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To Russian Hi-Tech HUBS RUSSIA-DIRECT.ORG |#9 | JUNE 2015 to Russian hi-tech huBs AVAILABLE FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY FREE ISSUE CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY New efforts to modernize the Russian economy have taken on even greater significance since the implementation of 04. Can high-tech hubs help to modernize Russia? Western sanctions and recent volatility in global energy BY George GOGOLEV markets. As a result, a renewed focus on technological in- 08. A strategy for the novation could be one way to diversify the Russian economy development of Russian and insulate it from external economic shocks. Most im- technoparks portantly, the commercialization of new innovations could BY ANDrei SHPILENKO provide a long-term boost to Russian economic growth and 16. How to create a favorable consolidate gains for Russia’s emerging middle class. environment for technology The federal government, which has always played an im- hubs in Russia portant role in the development of Russia’s innovation sec- BY RUSSIAN Ministry OF TELECOM AND MASS COMMU- tor, now faces a number of critical strategic questions of nication how to develop regional innovation ecosystems in a time of 18. Can Russia become an increased isolation from the West and decreased funding innovation leader? for science. BY OLEG BUKLEMISHEV One major initiative to bridge the innovation gap has been 22. Case study: Three to channel resources – both financial and administrative – centers for Russian into the creation of new technoparks, high-tech hubs and innovation. #1: Skolkovo Innovation innovation clusters. Center In the report below, we highlight the early successes and BY ALEXEI SITNIKov challenges of Russia’s modernization drive, with an em- 23. #2: Bauman Moscow phasis on the role of the state in guiding and supporting State Technical University innovation efforts at the local level, primarily through the BY evgeny staroZHUK creation of new technoparks. In addition to highlighting 24. #3: The Troitsk several case studies of Russian innovation at work – includ- Technopark ing the Skolkovo Innovation Center in Moscow – the report BY sergei SHaraKSHANE analyzes the most important factors in Russia’s long-term 27. Russia’s long-term transition to an innovation economy and provides multiple transition to an innovation steps to help Russia realize its full potential for innovation. economy BY KENDricK WHITE 28. Top 10 recommendations for Russian innovation entrepreneurs BY KENDricK WHITE 28. Editor’s picks PRESS PHOTO PRESS REPORT FROM Making sense of THE EDITOR Russia’s modernization initiatives Sanctions and the growing isolation from the West continue to infl uence the development of Russia’s innovation economy, at least in the form of the deterioration of the investment climate and increased economic instability. Mo dernization of the Rus- sian economy, which is now cut off from Western foreign loans and still heavily dependent on oil and gas revenues, becomes a matter of survival. In this report, we decided to look closely at the hubs where In addition, Oleg Buklemishev of Moscow State University Russian innovation is being developed today. In doing so, we gives a highly critical assessment of the current eff orts to mod- are trying to make sense of the most recent modernizing initia- ernize the Russian economy. He insists on three alternative tives and sort out the vast array of new technoparks, high-tech ways to capitalize on Russia’s advantages in order to transform hubs and innovation clusters. the economy and create new breakthroughs in the fi eld of The co-authors of our report are on-the-ground practition- innovation. ers and leading thinkers of the Russian innovation economy. This Russia Direct report also contains three case studies of George Gogolev of the Russian Venture Company (RVC), a Russian high-tech hubs and specifi c recommendations for joint-stock company created by the Russian government with Russian innovation entrepreneurs from Kendrick White, a U.S.- a mission to help set up Russia’s own venture capital industry, born entrepreneur with more than 20 years of investing and writes about the challenges of transitioning to new models of management experience in Russia. innovation in the country whose industry still largely relies on I hope you will enjoy this report. Please do not hesitate to send old internal Soviet R&D supply chains. me an email at [email protected] if you have Andrei Shpilenko of the non-profi t Association of Science any questions or suggestions. Parks in High Technology gives a detailed overview of Rus- We value your feedback, especially as we are preparing to sia’s technology parks and provides a briefi ng on the newly launch a paid subscription model for all of our reports. For adopted framework documents in this fi eld. His analysis is fol- more information about the Russia Direct paid subscription lowed by a commentary from the Russian Ministry of Telecom model, please go to our website www.russia-direct.org. and Mass Communications, which sheds light on the Russian government’s priorities in creating favorable environment for technology hubs. Ekaterina Zabrovskaya, Editor-in-Chief Write to us [email protected] for general comments, subscription and distribution questions; Send an email to: [email protected] for your submissions, article proposals, topic suggestions, and content-related comments; [email protected] for sales and advertising. Eugene Abov Chairman, Russia Direct, Deputy Director General, Rossiyskaya Gazeta Publishing House, Publisher, Russia Beyond The Headlines Julia Golikova Director for Development, Russia Direct, Deputy Publisher, Commercial and Foreign Partnership Director, Russia Beyond The Headlines Ekaterina Zabrovskaya Editor-in-Chief Pavel Koshkin Executive Editor Dominic Basulto Executive Editor, U.S. Ksenia Zubacheva Managing Editor Alexey Khlebnikov Senior Editor Cameron Judge-Becker Intern Olga Ivanova Publisher, Business and Product Development Director Maria Shashaeva Deputy Publisher, Circulation, Digital Strategy and Operations Antonina Osipova Marketing Director Ekaterina Olkhova Consumer Marketing and Promotion Director Helen Borisenko Research Manager Anna Sergeeva Account Manager, NY Olga Guitchounts Account Manager, DC Andrey Shimarskiy Art Director Andrey Zaitsev Associate Art Director Nikolay Shiyanov Designer Niyaz Karim Designer Nikolay Korolev Photo Editor Ilya Ovcharenko Production Designer © Russia Direct 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system. The views expressed are those of certain participants in the discussion and do not necessarily reflect the views of all participants or of Russia Direct. INSIDER’S GUIDE TO RUSSIAN HIGH-TECH HUBS | #9 | JUNE 2015 RUSSIA-DIRECT.ORG AUTHORS OLEG BUKLEMISHEV is an associate professor in the department of economics at Moscow State University. From 2000 to 2004 he was an assistant to the prime minister and deputy director of the secretariat of the prime minister of Russia. From 2005 to 2012, he was chief analyst and member of the board of directors at NGO MK Analytics. He is author of the book, “The Eurobond Market” (1999). GEORGE GOGOLEV is head of the Innovation Ecosystem Development at Russian Venture Capital, a state funded agency which fi nances developments in Russian high-tech. He previously served in sales, marketing and PR positions in various fast- growing tech companies in Russia. Gogolev is also an active investor and holds a Ph.D. in geography from the Russian Academy of Sciences. SERGEI SHARAKSHANE is the spokesman for the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Holding advanced degree in mathematics and philosophy, he spent 40 years working in journalism and served as an assistant to the Press Minister in two ministries during the Soviet Union. In addition to his work as a spokesman to the RAS, he is also a member of the expert council to the ‘A Just Russia’ party faction of the Russian State Duma. ALEXEI SITNIKOV is the vice president of Institutional Development and Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. Prior to joining Skolkovo, Sitnikov served as vice president for operations and development at the New Economic School in Moscow and held the position of program coordinator for Russia at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. EVGENY STAROZHUK, Ph.D., is provost of economics and innovation at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. An expert in fi nancial management and credit who attended the Russian Federation Financial Academy, Starozhuk served as deputy director of the N.N. Andreyev Acoustics Institute (2007-2009). He most recently served as general director of the Atoll Research Institute. ANDREI SHPILENKO, Ph.D., currently serves as the director of the non- profi t Association of Technoparks in High Technology and chairman of the board of the Youth Innovation Center. Shpilenko is an expert and innovator in youth entrepreneurship, startup businesses, and partnerships between the public and private sectors. KENDRICK D. WHITE is the vice rector for Innovation at the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN) and the director of UNN’s Technology Commercialization Center. He is also the founder of Marchmont Capital Partners, LLC, and a U.S.-born entrepreneur who has built unique know-how in commercializing early stage, high-tech investment projects over more than 20 years of investing and management experience in Russia. 2-3 Can high-tech hubs help to modernize Russia? Faced with numerous economic challenges, Russia needs a new strategy to boost its innovation development. GEORGE GOGOLEV he late 20th century has seen a major evolution of the innovation model from structured vertical corporate research and development (R&D) sys- Ttems to distributed startup ecosystems. As the corporate model gradually dissolved in the 1980s and 1990s due to in- creased global competition and falling margins, venture capital fi rms and start- ups have started taking over this niche.
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