Forum timeframe:

March 15—16, 2012

Forum hosts:

	Executive Committee of the Interregional Association of Economic Cooperation between the RF Regions "Big Ural"
	"IECI" OJSC — International Exchange for Commercialization of Innovation (Perm, Russia)
	«Real-Forum-Grupp», a non-profit partnership (Yekaterinburg, Russia)

General partners:

	"Permsnabsbyt" Group of Companies
	"Anod" Oil and Gas Equipment Plant" Ltd.

With the assistance of:

	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
	Government of the Sverdlovsk region
	Government of the Perm region
	Government of the Tyumen region

Official partners:

	The Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
	Ministry of Industry, Innovation and Science of the Perm region
	Perm City Administration

Strategic partners:

	RF State Duma Committee for Science and High Technology
	Glazov City Administration (Udmurt Republic, Russia)
	Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property (Moscow, Russia)
	Ural Federal University
	"Infrastukturny Hub" ("Infrastructure Hub"), a non-profit partnership
	Union of Small and Medium Businesses of the Sverdlovsk Region, a non-profit partnership
	Gorodissky and Partners (Moscow, Russia)
	Federal bioenergy development center "Biotopenergo" (Moscow, Russia)
	Ural State University of Economics (USUE)
	"Business Institute of the Ural Federal District", non-state educational institution of continuing professional education (Tyumen, Russia)
	"Promsvyaz" Science and Techonology Park
	"Osentsy" Industrial Park
	Association of Science and Innovation Authorities and Enterprises of the Perm Region
	"Pravovoy Aspekt" ("Legal Aspect") Ltd.
	"Expert-Ural" Research Center
	"Expert-Ural" Weekly Magazine

Regional partners:

Atrium Palace Hotel (Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Forum mission:

To promote small innovative business in the Urals region.

Key objectives of the Forum:

• to become a new instrument and institution for advancement of small innovative business;
• to become a medium of innovation projects promotion in the Urals region and attract Russian and international venture investors (business angels);
• to promote innovative activity among young researchers and business people;
• to raise innovative culture of small and medium business.

Forum funding:

• hosts, partners, sponsors, participants' donations;
• participation is free of charge for students and young researchers.