The Forum 12 November 2010

 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

We have the honour to inform you that an Interregional Public Organization "Moscow Entrepreneurs Association" (MEA, www.rusbusiness.org) is organizing a business opportunities / investment matchmaking forum «Russia - Europe: Cooperation without Frontiers» to be held in Moscow on 12 November 2010 at the premises of the Moscow city Government (Novy Arbat Street 36/9).

 

The Forumwill be devoted to bilateral negotiations between Russian industrial companies from the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation, inter alia SMEs, in production, R&D and services with business partnership proposals, including investment projects, and willing to identify potential business partners in Europe, and European companies, inter alia SMEs, and business support institutions which would have shown interest with regard to Russian business proposals and projects or which, in their return, are offering cooperation, including investment projects, to Russian business community.

 

European and Russian companies from the following sectors are invited to take part in the Forum:

  • Metal-working: machines & equipment; tools and instruments; technologies
  • Energy-saving and energy efficiency: technologies; energy, electro-technical and electronic  equipment; electric lighting fittings; incandescent lamps; electrical systems
  • Food industry: general food and drinks; production equipment; packaging equipment and packages
  • Light industry (textile, sewing, haberdashery, fur, leather, shoe industries): products, equipment, new technologies and materials 

 

The preparation for the forum by MEA involves identification of business partnership opportunities / investment projects, profiling of enterprises and formulation, analysis and screening of individual project proposals. The forum itself will bring together potential commercial and joint venture partners to discuss possible forms of cooperation to implement business partnerships / investment plans being tabled. All those participating in this business - investment forum share one thing in common, the desire to broaden their contact network and to find new partners for technical as well as commercial purposes. The forum provides a unique opportunity for you to find new business contacts.

 

Participation Terms

Participation for European companies and institutions is free of charge. They pay their own travel and accommodation costs.

Upon individual requests (corresponding forms are to be filled in) three additional payable services could be provided to the forum participants:

- Prior to the forum and upon registration placing company’s advertising material on the forum’s site under “Participants’ Advertising” (in WORD format with/without photos incorporated into the text, preferably in Russian, max. 3 pages in Times New Roman-12 font, without contact details). The service price is € 200 (without VAT 18%);

- During the forum providing a company with a 4 ΠΌ² stand. The service price is € 400 (without VAT 18%).

- Companies’ presentations (15 min. per company; number of presentations is limited by timing). The service price is € 430 (without VAT 18%) with payment prior to 30 September 2010; after 30 September – upon agreement with the Organizing Committee.

 

Registration

Registration is opened till 5 November 2010. Apply for, fill in the Registration Form / Company Profile and send it to the Organizer by e-mail (map-june2010@mail.ru). It is important that you make an accurate and brief description of your company and your desired cooperation with Russian potential partners. This text forms the basis of the entry in the online catalogue on the forum’s website and is used by all participants prior to the forum to assist them in making the choice of companies they wish to meet during the event.

Please note that the sooner you register the earlier information on your company will appear on the forum’s site and for a longer period your offer will be available for Russian companies. This increases the number of your possible meetings during the forum.

 

Investment Projects

Both European and Russian companies with investment project proposals are invited to fill in an Industrial Investment & Business Partnership Project Profile in addition to their registration / company profile form and send it together with the latter to the Organizer by e-mail (map-june2010@mail.ru) in WORD format.

 

Each profile has to provide with the following: (i) information on the enterprise (company name, address, telephone, fax and e-mail; contact person; present line of business; annual turnover; present ownership; share capital; number of employees); (ii) project description (purpose of the project; main characteristics of the products to be produced; estimated investment costs; foreign cooperation sought); (iii) investment (pre-production capital; initial fixed investment; initial working capital; total); (iv) assessment of the market.

 

Best Investment Projects Concours.

If a company has an elaborated and bankable investment project it can submit it to a concours of the 3 best investment projects of the Forum. That would be in addition to registering to the Forum and to holding matchmaking meetings with Forum participants. Investment projects screening would be done with involvement of the banks– MEA’ spartners to organizing the Forum. Concours’s participation is €500 (without VAT). Deadline for submitting investment projects to the concours is 15 October 2010.

 

Individual Bilateral Meetings

Full day on 12 November 2010 of individual bilateral meetings, scheduled upon request, between Russian firms and European companies and business support institutions proposing project proposals and investment/partnership projects to start negotiations on possible future business cooperation. Prior to the forum information on all registered participants will be available on the forum’s site under “Participants”. Everybody is meeting with everybody: Europeans are selecting Russian and European companies and business support institutions and Russians are selecting European and Russian companies and business support institutions for the meetings. All participants are invited to book in advance and not later than 5 November 2010 the meetings of interest to them by making use of a Meetings Request form to be sent to the Organizer by e-mail (map-june2010@mail.ru). All meeting schedules will be available on the forum’s site (www.ru-eu-cooperation-without-frontiers.com) prior to the forum. Meetings are to be held at numbered tables. English and Russian are the official languages. Each meeting will last for about 30 minutes. A large number of informal contacts can naturally also be made outside the "programme". Interpreters will be available upon request.

 

Industrial Fairs Visit

All participants are invited to visit the following fairs in Moscow (www.expocentr.ru; free entrance) prior to the Forum:

 

  • MITEX'2010: Moscow International Trade Fair of Tools, Equipment and Technology (09.11.2010–12.11.2010)
  • INTERLIGHT'2010: International Exhibition for Lighting, Light Technology and Intelligent Building Technology (09.11.2010–12.11.2010)
  • CRYOGEN-EXPO'2010: 9th International Specialized Exhibition (09.11.2010–11.11.2010)
  • EMBIZ / ENERGY FORUM'2010: International Energy Forum of Innovation Technologies, Concepts and Projects (09.11.2010–11.11.2010)
  • ROSBIOTEH'2010: 4th Biotechnological exhibition-fair (09.11.2010–11.11.2010)

 

Sponsorship

If you are interested to co-sponsor the event please fill in a corresponding form and e-mail it to the Organizer. In reply you will receive a sponsor’s package for your consideration.

 

Tentative Programme

 

Friday, 12 November 2010

09:00              - Registration of Participants

09:45 - 10:30  - Opening ceremony

10:30 – 13:00  - Individual bilateral business meetings & Seminar for Russian officials on FDI and SMEs financing

13:00 - 14:00  - Lunch break

14:00 – 18:00  - Individual bilateral business meetings & Companies' presentations

 

Forms to be filled in

All forms to be filled in by Forum participants are available at the forum’s site www.ru-eu-cooperation-without-frontiers.com under “Registration forms”

Forum’s Web-site

All Forum’s information is available at the forum’s site www.ru-eu-cooperation-without-frontiers.com

 

Venue of Events

On 12 November 2010 – Forum – Novy Arbat Street 36/9, Moscow Government Building

On 9-11 November 2010 – Visits to 5 fairs at “Expocentr” - Krasnopresnenskaya naberezhnaya, 14

 

We would be honoured if you could join us at this special event and look forward to meeting you at the business Forum.

 

 

General Sponsor

 

Strategic Partner

 

General Partner

Foundation for Contributing to Development of Small Forms of Enterprises in the Science and Technical Spheres


In Cooperation with

Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of the Russian Federation





 

 

Main Internet Partner


and Partners
in Europe

 

Translation Sponsor