South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” Basic Information Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO Yury Nurulin SOUTH-EAST FINLAND - RUSSIA ENPI CBC 2007-2013, 2-nd Call for Proposals Priority: 1. Economic development Grant Contract Identification Number: 2011-009-SE631 Total eligible costs: 860 626 EUR Grant amount: 599 976 EUR Co-financing by partners: 260 650 EUR Project period: 21.02.2012 – 20.02.2014 30.10.2013 Programme Partner Seminar This project is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland

South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” Project Partners LP: Association of Centers for engineering and Automation (RU) P1: Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University (RU) P2: Committee of the Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade (RU) P3: Committee on IT and Communications (RU) P4: Lappeenranta University of Technology (FI) P5: Kouvola Innovation (FI) P6: Saint-Petersburg Interregional Resource Center (RU) P7: Aptual Intelligence Ltd (FI) P8: Karostech Ltd (FI) Associate: Hamina Town (FI) This project is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland

The project idea: to use synergy effect for South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” The project idea: to use synergy effect for development of innovation business Overall objective : to design, implement and pilot a cross-border business incubation platform consisting of three elements: • New method: Open Innovation + Serendipity Management = Methodology for realizing emerging technology-based cross -border business opportunities • New infrastructure: Business Oasis + fast prototyping equipment = Infrastructure for pre-incubating services • New service: Training + coaching + consulting = Development of human resource for innovations with specific focus on so called generation Y (born after 1978) both in Russia and Finland.

Concrete outputs (main) South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” Concrete outputs (main) As of 10/10/2013 Benchmarking analysis of Open Innovation and infrastructure for support of innovation business Completed 600 copies of book on Business Oasis for Open Innovations 50% 13 workshops on methodology, infrastructure and services 85% Training materials on Open Innovation Done 6 experts will be trained Completed (8 experts) 30 innovators will be trained 75% (51 innovators) 9 companies will be consulted 75% 10 young entrepreneurs will be coached Web-side will be designed and supported Done (www.acea.spb.ru/OpenInno) 2 International conferences on Open Innovation (events in frame of V and VI Saint-Petersburg Innovation Forums 2012, 2013) Piloting the Open Innovation Infrastructure Started in April 2013

SPbSPU Open Infrastructure South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” Synergy in practice 2007-2008 SPbSPU Innovation Development 2013 SPbSPU Open Infrastructure Similar Equipment 3D-printer, CAD/CAM/CAE system 3D-printer, CAD/CAM/CAE system University researchers Target groups Young innovators Closed (Faculty based Centre for Fast Prototyping) Open (University Center for Technical Creativity) Infrastructure Open Innovation, Serendipity Management Traditional Management Results single prototypes of products 700 visitors/participants

NeuroTech: the history of success South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” NeuroTech: the history of success Vitaly Zubchenko: biovit23@gmail.com, mobile: +7 964 391 89 20 September 2012: Idea of Brain Computer Interfaces from the journal “Company Secret” February 2013: acquisition interfaces from USA and Australia February- April 2013: unsuccessful attempt on creation of a prototype with friends May 2013: acquaintance with SPbSPU open infrastructure and service June 2013: FabLab/OpenINNO Summer School, creation of the project team (6 persons) July 2013: Working prototype of the Neuro-faucet for bottling of liquids August 2013: The company NeuroTech is registered October 2013: 2 Neuro-controlled devices presented at VI Saint-Petersburg Innovation Forum

Thank you for attention. South-East Finland - Russia European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument 2007-2013 Project 2011-009-SE631 “Open Innovation Service for Emerging Business –OpenINNO” Thank you for attention. Yury Nurulin yury.nurulin@gmail.com