INNOPROM for IT specialist - what to see, where to show yourself

INNOPROM (July 14-17) is a huge event in Yekaterinburg with claims at the level of the Exhibition of Economic Achievements and a somewhat more modest scale. Exhibition of innovative achievements, which include both new locomotives and toy robots. And in the gap get the car MARUSSIA, self-running skateboards, smart cards "Sberbank", screens of a couple and much more. But among the mass of conferences, exhibitions and panel discussions, there will be some interesting events only for IT people.

the 14 th of July

Microsoft marketing and sales
For the first time, Microsoft employees will talk about the commercial component of the software giant's business. About customer segmentation, demand generation, integration into the sales process, management of this process. Read more ..

July 15

Round tables and panel discussions
14.00 - signing of an agreement between the Ural IT Cluster and the IT Cluster of Skolkovo at the Skolkovo stand. (Yesssss !!)
14.30 - 15.30 - Panel discussion “Ural IT Cluster: Results of the first year and prospects”
15.30 - 16.30 - Panel discussion “What IT park is needed”
16.30 - 18.00 - Panel discussion “Investments in IT companies. Venture capital as a tool for rapid business growth "
Among the participants:
Alexander Galitsky (Almaz Capital, Runa Capital)
Denis Pryanichnikov (CJSC "MICEX")
Alena Popova (alenapopova.ru)
Mini-delegation from Israel:
Alexander Lazovsky (Craft Capital Foundation, Israel)
Rustam Tiger (JVP Foundation, Israel)
Register here .

July 16

Startups - from idea to office in California
Last year, within the framework of INNOPROM, one of the Startuppointa sessions was held - and this was one of the most ambitious points outside of Moscow. Grigory Bakunov, Sergey Zvezdin, Pavel Cherkashin and many others came to us. This year, in order not to repeat, we took a chance on our own format.
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The bottom line is simple. Globally, all startups go through the same stages of development and solve similar problems. At the Angelo Hotel (Ekaterinburg, Koltsovo) they will collect the most successful projects in the country and the region and, using their examples, will reveal the subtleties of overcoming the crisis moments of the startup life.
From startups:

• Alexey Kostarev, i-Jet Media - how to talk with a western investor
• Alexey Mitruschenkov, Documentary Studies - what is the value of a strategic investor
• Alexander Drugov, DAMASK - how to effectively use regional grants
• Vitaly Sosnov, Wikigoods - what is the use of the club of mentors

as well as representatives of PiratePay
From investors and ventures:

• Evgeny Sharovarin, IT-producer
• Rustam Tiger, sowing investment manager of the largest Israeli JVP fund

From infrastructure elements:
Dmitry Kalaev, Ministry of Economics of the Sverdlovsk Region

as well as many other interesting people.

View a detailed program and register .

Well, this is an excellent opportunity to get acquainted with Yekaterinburg;)