Place: Moscow Region, Zvenigorod, Volkovo village, Holiday House “Solnechnaya Polyana”

Day One - July 22nd, 2010
Applying Innovative Thinking to Improving Company Efficiency & Market Competitiveness

09:00 – 10:00 Registration, Welcoming Coffee

10:00 – 10:30 Opening Welcome & Program Introduction

• Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod www.marchmontnews.com;
• Nikolay Ostarkov, Managing Director, Delovaya Rossiya, Moscow, www.deloros.ru;
• Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Competition; Founder, UNOVA Media, www.unova.ru;
• Patricia Cloherty, CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners, LLC, Moscow, www.dpep.ru;
• Gregg Robins, Managing Director, Head of Wealth Management in Russia, UBS SA, www.ubs.com;
• Bernd Meyer, Consultant, EastWorld Consulting Ltd, www.eastworldconsultingltd.com

10:30 – 12:00 Session 1: Preparing the Foundation for Russia’s 21st Century Innovation Economy
Moderator: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

• Assessing Russia’s Competitive Advantages in a Globally Integrated Economy – Leading Examples to Follow: Kendrick White, Founder, Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Initiatives to support Entrepreneurship Education in Russian Universities: Eric Hansen, Vice President, The U.S. Russia Center for Entrepreneurship, Moscow, www.cfe.ru/eng/welcome;
• How to raise money on MICEX: Elina Yurina, Head of Project Office "Innovation & Investment Market", Senior Investment Manager, Investment Activity Department, the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, Project Director, The Independent Directors Association (IDA), Moscow, www.rusnano.com;
• Long-term Growth Strategies for Russian Companies. AIM: Myths & Realities and Specific Examples: Oleg Elshin, Executive Director, Partner East Kommerts, Moscow, www.eastkom.ru;
• Modern Innovation Corporate Culture: Jon Hellevig, Co-Founder Partner-in-charge, Hellevig, Klein & Usov, Moscow, www.aveniraccounting.com;
• Innovation Ecosystem: Evgeny Savin: Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Competition; Founder, General Director, UNOVA Media, www.unova.ru.

Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Eric Hansen

Elina Yurina

Oleg Elshin

Jon Hellevig

Evgeny Savin

12.00 – 12.30 Coffee-break / Press-briefing

12:30 – 14.00 Session 2: The Role of Innovation in Industrial Modernization
Moderator: Natalia Milchakova, Partner, PwC, Moscow

• IP protection: Daniel Klein, Partner, Hellevig, Klein & Usov and Avenir Group Company, www.aveniraccounting.com, www.hkupartners.com;
• Innovation Activity of a large scale Business in Russia. Mechanisms, Barriers, Development Prospects: Natalia Milchakova, Partner, PwC, Moscow www.pwc.com;
• Different Finance Sources of the Innovation Projects:Andrey Kessel, Invest-Manager, Amadeus Capital, Great Britain, www.amadeuscapital.com (Confirmed);
• Best Russian-German Practices: Bernd Meyer, Consultant, EastWorld Consulting Ltd, www.eastworldconsultingltd.com;
• Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in Russia and the CIS: Alexander Galitsky, Managing Partner, Almaz Capital Partners, Russia~USA, www.almazcapital.com;
• Commercialization of Innovation in Universities: Denis Fomenkov, Associate Professor, NN Branch HSE, Nizhny Novgorod, www.hse.nnov.ru.

Questions & Answers

Daniel Klein

Natalia Milchakova

Andrey Kessel

Bernd Meyer

Alexander Galitsky

Denis Fomenkov

14:00 – 15:00 Networking Lunch (Restaurant, The Main Building of the Holiday House “Solnechnaya Polyana”)

15:00 – 16.30 Session 3: Innovation as a Driver for Improving Company Value & Attractiveness
Moderator: Mikhail Treyvish, President, OmniGrade, (Moscow, Vienne), CEO, Director, Asian Branch International Factors Group (Brussels), President, East European Factoring Association

• Maximizing Enterprise Value by Investing into Production Modernization: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod www.marchmontnews.com;
• Tax Incentives to Invest into Innovation. International Experience: Natalia Milchakova, Partner, PwC, Moscow www.pwc.com;
• Forming an Efficient Marketing Strategy: Mikhail Treyvish, President, OmniGrade, (Moscow, Vienne), CEO, Director, Asian Branch International Factors Group (Brussels), President, East European Factoring Association, www.omnigrade.com;
• Business angels and innovative business. Ways of cooperation: Alexander Kashirin, Chairman, The National Union of Business Angels, http://www.russba.ru;
• Direct Investment: hitten problems: Vitaly Vinogradov, Partner, ALTHAUSE Capital, www.althausgroup.ru. 

Questions & Answers 

Kendrick White

Natalia Milchakova

Mikhail Treyvish

Alexander Kashirin

Vitaly Vinogradov

16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break

17.00 – 18.30 Session 4: Alternative Investment Sources – Using Innovation to Attract Strategic Partners
Moderator: Evgeny Kassevin, Chairman and Founder, “kIfir” Club – Club of the Financial & Investment Markets’ Players

• Innovation Projects Financing on Early Development Stages: Vitaly Lazorin, CEO, Novstream Constructive Solutions, www.novstream.ru; Expert, Russian PwC Technology & Innovation Center, Moscow, www.pwc.com;
• Private Equity Investment Funds as a Source of Finance: Daniel Radchenko, Head of Regional Projects, Russia Partners, Moscow, www.russiapartners.com;
• Innovation Projects Investment Attractiveness: Boris Dorin, Partner, BRANAN, Moscow www.branan.ru;
• Modern Opportunities of the RTS in Attracting Investment Capital to Finance Enterprise Innovation: Alexey Eliseev, Director, Development and Marketing, "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange, Moscow, www.rts.ru;
• Investment Consultants-Advisors’ Role in Finance Raising Process: Evgeny Kassevin, Chairman and Founder, “Kifir” Club – Club of the Financial & Investment Markets’ Players, Moscow, www.kifir.info. 

Questions & Answers

Vitaly Lazorin

Daniel Radchenko

Boris Dorin

Alexey Eliseev

Evgeny Kasevin

18.30 – 21.00 Cheese & Wine Reception  

Day Two – July 23rd
Attracting Investment Capital to Innovation Projects & Enterprise Modernization

09:00 – 10.00 Registration, Welcoming Coffee 

10:00 – 11:30 Session 1: Round Table: Regional investment Climate in the Moscow Region – Elements for Success
Moderator: Alexander Ermakov, Director, IT Decisions Implementation, Avenir Group of Companies, Moscow

• Innovation Infrastructure Development in Nano Industry Applications: Anatoly Zaikin, Senior Expert, Infrastructure Programs, the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), Moscow, www.rusnano.com;
• How Government Support Influences Innovation Entrepreneurship: Alexey Kostrov, CEO, Agency for Innovation Entrepreneurship Development, Moscow, www.arip.ru;
• Svjatoslav Sedov, President, 2IP Venture Company, www.2ipartnership.com;
• Business Incubator as an Instrument of the Successful Business Development: Maria Adamian, Director, Business Incubator, SU HSE, Moscow, www.hse-inc.ru;
• Innovative Firms require real-time and correct financial Information: Alexander Ermakov, Director, IT Decisions Implementation, Avenir Group of Companies, Moscow, www.aveniraccounting.com. 

Questions and answers

Anatoly Zaikin

Alexey Kostrov

Svjatoslav Sedov

Maria Adamian

Alexander Ermakov

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30 Session 2: Round Table: Case Studies – Modernization through Innovations
Moderator: Mariya Adamyan, Director, Business Incubator SU HSE, Moscow

Opening Remarks

• Case Study 1: Andrey Kessel – InvestManager Amadeus Capital Fund, UK, www.amadeuscapital.com;
• Case Study 2: Peter Nemoy, General Director, Trend Laboratory Teatrika, Saint-Petersburg, www.teatrika.ru;
• Case study 3: Alexey Ivchenko, Area Manager, Russia and CIS, Moscow Representative Office, Merloni Progetti S.p.A;
• Case study 4: Michail Denisov, Marketing and promotion specialist, Doroga.tv, Nizhny Novgorod, www.doroga.tv;
• Case Study 5: Dmitry Sidorov, Director, “Synthetic Crystals” Group of Companies, Nizhny Novgorod, www.znce-nn.ru.

Conclusions & Remarks
Questions & Answers

Andrey Kessel

Peter Nemoy

Alexey Ivchenko

Michail Denisov

Dmitry Sidorov

13:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch 

14:30 – 16:00 Session 3: Round Table: Practical Local Experience in Developing Innovation Projects
Moderator: Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Competition; Founder, General Director, UNOVA Media, www.unova.ru

• Investments into Innovation – Problems & Solutions:Evgeny Bokov, Director of Association of business-angels "Start invest", www.start-invest.ru;
• Innovation marketing: New Russian Reality: Tatiana Komissarova, Cand. Sc., Head of "Marketing Innovation" HSE, Moscow, http://marketing.hse.ru
• Brand Innovation Strategic Development: Sergey Mitrofanov, CEO Brandflight Moscow, www.brandflight.com;
• Development of Business Communities in Russia: Renat Garipov, Peter Tatischev, Greenfield Project, Moscow, www.greenfield-project.ru;
• History of one Russian IT – Start-up, Artezio company: Pavel Adylin, Executive Director, Artezio, Moscow, www.artezio.com. 

Questions & Answers

Evgeny Bokov

Tatiana Komissarova

Sergey Mitrofanov

Renat Garipov

Peter Tatischev

Pavel Adylin

16:00 – 16:30 CoffeeBreak

16:30 – 18:00 Session 4: Round Table: Investments into Technologies & Innovation – Barriers & Solutions
Moderator:Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod

• Business Angels Experience – from Silicon Valley to Present Times: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod,www.marchmontnews.com;
• How to Commercialize Transformational Technologies from Russia: Martti Vallila, Founder at Fuzzy Chip LLC., Founder at HeywusUSA, Managing Director at Buddha Biopharma OY Ltd., Owner at Virtual Pro Inc., President at Virtual Pro Inc.;
• Experience and Program of Development of the New Innovation Projects: Andrey Golovin, Founder, “Nachinay” movement, www.nachinai.com, Partner www.incubator.ru;
• Construction of the holding structure of high-tech companies to attract investment: Sergey Gerasimov, Partner, ALTHAUS Capital, www.althausgroup.ru; 

Kendrick White

Martti Vallila

Andrey Golovin

Sergey Gerasimov

Closing Remarks 

19.00 – 21.00 Networking, Closing Cocktail Reception

Registration:
- tel. in N.Novgorod: (831) 419 45 65 (ext.120)
- conference@marchmont.ru
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