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InnoCentive Participates in Russia's Most Prestigious National Forum of Russian Chemists at the XVII Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry.


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KAZAN, Russia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003

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InnoCentive(R) today announced its participation in the XVII Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry, the most prestigious national forum of Russian chemists This is a list of famous chemists: (alphabetical order)

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. The conference, which occurs every five years, was opened by President Mintimer Shaimiev Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev[1] (Tatar Cyrillic: Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев, Latin:  of the Republic of Tatarstan on September 21 in Kazan, Russia. During the weeklong week·long  
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Continuing through the week: a weeklong conference.

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 conference, InnoCentive executives spoke about how scientists can benefit intellectually and financially from their scientific ingenuity by solving InnoCentive Challenges.

InnoCentive, the first online forum that brings together leading global corporations and scientists from across the globe to solve tough R&D challenges, participated in numerous discussions and presentations at the conference. InnoCentive participated in a round table discussion titled "Development of Innovation Technologies in the Russian Federation Russian Federation: see Russia. ." The round table, which was held September 24, featured InnoCentive Vice President Ali Hussein and Chief Scientific Officer Jill Panetta discussing the benefits of a global R&D network and how Russian scientists can gain greater global recognition and reward for their ingenuity. In addition, InnoCentive made a presentation to the deans and vice-deans of the chemistry faculties of over fifty leading Russian universities.

"Over the past year, InnoCentive has built strong relationships with Russia's scientific community through partnerships, research agreements and scientific collaboration with leading Russian universities. In fact, numerous Russian scientists have received awards for successfully solving InnoCentive Challenges, and five graduate students have received InnoCentive scholarships for further scientific studies," said Ali Hussein, vice president of marketing at InnoCentive. "We were fortunate to recently meet with Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (Russian: Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к,  and Dean of the Department of Chemistry at Moscow State University Moscow State University, at Moscow, Russia, officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.; founded 1755 as Moscow Univ. by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov, renamed Moscow State Univ. after the Russian Revolution, and renamed after its founder in 1940.  Valery V. Lunin at InnoCentive's corporate headquarters where we planned for continued scientific collaboration between the two organizations."

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 to take part in one of Russia's oldest and most esteemed es·teem  
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 scientific conferences. The focus of this year's conference, which is the modern state of the chemical industry and the establishment of mutually profitable partnerships, is well suited to InnoCentive's mission to unite global corporations with uniquely prepared minds from across the world in order to accelerate scientific innovation," said Jill Panetta, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of InnoCentive.

Launched in 2001, InnoCentive acts as an unbiased knowledge broker between major global companies and the worldwide scientific community, enabling them to collaborate and solve difficult R&D problems. Global companies, including Dow Chemical, Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) is a global pharmaceutical company and one of the world's largest corporations. Eli Lilly's global headquarters is located in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. , and Procter & Gamble, post their tough R&D problems confidentially on the InnoCentive Web site, www.innocentive.com, where more than 30,000 leading scientists and researchers in 125 countries can solve them. Scientists who deliver solutions that best meet InnoCentive's Challenge requirements receive a financial award for their work, ranging up to USD USD

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 $100,000.

About InnoCentive

InnoCentive is the first online forum that allows world-class scientists and science-based companies to collaborate in a global scientific community to achieve innovative solutions to complex challenges. InnoCentive is an e-business company of Eli Lilly and Company, a leading innovation-driven pharmaceutical company. To learn more, visit the InnoCentive Website at www.innocentive.com.

InnoCentive is a registered trademark of InnoCentive, Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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