On February 1, 2016 will start the Russian Startup Tour 2016. The event will take place in 11 cities: Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk, Krasnodar, Taganrog, Tula, Kaliningrad, Samara, Saratov and two cities of the former Soviet republics – Almaty (Kazakhstan) and Minsk (Belarus). The first event will be held in Irkutsk. The Startup Tour is organized by Skolkovo Foundation in cooperation with Rosseti PJSC.

One of the Startup’s goals is to find innovative solutions that would be in demand in hi-tech markets as well as      support the development of new startup teams working in the sphere of high technologies.

This event includes lections on themes of the competition “Energoproryv-2016” and will review new perspective projects for “Energoproryv-2016”.

“Energoproryv-2016” is a smart power industry competition, which will be held for the fourth time. The competition was organized to join forces and knowledge from various areas of science and technology for creation of energy of the future. It is jointly convened by Rosseti PJSC and Skolkovo Foundation with the support of  the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.