About the Forum

Invitation

You are cordially invited to participate in the “Business and Investment Cooperation Forum: London – St. Petersburg – Kotka” to be held in the Mansion House, London on Thursday, 21st November 2013. About the forum The Forum is one of the key events of the “Business and Cultural Mission of St. Petersburg to London”. It will focus upon investment opportunities of St. Petersburg and Kotka-Hamina Region, SME and trade development, cooperation opportunities in key sectors and clusters such as ICT and software development, medical equipment and tourism. The event will attract representatives of British, Russian and Finnish companies specializing in ICT and software development, medical equipment and tourism, universities, representatives of the City of London Corporation, Embassy of the Russian Federation to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Trade Delegation of the Russian Federation in the UK, St. Petersburg Government, Kotka-Hamina Region. Date. Time. Location.

Date: 21st November 2013 (Thursday) Time: 15:00 - 19:00 Location: City of London - The Mansion House Address: The Mansion House, London EC4N 8BH

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Get the details & register online at: http://uk.doingbusiness.ru Program 15:00 - 15.30 Сoffee-break 15:30 - 18.00 Opening of the seminar & greetings by: . Lord Mayor of the City of London . Rerpesentative of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the UK . Representative of St.Petersburg Government . Mr. Kenji Shinoda - Ambassador of Japan to Finland Welcome to St.Petersburg - City of Investment opportunities Aleksei Iakovlev - Head of Department for Foreign Trade Promotion and Public Relations - Committee for Industrial Policy and Innovation of St. Petersburg Investment opportunities of Kotka-Hamina region – springboard to the Russian market Henry Lindelöf - Mayor of Kotka Hannu Karavirta - CEO - Cursor Oy - Kotka-Hamina regional development company Opportuinities with the key sectors & clusters:  St. Petersburg Life Science Cluster: opportunities for joint research Marina Girina - President - Cluster of Medical and Ecological Instrument Engineering and Biotechnologies  Kotka old port project – urban regeneration as investment opportunity Cameron F. Sawyer - Chairman - GVA Sawyer  St.Petersburg ICT cluster: opportunities for cooperation Ivan Gromov – Chairman - Committee on IT and Communications Maxim Balanev - Executive Director - St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development 18:00 - 19:30 Reception

How to participate? Participation in the Forum is free of charge, but registration is required. The number of participants is limited. Don't miss your chance. Register online: http://uk.doingbusiness.ru Contacts

In Russia: In Finland: St. Petersburg Government Cursor – Kotka-Hamina Regional Development Committee for External Relations Company Smolny, 191060 St.Petersburg, Russia Kyminlinnantie 6 , FI-48601 Kotka, Finland +7 812 576 68 33 +358 40 190 25 61 http://www.kvs.spb.ru | http://www.gov.spb.ru http://www.cursor.fi | http://www.rubicon.fi Contact person: Olga Koroleva - Senior Officer, Contact person: Sergey Troshkov - Programme International Cooperation Department Manager, Russia [email protected] [email protected]

The event is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland in the framework of the "Blesk" project.