Venture 2011: choose who you want!
Where to go in 2011?
Elena Timokhina, UNOVA.RUThe year 2011 will delight the participants of the venture market and all those interested in a large number of interesting surprises.
In total, more than fifty events will be held this year, including industry conferences, venture forums, foreign exhibitions and educational seminars. The readers are offered a selection of the largest events of the venture market in 2011.
Deep Dive Program in Silicon Valley
(March 11-13, 2011 – Moscow; March 17-27 – Palo Alto, California, USA)
Participants: Asa Dotzler, Mozilla Corp., Phil Libin, Evernote, Betty Kayton, DropBox.com , Steve Blank, author of the book "Four Steps to the Epiphany" and other leading foreign and Russian venture experts.
Surprises from the organizers: this year, the program will organize meetings with successful entrepreneurs and experts of international innovative business, guest visits to technology companies operating in the international market, visits to thematic events and networking.
Last year, world-renowned experts spoke at the conference, including Betty Kayton (CFO, DropBox), Alexey Kostarev (CEO, i-Jet), Phil Libin (CEO, Evernote), Ilya Strebulaev (Stanford Graduate School of Business), Esther Dyson, Peter Lukyanov (Almaz Capital) and others .
III Interra International Youth Innovation Forum
(September 2011, Novosibirsk)
Participants: top experts in the field of innovative economics, business, management, as well as cultural and scientific figures.
Surprises from the organizers: "Compared to previous years, not only the theme of the event will change, but also the format of its holding," says Anna Dinelt, Interra spokeswoman, "the last forum was a "reactor event", in 2011, most likely, it will be a "forum-campus"." Of particular interest to the organizers is the creation of favorable conditions for the investment attractiveness of the regions.
Last year, the event gathered more than 2 thousand participants and experts from 35 countries. Within three days, from September 23 to September 25, 2010, 200 events took place at the largest venues in Novosibirsk and Akademgorodok.
"iCamp 2011 Non-conference" dedicated to the world of venture and innovation
(July 2011, Moscow region)
Participants: Russian and international experts in the field of IT and venture capital, top managers of leading foreign companies.
Surprises from the organizers: This year iCamp will become international. All participants will be divided into three streams, each of which has its own educational program. Presumably, these streams will be: "startups", "early growth companies" and "established businesses".
Last year, the boarding house of the Moscow region "Solnechnaya Polyana" gathered more than 800 participants and almost two dozen speakers from all over Russia.
Business Forum Yees!-2011
(May 17-18, Moscow; June 10 – Las Vegas)
Participants: entrepreneurs, startups, investors, politicians, public figures and cultural figures.
Surprises from the organizers: "As for innovations," comments Vyacheslav Burov, a member of the organizing committee, "this year there will most likely be an interactive using augmented reality at the event (most likely at a buffet or reception)."
Last year, more than 500 people took part in the forum. The most significant speakers were Esther Dyson, Ilya Oskolkov-Tsentsiper (creator of "Afisha"), Oleg Tinkov, Alexey Basov (Runner) and others.
Software People Conference 2011
(April 7-8, 2011, Holiday Inn, Moscow)
Participants: Jeff De Luca, Lasse Koskela, Neil Maiden, as well as well-known Russian experts in the field of software development, etc.
Surprises from the organizers: "In the upcoming conference, we will touch upon topics related to new trends in software development, as well as discuss new ways of developing those technologies that were discussed at previous conferences," the organizing committee of Software People 2011 reports.
Last year, 36 speakers from 7 countries spoke at the conference.
National Congress of Business Angels of Russia
(April 2011, Academy of National Economy, Moscow)
Participants: the largest experts in the field of venture capital market, business angels. Specially invited experts will be Anatoly Chubais (Russian Nanotechnology Corporation), Igor Agamirzyan (RVC), Andrey Fursenko, Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, as well as representatives of the RAVI and the Skolkovo Foundation.
Surprises of the organizers: "We plan to dedicate several events this year to those who are going to create angel networks," says Konstantin Fokin, president of the Russian Association of Business Angels, "we want invited Western angels to share their experience with Russian colleagues." It is also planned to hold a special block dedicated to nanotechnology during the congress. The number of participants of the II National Congress of Business Angels exceeded 200 people.
Shift "Innovation and technical creativity-2011" at Seliger
(July 2011, Seliger, Tver region)
Participants: Igor Agamirzyan, Ivan Bortnik (Foundation for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere), Alexander Galitsky (Almaz Capital Partners), Nikolay Pryanishnikov (Microsoft Russia), Sergey Belousov (Parallels), Alexander Kashirin (Commonwealth of Business Angels of Russia), etc.
Surprises of the organizers: this year, participants will be able to visit various educational blocks in 5 thematic areas:
1) Project development: everything from preparing a business plan to financial management and conducting effective negotiations;
2) Intellectual property protection;
3) Attracting investments, grandees, innovation development institutes in Russia;
4) Commercialization of innovative projects;
5) Lectures on five priority areas of modernization of the Russian economy.
Last year, 30 shift participants received 1 million rubles each from the Fund for Assistance to the Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Scientific and Technical Sphere, two projects with a total funding of 179 million rubles received investments from JSC Technopark Sistema - Sarov. Another 50 projects were selected for examination with the intention to invest in them.
Russian Venture Fair
(November 23-24, 2011, Saint Petersburg)
Participants: more than 200 investors, private equity fund managers, venture capitalists, investment bankers, lawyers and consultants.
Surprises from the organizers: a special feature of the venture fair is the exposition of small and medium–sized companies in the high-tech sector of the economy. "This year, 40 innovative companies interested in raising capital for the development of their business will present their business at the stands," says Elena Antonova from the RAVI information service. This year, with the participation of leading teachers of Babson College, it is planned to hold a Lecture for innovative entrepreneurs.
Last year, 13% of participating companies raised capital to develop their business. According to Elena Antonova, these figures are much higher than the same indicator of foreign events.
IV International Forum on Nanotechnology "Rosnanotech"
(end of October 2011, Expocentre Fairgrounds Moscow)
Participants: scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, financiers, representatives of federal and regional authorities.
Surprises from the organizers: "The work plan of the scientific and technological part of the forum is being discussed now. We are talking about four areas: electronics and photonics, chemistry and materials science, living systems and green nano," says Sergey Filippov (Rusnano), "each area will be divided into several congress sections."
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