| MARBC is a major non-profit organization in the Mid-Atlantic region that provides information about and services related to Russia and the CIS. MARBC organizes more than 25 events annually in the United States and organizes American participation in more than 10 events in Russia, with an emphasis on industries in which the Russian market is most lucrative and prosperous, including advanced technology, energy and environment, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, advanced materials/nanotechnology, manufacturing technology, information technology, transportation, instrumentation, communications, air, space and surface transportation, agriculture, robotics, and security, among others. The most prominent of the events organized by the MARBC are the Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Weeks. Since 1997, MARBC has been actively involved in fostering cooperation with various regions in Russia. MARBC has developed partnerships with nearly twenty Russian and thirty American regional chambers of commerce and business and trade associations. MARBC-led delegations have visited several Russian regions, and MARBC hosts Russian regional delegations in the Mid-Atlantic States. MARBC biannually hosts a delegation consisting of more than thirty mayors, heads of administration, and local government officials representing more than a dozen cities and regions from across Russia. A major focus of MARBC’s efforts in recent years has been the establishment of the Mid-Atlantic region as a leading partner for Russian-American technology cooperation. |
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The emerging Russian and the Commonwealth of Independent States markets are proving to be challenging but profitable for companies in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. MARBC provides U.S. companies with the necessary tools and connections to succeed in this rapidly expanding market, and helps Russian companies to gain access to and establish a presence in the American market.
Throughout 2008-2011 the Mid-Atlantic – Russia Business Council is presenting the “Changing Face of Russia” Seminar Series. Addressing the changing business environment in Russia, this is a revival of a highly successful seminar series hosted by the MARBC after the financial crisis of 1998. New seminars are being organized throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and New York.
The 14th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week (RANIT) with a major focus on biotechnology, nanotechnology, and the pharmaceutical industry will take place in June 23-30, 2011 in Philadelphia and Washington. Starting in Philadelphia, special events at RANIT-BIO will include a Welcoming ceremony and Russian-American Pharmaceutical Conference at Philadelphia City Hall on June 23. This conference co-organized by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Council will explore the opportunities to build mutually-supportive partnerships between the U.S. and Russia in the sphere of innovative pharmaceutical development. The conference will consist of in-depth discussions of the investment climate and key policy issues for Russia and the U.S. The conference will also include a panel with representatives from the Health and the Business Development Working-Groups of the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. The 14th RANIT will conclude in Washington, D.C. with the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest biotechnology event. MARBC, the official organizer of the Russian delegation, will present the Russian biotechnology industry.
The 15th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week will take place in November 2011 in Philadelphia and will focus on information technology, alternative energy technology, nanotechnology, chemical engineering, robotics, safety and security technologies, venture capital, entrepreneurship and technology in education. It will open with a welcoming ceremony at Philadelphia City Hall and will feature a meeting with officials from Pennsylvania and other Mid-Atlantic States, a seminar with venture capital funds, a visit to the International Incubator at the Science Center, and a roundtable with the members of biotechnology associations in the Mid-Atlantic region. Some of the main events at the 15th RANIT will be ITEC – Philadelphia, and the Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference.
Another key activity of MARBC is the Russian-American Innovation Cooperation program. As part of this program, MARBC is organizing the Days of Russian-American Innovation Cooperation, which will include Russian participation in the IMPACT 2011 Conference in Philadelphia, the largest annual venture capital event on the East Coast.
Among other major events MARBC will organize in 2011 will be the Biannual Mid-Atlantic - Russia Business Opportunities Symposium, the annual seminar “Business Opportunities in Russia” in Pennsylvania’s capital, Harrisburg, and the MARBC Seminar Series: “Russian Science and Technology Opportunities for U.S. Businesses.” In 2011 MARBC will host a Russian Mayors’ Delegation consisting of more than thirty mayors, heads of administration, and local government officials representing more than a dozen cities and regions from across Russia.
The leading MARBC events in Russia in 2011 include the MARBC Month in Russia as well as organizing American programs at two major high technology events, two major biotechnology and life sciences events and more than a dozen other industries’ events.
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