The 2nd World Grain Forum (hereinafter – the Forum) will be held in October, 2016 in Sochi.
The Forum is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
The upcoming Forum will focus on finding effective ways to reduce the negative impact of sanctions on the Russian economy, the creation of conditions for the formation of new strategic alliances, positioning of the Eurasian Economic Union as a new player on the world grain market, the development of international cooperation in the exchange of knowledge and technologies.
It is expected that the Forum will be attended by 2 500 delegates, including representatives of major Russian and foreign agribusiness companies, industrial unions and associations, official foreign delegations from more than 50 countries, heads of international organizations and financial institutions, the federal executive authorities and foreign bodies of agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, leading Russian and foreign scientists and analysts.
Business Program of the Forum will include more than 20 events, as well as meetings of the Russian Federation leaders with representatives of the Russian and international agriculture business, heads of foreign delegations and international organizations.
The Forum will open with a plenary session “The Grain market in new realities: challenges and opportunities”. The Gala reception with the concert program for the heads of official delegations and international organizations, leaders of the major agricultural companies, participants and guests of the Forum will be organized on the same day.
Panel discussions, conferences, round tables and business forums on a wide range of issues of grain production, products of its processing, infrastructure development will be held on the second day of the Forum.
More than 250 accredited representatives of Russian and foreign media and news agencies, more than 40 federal and regional media partners will be carrying out information support of the Forum. It is expected to hold different announcing events such as interviews and press conferences at the federal media. Press center and online broadcasting of the key events of the Forum will be also organized. Moreover it is expected to design the website and mobile application of the Forum with e-registration function of visitors, exhibitors and media.

Novosibirsk region has a strong research and production complex with innovation production companies and scientific research centers. The Science town of Koltsovo located in Novosibirsk, Russia is a home to some 50+ biotechnology companies. Their spheres of activity include:
– Pharmaceuticals, health-related products
– Diagnostics
– Agriculture, veterinary, ecology
– Nutrition. Functional food and supplements
– Cosmetics
– Equipment and medical products.

The list and detailed information about biotech companies and projects of Science town Koltsovo and Novosibirsk region can be found here

For more information please contact Innovation center Koltsovo:

tel. +7 383 306 19 17

e-mail: e@ick.ru 

For the implementation of the activities on promotion of the cars produced by JSC “AvtoVaz” during the 5th Russian-Swedish Investment Forum (November 2015) new models of LADA cars were presented. On the floor of the Forum also was reached an agreement on the delivery to the Russian Trade Representation in Sweden of the 2 models of LADA VESTA in order that presentations and other promotional activities could take place during the first half of 2016. Delivery took place on 22nd February 2016.
The main objective of these activities is to identify potential partners of JSC “AvtoVaz” in Sweden and to choose among them authorized dealer (agent) in the country. This goal is going to be pursued according to the certain plan of actions.
In overall it is planned that at least 10 promotional activities are organized both in Stockholm and other Swedish cities.
The first one will take place on the territory of Russian Trade Representation in Sweden on 26th February 2016. Test-drives are planned to be performed.

Tatarstan — ranks first in Russia in investment climate

Official website: invest.tatarstan.ru

Tatarstan attracts more than 1 million USD of foreign investments a day.

In 2014 foreign investments in the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan reached 551,9 million USD, including 435,7 million USD of direct foreign investments. Such worldwide known companies as Ford, Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Leoni, 3М, Bosch, Saint-Gobain, Basf, Rockwool, Hayat, Fujitsu, Air Liquide, Sisecam, Armstrong, Kiekert, Kastamonu, Saria, and others, chose Tatarstan for their production, research and business.

The Republic of Tatarstan provides favourable conditions for investors.*

Tatarstan has the best outcomes among Russian regions in the following:

• Regulatory environment
• Business institutes
• Infrastructure and resources

*according to the outcomes of the National rating of Russian regions investment climate 2014.

The rate and quality of investment projects implementation are provided by application of “Road maps” world standard that determines the events algorithm, the terms and participants of project implementation. Due to this well-elaborated technology, investor is able to choose quickly and effectively:

• a site, the form of its business, and preferences format,
• register the business,
• organize construction, and launch its enterprise.

Investment activity is organized and realized by the public authority, the Tatarstan Investment Development Agency.
Basic powers of the Agency:

• Attraction of investments
• Investment projects support and implementation
• Implementation of public-private partnership

Contacts:
Tatarstan Investment Development Agency
50 Peterburgskaya St, Kazan 420107
Telephone: +7 (843) 570-40-01
Fax: +7 (843) 570-40-01
invest.tatarstan.ru/contacts/
tida.tatarstan.ru
tida@tatar.ru

February 24-26, Saint Petersburg
LENEXPO
 

Annual International Conference on Investment Attraction to Automotive Component Industry AutoInvest® is the first event of the year in the Russian automotive industry.

The aim of the Conference is to establish a constructive dialogue between automotive components manufacturers, OEMs and authority in the areas of consolidating efforts to develop the automotive industry of Russia.

Saint Petersburg as a centre of automobile cluster of the North-West Russia is not accidentally chosen as a meeting place for key players in the automotive industry. Manufacture of leading world automobile concerns such as Ford, Hyundai, MAN, Nissan, Scania, Toyota is located in Saint Petersburg.

The International Conference AutoInvest® has become a specialized event in the automotive industry. For the nine-year history of the Conference it has gathered more 2000 representatives of business of Russia and foreign countries, bodies of the public authority, financial organizations from 15 Russia’s regions and 20 foreign countries.

The International Conference AutoInvest® is an effective site to work out practical decisions on topical directions of the automotive industry development and enlargement of business cooperation in the automotive sector.

Taking into account the strategic importance of the automotive industry development the AutoInvest® Conference is supported by the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Government of Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region.

Registration to the Conference is only on the website:
www.autoinvest-russia.ru/register

Participation Conditions you may find on the website, in the section About the Conference/Participation Conditions:
www.autoinvest-russia.ru/en/about/participation-conditions

More detailed information about the Conference you may find in the information letter attached and on the website:
www.autoinvest-russia.ru/en
 

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