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CONGRESS PETERSBURG TECHNICAL FAIR

St. Petersburg Industrial Congress

St. Petersburg Industrial Congress is one of the respectful discussion platforms in Russia for annual get-together of business, authority and science.

Started as an accompanying business program of St. Petersburg Technical Fair in 2005, ÉÎ 2009 it turned into a professional gathering of high-ranked experts and entrepreneurs.

This year the Congress not only covers the burning issues of industry development, innovations and high technologies, but also its prospects in a newly opened decade.

If you are interested in contributing to the program 2012 with report, corporate presentation or delegation please let us know through industrial@restec.ru by sending an inquiry on topic you are interested in.



Event program - 2011
Partner country 2011 – Finland

As of 11.03.2011

I day, 15 March 2011

9 - 10 am

Registration of participants

10 am - 6 pm

Work of specialised exhibitions, regional exposition, matchmaking centre, business consulting centre and presentation area

10 am - 1 pm

Hall 7.2

Assembly of top technologies: Advanced technologies of sheet metal working. Sheet metal for the automotive industry

Event of St. Petersburg Industrial Congress

Moderator: Vladimir Evseev, PhD in Engineering, President, St. Petersburg Foundrymen Union

Issues to be discussed:

ž         Possibilities of modern laboratories for research of sheet metal manufacture technologies

N. Kolbasnikov, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Plastic Metal Working department, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Deputy Head, Research and shaping of structure and characteristics of metallic materials laboratory, R&D Institute of materials and technologies, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

ž         Manufacture of high-purity potential steels for the automotive sheet metal

Anatoliy Svyazhin, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, senior researcher, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"

ž         Sheet steels, influence of alloying and thermal processing to strength properties

Irina Rodionova, Doctor of Engineering, Deputy Director, Center of physical chemistry, materials science, bi-metals and special forms of corrosion

ž         Design and optimization of hot-dip-galvanized roll metal production technology for automotive engineering of high-strenth microalloyed steels

S. Yaschuk, Deputy Head, High-volume high-quality steels laboratory, Center of physical chemistry, materials science, bi-metals and special forms of corrosion

ž         Integrated AutoForm - the first system for integrated digital planning of sheet metal stamping processes

Dmitriy Buzlaev, Representative of AutoForm Engineering in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and the CIS countries

ž         Development of equipment and technology for contact welding of the automobile body sheet

Vyacheslav Shvedikov, PhD in Engineering, senior researcher, Prometey nonprofit organization

ž         Organization and work on laser processing of light-gauge metal sheet in the cluster Industrial and Laser Technologies

Olga Velichko, CEO, Laser Technology Center

Modern laser welding and cutting technologies of steels and aluminium alloyes

Gleb Turichin, Doctor of Engineering, Professor, Director, Russian-Germen Laser Technology Center, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University

ž         Development of standardization in sheet metal working

Galina Ivanova, PhD in Economics, Assistant professor, member, Guild of Quality Professionals, Deputy Director General of Quality and Examination, Federal Government Institution "Center for Testing and Certification - St. Petersburg" (Test - St. Petersburg)

ž         TRUMPF - sheet metal working equipment

Vasiliy Dianov, Director General, TRUMPF OOO

10 am - 1 pm

Hall 7.3

Round table meeting: Modernization of conditions for Finnish small and medium businesses approach to the Russian North-Western market

Event of Russia-Finland Industry Forum

Organiser: Cooperation center for generation and implementation of interregional, cross-border and international programs in the North-Western Federal District

Co-organiser: St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Moderator: Vladimir Katenev, President, St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Issues to be discussed:

ž         Opportunities for the Finnish business participation in the Russian economy modernization Valery Shlyamin, Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Finland

ž         Business potential of Finland

Tatu Laurila, Director General, Greater Helsinki Promotion (GHP)

ž         Introduction to the support program of Russian inventions commercialization

Timo Koponen, Director, FinNode

ž         The role of the right of intellectual property protection in business

Markku Simmelvuo, Director General, Papula/Nevinpat

ž         Overview of needs of Finnish companies

Outi Ervasti, leading specialist, Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK

ž         A new set of innovative tools for technology promotion programs development in the main industries

Eeva Viinikka, Commercial Director, Culminatum Innovation Oy Ltd.

ž     Finnish-Russian innovation center as a site for cooperation development among innovative enterprises

Igor Kuprienko, CEO, Russian-European Innovation Partnership

ž         Support forms of international business partnership and cooperation of Russia and Finland and cross-border countries on the part of Russian audit companies

Irina Dubrovina, member, North-Western Community of Appraisers, EXPERT audit and consulting company LLC

Oleg Melnikov, Head, St. Petersburg office, Special Economic Zones JSC

11 am - 6 pm

Presentations of companies, support programs, company opportunities

Presentation zone

11 am - 1 pm

Hall 7.4

Workshop: Small and medium business: how to start export oneself?

Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat

Moderator: Sergey Balanev, Director General, EuroInformCenter

ž        State support programs of export-oriented enterprises in St. Petersburg

ž        The strategy of approaching foreign markets

ž        How to find business partners to work abroad?

ž        What certificates are needed to export? CE certificate?

ž        How to deal with customs declaration via the Internet? How to connect fast and start working?

12 - 1 pm

Working hours of expositions of St. Petersburg Technical Fair and Partneriat

1 - 2 pm

Coffee break

2 š- 5.30 pm

Hall 7.2

4th annual conference: Nanotechnologies and -materials

Theme of 2011 - Russia-Finland cooperation

Event of St. Petersburg Industrial Congress

Organisers:

Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO)

Culminatium Innovation Oy Ltd.(Nanotechnology Centre of Expertise, Helsinki Region)

RESTECR Group

Moderators: Dmitriy Krinitskiy, Director of the Government and Regional Agencies Relations Department, RUSNANO

ššššššššššššššššššššššš Andrey Ponomarev, Director General, Research and Technology Center of Applied Nanotechnologies OOO, Professor, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, member, Presidium of Central Board, Nanotechnology Society of Russia

Issues to be discussed:

ž         Nano in Finland and Finnish innovative systems

Dr. Eeva Viinikka, Culminatum Innovation Oy

ž         Successful business in nanotechnologies

Pekka Koponen, Spinverse

ž         Successes and perspectives of companies working with nanomaterials and nanosurfaces in the Russian market

Juhana Kostamo, Picosun

ž         Organisation of Nanocenter for construction materials and surfaces

Sergey Tsibukov, Director General, Plastic processing plant named after 'Komsomolskaya Pravda' LLC

ž         Commercialization of the innovative research: situational research and analysis of existing applied nanotechnologies

Sami Heikkiniemi, Senior business advisor, Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) (Finland)

ž         Atomic layer deposition technologies and tools for perspective researches in nanotechnology

Juha Tanskanen, Sales Director, Beneq Oyš

ž       Developments of Moscow scientists in nanomaterials and nanotechnologies

Mikhail Astakhov, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor, National University of Science and Technology "MISIS"š (MISIS)

ž       Main problems of conformity assessment of nanoindustry products

Grabar Anatoly, head, department of metrical support and conformity assessment of nanotechnologies and nanoproducts, Federal Government Institution "Center for Testing and Certification - St. Petersburg" (Test - St. Petersburg)

ž         Rapid cooling techniques - perspective way to nanostructure materials

Pavel Kuznetsov, Deputy Director General, PROMETEY federal state unitary enterprise Central research Institute of Structural Materials

ž         Development and production of new composite nanomaterials

A. Lazarev, Komposit Holding Company CJSC

ž         Nanostructuring synergy of mineral cementic and polymer components of composite concrete

Andrey Ponomarev, Director General, Research and Technology Center of Applied Nanotechnologies OOO

ž         Potential equipment for mechanocemical synthesis and nanomaterials manufacture in continuous conditions

Andrey Chumokhvalov, Technical Director, Leotek Group of Companies

ž          Development and application of multifunctional polymer surfaces technologies based on Russina and foreign materials

V. Golland, PhD in Engineering, Deputy Director General, R&P company Altech (Alternative Technologies)

2 - 5 pm

Hall 7.4

Round table meeting: Cluster principle of staff training for the Russian industry

Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat

Organiser: St. Petersburg Interregional Resource Center

Moderator: Vladislav Raskovalov, Director General, St. Petersburg state administration Resource Center

Issues to be discussed:

ž        Methods of staff training for the cluster directions

ž        Analysis of professional activity and development of competence models from the top manager to the cluster specialists

ž        System of the cluster participants coordination: educational institution - R&D - industry- city administration - foreign partners

ž        International cooperation in staff training

Speakers:

ž         Kirill Soloveychik, Deputy Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade

ž         Alexander Berezhnoy, Department Head, St. Petersburg Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade

ž         Alexander Khodachek, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Director, St. Petersburg Office, Higher School of Economicsš

ž         Vladimir Markin, Board Chairman, Energy-Efficient Technology Group

ž         Valeriy Shubarev, Director General, Avangard OJSC

ž         Gerd Shimanski-Gaier, Head, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (Germany)

ž         Ronald Shultz, Head, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (Germany)

2 - 5 pm

Presentation zone

Workshop: Design researches in the practice of new products and industrial innovation development

Business consultation. Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat

Moderator: Yekaterina Khramkova, Director General, Lumiknows innovations design agency

ž        The notion 'innovative product'

ž        Design researches

ž      šCases of the first in Russia design-research projects of industrial innovations, implemented in 2007 - 2010 for SamsungElectronics, Danfoss/DEVI, PhilipsDesign

Five steps that were developed by the school of design thanking of Stanford University for start-up teams and innovative entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley

ž        New Product Development

Competitive advantages via industrial design. Based on the example developed by Lumiknows in 2010-2011 project of innovative equipment, with participation of the customer Dipole Structures OOO of the technopark St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (ETU)

II day, 16 March 2011

9 - 10 am

Registration of participants

10 am - 6 pm

Work of specialised exhibitions, regional exposition, matchmaking centre, business consulting centre and presentation area

10 am - 12 pmš Hall 7.1

Plenary session: Partnership as a key tool of modernization

Event of St. Petersburg Industrial Congress

??-organisers: St. Petersburg Administration, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)

Moderator: Mikhail Oseevsky, Vice-Governor of St Petersburg, Head of Saint Petersburg Governor's Administration

Issues to be discussed:

1.      Modernization: mega-project or strategy

A year passed since the President of the Russian Federation declared a course towards modernization. What have we done? What aims have we achieved within the course? What time may modernization take: a short or long term? Do we need an integrated industry policy for modernization or it is enough to use the project approach?

Key speakers:

Viktor Polterovich, academician, Russian Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director, Central Institute for Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Economics, Professor

Boris Titov, Chairman, Business Russia organisation

Sergey Chernavskiy, Laboratiry head, Central Institute for Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

2.      Finance and modernization: what does money solve

Russia has overcome the financial and economic crisis and banks have started crediting the economy. Do we have money for modernization? How to get or attract the money? How to accommodate risks and assure their acceptable level? What hinders business to invest in modernization?

Key speakers:

Anatoliy Belykh, Director, Large Corporate Clients Department, Bank St. Petersburg OJSC

Anatoliy Turchak, President, St. Petersburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

 

3.      'Locomotives' of modernization: will foreign countries help us

It is obvious that we cannot upgrade the industry by ourselves without establishing partnership with foreign countries. What do we need: experience, knowledge, technologies, or altogether? How to attract foreign partners? What is the role of the state in external economic relations development and favourable investment climate establishment?

Key speakers:

Haller-Franz Xavier, Director, BSH Home Appliances, BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH, Co-Chairman of the Production Committee American Chamber in St. Petersburg

Harvey Anthony, Managing Director Thomas Group Europe

 

*Summing up the results of the interactive voting of participants of the Plenary session

on the key issues discussed

12 - 1 pm

Official opening of the 5th ST. Petersburg Partneriat

1 - 2 pm

Coffee break

2 - 4 pm

Assembly of top managers of industrial enterprises: Optimization of processes and resources

Event of St. Petersburg Industrial Congress

??organisers: Americal Chamber of Commerce in Russian (AmCham), Business Russia organization šššššššššššššššššššššššššššššš

Moderator: Yuliya Nikitina, Regional Director, Boyden World Corporation

Issues to be discussed:

1.Outsourcing or inner resources (experience of information systems adoption at enterprises)

ž         Optimization of the trade-purchase activity of an industrial enterprises due to electronic trading

V. Avakov, Development Director, Fabrikant.ru trading portal

The practice of transfer of foreign experience on production optimization by Russian companies. What problems do companies face?

Serik Begishev, Chairman, Committee for management modernization, St. Petersburg Division, Business Russia

ž       šEfficiency improvement of the company via business processes optimization

Anton Palichikov, Senior consultant, BI TO BE consulting company

ž         Transfer of technologies: engineering point of view

Vladimir Dyachenko, Director General, Sinef-Engineering research and production company CJSC

2. Resource management of production processes at the enterprise

Harvey Anthony, Managing Director, Thomas Group Europe

3.Investments in production. Financial problems arose when adoption of new management systems

Assessment of financial expenses for the project. What means is the company management ready to send and what do they expect? The problems of continuous education under the switch to the innovative environment

Igor Dyukov, PhD in Engineering, Stockholm School of Economics

R. Magdiev, member, Council of St. Petersburg office, Business Russia

4. How to train/find high-quality specialists?

ž                     Are there specialists who meet the in-demand competence and experience to implement great projects in the Russian market? What corporate and organizational culture is the most favorable to attract the best specialists as well as for their work. Companies' experience šššššš

Yuliya Nikitina, Regional Director, Boyden World Corporation

2 - 4 pm

Hall 7.2

Panel discussion: Investment opportunities of the Russian regions. Industry

Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat

Organiser: Cooperation center for generation and implementation of interregional, cross-border and international programs in the North-Western Federal District

??-organiser: American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Moderator: Mikhail Oseevsky, Vice-Governor of St Petersburg, Head of Saint Petersburg Governor's Administration

Issues to be discussed:ššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššššš

Investments in industry. Present state and trends

ž         Tools of the state support of the Russian regions investment opportunities: problems and solutions

ž           Projects investment opportunities - the role of the state and commercial banks

ž         Conditions for creation regional industrial clusters

ž         Production efficiency in Russia. Requirements and opportunities. Factors of growth and a stagnant period

ž         Interaction with natural monopolies

The role of the Russian regions' state authorities in investment climate šimprovement

ž         Development of the Russian regions' legislation

ž         Concessions

ž         Forming investment openness

ž         Foreign investments attraction

ž         Forming of investment infrastructure

ž         Creation of technoparks and special economic zones

ž         Experience o creation and work of unions and associations of small and medium investment generation businesses

šSpeakers:

  • Mikhail An, Deputy Director, Department of investment policy and public-private partnership development, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
  • Kevork Kahanian, Head of Export Agency Finance of Citi Russia
  • Andrey Korzhakov, Director General, Foxconn plant
  • Oleg Melnikov, Division head, Special Economic Zones OJSC in St. Petersburg
  • Valeriy Platonov, Chairman, Committee for Industrial Development, Chamber of Commerce and trade of the Russian Federation
  • Dmitriy Sanatov, Project Department Head, Center for Strategic Research North-West
  • Boris Titov, Chairman, Business Russia organisation
  • Aleksander Hodachek, Division Director, Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg
  • Maria Chernobrovkina, Executive Director, AmCham St. Petersburg
  • Nataliya Shcherbakova, Managing partner in the North-Western Federal District, PricewaterhouseCoopers

2 - 5 pm

Hall 7.4

Round table meeting:

Cross-border regions: new forms of cooperation between Russia and Finland

Event of Russia-Finland Industry Forum

Organiser: šCooperation center for generation and implementation of interregional, cross-border and international programs in the North-Western Federal District

??-organiser: St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Moderator: Sergey Nikolaev, Department Head, St. Petersburg Committee for External Relations

Issues to be discussed:

ž         The new mechanism of cross-border cooperation between St. Petersburg and South-Eastern Finland

ž         Priority directions for Finland government and business representatives in the North-Western market of Russia

ž         Logistics and cross-border cooperation. Customs issues

ž         Improvement of Russian-Finnish customs system for international business development

Speakers:

Juha Purmonen, Program head, Joensuu Science Park

Juha Kauppinen, Progran head, Miktech Oy

Sami Heikkiniemi, Senior Business Advisor, Tekes (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) (Finland)

Georgiy Psarev, St. Petersburg division head, JMA

Serguei Balanev, Director General, St. Petersburg Fund of Business Development 

Mikhail Smolkin, Head, North-Western Territory Administration of the Federal Agency of the State Border Maintenance of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Pimonenko, Director, North-Western Center of Transport Logistics AILOT

Nazip Galikeev, Head, North-Western Customs Administration of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation

Aleksander Puchkov, Deputy Director General, EuroSib

2 - 6 pm

Presentations of companies, support programs, company opportunities

Presentation zone

4.30- 6 pm Hall 7.2

Session of St. Petersburg Vice-Governor with participants of St. Petersburg industrial cluster

Automotive cluster, home appliances and electronics, information technologies

Moderator: Mikhail Oseevsky, Vice-Governor of St Petersburg, Head of Saint Petersburg Governor's Administration

Co-moderator: Maria Chernobrovkina, Executive Director, AmCham St. Petersburg

Entry via a special invitation only

3-5 pm

 

 

 

Presentation of the Russian regions

ž         Opportunities of bilateral strategic partnership of the Russian regions.

Successful experience of industry modernization in the Russian regions

4 - 6 pm

Hall 7.1

Session of the Stolyipin Club

Theme: Do the staff still decide all the problems?

Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat šššššššššššššššššššššššššš

Organiser: St. Petersburg division, Business Russia organisation

Issues to be discussed:

ž         Does the new Russian education reform match the modernization course?

ž         How to stop the process of 'brain drain' from Russia?

ž         Higher education and business: ways of cooperation

Invited speakers:

ž         Mikhail Oseevsky, Vice-Governor of St Petersburg, Head of Saint Petersburg Governor's Administration š

ž           Alla Manilova, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg

ž           Boris Titov, Chairman, Business Russia

ž           E. Kachaev, Chairman, St. Petersburg division, Business Russia

ž           Olga Ivanova, Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee for Education

ž           Andrey Maksimov, Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee for Science and Higher School

ž           Vladimir Vasilyev, Chairman, Council of St. Petersburg Rectors

ž           Mikhail Federov, Rector, St. Petersburg State PolytechnicUniversity

ž           E. Tarlo, member of a Federal Council of the Russian Federation

ž           A. Olkhovsky,š Delegate of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg

ž           I. Tukkel,š Dean, Innovation Faculty of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University

ž           S. Buryachko, Director of 610 classical school of St. Petersburg

ž           Entrepreneurs - members of the General Council of Business Russia

It is planned to organise an on-line videoconference with Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

4 - 6 pm

Hall 7.5

Doing business in Russia: legal and tax aspects

Organiser: BEITEN BURKHARDT

Issues to be discussed:

1. Business in Russia: 10 legal recommendations

2. Mechanisms for tax concessions and customs preferences for investors

3. Financing, Taxation and Accounting of Russian Subsidiaries

3 - 6 pm

Pavilion 6

II convention of St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Lenexpo, Pavilion 6

Entry by special invitation only for the Chamber members

5 - 5.40 pm

Diploma awarding of the participants of the exhibition and business center of the Russian regions

6 pm

Busses depart from Lenexpo to the evening official reception

III day, 17 March 2011

9.30 am - 5 pm

Subcontracting meeting (inter regional)

Event of St. Petersburg Partneriat

A round of preliminary scheduled negotiations (Client - Supplier) concerning manufacture and supply of products, units, components ordered by the Client

 

10 am - 4 pm

Work of specialised exhibitions, regional exposition, matchmaking centre, business consulting centre and presentation area

11 am š- 1 pm Hall 7.3

 

 

Round table meeting: Cluster policy and modernization projects in St. Petersburg industry

Session 1

Organiser: St. Petersburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Mikhail Lobin, Vice President, St. Petersburg Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs

Main speaker: Sergey Tsibukov, President, Plastic processing plant named after 'Komsomolskaya Pravda'

Speakers: P. Plavnik, N. Kovalev

1- 2 pm

Lunch

1 - 2 pm

Pavilion 8

Winners awarding of the contest the Best Innovative Projects and R&D Development of the Year (next to the stand of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

2 - 3.30 pm

Presentation zone

Round table meeting: Cluster policy and modernization projects in St. Petersburg industry

Session 2

Organiser: Innovative and technological cluster of engineering and metalworking of St. Petersburg

Moderator: Andrey Morozov, CEO, Innovative and technological cluster of engineering and metalworking of St. Petersburg

Main speaker: Mark Zheleznyak, Head, Zvezda CJSC

Speakers:

Sergey Smirnov,š Lasertech LLC

Galina Kosmacheva, Polyform LLC

K. Tilte, Polymet-Service LLC

V. Krilov,š PolyNom LLC

The program is subject to change.

Feel free to apply for participation in St. Petersburg Industrial Congress!