Program

 

 

 

June 2

7:30-9 Registration

9-9:15 Opening

  • Igor Balk, Managing Partner Global Innovation Labs

9:20-10 – Customer driven company

  • Katya Stesin, CEO Razoom

10:05-11 – Basics of incorporation

  • Alexander Korolenko, Chief Legal Adviser at Tangent Asset Management Ltd.

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Founders agreement

  • Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.

12:00- 13:00 Q&A

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-17:00 – Founders “speed dating”

June 3

9-9:45 Basics of VC funding

  • Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars

9:45-10:10 – QA

  • Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars

10:10-11 – Term sheet demystified

  • Alan D Lucas, Member of Mass Medical Angels, Mentor at MassChallenge

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Art of successful presentation

  • Igor O. Pivovarov, CEO Hemacore LLC

12:05-13:00 Ecosystem of Innovation (open session)

  • Igor Balk, Managing Partner Global Innovation Labs (moderator)
  • Michael Tsygankov, Managing Director of the Seed Financing Fund, Microsoft Russia
  • Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment
  • Andrey Vvedensky, Director of Programs and Projects Department Russian Venture Company
  • Alexei Beltyukhov, Vice-President of Skolkovo Foundation
  • Ilya Ponomarev, Deputy at The State Duma of The Russian Federation

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-17:00 – Elevator pitch practice

June 4

9-9:45 Basics of IP protection

  • Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.

9:45-10:10 – QA

  • Martin Long, Co-Founder and VP Sales & Business Development at Enertaq, Inc.

10:10-11 – Firing and Hiring

  • Catherine Tyutyunikova, HR director GK “Russian Energy and Engineering Company”

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Lean startup

  • Sergey Burkov, Mentor at 500 Startups, Advisory Board Member of Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company

12:00-13:00 Q&A

  • Sergey Burkov, Mentor at 500 Startups, Advisory Board Member of Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company

13:00-14:30 Lunch

14:30-17:00 – Presentation practice

June 5

9:10-11 Russian VC panel (open session)

  • Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment (moderator)
  • Mike Tsigankov, Managing Director Microsoft Russia Seed Fund
  • Alexandra Johnson, Managing Director of DFJ VTB Aurora
  • Alexander Galitsky, Managing Partner Almaz Capital, Board Member Skolkovo Foundation
  • Sergey Nedoroslev, Angel Investor, Founder and CEO of Kaskol Group

11:00-11:15 Special Announcement (open session)

  • Guy Kawasaki, Garage Ventures (video)
  • Dmitry Repin, CEO Digital October

11:15-13:00 US VC and Angel Panel (open session)

  • Michelle Lampa, Manager of Business Development Massachusetts Office of International Trade & Investment (moderator)
  • Roy Rodenstein, Co-Founder of Hacker Angels, Founder of Going, Mentor at 500 Startups and TechStars
  • Alan D Lucas, Member of Mass Medical Angels, Mentor at MassChallenge
  • Inessa Obenhuber, Angel Investor, Member of Seraph Group

13:00-13:15 Closing ceremony

13:15-14:30 Lunch

14:30-17:00 – Finalists presentations to VCs and Angels, Q&A, Feedback


Finalists Program Speakers