09.30 – 10.00 Registration, Morning Coffee

10.00 – 12.00 Opening Plenary Session: Government Support of Innovation Development
Moderator: Stepan Vladimirovich Khachin, Director, The Institute of Engineering Enterprise TSU, Tomsk, www.tpu.ru

Topics for discussion:

1. Mechanisms of innovation activity support in Tomsk region
2. Proof of Concept Centers Operations. How can they work in Russia?
3. Proposals of Educational-Science-Innovation Complex of Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR) for economic innovation development in Russia
4. Innovation activity of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

Invited VIP-experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Aleksey Pushkarenko, Chairman of the Committee for Science and Innovation Policy in Tomsk Regional Administration, Tomsk;
3. Alexander Favstovich Uvarov, Prorector for innovation development and international relations, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics (TUSUR), Tomsk, www.tusur.ru;
4. Viktor Alekseevich Vlasov, Prorector for innovation and science, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, www.tpu.ru

12.00 – 12.45 Networking Coffee and Tea

12.45 – 14.45 Session 2: Stimulating the domestic market for innovation

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

Topics for discussion:

1. Large-Scale Enterprise Modernization – using R&D Innovation to raise Company Valuation and attract Investment Capital
2. How can a small company stimulate the innovation market?
3. Innovation and branding: How to sell technologies
4. How to increase economy modernization of Russia through R&D of Russian companies

Invited experts:

• Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
• Denis Andreyuk, Head of Marketing Dept., NT-MDT Co. - INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY, Moscow, www.ntmdt.ru;
• Anatoly Nikolaevich Maltsev, Director, "Electrodynamic systems and technologies" (ECT), Tomsk, http://edynamicst.com;
• Sergey Mitrofanov, CEO Brandflight Moscow, www.brandflight.com;

14.45 – 15.30 Networking Lunch  

 15.30 - 18.00 Session 3: Attraction of Investments for Technological Projects: Finance Sources, Funding Methodologies

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

Topics for discussion:

1. Finance Sources for Innovation Projects Overview
2. Problems concerned with the Investments into Small Innovation Companies – Practical Experience
3. Investment Success Stories
4. Private Equity Investment Funds as a Source of Finance

Invited experts:

1. Andrey Andrusov, Partner, BRANAN, Moscow, www.branan.ru;
2. Sergey Melchenko, General Director, CJSC MC Tomsk Venture Investment Center, http://trvf.ru/en/1;
3. Vitaly Vinogradov, Partner, i-Accelerator, Moscow, www.i-accelerator.ru;
4. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com

09.30 – 10.00 Registration, Morning Coffee

10.00 – 12.00 Workshop: Commercialization of Entrepreneurial Innovation. Market Driven Science
Moderator: Stepan Vladimirovich Khachin, Director, The Institute of Engineering Enterprise TSU, Tomsk, www.tpu.ru

Topics for discussion:

1. The role of the Modern Universities. Success stories in commercialization of innovation projects from regional Universities
2. High-tech Companies’ and Universities’ Cooperation in the area of Creating Innovative Production 
3. Commercialization of entrepreneurial innovation. Bridging the gap between innovator and managers
4. Experience in search and commercialization of innovation projects
5. Ways of effective collaboration between regional leaders in innovation activity and federal investors 

Invited experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Stepan Vladimirovich Khachin, Director, The Institute of Engineering Enterprise TSU, Tomsk, www.tpu.ru;
3. Grigory Efimovich Dunaevsky, Prorector for research, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, www.tsu.ru;
4. Sergey Melchenko, General Director, CJSC MC Tomsk Venture Investment Center, http://trvf.ru/en/1;
5. Nikolay Aleksandrovich Badulin, General Director, OJSC Innovation Management Company “FiBr”, president, Non-profit Partnership “Business Angels of Siberia”, Tomsk, www.fibr.ru

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:  

1. Yaroslavl Roadmap 10-15-20: 10 years on way, 15 steps, 20 cautions
2. Women Entrepreneurship Support
3. BIT Competition in Siberia
4. System of innovation entrepreneurship support of the Tomsk region

Invited speakers and experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Vitaly Vinogradov, Partner, i-Accelerator, Moscow, www.i-accelerator.ru;
3. Alena Popova, Ideologiest, Startup Afisha, Moscow, http://startupafisha.ru;
4. Nikolay Aleksandrovich Badulin, General Director, OJSC Innovation Management Company “FiBr”, president, Non-profit Partnership “Business Angels of Siberia”, Tomsk, www.fibr.ru;
5. Larisa Borisovna Botaeva, Consultant, Innovation and investment policy Committee, Administration of the Tomsk region, http://tomsk.gov.ru

14.30 – 15.30 Networking Lunch

15.30 – 17.00 Workshop: Innovation Projects Presentations

Moderator: Stepan Vladimirovich Khachin, Director, The Institute of Engineering Enterprise TSU, Tomsk, www.tpu.ru

Invited experts:

1. Kendrick Davis White, Founder & Managing Principal, MARCHMONT Capital Partners, www.marchmontnews.com;
2. Aleksey Viktorovich Zolotenkov, Head of the venture investment department, Technological Incubator of the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, www.itechinvest.ru;
3. Dmitry Sergeevich Moskalenko, General Director, “Technotrade Siberia” LLC;
4. Aleksey Pushkarenko, Chairman of the Committee for Science and Innovation Policy in Tomsk Regional Administration, Tomsk;
5. Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozyrev, Head of innovation and production activity department, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, www.tsu.ru

 Closing remarks

17.30 – 19.00 Closing Reception for all Participants