The Startup Village 2025 technology conference has started its work in Skolkovo

The 13th international technology conference Startup Village 2025 has started its work in the central park "Skolkovo". The eventful program will combine six scenes, where over the course of two days, opportunities for cooperation on the path to technological leadership will be discussed. The business program of the conference includes dozens of sessions, discussions and exciting events that are designed to create an image of a new entrepreneurial mindset.

This year, the Startup Village program focuses on achieving technological leadership, a strategic goal of Skolkovo in partnership with the government of Moscow and VEB.RF. A highlight of the conference will be the Startup Bazaar project exhibition, which will bring together more than a hundred startups in the fields of microelectronics, healthcare, robotics, food security, space industry, and other high-tech areas. Visitors to the site will be able to test the developments, assess their commercial potential, as well as get to know and communicate with the authors of the projects.

The partners and co-organizers of the conference will present their stands. For example, the Moscow government will launch an exhibition of urban solutions and open an online studio at Startup Village in Skolkovo, where successful entrepreneurs will tell startups how to properly market their ideas. Here, participants will also be able to learn about startup support programs in the city and apply for participation through i.moscow. In the exhibition area, it will be possible to see and test the developments of the participants of the Moscow Innovation Cluster. The exhibition will be divided into three semantic zones: technologies for life, technologies for the city, and technologies for business.

Near the tent of the Upside Development company, which is the developer of the new Skolkovo Upside Tech technology park, visitors will be greeted by a unique art object "Balloon", which is a travel balloon with a basket and cloud cushions, and glows with a soft green light at night, creating a floating effect. Guests of the stand will be able to learn more about the concept of the future Skolkovo Upside Tech technopark and how to become its resident.

Sovcombank's stand will be dedicated to key social projects and initiatives of the bank's group and will explain why public support is an important part of any business' strategy.

The SENSE booth will host a free IT job closing raffle, interactive workshops, as well as the opportunity to try your luck in the lottery and receive a smart speaker as a gift.

An impressive international agenda will become a distinctive feature of Startup Village 2025: the conference will bring together over 100 foreign companies and organizations from 40 countries.

Within the framework of Startup Village 2025, more than 30 agreements will be signed, including those with international participation, which will be able to consolidate agreements designed to become drivers of an innovative breakthrough.

The central theme of the conference is the opening of new horizons on the way to technological progress. The key session is "Become a pioneer. On the way to Leadership and Innovation" will be the main event of the first business day. Kirill Kaem, Deputy Chairman of the Board for Priority Areas of Technological Development of the Skolkovo Foundation, Alexey Parabuchev, CEO of the Moscow Innovation Cluster, Dmitry Sauers, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprombank, Fyodor Konyukhov, a Russian traveler, Qufan Chen, a science fiction writer, as well as heads of major corporations, banks and successful tech companies will discuss how technology can change the world where There are reserves to get ahead, and what needs to be done for this, as well as the role of state institutions in these processes.

The competitive advantages of humans and neural networks, the possibilities of AI to provide breakthroughs in medicine, cinema, agrotechnology, creative industries and other industries, as well as the human place in the changing digital reality will be the central topics of lively discussions within the framework of the business program.

Over 3,000 meetings are planned during the two days of the conference, including in the framework of the Mentor Hours live communication format. Technology entrepreneurs will be able to present their startups to professional mentors, receive detailed feedback and recommendations from them on how to develop a business idea, take the team to a new level, and attract investors.

Promising contacts, lively discussions, new acquaintances and partnerships, meetings with well—known entrepreneurs and opinion leaders will be remembered by the participants of the Startup Village 2025 conference on May 29 and 30.

The broadcast is available on the national video hosting service RUTUBE.