaffing / Temporary personnel provision: personnel costs optimization.
*Consulting services: efficient business support.
The complete list of our Customers today includes over 1000 brand-names. Daily we provide them with more then 50 employees.
In November 2008 we inaugurated our new office in Krasnodar.
In 2009 we opened new branch office in St.-Petersburg.
IMPERIA KADROV is member of Association of Personnel Search Consultants, American Chamber of Commerce and Moscow International Business Association Service-bureau.
During the working process IMPERIA KADROV follows ethical principles included into the agency’s Ethical code rigidly.
IMPERIA KADROV mission: We connect employers who need a professional team with employees looking for favorable job.
IMPERIA KADROV history is a continuous Story of Success. The Story of Success of people, who found their vocation and made a career. The Story of Success of our Customers, who found with our assistance valuable employees and qualified specialists. The Story of Success of the company’s Employees, many of which started with us reached the career light on the top.
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS:
In 2008 IMPERIA KADROV was awarded with Moscow Population State Placement Service Government Certificate of Honor.
In 2007-2008 IMPERIA KADROV was among the top-three in RBC annual ratings of Russian recruiting companies.
In 2006 IMPERIA KADROV was awarded by Protection of Consumers Russian Fund Diploma “For contribution to civilized consumer market of Russia forming” during the festivals “The best in Russia”, “The best in Moscow”, “The best in Moscow area”.
In 2005 IMPERIA KADROV got the prize “For the most loyal Customers” as a result of the recruitment market research organized by Personnel Management Magazine.
In 1997-1998 recruiting services market of Russia researches made under the order of Reconstruction and Development International Bank showed, that IMPERIA KADROV has the leading positions between personnel search agencies in the spheres of top management, accounts and finance, sales, ads and marketing and logistics vacancies filled. IMPERIA KADROV got the highest mark from the Customer companies when they called us the agency, operating with which was the most effective.
OmniGrade
The OmniGrade Rating Monitoring Agency:
*A Professional Company
Our employees are all top class professionals in the sphere of factoring, commodity markets, information technologies and financial analysis. We know what is essential to be able to fully assess any customer; objectively, impartially and in depth.
*An Innovative Company
We offer a new business model intended to meet the challenge of the current economic situation and to help protect economic entities. And we will continuously improve our business model, impartially and actively, based on our assessment of ongoing developments in the business environment.
*A Multinational Company
We consider all regions, countries and continents to be our operational area.
Our Mission
To create conditions for stable, reliable, confident and mutually beneficial relationships between businesses at any time and in any economic circumstances.