Virve Hokkanen, Culminatum Innova3on, Helsinki Region Centre of Exper3se for Living 1.11.2012 Increasing energy and eco efficiency in urban environment ESYLEP‐project ‐ Promo0ng and Networking Finnish SMEs in St. Petersburg
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