From science to business
dear colleagues!
We invite you to take part in the Second International Forum "FROM SCIENCE TO BUSINESS" "Business in the development of innovation and infrastructure", which will be held in St. Petersburg on May 14-16, 2008.
The Forum is an open dialogue between government agencies, business and science on the problems and prospects for the development of innovative organizations. The Forum is a meeting place for the "innovative East" and the "innovative West". We believe that the time has come to unite and constructively discuss and understand the mechanisms on which the innovative development of the state is based. To understand what world trends of the XXI century dictated the innovative development of civilization. The general leitmotif of the Second Forum will be a discussion of how the transition of commercial organizations to an innovative path of development is carried out.
The purpose of the Second Forum is to discuss the state, problems and trends of the participation of large, medium and small businesses in the formation of an innovative economy in close cooperation with the scientific and educational community and government authorities, overcoming unjustified disunity between them.
The program of the Second Forum is aimed at discussing a set of issues covering all key areas of activity of large, medium and small businesses aimed at promoting the innovative development of their countries. Administrative, organizational and legislative aspects of the development of cooperation between science and business will be considered.
Much attention is planned to be paid to the inclusion of small and medium-sized innovative entrepreneurship in new, promising forms of interaction between business and the state, such as public-private partnerships, territorial industrial clusters, special economic zones. Special emphasis will be placed on the discussion of the problems of personnel formation for the development of innovative activities. The successful experience of cooperation of various industrial companies with research institutes and universities from Russia and leading world countries on the introduction of innovative high-tech ideas will be presented.
Key reports of the world's leading experts in the field of innovation process implementation from America, Europe and Asia, as well as heads of major Russian technology companies, representatives of Russian ministries and departments, regional authorities responsible for the development and implementation of projects in Russia will allow participants to compare the world and Russian experience. The businesslike, creative atmosphere of the round tables will give you the opportunity to get information about innovative projects carried out in Russia, learn the mechanisms and conditions of cooperation between the state and business, personally get acquainted with the heads of state programs and projects. The virtual exhibition of projects will allow investors and potential users of innovative infrastructure to find partners in specific projects.
We hope that our Forum will become an important milestone in the development of mutually beneficial partnership between business, science and authorities in the formation of an innovative economy.
We are waiting for you in St. Petersburg!
Organizing Committee
The Forum will discuss the following main topics:• participation of large businesses in supporting regional and national innovation systems;
• participation of large, medium and small businesses in the development of innovation and infrastructure;
• international and national programs to support medium and small knowledge-intensive businesses;
• implementation of cooperation programs of large corporations with universities and higher education institutions;
• approaches and mechanisms of mutually beneficial cooperation between business and government, universities and science in the field of infrastructure creation and innovation development;
• financial mechanisms of business participation in the development of innovations, primarily public-private partnership;
• experience in organizing innovation activities of large businesses through working with small and medium-sized businesses;
• promotion of products of innovation-oriented commercial enterprises to the sales markets;
• legal issues of technology transfer from science to business;
• participation of business in the training of personnel for the innovation sector;
The Forum format includes:• Plenary sessions
• Round tables
• Presentations of the experience of large and medium-sized businesses in the development of innovations
Representatives are expected to participate in the Forum:• public authorities;
• large corporations, medium and small businesses;
• scientific and educational organizations and institutions;
• development and consulting companies with experience of participation and interested in creating innovative enterprises;
• investors with work experience and interested in innovative projects;
• companies and organizations that are the infrastructure for innovation
All Forum participants have the opportunity to post information about their organization/company on the Forum website.
Russian Russian and English are the official languages of the Forum, the materials must be submitted in English and Russian. Technical requirements for abstracts are set out on the website.
Registration of participants is carried out on-line on the Forum website
Registration fees for participants are 6,500 rubles (payment before March 15, 2008) and 7,500 rubles (payment after March 15, 2008).
Accompanying persons 2500 rubles (payment before March 15, 2008) and 3000 rubles (after March 15).
Important dates:Acceptance of abstracts until March 15, the end of early registration on March 15.
Contact information:The official website of the Forum http://www.fs2b.ru
E-mail: info@fs2b.ru
Tel: (812) 335-20-55, fax (812) 335 2039
Contact person – Secretary of the Program Committee Tatiana Ryshkevich
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