The event was focused on technological and legal aspects of the updated mechanism of special investment contracts (SPIC-2). It served as a platform for the discussion of key challenges for innovation development and the diffusion of cutting-edge technologies in Russia, perspectives for implementation of high-tech projects with the support of SPIС-2, advantages and disadvantages of SPIC-2 in comparison to SPIC-1 in terms of the protection of investors.

The meeting was moderated by Michael Akim, Chairman of the Working Group on Modernisation & Innovations, Vice-President, ABB Russia. 

Presentations of the participants are available HERE

Bilgeis Mamedova, Partner, BEITEN BURKHARDT Moscow; Anna Dupan, Director of the Institute of Legal Regulation, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Maria Glukhova, Vice-President for Economic Policy and Competitiveness, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); Olga Filippova, Deputy Director, Department of Strategic Development and Project Management, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the RF; Sergey Vologodskiy, Deputy Director, Industrial Develoipment Fund (IDF); Yuri Simachev, Economic Policy Director, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Maxim Grigoryev, Partner, Head of Special Projects, Vegas Lex; Michael Akim, Chairman of the AEB Working Group on Modernisation & Innovations, Vice-President, ABB Russia (moderator).