In May Erik Raita attended three seminars on innovations in Russia
May 28, 2009
Chairman of the Board of Karostech Erik Raita has been invited to three seminars in Saint Petersburg and Moscow during May.
Seminar in Saint Petersburg on May 5 has been devoted to current development trends for science and technology parks. It was organized by European-Russian Innopartnership and City of Saint Petersburg and held within European-Russian Innovation Corridor project. In addition to Erik Raita among invited keynote speakers was also Anthony Townsend, Research Director of Institute of the Future, USA. European-Russian Innopartnership's newsletter about the seminar can be viewed here (in Russian only).
Also in Saint Petersburg III International Forum From Science to Business was held during May 14-17 orginized by St. Petersburg State University of Information Technology, Mechanics and Optics. Erik Raita has had a presentation May 16 devoted to commercialization of academic research and organizing preincubation phase of technological business development.
Finally, Erik Raita has attended Finland-Moscow innovation seminar on May 28 held in Embassy of Finland and featuring representatives of Ministery of Employment and the Economy of Finland, Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation TEKES, and Science and Industrial Policy Department of Moscow City Governement.