RSBF 2010 took Russia/CIS-Singapore/Asia collaboration in a new direction. The focus was on Russia’s modernisation drive, initiated by President Medvedev, to rebuild Russia’s infrastructure and develop its own Silicon Valley or Innograd. RSBF 2010′s participant rate surpassed 2009 by 37%, with about 830 participants from more than 30 countries. On the media front, 90 media representatives attended RSBF 2010 from 45 agencies and with more than 250 pieces of coverage. We will see a few success stories emerging from the networking and business tie-ups.

For the coming RSBF 2011, I would like the forum to be business-driven, with the main idea of building up success stories among our companies. The backdrop will be slow growth for the developed economies for the coming years. For this reason, RSBF 2011 will focus on the key emerging and the next generation emerging markets, bringing their top entrepreneurs to the table and seeking new opportunities together. Besides these markets, we will also look at the potential of the greater Chinese growth opportunities.

I look forward to receive you at RSBF 2011.

Yours Sincerely

Ambassador Michael Tay

Executive Director, RSBF