Workshop Agenda

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Plenary Session 1

• Welcome and opening remarks on behalf of MIT − Claude Canizares [No slides]
• Conference Goals and Agenda − Duane Boning  slides
• Introduction and Skolkovo Tech Overview − Edward Crawley  slides
• SkTech/MIT Initiative and Research Center Concept − Duane Boning  slides

Plenary Session 2

• Research Center Call for Proposals − Michael Cima  slides
• Research Center Governance Structure − Mikhail Myagkov  slides
• Russian Perspective and Global Overview: Role of Science in Modern Russia's Innovative Economy − Serguei Beloussov  slides

Working Lunch (Breakout Sessions)
Keynote speakers on Russian and global perspectives of challenges and opportunities in each theme area, followed by roundtable discussion.

• Space − Maria Zuber (MIT)
• IT − Anantha Chandrakasan (MIT)
• Nuclear − Richard Lester (MIT)
• Biomedical − Konstantin Severinov (IBG)
• Energy − Robert Armstrong (MIT)

Plenary Session 3

• Call for Proposals − Components, Criteria, Application Procedures and Key Dates − Michael Cima  slides
• Integration of Research, Education and Innovation Elements into Proposals − Duane Boning  slides

Plenary Session 4

• Peer Review Process − Mats Nordlund  slides
• Deshpande Center Process as Example for Integration of Entrepreneurship in Proposals − Charles Cooney  slides

 Friday, February 10, 2012

Plenary Session 5

• Russian Context for SkTech Research Contracts − Aleksey Sitnikov  slides
• Commercialization and Industrial Interface (CEI) − Ilia Dubinsky  slides
• Research Contract Best Practices − Michelle Christy  slides
• Intellectual Property Considerations − Lita Nelsen  slides

Plenary Session 6

• Russian VC perspective − Igor Agamirzian (RVC) [No slides]
• FAQ PANEL − Mats Nordlund, Mikhail Myagkov, Aleksey Sitnikov, Ilia Dubinsky, Ivan Sherstov, Michael Cima, Michelle Christy, Lita Nelsen [No slides]

Working Lunch (Breakout Sessions)
Theme Area Panel Discussions: Skolkovo cluster presentations in each theme area, followed by short presentations of researcher and team interests. Round-table discussion of additional participant interests and research center ideas.

• Space
  • Sergey Zhukov (Skolkovo cluster)
  • Larry Young (MIT) − moderator
  • Igor Mitrofanov (IKI)
  • Inessa Kozlovskaya (IBMP)
• IT
  • Nikolay Suetin (Skolkovo cluster)
  • Stuart Madnick − moderator
  • Michael Kudinov (ITMO)
  • Regina Barzilay (MIT)
  • Mikhail Lukin (Harvard)
• Nuclear
  • Aleksandr Fertman (Skolkovo cluster)
  • Richard Lester (MIT) − moderator
  • Dimitri Kharzeev (Stony Brook)
  • Richard Milner (MIT)
  • Mikhail Strikhanov (MEFI)
  • Ronald Ballinger (MIT)
• Biomedical
  • Chris Janssen (Skolkovo cluster)
  • Anna Voronova (MIT) − moderator
  • Konstantin Severinov (IBG)
  • Nikolay Vasilyev (CH)
  • Elazer Edelman (MIT)
• Energy
  • Oleg Pertsovskiy (Skolkovo cluster)
  • Maija Kukla (NSF) − moderator
  • Steven Leeb (MIT)
  • Sergey Kobtsev (NSU)
  • Alexander Apolonskiy (LMU)

Plenary Session 7

• US VC perspective − Noubar Afeyan (Flagship Ventures) [No slides]
• Wrap up Q&A − Edward Crawley, Mats Nordlund, Duane Boning, Michael Cima [No slides]
• Closing Remarks − Edward Crawley [No slides]