The Siberian city of Novosibirsk is hosting this week a multifaceted business event called The 15th Siberian Venture Fair. It is expected to offer lots of discussions, conferences, master-classes, and pitch sessions.

The program consists of three parallel events focused on strategies, investment expertise, and technology investment trends.

The Technology Investment Trends part will be the most activity-packed of all, as it seems. Participants will be invited to discuss venture investing in Russia’s regions on the backdrop of international venture investing experience. Legislative matters that influence, or could influence, the development of an investment climate will also be brought to the table. Another focal point here will be technology entrepreneurship by university students as real drivers of innovation.

A critical problem to be discussed is a way of raising capital for a start-up in an adverse environment hardly conducive to steady funding. Representatives of angel investor communities are expected to advise entrepreneurs on how to pitch their start-ups to angel investors; how investors identify niche markets for investing; and what drives an investor in making an investment decision for one’s specific start-up.

Another planned conference to keep tabs on is Investment in Hardware, Robotics, and Industrial Tech with actual cases scrutinized. This year, FoodTech has been singled out as a special area to discuss. This segment has been on the rise over the past 5-10 years, and no downturn is envisioned for it.

The Investment Expertise section will bring light on how the investor and the entrepreneur, the start-up and the VC market, and Russia’s VC market and the global venture one should interact. Many aspects in such interaction entail certain risks, and taking risks means probing into opportunities.

The organizers have tried to make all the events within the program a venue for each market participant to grow and benefit.

The key organizers of the Fair are the Novosibirsk Fund for Science and Innovation Support, the Russian Venture Capital Association (RVCA), and the Innovation Management Center.