On the 15-18 November, 2011, in Minsk the Belarusian Innovation Week “Intelligence. Initiative. Innovation” will take place. The aim of the event is to discuss with a wide range of scientists and experts, including the foreign ones, the basic regulations of the State Program of Innovation Development in Belarus for 2011-2015, and also to promote it. Besides, the Week is focused on searching for the mechanisms to improve the efficiency of the national innovation system, promoting the innovative way of thinking among the decision-makers in companies of different ownership forms, developing the innovative entrepreneurship, and also involving the youth in the processes of innovation development.

The following activities will take place within the framework of the Belarusian Innovation Week:

• Scientific-Practical Conference “Strategy of Innovation Development of Belarus for 2011-2015”
• 3rd Belarusian Innovation Forum
• 2nd Youth Innovation Forum
• International forums

             - 1st Belarusian-Russian Innovation Conference;

             - Forum “Belarus - India”

             - Forum “Belarus — Kazakhstan”

             - Forum “Belarus — China”

             - Forum “Belarus – South Korea”

             - Forum “Belarus – Iran”

             - Forum “Belarus — Azerbaijan”

             - Forum “Belarus — Ukraine”

             - Forum “Belarus - European Union”

• Venture Fair
• Business contacts brokerage event
• Exhibition of innovation and investment projects

Organizers:

• State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus
• High-Tech Park
• National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
• Republican Center of Technology Transfer
• Belarusian Innovation Fund
• Belarusian Republican Youth Union
• Rossotrudnichestvo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus
• Ministry of Education of Belarus
• Ministry of Emergency of Belarus
• Ministry of Industry of Belarus
• Minsk City Executive Committee and regional executive committees
• Scientific and Technological Park of the Belarusian National Technical University “Polytechnic”
• Belarusian State University
• Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics
• Business Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers named after Professor M.S. Kunyavsky
• Minsk Tractor Plant

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The concept of the Belarusian Innovation Week “Intelligence. Initiative. Innovation ”

Programme of the Belarusian Innovation Week  (last update — 08.11.2011)

Source: State Committee for Science and Technology of Belarus