1. IncreasingenergyandecoeciencyinurbanenvironmentESYLEPprojectPromo0ngandNetworkingFinnishSMEsinSt.Petersburg VirveHokkanen,CulminatumInnova3on, HelsinkiRegionCentreofExper3seforLiving 1.11.2012

2. What is Culminatum Innovation?Culminatum Innovation is a regional development companyseeking to improve the international competitiveness andattractiveness of the Helsinki region.Combining expertise from the public and private sectors,universities and research institutes, the company enhancebusiness renewal and regions sustainable development.Our services include: preparing and implementing development projects innovation and commercialisation services networking services regional development projectsThe company also implements the national Centre of Expertiseprogramme (2007-2013) in the Helsinki region and administersseveral other development projects in Finland and internationally.The company owners include the municipalities, the UusimaaRegional Council, the cities of Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa,universities, higher education and research institutes within theregion, and companies.

3. Key figuresIn 2011, Culminatum Innovation had a turnover of5.8 million euros Between 2007 and 2012, more than 4,300 companies participated in centre of expertise projects implemented by Culminatum Innovation At the beginning of 2012, there were 35 ongoing projects At the end of 2011, the company employed 47 people

4. Basic information about the ESYLEP-project (2010-2013)Mission:Theprojectisaboutpromo3ngandnetworkingFinnishSMEsandr&d&iactorsineldofenvironmentaltechnologyandcleantechinSt.PetersburgregionandNorthWestRussia.Schedule:October2010September2013Partners:CulminatumInnova3onOyLtd(coordinator),GreenNetFinland,LappeenrantaUniversityofTechnology,Lah3ScienceandBusinessPark,LAKESLah3RegionalDevelopmentCompany,CenterofExper3seProgramme(OSKE)CulminatumInnova3onsroleintheproject:CulminatumInnova3onsexper3seareasintheprojectareecoeciencyandenergyecientconstruc3oninurbanenvironment.Culminatumisalsoresponsibleforcoordina3ngtheproject.

5. Basic information about the ESYLEP-project (2010-2013)Objec3ves:Todevelopopera3onmodelsfortheFinnishSMEsnetworkingtoRussiaTondbusinesspartnersandclientsfortheFinnishSMEsfromRussiaTodevelopandstrengthentheSMEservicesofHelsinkiCentreinSt.PetersburgTostrengthencoopera3onbetweenFinnishpublicandsemipublicinnova3onactorssuppor3ngtheFinnishSMEsinRussianmarketsResults:About50FinnishSMEsorotherorganiza3onswillndpartnersfromRussiaNewopera3onmodelsandservicesfortheinnova3onandbusinesscoopera3oninRussiaTheroleofHelsinkiCentreanditsSMEservicesinSt.PetersburgwillbestrongerFinnishSMEsknowledgeaboutRussianmarketsandactorsinthechoseneldswillbeincreasedsignicantly

6. What do we do in practise?Servicesforenterprisesbuildingcoopera3onwithcompaniesFindingout:inwhatlevelofinterna3onaliza3onSMEsarewhatkindofhelpSMEsarelookingforwhatkindofpartners,investorsorclientsSMEsneedAc3ng:organizingseminarsmarketpoten3alanalysisB2BmatchmakingeventsinSt.PetersburgandHelsinkipartnerandclientsearchforSMEsservicesareusuallyfreeofchargeNetworkingFinnishpublicandsemipublicinnova3onactorstoimprovethesupportfortheinterna3onaliza3onofSMEs.organizingworkshopsforinnova3onactorsbuildingcoopera3onmodelanddevelopingservicestosupporttheinterna3onaliza3onofSMEs

7. Innovation and Business Potential of St. Petersburg Region How Finnish Cleantech SMEs Can Access the Market Marketanalysismadebyexternalconsultants Thegoaloftherstpartwastolearntheinnova3onpoten3alofSt.Petersburgarea; denemainmarketplayers,iden3fyavailablenancialinstruments,andanalyse perspec3vesforFinnishCleantechSME. Thesecondpartincludeddescrip3onofRussianinnova3oninfrastructure,analysisof marketopportuni3esandlis3ngofpoten3alcoopera3onpartnersinSt.Petersburg. Part1: h)p://www.esylep.net/les/esylep.ko6sivukone.com/ esylep_baseline_report_31_8_11_nal.pdf Part2: Canbeorderedbyemailfromtheaddresslaura.nurmi@culminatum.

8. Nanocluster networking event in St. PetersburgMarch 2012Finnishnanotechnologycompaniespresen3ngtheirproductsandservicestoEngineeringClubmembersOrganizers:CulminatumInnova3onandHelsinkiRegionCentreofExper3seinNanotechnologyincoopera3onwithSt.PetersburgEngineeringClub

9. Clean air round table & matchmaking event in St. PetersburgMarch 2012 FinnishandRussianentrepreneursandresearches presen3ngtheirbusinessandlookingforcoopera3on modelstoimprovetheairqualityinSt.Petersburg.B2B Russianmarketisbigand matchmaking. challenging,sothehelpinnding newbusinesscontactsisalmost necessary.KristerLiljegren,Area Organizers:CulminatumInnova3onOyLtd,MisetOy, Manager,EnvironicsOy ISBEOy,MiktechOyandCenterofExper3se Programme(OSKE)

10. Finnish-Russian round-table and networking event on energyefficient construction in St. PetersburgSeptember 2012 Bal3cBuildandProEstateFairsinSt.PetersburgFairCentre B2Bnetworking Expertseminar Visitstoconstruc3onsiteandlocalconstruc3oncompany Organizers:CulminatumInnova3onOyLtd,GreenNetFinlandry,WirmaLappeenrantaOy,VTTs EkoGradproject,CursorOy,KinnoOyandCenterofExper3seProgramme(OSKE)

11. Business Negotiations between SPb Renovatsija and FinnishSMEs in Helsinki FinnBuild FairOctober 2012 B2BnetworkingbetweenSPbRenovatsijaandseveralFinnishSMEsonbusiness opportuni3esrelatedtoreconstruc3onofoldcityquartersinSt.Petersburg. Organizers:CulminatumInnova3onOyLtd, GreenNetFinlandry,WirmaLappeenranta Oy,Lah3ScienceandBusinessPark,LAKES Lah3RegionalDevelopmentCompany, CenterofExper3seProgramme(OSKE), CursorOyandKinnoOy

12. Thank you!Contact details:Virve HokkanenProject Managervirve.hokkanen@culminatum.fiLaura NurmiProject Managerlaura.nurmi@culminatum.fiwww.esylep.net

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