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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. 

Since the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania became the first state to establish an Authorized Trade Representative in Russia this year, MARBC is organizing the first four seminars of the “The Changing Face of Russia” Seminar Series in Pennsylvania early this Spring to promote this development and to prepare for the MARBC Month in Russia in March & April and Pennsylvania’s first official Trade Mission to Russia in June.  Additional seminars will continue later this year in other East Coast states.

The 8th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week (RANIT) with a major focus on biotechnology will take place in June 2008 in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and San Diego. 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 specializing in biotechnology, a visit to the International Incubator at the Science Center, and a roundtable with the members of biotechnology associations in the Mid-Atlantic region.  The 8th RANIT will conclude with the world’s largest biotechnology exhibition, BIO 2008 in San Diego, where MARBC will organize an extensive exhibit on the achievements of Russian scientists and manufacturers. On the second day of BIO, dedicated to international programs, MARBC, the official organizer of the Russian delegation, will present the Russian biotechnology industry.

Among other major events MARBC will organize in 2008 will be the 6th 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 November 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. MARBC will also host delegations from two Russian Regions led by each Regions’ executives.

Another key activity of MARBC is the Russian-American Venture Industry Cooperation program. As part of this program, MARBC is organizing the Days of Russian-American Venture Industry Cooperation in December, which will include Russian participation in the Annual Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference in Philadelphia, the largest venture capital events on the East Coast.

The 9th Semi-Annual Russian-American Innovation Technology Week will take place in November 2008 in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and will focus on information technology, alternative energy technology, nanotechnology, chemical engineering, robotics, safety and security technologies, venture capital and entrepreneurship, and technology in education. Some of the main events at the 9th RANIT will be ITEC – Philadelphia, one of a prominent series of regional trade shows, which brings together IT and business professionals, and the 3rd Russian-American Technology Entrepreneurship Conference.