OREANDA-NEWS. On 25 May 2009 Vladimir Nikiforov, the head of Department of scientific and technological exhibitions and congresses, commented on Russian Innovation Week.

-Russian innovation week will be held in our city: the official agreement was signed by V.I. Matvienko, St. Petersburg Governor, and A.B. Chubays, director – general of “ROSNANO”. The event will consist of two parts.

The first part of innovation week will be conducted at “Lenexpo” fairgrounds from September 30 to October 3, 2009. It will include two events: II Petersburg International Innovation Forum and XIII International Forum “Russian Industrialist”. “Lenexpo” complex will let us successfully combine business and exhibition sections.

The second part of Russian Innovation week will be conducted in Moscow on October 6-10, 2009.

Russian innovation week is organized by St. Petersburg government in assistance with the “Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies”, Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

It is a significant event, which aims to produce key solutions, recommendations and measures for economy development innovation scenario.

Our exhibition complex will host over 20 congresses, which will be attended by the main Russian and international representatives in the sphere of innovation, science and education, venture investments, industry and infrastructure.

“Lenexpo” will present “Innovation Russia” and “Russian Industrialist” expositions; there will be demonstrated local and foreign experience of forming and realization of innovation strategies.