Business on ideas

 
In Primorye, will discuss how to put science in the service economy 
First Pacific Regional Innovation Forum will be held in Vladivostok in late November. 
Its organizers are the Federal Agency for Science and Innovation, the administration of Primorsky Krai, Center for Science, Technology and Innovation and technological cooperation between Russia and APEC, as well as Far Eastern State Technical University, in partnership with the regional network of business angels «Laboratory of investment», the National Guild of innovative managers and intellectual Agency PRioritet. 
In the coming years to the Far East to face the global challenges of economic recovery. Some financial injections, without innovative technology, they are not resolved. But innovation - a risk, especially for the investor, which will be far from each businessman. Those who agreed to risk and invest in new, unknown cause, without a guaranteed successful outcome, are united in venture capital funds or are individuals, acquiring the status of «business angels». Obviously, it is time to discuss prospects for development and steps venture industry in the East Russia, the possibilities for international cooperation with countries in the Asia Pacific region in this area, as well as joint programs and actions to support small and medium enterprise innovation. 
To do this, the capital of Primorye will come representatives of the National Commonwealth of business angels Russia, the National Association of innovation and development of information technology, Russian technology transfer networks, concerned ministries and departments and all those who in one way or another involved in the innovation business. At the forum invited to direct funds and venture capital investments, private investors, consulting and law firms, banks and industrial-but-financial groups, scientific and educational institutions, companies offering and seeking money for business development and actively participated in the development of East Russia. 
- Among the goals and objectives of the forum 
- To develop further phases of development strategy for the Pacific innovative terminal Russia, organization of talks on attracting investment in small and medium-sized innovative companies Far East - told the correspondent executive director of the Center for Science, Technology and Innovation and technological cooperation between Russia and APEC Igor Korshenko. 
The forum will debate and «round table», in which organizers intend to identify trends and prospects of development «Business angelic» movement in the region. Will attempt to focus the intellectual and capital resources on innovation projects and the commercialization of intellectual activity. 
By the work I Pacific International Innovation Forum held on the occasion and the Pacific Venture II site. This will enable exhibitors investment projects to talk with many experts at the international level. About the person to talk is premature, but that in Vladivostok to meet the elite of Russian and international innovation and venture businesses - for sure. 
Incidentally, the exposition Pacific Venture platform - the first step in selecting a portfolio of investment sites of major Russian and foreign investors from the Asia-Pacific countries. 
Equally important, and other sites forum. «Youth civic initiative»: here is scheduled to hold educational activities aimed at developing leadership skills among the young - the future of managers - in the development processes of innovation economy in Russia. «Financial Instruments»: Representatives financial services market will coordinate their work, discuss ways of developing financial instruments in the region, ways to improve the situation of venture investing. 
The choice of Vladivostok as the venue for the first forum nesluchaen. Primorsky Krai - one of the leaders of DFO on investment potential. According to the results of 2007, he entered the top three Far Eastern territories to a minimum integral investment risk and the level of investment potential region took place among the 22 regions of Russia. 
Investment attractiveness of Primorye determine the unique economic and geographical position on the domestic and international transport corridor, the availability of effective population and natural resources for the development of export production. This high level of education, financial and communications infrastructure, skilled workforce is concentrated. The authorities took the edge of an active role in protecting the rights of investors. 
The result - in recent years, investment in Primorsky Krai sharply increased. For the year 2007 for economic development and social workers from all sources of funds sent to 43.16 billion rubles - 126 per cent by 2006-mu. The influx of investment in fixed assets in comparison with 2004 increased by 2.3 times. 
The bulk of investment goes to tertiary sector of the economy of Primorye. In 2007, it had to 48 per cent of total investments. The largest flow - in transport and communications, manufacturing and distribution of electricity, gas, water, finance, operations with real estate, manufacturing production. 
There is a growing interest in the territory and from foreigners. Over the past year in the region received 31.3 million dollars - at 36.7 per cent higher than a year earlier. The proportion of direct investment amounted to 37 percent, while the proportion of other - 63. Large amounts of foreign finance aimed at development of agriculture, forestry, hunting, in operations with real estate, rental and services, trade and manufacturing. 
Primorje - one of the most «knowledge» actors DFO. The basis for the development of this field is the Law «On innovation in the territory of Primorsky Krai», adopted in February 2008. A special program «The introduction of scientific innovation, FEB RAS in the economy of Primorsky Krai» 2008-2013. Its main event - a pilot project cluster «Naval biotehnopark». 
But perhaps the main criterion for selection of Vladivostok venue for the forum was that the Primorsky region - one of the four regions of the country (even Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Volga region) and only one in DFO organized on its territory, a venture sites. 

Opinion 
Alexander Kostenko, the first vice-governor of Primorsky Krai: 
- The development of innovation system will ensure the growth of knowledge-production, increase productivity and make business in Primorye more attractive for investments. Currently, the economy edges used 1347 advanced production technologies, of which 943 - in design and engineering, 223 - in the fields of management and communications, 129 - in the production, processing and assembly. 
In addition, a strategic project for the establishment of the territory of the Pacific edge of innovation terminal Russia, which granted the APEC Working Group on Industrial Science and Technology and supported by eight countries. Initiator of the project - Center for Science, Technology and Innovation and technological cooperation between Russia and APEC. 
All of this is seen by us as part of the strategy for the development of innovation Primorsky Krai until 2050 and could become the basis for the content of Russian initiatives already in 2012 - during the presidency of Russia in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.