Place: Conference-hall of Technopark "Idea" (50, Peterburgskaya Str.)

«Suleiman Palace Hotel»

Location of the Venue and Hotel

About Kazan.

Day One – September 22, 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

• Ravil Muratov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, http://prav.tatar.ru;
• Albert Karimov, Chief Executive Officer, Technopolis “Himgrad”, Kazan, www.himgrad.ru;
• Oleg Ibragimov, Director of Innovation, Deputy Chairman, Innovative Industrial Technopark Idea, Kazan, www.tpidea.ru;
• Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Roman Tsykun, A Member of Tatarstan Regional Branch “Delovaya Rossiya”, Director “Arctic, Kazan;
• Ondrej Susoliak, Chief Advisor, Desk Russian Federation, UBS AG, Zurich, www.ubs.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.marchmont.ru

• 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;
• Tax Incentives to Invest into Innovation. International Experience: Vasily Golovanov, Tax Manager, PwC, Moscow www.pwc.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.awara-accounting.com;
• Management Training Features for realization of Innovation Corporate Development Program: Vladimir Zinov, Doctor of Sc., Economics, Professor, Innovation-Technological Business Department, The Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Eric Hansen

Vasily Golovanov

Oleg Elshin

Jon Hellevig

Vladimir Zinov

12.00 – 12.30 Coffee-break / Press-briefing

12:30 – 14.00 Session 2: The Role of Innovation in Industrial Modernization
Moderator: Vitaly Lazorin, CEO, Novstream Constructive Solutions, www.novstream.ru; Expert, Russian PwC Technology & Innovation Center, Moscow, www.pwc.com

• IP protection: Daniel Klein, Partner, Hellevig, Klein & Usov and Avenir Group Company, www.awara-accounting.com, www.hkupartners.com;
• Technological Forecast of Technologies & Innovations Center PwC: Vitaly Lazorin, CEO, Novstream Constructive Solutions, www.novstream.ru; Expert, Russian PwC Technology & Innovation Center, Moscow, www.pwc.com;
• Innovation Infrastructure Development in Nano Industry Applications: Anatoly Zaikin, Senior Expert, Infrastructure Programs, the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO), Moscow, www.rusnano.com;
• Innovation Ecosystem: Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Contest; Founder, UNOVA Media, Moscow, www.unova.ru

Questions & Answers

Daniel Klein

Vitaly Lazorin

Anatoly Zaikin

Evgeny Savin

14:00 – 15:00 Networking Lunch (“Shafran” Restaurant, Suleiman Palace Hotel, Kazan, Peterburgskaya str., # 55). Lunch will be paid by participants

15:00 – 16.30 Session 3: Innovation as a Driver for Improving Company Value & Attractiveness
Moderator: Tatiana Komissarova, Cand. Sc., Head of "Marketing Innovation" HSE, Moscow

• Maximizing Enterprise Value by Investing into Production Modernization: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod www.marchmontnews.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;
• Innovation Marketing: New Russian Realty: Tatiana Komissarova, Cand. Sc., Head of "Marketing Innovation" HSE, Moscow, www.hse.ru/lingua/en;
• Innovation Managers on the Labour Market: Nadezhda Borisova, Director, Kazan Branch HeadHunter, http://kazan.hh.ru;
• Innovative Firms require real-time and correct financial Information: Alexander Ermakov, Director, IT Decisions Implementation, Avenir Group of Companies, Saint-Petersburg, www.awara-accounting.com

Questions & Answers

Kendrick White

Mikhail Treyvish

Tatiana Komissarova

Nadezhda Borisova

Alexander Ermakov

16.30 – 16.45 Coffee-break

16.45 – 18.00 Session 4: Alternative Investment Sources – Using Innovation to Attract Strategic Partners
Moderator: Vitaly Lazorin, CEO, Novstream Constructive Solutions, www.novstream.ru; Expert, Russian PwC Technology & Innovation Center, Moscow

• Innovation Projects Financing on Early Development Stages: Vitaly Lazorin, CEO, Novstream Constructive Solutions, www.novstream.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/en;
• Private Equity Investment Funds as a Source of Finance: Daniel Radchenko, Head of Regional Projects, Russia Partners, Moscow, www.russiapartners.com;
• IPO of companies with a small and middle capitalization. Key questions on the way to listing: Mikhail Subbotin, Director, Assurance CMG , PricewaterhouseCoopers, Moscow, www.pwc.com

Questions & Answers

Vitaly Lazorin

Alexey Eliseev

Daniel Radchenko

Mikhail Subbotin

18.00 – 19.30 Networking Reception (Technopark “Idea”)

Day Two – September 23th, 2010
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 Republic of Tatarstan – Elements for Success
Moderator: Oleg Ibragimov, Director of Innovation, Deputy Chairman, Innovative Industrial Technopark Idea, Kazan, www.tpidea.ru

• Technopark “Idea” - Infrastructure Complex for Innovation Development: Oleg Ibragimov, Director of Innovation, Deputy Chairman, Innovative Industrial Technopark Idea, Kazan, www.tpidea.ru;
• Technopolis “Himgrad” – Site for Business in the Field of Chemistry and Polymers Conversion: Albert Karimov, Chief Executive Officer, Technopolis “Himgrad” – General Director MC “Idea Capital”, Kazan, www.himgrad.ru;
• Government Support of Innovation Business in 2010 in the Republic of Tatarstan: Renat Dusaev, Director Broker-Finance, www.brokerf.ru;
• Andrey Artushin, Head of Entrepreneurship Development Department, Ministery of Economic Development of Kaluga Region;
• Anatoly Bogomolov, Executive Director, Fund of support of venture investments development in Kaluga Region
• Investment Potential of the Southeast Republic of Tatarstan: Mnziya Zagidullina, General Director, Science-Innovation Company “New Technologies”, Almetyevsk
  

Questions & Answers

Oleg Ibragimov

Albert Karimov

Renat Dusaev

Andrey Artushin

Anatoly Bogomolov

Mnziya Zagidullina

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 13:30 Session 2: Round Table: Case Studies – Modernization through Innovations
Moderator: Aleksey Ivchenko, Area Manager, Russia and CIS, Moscow Representative Office, Merloni Progetti S.p.A., Moscow, www.merloniprogetti.ru

Opening Remarks

• Case study 1: Aleksey Ivchenko, Area Manager, Russia and CIS, Moscow Representative Office, Merloni Progetti S.p.A., Moscow, www.merloniprogetti.ru;
• Case Study 2: Anastasia Gavryushkina, Deputy Director of Strategic Development, CJSC Optogan, Saint-Petersburg, www.optogan.ru;
• Case study 3: Mikhail Denisov, Marketing and Promotion Specialist, Doroga.tv, www.doroga.tv, Founder of Alloka, http://alloka.ru, Nizhny Novgorod;
• Case study 4: Igor Zilberg, General Director, Smarthead, Kazan, www.smarthead.ru
  

Questions & Answers

Aleksey Ivchenko

Anastasia Gavryushkina

Mikhail Denisov

Igor Zilberg

13:30 – 14:30 Networking Lunch (“Shafran” Restaurant, Suleiman Palace Hotel, Kazan, Peterburgskaya str., # 55). Lunch will be paid by participants

14:30 – 16:30 Session 3: Round Table: Practical Local Experience in Developing Innovation Projects
Moderator: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmontnews.com

• How to Commercialize Transformational Technologies from Russia: Valilla Martti, Founder Fuzzy Chip LLC., HeywusUSA, Buddha Biopharma OY Ltd., Finland;
• Effective methods of Students Entrepreneurship Incentives: Maria Adamian, Director of the Students' Business Incubator at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, www.hse-inc.ru;
• BIT Best Projects Presentation (Nizhny Novgorod, Tomsk): Evgeny Savin, Organizer: iCamp & BIT Competition; Founder, UNOVA Media, Moscow, www.unova.ru;
• Business Angels Experience – from Silicon Valley to Present Times. New Business Angels Club Development in Russia – Practical Experience: Kendrick White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, Nizhny Novgorod, www.marchmontnews.com
  

Questions & Answers

Vallila Martti

Maria Adamian

Evgeny Savin

Kendrick White

Closing Remarks 

17.00 – 19.00 Networking, Closing Cocktail Reception (2nd Floor Foyer, Suleiman Palace Hotel, Kazan, Peterburgskaya str., # 55)

Registration fee: 5000 rubles incl. VAT
Corporate Discount: 5-10% for two and more participants from the same company

Registration:
- Tel.: +7 831 419 45 65
- Fax: +7 831 419 50 11
- e-mail: conference@marchmont.ru
- HERE