The investment Portal of Russian regions – investinregions.ru – is a joint project of the Roscongress Foundation and the RK-Investments Foundation, supported by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Investinregions.ru is a modern and popular digital resource bringing together the entire investment agenda of all Russian regions simultaneously. The RK-Investment Foundation traditionally organizes presentations of selected projects from the investinregions.ru portal as part of the major events of the Roscongress Foundation. Initiators from various parts of our country come to talk about their projects.
We are pleased to invite Forum participants to get acquainted with current and developed ideas and the Investment Portal of Russian regions at the EEF-2022. The session will feature a selection of top projects posted on investinregions.ru. The initiators will talk about their initiatives in various sectors, share their experience, and answer questions.
Speakers:
1. Yachting and Sailing in the Far East project
● Maxim Pinigin, CEO and Founder of SilaVetra

1. Pod Nebom (Under the Sky) project – a glamping network and service company for glamping management in different regions of Russia
● Sergey Petrov, Serial Entrepreneur and Co-founder of Pod Nebom glamping

2. RK-Smart project – state-of-the-art fuel card processing technology
● Alexey Zolotarev, CEO, RK-Smart

3. DKV Innovative Technologies Project – Innovative line of food supplements based on a natural antioxidant with an immunomodulatory effect
● Yuri Yakobson, General Director, Innovatsionnye Tekhnologii DKV
● Olesya Kuritsyna, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Innovatsionnye Tekhnologii DKV

4. Construction of Residential Apartments in Baikalsk, Irkutsk Region project, Irkutsk Special Economic Zone
• Elena Vaskova, Head of Infrastructure Support Department, Korporatsiya Razvitiya Irkutskoy Oblasti

6. Car leasing investment project
• Natali Toporina, Investment Attraction Manager, Avtolizing Group

7. Partizan Valley Winery Project – unique opportunities and prospects for local winemaking and grape-growing
• Igor Drabyazg, Founder of the complex

Moderator:
Alexandra Beloshitskaya — executive Director of the Fund RC-Investments

Given the changing landscape of global markets, the role of prominent development institutions is undergoing changes. Today, the focus is on solutions and developments that aim to ensure the country’s independence from imports in information technology, medicine, energy efficiency, and industry.
What role do development institutions play in the struggle for technological sovereignty? How is the government helping tech businesses today? Can companies adapt to the needs of the domestic market?
In the impromptu ring of the Innovation Space, leaders from the Skolkovo Foundation will answer some of the most pressing questions from startups, scientists, students, and the media. In turn, Skolkovo residents and project founders will answer questions from development institutions.
Questions include:
● The Skolkovo Foundation has always been associated with grants and support for companies in their early stages. Today, funding is shrinking and is low as it’s ever been. What’s next?
● Startups view any opportunity to leave the Russian market today as a chance and a golden ticket even though the Russian market has all kinds of new niches and earning opportunities today that did not exist a year ago. How can we change attitudes to incentivize companies to meet the demand in Russia?
● No company will achieve results without making its own efforts towards development. By shifting responsibility for the result to a development institution, it’s impossible to become a unicorn in your industry or simply a commercially successful company. How can we educate young tech entrepreneurs to be proactive and is this possible? Or does it depend solely on the personal qualities of the founder?

Speakers:
Igor Drozdov — Chairman of the Board, Skolkovo Foundation
Kirill Kovalevskiy — CEO Innofarm-DV

Moderator:
Elina Tihonova — Anchor, RBC

The global community had been largely focusing on the new urban development agenda and the goal of ensuring the sustainable development of innovative cities prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the pandemic restrictions and the geopolitical fault that has emerged along the North–South line two years later, global cities are increasingly focusing on their own autonomous development, and the concept of ‘sustainability’ has taken on a slightly different meaning.
How can Russian cities meet the criteria for sustainable development in the new realities of diminished global food and energy? What role does technology play in this? How will the new waves of the pandemic affect the restructuring of urban agglomerations? What experience can Moscow, members of the new generation of entrepreneurs, and Friends For Leadership leaders offer the world?

Speakers:
Alexey Bondaruk — Deputy Director, Moscow Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations
Sharifah Norizah — Chief Executive Officer, Asian Youth Network Resources, Regional Caucus Coordinator, Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY)

Moderator:
Roman Chukov — Chairman of the Board, Russian Center for the Promotion of International Initiatives

Speakers:
Denis Balura — Founder, Tomoru
Artur Biktimirov — Neurosurgeon of the Medical Center of the Far Eastern Federal University
Vladimir Brusilo — Deputy General Director, AGM Systems, with a project to develop laser tools for mobile and aviation systems, BIM TIM modelling, and the design, development, and construction of highways, pipelines, and technological development on the coastal zone
Aleksandr Ganushkin — Director, Robot
Evgeny Moskaev — Founder, Atlantis
Ekaterina Sokolova — Director for Development, Marineo; Deputy Vice Rector for International Activities, Nevelskov Maritime State University
Андрей Теняков —
Alexey Titov — General Director, Marine Robotic Systems and Tatishchev Astrakhan State University, with a project on crewless ships and A-Navigation

Moderator:
Aleksandr Nikolaev — Co-founder and СЕО ViNTERA.TV, ERA

Expert jury:
Alexander Borisov — the Director of High Technology Park “IT Park”
Kirill Kaem — Senior Vice-President for Innovations, Skolkovo Foundation
Vera Ptitsina — Deputy General Director, Yukutia Venture Company
Anna Struchkova — General Director, Agency for Investment Promotion and Export Support of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Residents of Russky Technopark, the Skolkovo Foundation, and the Yakutia Technopark will present their projects to an expert panel of judges in the format of a pitch session. The event participants will have the opportunity to talk about their projects, share their ideas, and feedback and practical advice from experts who will evaluate the projects, while noting its pros and cons. The goal of the project is to help promising start-up projects find potential investors and partners.

Moderator:
Kirill Kaem — Senior Vice-President for Innovations, Skolkovo Foundation

Expert jury:
Alexander Borisov — the Director of High Technology Park “IT Park”
Andrey Zubkov — Managing director, Voshod Foundation
Vera Ptitsina — Deputy General Director, Yukutia Venture Company
Anna Struchkova — General Director, Agency for Investment Promotion and Export Support of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Alexander Shatirov — Director, Fund RC-Investments

Technological entrepreneurship is one of the powerful drivers of economic development all around the world. The development of innovative products and solutions provides a country with technological sovereignty and competitiveness in the global market. Some believe that the development of technological entrepreneurship can be intensified by integrating it into the university environment. Students are the ones with their flexible thinking, fresh hard skills, and an interest in new professions who will be able to generate ideas for tech startups and take them to the market. For this, though, it is crucial to support young people’s interests and provide them with the necessary skills: training and accelerators, teaching them approaches to developing promising ideas, and raising investment. The ‘Platform of University Technological Entrepreneurship’ federal project being implemented by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education aims to provide this support at Russian universities. However, not all representatives of the university community view this initiative favourably. Some experts believe that teaching entrepreneurship at universities will diminish the quality of education by distracting students from mastering core subjects.

What tools do Russian universities have today to develop technological entrepreneurship? How are they being integrated into the educational process? Should existing entrepreneurs be involved in teaching activities? How can the trend of developing start-up movements impact university curricula? Can tech entrepreneurship be taught? What are the benefits and risks of university-based tech entrepreneurship for students, the university, and the state? What role do government support measures play in developing tech entrepreneurship? How can we form a community of young entrepreneurs and help them start their professional path? How can we attract business to develop the startup movement?

Speakers:
Mikhail Gordin — Acting Rector, Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Ekaterina Ivanilova — Head of Strategic Communications Department, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Boris Korobets — Acting Rector, Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU)
Dmitry Livanov — Rector, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Artem Malgin — Vice Rector for Development, MGIMO University
Mikhail Nachevsky — Head of Digital Transformation Department, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
Andrei Omelchuk — Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Andrey Siling — Adviser to the General Director, Agency for Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects; Executive Director, Platform for National Technology Initiative

Moderator:
Vyacheslav Shoptenko — Director, Institute for Organizational Development and Strategic Initiatives, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)

The Arctic and the Far East today are places that unite natural resources (oil, gas, and minerals), scientific and technological solutions, and human capital, including representatives of Indigenous peoples with their culture, art, traditions, as well as their folk and artistic crafts. There are 20 ethnic groups in the Far East, and more than 50 in the North. Women are heavily involved in preserving the unique ecosystem and identity of the territories, as well as designing the future of the regions.
What growth points and opportunities for developing women’s entrepreneurship exist in the northern regions and the Far East? What projects are women implementing to develop and conserve their territories? What technological projects are being implemented to develop the region? What corporate programmes to support women’s leadership exist in the northern regions and the Far East? What social support measures do women need right now, and what conditions are in place for the self-realization of Russian women in the North and the Far East?

Speakers:
Nina Veysalova — Vice President, Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON)
Natalya Gonchar — Head of Corporate Relations Department, Sakhalin Energy
Lyubov Odzyal — President, Resident Public Organization Association of Indigenous People of the North of the Khabarovsk Region
Aleksandra Ryabykh — Co-founder, Association of Women in the Nuclear Industry Foundation
Anna Tsivileva — Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kolmar Group

Moderator:
Maria Afonina — Vice Rector for Learning Activities of Educational Center SENEZH (“Russia - the Country of Opportunities” Project)