Youth Forum
10.05.2023
10:00–11:30

Youth Entrepreneurship

Congress Centre, conference hall B2
International Youth Legal Forum
Broadcast
A Russian federal project focusing on tech entrepreneurship at universities has been in place for the past few years. Over that time, more than 100 universities have launched Startup as a Degree programmes, and several hundred student founders have won Student Startup grants. That said, there are still many regulatory and organizational barriers which are hindering the rapid growth of youth entrepreneurship at universities. Discussing these issues could serve to improve the investment climate for students aspiring to become entrepreneurs or develop entrepreneurial skills. How compatible is higher education with startups in the context of the Startup as a Degree initiative? Why do only around 15% of Russian universities have such a programme in place? What kinds of government support does a student entrepreneur expect in order to help them launch their business? Why is it that small innovative companies have not stepped in to help drive entrepreneurship at universities?

Moderator

Andrey Petrakov
Acting Director, Business Law Institute; Deputy Head of the Department of Entrepreneurial and Corporate Law, Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafin; Co-Chairman of the Youth Movement, Association of Lawyers of Russia

Panellists

Aleksandr Vaino
Head of Youth Initiatives Center, Agency of Strategic Initiatives (ASI)
Inna Gaziyeva
Head of the Accelerator, Director of the Center for General Academic General Educational Initiatives of the Institute for Organizational Development and Strategic Initiatives, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA)
Danila Dremenkov
Deputy Head of Legal Support Department, Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation
Valeria Zotova
Director, Center for the Development of Creativity and Scientific and Technical Initiatives of Children and Youth of the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg
Vasily Konkov
Partner, Head of Corporate Law Practice, Co-Founder, Sudokhod
Alexandra Proshkina
Head of Development of the Project Office, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
Yury Sibirskiy
Head of Regional Development Department, Skolkovo Foundation

Broadcast

Andrey Petrakov
Acting Director, Business Law Institute; Deputy Head of the Department of Entrepreneurial and Corporate Law, Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafin; Co-Chairman of the Youth Movement, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Aleksandr Vaino
Head of Youth Initiatives Center, Agency of Strategic Initiatives (ASI)
From 2017 to present, International Law student at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).
From 2017 to 2018 business analyst at Dialogue.
From 2018 to 2019, Head of Project Development and Implementation at the Project Development Department for Industrial Human Resource Development at the Russian Foundation for Technological Development
From March 2019 to November 2019, Project Manager of the Digital Development Centre at the Agency of Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
Since November 2019, he has been Head of the Youth Initiatives Centre at the Agency of Strategic Initiatives to Promote New Projects.
Inna Gaziyeva
Head of the Accelerator, Director of the Center for General Academic General Educational Initiatives of the Institute for Organizational Development and Strategic Initiatives, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (RANEPA)
Danila Dremenkov
Deputy Head of Legal Support Department, Moscow Innovation Cluster Foundation
Valeria Zotova
Director, Center for the Development of Creativity and Scientific and Technical Initiatives of Children and Youth of the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg
Vasily Konkov
Partner, Head of Corporate Law Practice, Co-Founder, Sudokhod
Alexandra Proshkina
Head of Development of the Project Office, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University
Yury Sibirskiy
Head of Regional Development Department, Skolkovo Foundation