Forum schedule

Tuesday, May 25 Venue: Lappeenranta City Hall
08:00	Registration opens
09:00 - 12:00	Pre–Conferences
	Seminar: The Committee for the Future, Parliament of Finland Russia 2030 Scenarios, Open for all participants Venue: Lappeenranta City Hall, City Council Meeting Room

	Seminar: Commercializing University Based Innovations: Co-operation between Finnish and Russian Universities (additional registration required) Venue: Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)

	Seminar: Vyborg Industrial Park (VIP) (upon invitation only) Venue: Sokos Hotel Lappee

	Workshop: EU–Russia Collaboration (upon invitation only) Venue: Lappeenranta City Hall

11:00	Innovation Exhibition Opening
11:15 - 12:45	Walking Lunch

12:30 - 13:30	Bus transfer to Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
Tuesday, May 25 Venue: Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
13:30 - 14:15	Official Welcome to the Forum
14:15 - 16:00	Commercializing Russian Innovations
	Keynote Addresses
	Panel Discussion
	Russian Innovations - a good return on investment & Innovation Award Ceremony
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee & Chat Time

16:00 - 16:30	Press Conference

16:30 - 18:30	Parallel Sessions Session 1: Business Matchmaking Event Session 2: Experiences of Cross-Border Cooperation Session 3: Session 3: IPR meets Cross Border Business
20:00 - 23:00	Innovation Reception Restaurant Kasino

Wednesday 26, May Venue: Lappeenranta City Hall
9:30 - 12:00	EU–Russia Innovation Collaboration (Strategies and Roadmaps 2010–2013)
	Keynote Addresses
	Panel Discussion
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch & Networking
13:00 – 14:30	Modernization Partnership - Modernizing our Industries
	Keynote Addresses

14:30 - 15:30	Coffee Break

15:30 - 17:00	Panel Discussion

17:00- 17:30	Press Conference

19:00 - 23:00	Experience Beautiful Lake Saimaa & Fortress

Thursday, May 27 Venue: Lappeenranta City Hall
9:30 - 11:15	Promoting Energy Efficiency

	Keynote Addresses

11:15 - 12:00	Energy Break

12:00 - 13:30	EU-Russia Innovative Future

	Key Initiatives for EU–Russia Innovation Collaboration

	Key Initiatives for Modernization Partnership

13:30 - 14:15	Prime Time Visit of the Prime Ministers of Finland and Russia to the Innovation Forum
	Presenting the initiatives of the Forum to the Prime Ministers of Finland and Russia

	The Ceremony of Signing the Agreement between Finnish Industry Investment Ltd and the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies

14:15 - 15:00	Thank you Lappeenranta - Welcome to St. Petersburg

	Good Buys in Lappeenranta!

15:00 - 15:30	Press Conference

Simultaneous interpretation in English, Russian and Finnish.