ACTIVITY PROFILE

17th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week (RANIT); Days of Russian-American Innovation Entrepreneurship Cooperation (RAVC 2012)

University City Science Center / 3711 Market Street

19104

7 November 2012 - 21 November 2012

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Organizer: Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council

http://www.ma-rbc.org

The Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council (MARBC) is pleased to invite you to the Days of Russian-American Innovation Entrepreneurship Cooperation (RAVC 2012), which will occur in concert with the 17th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week (RANIT) on November 7-21, 2012. Under the framework of RAVC 2012, the MARBC is organizing the Annual Russian – American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference, and facilitating Russian participation in the Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference (IMPACT 2012). The key event of RAVC will be the Annual Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia on November 7. As a part of the Annual Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference, the Russian Presidential Fellowship Program delegation will present their companies in a roundtable discussion on Russian-American cooperation in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science innovations. In addition, the first Russian company with an office at the Science Center in Philadelphia will present their story at the Annual Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference. The Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week is designed to bring together entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, academicians, venture capitalists, and established corporations from the American and Russian technology communities. As part of the 17th Russian - American Innovation Technology Week, the Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council will host a Russian delegation including Presidential Fellowship Program representatives on November 5-7, 2012 in Philadelphia for continued discussion on Russian-American cooperation in pharmaceutical, biomedicine and the life sciences innovations. Key focal points in these proceedings are current policy-based issues, notably Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its subsequent effect on the Russian-American partnership in the life sciences industry. The Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council will also host a Russian delegation, including members from the Presidential Fellowship Program, on November 19-21, 2012 in Philadelphia for continued discussion on Russian-American cooperation in IT/Telecommunication innovations. The delegation will be present for the final part of the 17th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week. The roundtable discussion on Russian-American IT/Telecommunication Technology Entrepreneurship will be held on November 20, 2012 at the Science Center in Philadelphia. It will explore Russian-American innovations in IT/Telecommunication. The delegation, composed of executives from Russian companies, will outline their companies’ strategic direction and product focus to a select American audience. For further information, please contact Val Kogan, Mid-Atlantic-Russia Business Council by phone: (484) 467-7444, email:, or visit the MARBC website at: http://www.ma-rbc.org.