Dear Companies, 

We are pleased to invite you to attend a meeting with representatives of Finnish companies and development organizations, held at Technopark “Skolkovo”, Moscow, on April 11, 2013.

The meeting will feature a seminar as well as an opportunity for individual negotiations with the Finnish companies and organizations you might be interested in and that could become potential partners for your business.

The program:

9.30 Registration and morning coffee

10.00 Innovation ecosystem in Russia – opportunities for companies (M.Kiselev, development director, Technopark “Skolkovo”)

10.30 Investment climate in Russia and the role of “Skolkovo” (E.Kanalosh, director of investment department, “Skolkovo” Foundation)

10.50 Review of “Skolkovo”-Finland partnership and opportunities for foreign companies at “Skolkovo” (A.Nikina, head of development, partnerships, Technopark “Skolkovo”)

11.10 Case: “Tenzosensor”, a company of “Skolkovo” – our way of international activities’ development in Finland (A.Bersenev, development director, “Tenzosensor”)

11.30 Business development in Finland through “Skolkovo” partnerships in Salo (T.Kalintiv, Sarus, and K.Ylieskola, Yrityssalo)

11.40 Funding possibilities for Russian-Finnish innovation projects (P.Noronen, business advisor, Tekes, Finish fund for financing innovations and technologies)

12.00 Coffee break

12.15-14.00 B2B-meetings, individual negotiations (for more information, please see the attached registration form)

Time: 11 April, Thursday.

Registration: from 9.30 a.m. The event starts at 10.00 a.m. Business meetings (prior registration is required) start from 12.15 p.m.

Venue: Moscow Region, Odintsovsky district, Skolkovo village, 100 Novaya str., Business Center “Ural”.

The event will be held in English, without translation. If needed, you may bring your own interpreter.

Participation in the meeting is free of charge. Pre-registration is required to facilitate access to the territory of Technopark “Skolkovo”. Registration is open until noon April 5. Please forward your completed registration form (see enclosed) to opskolkovo@dlcom.ru

For additional information, please call 8 495 967 01 48.