Russian innovation projects on show in Finland

HELSINKI, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - An exhibition of Russian innovation
projects opens in the Finnish city of Lappeenranta on Tuesday. It will
introduce a wide spectrum of various technologies and solutions developed
in business incubators and innovation centers. The exhibition opens ahead
of the second Innovation Forum of Russia and the European Union (EU), the
sessions of which are to be held here from May 25 to 26.
An official at the Lappeenranta city council has told Itar-Tass,
"participants in the exhibition, which got the name of 'Partnership for
Innovations', were selected on the strength of the results of a contest
carried out among twenty companies and organizations which developed
innovation products of current importance".
Simultaneously with the exhibition, preliminary conferences are to
begin at the Finnish-Russian innovation university. The holding of the
conferences is also timed to coincide with the opening of the Innovation
Forum: they are dedicated to cooperation in information and communication
technologies, energy efficiency and the generation of renewable energy,
the protection of intellectual property and other problems of current
concern. A separate conference will introduce possibilities for the
transaction of business in Murmansk Region.
The Russia-EU second Innovation Forum has drawn over 500
representatives of business, science, public organizations, and officials
of the executive and legislative branches of power. Businessmen
participating in the forum represent 120 companies operating in various
sectors.
The forum is held within the framework of the implementation of the
international Europe-Russia innovation corridor (ERICO) project the
purpose of which is to further innovation cooperation between Russia and
the EU on the basis of experience gained in the interaction between St
Petersburg and Southeastern Finland.
Organizers of the forum in Lappeenranta emphasize, "ERICO is viewed as
an important instrument in a future 'common space of Russia and the EU.
promoting free exchanges of information, interpenetration of technologies,
and successful introduction of innovations".