Official Venue: Hilton Garden Inn Perm (45 B Mira street, Perm, Russia)
(http://hi-perm.ru/indexeng.html)

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October 19, 2011
DAY ONE
INVESTING IN INNOVATION TO ACHIEVE MARKET LEADERSHIP

09.30 – 10.00 Registration, Morning Coffee

10.00 – 12.00 Opening Plenary Session: Government Support of Innovation Development
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:

• Government Support of Innovation Development
• Innovation Policy in the RF: Ways of Innovation Stimulation, Tax Policy Instruments, Normative-Legal Regulations
• Russian Venture Company Initiatives in a sphere of Innovation-Venture Ecosystem
• University of Technology as a Central Element of “Skolkovo” Ecosystem
• Public-Private Partnerships programs. The U.S.A. Experience in Innovation Cluster Development

Invited VIP-experts:

• Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Andrey Konstantinovich Muschinkin, Deputy Minister, Head of Science and Innovation Department, Ministery of Industry, Innovation and Science of the Perm Region, http://minprom.permkrai.ru;
• Vladimir Nikolaevich Korotaev, Prorector on Science and Innovation, State National Research Polytechnical Univercity of Perm, http://pstu.ru;
• Andrey Mikhailovich Emel'yanov, Dean of Economics Department, State University HSE, Perm Branch, www.hse.perm.ru;
• Aleksander Garol'dovich Redekop, CEO, OJSC International Exchange of Innovation Commercialization, Perm, http://ieci.ru

Kendrick White

Andrey Muschinkin

Vladimir Korotaev

Andrey Emelyanov

Aleksander Redekop

12.00 – 12.45 Networking Coffee and Tea / Press-conference

12.45 – 14.45 Session 2: Attraction of Investments for Technological Projects: Finance Sources, Funding Methodologies
Moderator: Mikhail Treyvish, President, OmniGrade, (Moscow, Vienne), CEO, National Factoring Company, Moscow, Director, International Factors Group (Brussels), www.omnigrade.com

Topics for discussion:

• Finance Sources for Innovation Projects Overview
• Problems concerned with the Investments into Small Innovation Companies – Practical Experience
• Investment Success Stories
• Private Equity Investment Funds as a Source of Finance
• IPO of companies with a small, middle and large capitalization. Key questions on the way to listing
  

Invited experts:

• Yuri Kuzmin, Head of Regional Programes Department, CJSC MC "Sberinvest", Moscow, www.sberinvest.ru;
• Mikhail Treyvish, President, OmniGrade, (Moscow, Vienne), CEO, National Factoring Company, Moscow, Director, International Factors Group (Brussels), www.omnigrade.com;
• Andrey Klimenko, General Director, Pirate Pay, Perm;
• Andrey Khusid, General Director of I&I Group, Head of business-Incubator HSE Perm, CEO of Perm Regional Branch “Delovaya Rossiya”, Perm, www.deloros-perm.ru;
• Artem Razumkov, Director, OOO «Satellit Innovatsiya», Perm, www.s-inno.ru

Yury Kuzmin

Mikhail Treyvish

Andrew Klimenko

Andrey Khusid

Artem Razumkov

14.45 – 15.30 Networking Lunch  

15.30 - 18.00 Session 3: R&D practices in Corporations
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:

• Large-Scale Enterprise Modernization – using R&D Innovation to raise Company Valuation and attract Investment Capital
• The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report
• Management Training Features for realization of Innovation Corporate Development Program
• Corporate support of the University R&D Laboratories
• Why is the Russian scientific and technical Potential is interesting in the world?
• Innovation and branding: How to sell technologies
• The Role of Business-Angels in linking Innovators and Corporate R&D Scientists
• Transnational corporations and Russian Companies Collaboration in a sphere of R&D

Invited experts:

• Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Andrey Vinnitsky, Partner Account Manager, Microsoft Russia, Perm, www.microsoft.com;
• Aleksandr Poleschuk, Director on Innovation Activity, Group of Companies "IVS", Perm, http://itinvestment.ru
• Andrey Klimenko, General Director, Pirate Pay, Perm

Kendrick White

Andrew Vinnitsky

Aleksandr Poleschuk

Andrew Klimenko

 October 20, 2011
DAY TWO
COMMERCIALIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURAL INNOVATION

09.30 – 10.00 Registration, Morning Coffee

10.00 – 12.00 Workshop: Commercialization of Entrepreneurial Innovation. Market Driven Science
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:

• The role of the Modern Universities. Success stories in commercialization of innovation projects from regional Universities
• High-tech Companies’ and Universities’ Cooperation in the area of Creating Innovative Production
• Commercialization of entrepreneurial innovation. Bridging the gap between innovator and managers
• Effective methods of Students Entrepreneurship
• Experience in search and commercialization of innovation projects
• Proof of Concept Centers Operations. How can they work in Russia?
• Entrepreneurship Centers on a base of High Schools as a bridge between Science and Business Community
• Ways of effective collaboration between regional leaders in innovation activity and federal investors

Invited experts:

• Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Andrey Khusid, General Director of I&I Group, Head of business-Incubator HSE Perm, CEO of Perm Regional Branch “Delovaya Rossiya”, Perm, www.deloros-perm.ru;
• Prof. Simon Litsyn, Head, Department of Electrical Engineering Systems, Tel Aviv University; Chief Scientist, SanDisk, Tel Aviv, Izrael, Expert in communication and storage technologies, www.tau.ac.il;
• Gennady Aleksandrovich Gershanok, State National Research Polytechnical Univercity of Perm, http://pstu.ru;
• Rinat Al'bertovich Shamsiev, Director, Perm City Business-Incubator, http://incubatorperm.wordpress.com

Kendrick White

Andrey Khusid

Semen Litsyn

Gennady Gershanok

Rinat Shamsiev

12.00 – 12.45 Networking Coffee and Tea

12.45 – 14.45 Workshop: Best Practices in Innovation Cluster Development
Moderator: Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

Topics for discussion:  

• Best Practices in Innovation Cluster Development
• Russian Venture Company Infrastructure Investment Fund (RVC InfraFund)
• Yaroslavl Roadmap 10-15-20: 10 years on way, 15 steps, 20 cautions
• Regional Innovation Systems Development
• Best Practices in Regional Venture Fund Cooperation
• Technopark as an Infrastructure Complex for Innovation Development
• IP Protection: Global Best Practices Applied in Russia. Ways of IP protection. Patent protection strategies
• Innovation Projects Expertise
• Regional financial support programs of innovators and small innovation companies
• Innovators Support Programs
• Successful Practical Experience in Innovation

Invited speakers and experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Ilya Anatolyevich Balashov, Head of Perm Venture Fund, www.permventure.ru;
3. Konstantin Valeryevich Shubnikov, CEO, Group of Companies “Promoil”, www.promoil.com, General Director “Ingenium”, Perm;
4. Sergey Vyacheslavovich Tolchin, Head of Industrial Department, the Ministry of Industry, Innovation and Sciene of Perm Region, www.minpromperm.ru;
5. Aleksandr Tyurin, Development Director “Technopark Promsvyaz”, Perm, http://technopark-perm.ru

Kendrick White

Ilya Balashov

Konstantin Shubnikov

Sergey Tolchin

Aleksandr Tyurin

14.30 – 15.30 Networking Lunch

15.30 – 17.00 Workshop: Innovation Projects Presentations

Moderator:  Andrey Khusid, General Director of I&I Group, Head of business-Incubator HSE Perm, CEO of Perm Regional Branch “Delovaya Rossiya”, Perm, www.deloros-perm.ru

Invited experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Ilya Anatolyevich Balashov, Head of Perm Venture Fund, www.permventure.ru;
3. Andrey Klimenko, General Director, Pirate Pay, Perm

Andrey Khusid

Kendrick White

Ilya Balashov

Andrew Klimenko

Closing remarks

17.00 – 20.00 Closing Reception for all Participants