25.05.2010 []
1st EU-Russia Innovation Forum prepares EU-Russia Summit on 31 May/1 June 2010 in Rostov-on-Don
The First EU-Russia Innovation Forum is currently taking place in Lappeenranta (25-27 May 2010). The objective of the Forum is to prepare the Top-5 Initiatives for both the EU-Russia Innovation Collaboration and the Modernization Partnership, to be delivered at the next EU-Russia Summit on 31 May/1 June in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. For the preparation of these proposals there has been two expert workshops arranged firsti in in Antwerp on 27-28 April 2010 (
review and materials of the workshop) and second in St. Petersburg on 11-12 May 2010.
As a results of these workshops 4 working groups have prepared proposals for EU-Russia Innovation Collaboration Road Maps in the following sectors:
- Innovation Policy Dialogue
- Research & University Cooperation
- Business Cooperation
- Innovation & Business Support
An expert working session before the official opening of the EU-Russia Innovation Forum is taking place today (25 May 2010) in Lappeenranta City Hall from 9.00 – 11.00. The objective of the session was to further develop the perpared proposals before presenting them in the EU-Russia Innovation Forum tomorrow, 26 May 2010.
