Developing the Innovation Infrastructures in Saint-Petersburg

1. Developing the Innovation Infrastructures in Saint-Petersburg Committee forEconomic Development, Industrial Policy & Trade Brussels, October 2007

2. bln US$ GRP + 51% 30 bln US$ 30,2 Foreign Investments+ 489% 20 24,8 5 20,0 5,3 4 10 3 1,4 2 0,9 1 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006 Credit Ratings Key Industries – 13,8% for electrical & electronic equipment Standar& Poor's Fitch Moody’s ВВ+ positive ВВB- stable Вaa2 stable The City of Growing Economy The city has demonstrated the increasing economical growth in recent years:

3. Saint-Petersburg – Innovative City • 25,2% of citizens have higher education • 100 state and private universities, 428 800 of students (9,3% of population), 79 colleges • more than 70000 specialists graduate each year, incl. about 10000 in high-tech & IT industries • more than 300 science and research institutions, 2 900 smaller innovative companies • 127000 small business companies, 32,4% of workforce Technopark of St. Petersburg

4. Key elements ! ! About 10% of Russia’s science potential 11 ITC, SEZ, Naukograd, venture fund, business-incubator, IT-park Elementsof innovation infrastructure Leadingscientific & educational centre of Russia, intellectual centre Competitive branches of Saint-Petersburg economy ! Geopolitical location ! Hi-tech branches of the city economy, 230 large & medium sizedenterprises, more than 2000 small Saint-Petersburg is situated near EC capitals, sea port, domestic & international airport

5. Internet and Telecommunications Technologies in St. Petersburg (ITC) • One of the most attractive sites for software development projects; • Active Russian and foreign companies IT communities; • High qualified and creative personnel; • Modern telecommunication channels. Foreign hi-tech companies in Saint-Petersburg

6. The innovative products share in total amount (products per sector, 2005 (in %)) Source: Territorial Office of the Federal Service for State Statistics in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.

7. SEZinnovation-economic typein Russia • in Saint-Petersburg • inZelenogradadministrativeareaof Moscow • in Dubna (Moscow region) • in Tomsk (Tomsk region) Types of SEZ innovation- economic Ports Saint-Petersburg Moscow & Moscow region industrial- production Tourism & recreation Perm Belgorod Tjumen Ufa Tomsk Cheliabinsk Krasnoyarsk Omsk Krasnodar Vladivostok

8. SEZ @ Noydorf

9. SEZ @ Novo-Orlovskiy

10. IT – parksin Russia Saint-Petersburg

11. Saint-Petersburgscientific&technological park in high-tech (IT-park)

12. Purposes of the IT-park The purposes of IT-park of St. Petersburg are: • carrying out scientific, research, development, informational projects and programs; • implementing the results of R&D programs into manufacturing; • marketing of knowledge-based products and technologies; • providing informational, consultative and expert services in the telecom area; • organizing special informational and educational programs and courses. Technopark of St. Petersburg

13. Main Figures of the IT-park: • total area of the premises – over 500 000 sqm, including: • university campus – 100 000 sqm • business incubator – 20 000 sqm • offices for rent – 200 000 sqm • offices of the partners – 100 000 sqm • total amount of the investments – over 500 mlnUSD • schedule of the development: • planning & design – 2007-2008 • making agreements with investors and tenants – the end of 2007 • construction I phase – 2008-2009 • construction II & III phase – 2008-2012 Technopark of St. Petersburg

14. Location of the IT-park The IT-park has excellent accessibility: • 65,5 ha of a green field in the eastern part of the city • 30 minutes drive to the international airport, 15 minutes drive to the city centre, adjacent to an underground station • next to the State University of Telecommunications Technopark of St. Petersburg

15. Elements of the IT-park The IT-park will consist of the following elements: cultural & leisure centre hotel recreational area conference-centre offices for rent residential premises office premises of the partners of the Technopark business incubator fitness-centre & stadium university campus Technopark of St. Petersburg

16. State Support of the Project An active support from the federal government provides the project with the start-up financing: • federal program ‘Electronic Russia’ for developing the infrastructure of telecommunications; • federal program ‘Developing Technoparks in the sphere of high technology in Russian Federation’; • 30 bln US$ are allocated to be invested within 10 years into the telecom industry; • 162 mln US$ of state investments are allocated for this particular project within three years. Technopark of St. Petersburg

17. IT-Park In the Future

18. Technological Innovation Centers in Saint-Petersburg Center of the Regional Fund for Scientific and Technical Development of Saint-Petersburg CJSC “Innovations of Leningrad Institutes and Enterprises” Fund “TVN” GOI (State Optical Institute) named after S.I.Vavilov City Coordination Center “New Materials and Technologies” Technopark of LTA “High Technologies in Medicine” “Aerokosmicheskiy” “Baltiyskiy” “Artes”

19. Higher School of Management Time of implementation2010 г.

20. The objects of innovation infrastructurein Saint-Petersburg Foundation for Support of Venture Investments in Small Business Enterprises Business - incubatorfor small in- novative enterprises IT Park at the University of Telecom- munications ITC – innovation-technological centres SEZ – special economic zone Naukograd – research area

21. Major Infrastructure Projects Underway in Saint-Petersburg «Orlovsky Tunnel» Project timeline: 2005–2010 «Sea Passenger Terminal»Project timeline: 2004-2009 «Elevated Express Railway» Project timeline:2005–2010 «Western Meridian Speedway» Project timeline:2005–2011

22. Thank You For Your Attention! Mikhail Eshchenko The Head of Innovation System Development Department 16, Voznesenskiy Av., Tel./fax: +7 (812) 331 54 91 St. Petersburg, m.eshchenko@cedipt.spb.ru190000 Russia www.cedipt.spb.ru