Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 9. Business Environment for Knowledge
Societies
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Meander Reception Room

Chairpersons:

• Irina Zadirako, Head of Division, Department of Corporate Affairs, Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Russia)
• Earl Mardle, Principal, KeyNet Consultancy (Australia)

Rapporteur:

• Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head, Directorate of Innovative and Investment Programmes, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Economics of a Knowledge Economy
   Earl Mardle, Principal, KeyNet Consultancy (Australia)
2. Role of Venture Capital in Small Innovation Business Development
   Albina Nikkonen, Executive Director, Russian Association of Direct and Venture Financing (Russia)
3. Assessment of Business Environment in Russia from the Point of View of Transition to the Information Society
   Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head of Directorate of Innovation and Investment Projects, Institute of the Information Society; Sergey Shaposhnik, Head of Directorate on Information Society Development Monitoring, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)
4. New Directions in CIS & CEE Venture Capital
   Thomas Nastas, President, Innovative Ventures, Inc. (USA)
5. Business Incubator as the Key Element of Partnership between Government and Innovation Business for the Information Society Development
   Valery Borduje, President, Ural Computer Forum (Russia)
6. Partnership of Business and Government for Establishing Favourable Business Environment
   Nikolay Komlev, Executive Director, Information & Computer Technologies Industry Association (Russia)
7. Legal Strategy for Information-Based Economy: from International Experience to Russian Practice
   Nina Solovyanenko, Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head, Directorate of Innovative and Investment Programmes, Institute of the Information Society (Russia)

19 May 2005

Section 4. Science and Innovations in Knowledge
Societies & Section 9. Business Environment for Knowledge Societies
11:00 – 14:00 Session 2. Joint Round Table on Drafting Recommendations for UNESCO Position at the World Summit on Information Society

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Meander Reception Hall

Rapporteur:

• Alexander Yevtiushkin, Head, Directorate of Innovative and Investment Programmes, Institute of the Information Society

Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Moderator:

• Elena Levenchuk, Lead Researcher, Institute of International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Discussant::

• Nina Solovyanenko, Senior Researcher, Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)