Fifth Annual International Business Partnership Matchmaking Forum «Russia – Europe: Cooperation without Frontiers»

5-6 June 2012, premises of the Moscow City Government
(Novy Arbat Street 36/9)

The Forum is a platform for the Russian-European dialogue uniting representatives of political, business and scientific circles, and also the all-European framework for the international business cooperation encompassing Russian and European industrial companies, including SMEs, and extending to all Europe and all regions of Russia. Previous four fora brought together 393 Russian and 224 European companies and business support organizations which had 1,294 bilateral negotiations. An important number of “out-of-schedule” meetings were also held.

Forum’s Agenda:

Plenary: discussion of acceleration of Russian economy modernization and diversification via involving Russian companies, inter alia SMEs, into international business relations, especially with European countries in line with the joint initiative Russia-EU “Partnership for Modernization”; the role of Moscow city – capital of Russia – in that as an attractive environment for doing business, potential international financial centre likewise a catalyst for internationalizing companies, including SMEs, in Russian regions; regional entrepreneurship development, importance of Russian industrial enterprises internationalizing, including supporting export potential, attraction of FDI and modern technologies. The first day will be concluded with an official reception and an awarding ceremony of the Russian National Public Prize “Russian Creators” (www.ros-sozidateli.org).

Matchmaking on the second day: will be devoted to bilateral negotiations between Russian and European industrial companies, inter alia SMEs, and business support institutions, in production, R&D and services with business partnership proposals, including investment projects, and willing to identify potential business partners in Europe and in Russia.

European and Russian companies from the following sectors are invited to take part in the Forum:

Advance flexible materials
Aerospace
Automotive
Biotechnologies, bio-fuel and bio-power
Chemicals
Computer technologies
Construction / building materials
Electrical engineering
Electronics
Energy saving and energy efficiency, including heating and lighting systems (technologies, equipment)
Food Industry (equipment, products)
ICT and Media
Machinery and mechanical engineering
Medical devices / Pharmaceutics
Metal-working (technologies, equipment, products and instruments)
Nanotechnologies
New Materials, including energy and heating saving
Optics, glass products, manufacturing, processing and finishing technologies
Textile, fur/leather, garments production
Wood-working, pulp & paper (technologies, equipment, products and instruments)

Organizers of the Forum are: «Moscow Entrepreneurs Association» (www.moomap.ru), “Russian Technology Transfer Network” (EEN member, www.rttn.ru), “Vnesheconombank” (www.veb.ru), «Delovaya Russia» (www.deloros.ru), Department of SMEs Development of the Ministry of Economic Development of the RF (www.economy.gov.ru), Federal Antimonopoly Service of the RF (www.fas.gov.ru), Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the RF (www.tpprf.ru), «Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs» (www.rspp.ru), «Association of Russian Banks» (www.arb.ru), Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship of Moscow Government (http://dnpp.mos.ru), “Russian Bank for SMEs Support (http://mspbank.ru), “Rosbank” (www.rosbank.ru), Finance-Banking Board of the CIS (www.bc-cis.ru).

More information about the Forum and registration procedure can be found on Forum’s website: www.ru-eu-cooperation-without-frontiers.com.

Participation in Forum is free of charge.