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Day 0 - Monday, May 24th

 

 

19:00 – 21:00

 

Casual Cocktail Reception with Organizers

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Club Room

 

 

Day 1 - Tuesday, May 25th

Investment Climate: Economic, Political and Legal Overview

 

 

 

8:00 – 8:15

Breakfast & Program Overview

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

Speakers: Anna Dvornikova, President, AmBAR

Leonid Gozman, Board Member, RUSNANO

 

 

8:15 – 9:00

Political Overview

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

Speaker: Leonid Gozman, Board Member, RUSNANO

 

 

9:00 – 9:05

Break

 

 

9:05 – 9:35

Macroeconomic Overview

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

Vladimir Mau, Rector, National Economy Academy

 

 

9:35 – 10:50

Investment Climate Overview

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

 

Speakers:

Patricia Cloherty, Chairman & CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners

Natalia Khanjenkova, Managing Director Russia, EBRD

Richard Sobel, CEO, Alfa Capital Partners

Yuri Soloviev, President & Global CEO, VTB Capital

 

 

 

10:50 – 11:00

Break

 

 

11:00 12:00

Brainstorming Session: Designing “Innograd” The View from the Silicon Valley

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

 

Speakers:

Viktor Vekselberg, Chairman of the Board, Tyumen Oil Company, Owner & President, Renova Group (investments in energy, telecoms and nanotech); Chairman, Innograd Project.

 

Other Participants:

Yuri Soloviev, President & Global CEO, VTB Capital

Vadim Balashov, Leader, Technology Group, Ernst & Young

 

 

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

13:00 – 13:45

Government Support of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

Speaker:

Eugeney A. Fedorov, Chairman, State Duma Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship

 

 

14:00 – 15:00

A Guided Tour of the Moscow Kremlin

 

 

15:00 – 17:00

Meeting with the President Medvedev

Location: the Kremlin

 

 

17:10 17:40

Meeting with Michael McFaul, Special Assistant to The United States President for National Security Affairs and senior director of Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the United States National Security Council

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

 

 

17:40 – 19:00

Legal Aspects of Investing in High-Tech Companies in Russia

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Moscow Room

Moderator: Vera Shokina, Board Member, AmBAR

 

Speakers:

George S. Bardmesser, Founding Partner, Bardmesser Law Group

Leonard Grayver, Attorney, Greenberg Whitcombe & Takeuchi, LLP

Alexei Kiyashko, Partner, Skadden Arps

Ivan Rodionov, Leader, Technology Tax Group, Ernst & Young

 

 

19:00 – 22:30

Welcome Gala Reception and Dinner

HOSTED BY VTB CAPITAL

Location: Ritz Carlton, Ballroom

 

 

(19:00 – 20:00)

Guest Arrival and Hors dœuvre

 

 

 

 

(20:00 – 20:30)

Welcome Speeches

 

Yuri Soloviev, President & Global CEO, VTB Capital

Representative from RUSNANO

Anna Dvornikova, President, AmBAR

Peter Loukianoff, Founding Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Don Wood, Managing Director, DFJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(20:30 – 22:30)

Dinner, Networking & Music

 

 

Day 2 Wednesday, May 26th

Investment Strategies and Potential Partners

 

 

 

7:00 8:00

Breakfast

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Washington Room

 

 

8:40 13:00

 

 

 

Meeting with Rusnano

Location: Rusnano Headquarters, ul. Nametkina, 12A

Speakers: Anatoly Chubais, CEO, RUSNANO, RUSNANO Management and Investment Directors

 

Joint Discussion on Industry Trends

 

Speakers:

Don Wood, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (CleanTech)

Brian Dovey, Partner, Domain Associates (Life Science/Pharma)

Eric Buatois, General Partner, Sofinnova Ventures (Telecoms)

 

 

13:00 14:00

Lunch with Rusnano Board of Directors, Supervisory Council and Managing Directors

Location: Rusnano Headquarters

 

 

14:00 – 17:00

Round Table Discussions: Russian Venture Capital and Private Equity Market (Investment Climate in Russia)

Location: Rusnano Headquarters

 

 

(14:00 – 14:15)

Overview

Kirill Dmitriev, Managing Partner and President, Icon Private Equity

 

 

(14:15 – 14:35)

Sygma Fund

Yuri Koropachinsky, Chairman, SM.Group

Levan Tatunashvili, Chairman, Sygma Group

 

 

(14:35 – 15:00)

Intel’s View on Russia: Risks and Opportunities

Igor Taber, Investment Director, Intel Capital

Marcin Hejka, Managing Director, Intel Capital Eastern Europe and Middle East/Africa

 

 

(15:00 – 15:30)

VTB Capital – Unique Platform to Build Venture Capital Business in Russia

Aidar Kaliev, Head of Venture Capital, VTB Capital

Eric Sandler , CTO, Member of the Board, Returnil Software

Ivan Nechaev, Executive Director, Chairman of the Board, Russian Navigation Technologies

Alexander Korobko, Member of the Board, Nanokorund

Victoria Livschitz, CEO, Grid Dynamics; Chairman of the Board, Questora

 

 

(15:30 – 15:50)

Overview of Investment Climate in Russia

Charles Ryan, Chairman, UFG Asset Management

 

 

(15:50 – 16:45)

Investments in Russian Companies: Experience and Practical Steps

Moderator: Stas Khirman, AmBAR Board

Speakers:

Sasha Galitsky, Founding Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Drew Guff, Founding Partner, Siguler Guff

Peter Loukianoff, Founding Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Charles Ryan, Chairman, UFG Asset Management

 

 

16:45 – 18:30

VIP Private Equity & VC Mixer

 

RUSNANO Investment Directors

Robert Agee, Vice President of Russia and CIS, Cisco Systems

Dmitry Alimov, Managing Director, RuNet

Dmitry Chikhachev, Partner, Runa Capital

Pat Cloherty, Chairman & CEO, Delta Private Equity Partners

Kirill Dmitriev, Managing Partner and President, Icon Private Equity

Konstantin Fokin, President/CEO, Russian Business Angels Association

Sasha Galitsky, Founding Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Alexey Gostomelsky, Founder and Managing Partner, InTerra

Marcin Hejka, Managing Director, Intel Capital Eastern Europe and Middle East/Africa

Elena Ivashentseva, Senior Partner, Baring Vostok Capital Partners

Aidar Kaliev, Head of VTB Venture Capital

Mikhail Khabarov, CEO, Alfa Capital

Yuri Koropachinsky, Chairman, SM.Group

Alexander Lupachev, Director, Finam Capital

Elena Masolova, Founder, AddVenture

Ulf Persson, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Mint Capital

Charles Ryan, Chairman, UFG Asset Management

Edward Schenderovich, Founder, Kite Ventures

Robert Sasson, Managing Director, UFG Asset Management

Dmitry B. Shevtsov, Managing Partner, Russian-Chinese investment company Eurasian Resources

Andrei Sharonov, Managing Director, Head of IB

Roman Simonov, Venture Partner, Russia Partners

Richard Sobel, CEO, Alfa Capital Partners

Oleg Svintsitski, Senior Vice President, Russia Partners

Igor Taber, Investment Director, Intel Capital

Levan Tatunashvili, Chairman, Sygma Group

Dmitry Vasyutinsky, Managing Partner, Allianz Rosno

Artem Yukhin, Director, Venture Funds, Troika Dialog

 

 

19:00 - 22:00

US Embassy Reception

Location: American Embassy in Moscow (Spaso House), Spasopeskovskaya Square, 10

Hosted by: John Beyrle, US Ambassador

 

30-minute “Moscow at Night” Bus Tour

 

 

Day 3 – Thursday, May 27th

Showcasing Russia’s Talent

 

 

 

7:30 - 8:30

Breakfast with Sergey Guriev, Rector, New Economic School

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Washington Room

 

 

9:00 – 12:00

Presenting Russia’s Established Technology Companies

Location: Parallels Headquarters, Altufjevskoye Shosse, 44, Business Center “Alteza”

Moderator: Sasha Galitsky, Partner, Almaz Capital Partners

Companies: Parallels, Acronis, ABBYY, Yandex

 

Speakers:

Serguei Beloussov, CEO, Parallels

Max Tsypliaev, Founder, Acronis

Arkady Volozh, CEO, Yandex

David Yang, CEO, ABBYY

 

 

12:30 - 14:00

Working Lunch

Location: Troika Dialog Group, Romanov per., 4

Speakers: Ruben Vardanian, Chairman & CEO, Troika Dialog – Welcome & Introductory Notes

Andrei Sharonov, Managing Director, Head of IBCompany Overview

Artem Yukhin, Director, Venture Funds, Troika Dialog - Portfolio companies Overview

 

 

14:00 – 15:30

(parallel sessions)

Consumer, Internet and Social Networking

Moderator: Esther Dyson, Founder, EDventure Holdings

Speakers:

Maxim Faldin, CEO, WikiMart

Bernard Lukey, CEO, Ozon

Oskar Hartmann, CEO, KupiVIP

Oleg Tumanov, Chairman of the Board, Digital Access

Dmitry Stavisky, VP, International Operations; GM, Russian subsidiary Evernote

Marina Kolesnik, CEO, OKtoGO

 

 

 

Life Science

Moderator: Sergey Petukhov, Rusnano

Speakers:

Dmitry Genkyn, CEO, Pharmsynthez

Mikhail Mogutov, CEO, Bioprocess

Dmitry Morozov, CEO, Biocad

Aleksandr Petrov, CEO, Medsintez

Maxim Uvarov, CEO, Binnopharm

Andrei Vakhulenko, Chairman, EnSpectr & Terasense

 

 

 

Telecom & Mobile

Moderator: Roman Simonov, Venture Partner, Russia Partners

Speakers:

Alexander Andreev, Founder, General Manager of Russian Office, SJ Labs

Svetlana Belova, CEO, Vidimax

Igor Semenov, Director, Equity Research, EMEA Telecoms, Deutsche Bank

Slava Borilin, CEO, VideoMost; Vice President, SPIRIT

Katya Stesin, CEO, Razoom Technologies

 

 

 

IT, Cloud & Services

Moderator: Stas Khirman, AmBAR Board Member

Speakers:

Ezequiel Steiner, CEO, Acumatica

Natalia Kaspersky, CEO, Infowatch; Chairman, Kaspersky Lab

Max Nalsky, Founder & Board Member, IIKO

Natalia Soboleva, CEO, Competentum

Andrew Sviridenko, Chairman of the Board, Spirit DSP; Chairman of the Board, VideoMost

 

 

15:30 - 17:30

Start-up Mixer and Expo

Location: Troika Dialog

 

 

 

20:00 - 23:00

Dinner with DST and its Portfolio Companies

Location: Restaurant Meat Club, Kuznetsky Most, 19, bldn. 1

 

 

Presentation by: Yuri Milner, Managing Partner, DST

Investment Climate & Overview of DST Portfolio Companies

 

 

Day 4Friday, May 28th

Cultural Program

 

 

 

8:00 - 9:00

Working Breakfast and Closing

Anna Dvornikova, President, AmBAR

Leonid Gozman, Board Member, RUSNANO

Location: Hotel Ritz Carlton, Istanbul 1

 

 

9:00 – 22:00

Cultural Program