Working languages:

English and Russian (simultaneous translation)

9-30 – 10-00

Registration. Coffee & Tea

10-00 – 10-45

Welcoming speeches:
Acad. Alexander Nekipelov, Vice-President of RAS, WGSS Co-Chair
Prof. Riitta Kosonen, CEMAT Director, WGSS Co-Chair
Ambassador Matti Anttonen, Embassy of Finland in Moscow

10-45 – 13-00

MORNING SESSION – Finnish Investments in Russian Industry – stimuli, obstacles, and success stories
Chair – Prof. Riitta Kosonen, CEMAT Director, WGSS Co-Chair

10-45 – 11-20

Presentation:
Prof. Kari Liuhto, Professor of Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku and Director of Centrum Balticum
‘From Phileas Fogg to Yuri Gagarin: Reaching “the impossible” is possible but it takes time and requires foreign cooperation’

11-20 – 11-40

COFFEE BREAK

11-40 – 13-00

Presentations:
Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Director and Head of Eurolab, Nokia Research Center, Eurolab
‘Development of Future Mobile Technologies and Services’

Dr. Sc. Elena Lenchuk, Head of the Centre for Innovation Economy, Institute of Economics of RAS
‘EU – Russia Programme “Partnership for Modernization” and its role in technological upgrade of the Russian economy’

13-00 – 14-00

LUNCH

14-00 – 18-00

AFTERNOON SESSION – Russian high-tech sector – new development centres for innovations
Chair – Acad. Alexander Nekipelov, Vice-President of RAS, WGSS Co-Chair

14-00 – 16-00

Presentations:
RAS Corr. Member, Dr. Sc. Natalia Ivanova, Deputy Director, Institute of World Economy and International Relations of RAS
‘Tax incentives for innovations’
 
Dr. Sc. Vladimir Ivanov, Dep. Scientific Secretary of RAS Presidium
‘The concept of competitiveness in the context of post-industrial society’

Dr. Sc. Nikolay Komkov, Head of the Laboratory of Governance of Scientific and Technological Development, Institute of Economic Forecasting of RAS
‘Innovation projects: the technology of formation and analysis’

16-00 – 16-20

COFFEE BREAK

16-20 – 17-40

Presentations:
Dr. Sergey Balandin, General Chair of FRUCT, Open Innovations Framework Program FRUCT
‘FRUCT experience of developing Finnish-Russian cooperation in the open innovations format’

Dr. Erkki Kaukonen, Research Director, Research Unit for Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Tampere
‘Promoting innovation in Russia: structural issues & challenges’

17-40 – 18-15

Closing remarks:
Acad. Alexander Nekipelov, Vice-President of RAS, WGSS Co-Chair
Prof. Riitta Kosonen, CEMAT Director, WGSS Co-Chair

19-00

DINNER (by invitation)