Day One - May 26, 2010

 Applying Innovative Thinking to Improving Company Efficiency & Market Competitiveness

09:00 – 10:00 Registration, Welcoming Coffee

10:00 – 11:00 Opening Welcome & Program Introduction

•  Victor Gorchakov, Chairman, Primorsky Region Legislature;
• Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod www.marchmontnews.com;
• Oleg Utkin, Head of Government Relations, OJSC “Russian Venture Company”, Moscow, www.rusventure.ru;
• Evgeniya Mayorova, Head of the Department of Economics and Business Development, Administration of Vladivostok;
• Anvir Fatkulin, Rector, Far-Eastern National Technical University, Vladivostok, www.fentu.ru;
• Igor Korshenko, Executive Director; ANO “Scientific Research and Innovation Technical Cooperation of Russia and APEC”, Vladivostok, www.rapec.ru

Victor Gorchakov

Evgeniya Mayorova

Anvir Fatkulin

11:00 – 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;
• A Cluster Approach to Settingup Regional Innovation Systems:Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”, www.start-invest.ru;
• Innovation Ecosystem: Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Competition; Founder, General Director, UNOVA Media, www.unova.ru

 Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Eduard Fiyaksel

Evgeny Savin

12.00 – 12.30 Coffee Break / Press-briefing

12:30 – 13.30 Session 2: From Laggard to Leader – How the UK Transformed into an Innovation Economy

Moderator: Patrick Fullick, Founder & President, Science Connections, Moscow ~London, www.scienceconnections.ru; 

• Entrepreneurship in UK over the Course of History: Traditional English Vision;
• Traditional Education System: Ways to Transform the Culture, that could Satisfy 21st Century Needs;
• Stagnation in 1970th: Subsequent Development Route;
• Case Studies – Use of Innovations in Business: UK Outstanding Innovator;
• Rights and Wrongs in UK Policy;
• Price that UK paid for being and Innovation Country: Social Mistakes that Russia should avoid;
• Russian Science Advancement & Possibilities for Innovations Abroad: Forthcoming Exhibition “Celebration in Honor of Yury Gagarin” in London, 2011

Patrick Fullick

13:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch

14:30 – 16.00   Session 3:  Innovation as a Driver for Improving Company Value & Attractiveness

Moderator: Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”

• Russian Venture Company Initiatives: Oleg Utkin, Head of State Authorities’ Interaction Department, OJSC “Russian Venture Company”, Moscow, www.rusventure.ru;
• Innovation projects as a Tool of forming Synergetic Effects between Strategic Business Units in Group of Companies: Sergey Mitrofanov, Vice-President, Group of Companies, V-Lazer, Vladivostok, www.v-lazer.com;
• Venture Entrepreneur: Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”, www.start-invest.ru;
• Social aspects of going over to an Innovation economy. Competent Personnel as a competitive Advantage: Diana Krovlina, Member of Association of Personnel Search Consultants (APSC), http://apsc.ru; Representative in the Far East; Director of Vladivostok Branch Recruitment Agency “Uspeh”, www.uspeh-vl.ru

Questions & Answers

Oleg Utkin

Sergey Mitrofanov

Eduard Fiyaksel

Diana Krovlina

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee Break

16.30 – 18.00   Session 4: Alternative Investment Sources – Using Innovation to Attract Strategic Partners  

Moderator: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmontnews.com;  

• Maximizing Enterprise Value in Turbulent Times – Risk Management Strategies: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Modern Opportunities of MICEX (Innovation and Growing Companies Sector) in Attracting Investment Capital to Finance Enterprise Innovation: Andrey Turansky, Head of Customer Service Department, MICEX Far East, Vladivosotok, www.mmvbdv.ru;
• 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;
• Preparing Scenarios for Long-term Financial Plan – the Heart of your Business Plan: Konstantin Pigalov, Director of Consulting, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmont.ru;
• Innovations from the Banker’s Point of View: Andrey Andrusov, Partner, BRANAN, Moscow www.branan.ru;

 Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Andrey Turansky

Vitaly Lazorin

Konstantin Pigalov

Andrey Andrusov

 18.30 – 20.00 Cheese & Wine Reception

Day Two - May 27

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 on Primorye Territory – Elements for Success

Moderator: Igor Korshenko, Executive Director; ANO “Scientific Research and Innovation Technical Cooperation of Russia and APEC”, Vladivostok 

• Primorye Territory Innovation Potential: Victor Gorchakov, Chairman, Primorsky Region Legislature, Vladivostok, www.zspk.gov.ru;
• Government Support of Investing into Innovation on Primorye Territory: Leonid Preminger, Deputy, Primorsky Region Legislature, Vladivostok, www.zspk.gov.ru;
• Innovation in Agriculture Sector of Primorye Territory: Alexander Ermolaev, Deputy, Primorsky Region Legislature, Vladivostok, www.zspk.gov.ru;
• Presentation of the First Venture Partner of Seed Investment Fund OJSC “Russian Venture Company” in Vladivostok: Andrey Kosolapov, Director, ZAO “Tikhookeanskaya Management Company”, Vladivostok, www.pacifictrust.ru;
• Innovation Development Regional Infrastructure on Primorye Territory: Igor Korshenko, Executive Director; ANO “Scientific Research and Innovation Technical Cooperation of Russia and APEC”, Vladivostok, www.rapec.ru;

Victor Gorchakov

Leonid Preminger

Alexander Ermolaev

Andrey Kosolapov

Igor Korshenko

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30   Session 2: Round Table: Practical Local Experience in Developing Innovation Projects. Case Studies – Modernization through Innovations

Moderator: Andrey Kosolapov, Director, ZAO “Tikhookeanskaya Management Company”, Vladivostok, www.pacifictrust.ru 

Opening Remarks 

• Case study 1: Konstantin Volodin, Director, ООО «Innovative Diesel Technology», Vladivostok, www.sumotori.ru;
• Case study 2: Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”, www.start-invest.ru
• Innovation Projects Commercialization: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com
• Presentation of the best BIT Projects in Vladivostok: Vladimir Davidov, Far East Regional BIT Contest Organizer, Vladivostok, www.konkursbit.ru

 Conclusions & Remarks

 Questions & Answers

Konstantin Volodin

Eduard Fiyaksel

Kendrick White

Vladimir Davidov

13:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch

14:30 – 15:30 Session 3: Investments into Technologies & Innovation – Barriers & Solutions Business Angels Club in Russia – Practical Experience

Moderator: Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”,  www.start-invest.ru

• Business Angels Experience – from Silicon Valley to present times: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod,www.marchmontnews.com
• Taxes, Taxation and Tax Incentives to Invest into Innovation;
• Regional innovation Clusters – Key Role of Higher Educational Establishments; Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”, www.start-invest.ru
• New Business Angels Club Development in Russia – Practical Experience: Eduard Fiyaksel, PhD in Economics, Nizhny Novgorod Branch of the State University – Higher School of Economics, Head of Venture Management and Marketing Departments, President, PFO Business Angel Association “Start-Invest”, www.start-invest.ru

 Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Eduard Fiyaksel

 15:30 – 17:30 Session 4: Open Meeting of Far East Business Angels Network “Laboratory of Investments”

Moderator: Andrey Kosolapov, Director, ZAO “Tikhookeanskaya Management Company”, Vladivostok, www.pacifictrust.ru

15:30 – 16:00 Network Work & Targets for 2010;

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:30 Innovation Projects Presentations

 16:30 – 16:50 «Sea Probiotic Carbo-Hydrate Biopolymer” Maxim Khotimchenko, Scientific production association “Vostockfarm”, Institute of Sea Biology, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Maxim Khotimchenko

16:50 – 17:10 «Methane of Primorye Territory» Renat Shakirov, V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far-East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, www.poi.dvo.ru

Renat Shakirov

17:10 – 17:30 Agricultural Biotechnological Complex “Zelenie Listya”, «Zelenie Listya”

Exchange of views

Closing Remarks

18.00 – 22.00 Networking, Closing Cocktail Reception for all Guests and Participants Restaurant “Cruise”,  Lazurnaya str., # 19

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

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