From 17 to 20 November Moscow hosted the annual Tech Week, but this time in a new online format. Despite the limitations and emergency transformation, Tech Week has remained one of the largest conferences for business. Over 4 days, more than 2,600 spectators visited the online platform of the conference to watch 194 speeches from the country's leading experts.

Tech Week has become a traditional platform for discussing the implementation of innovative digital technologies in business and sharing experience based on the cases of the largest Russian and world corporations. The event is organized by Technocrat company with the support of MegaFon general partner, strategic partner of the Skolkovo Foundation and FinTech partner of Gazprombank bank.

Traditionally, Tech Week was held in the format of four thematic days - a multimedia conference, an online exhibition and an applied training day for company leaders - "The Final Breakthrough in 2020". 14 thematic streams by directions:

• - Stream for managers;
• - Digital transformation of business;
• - Virtual and augmented reality;
• - Financial technologies for business;
• - Artificial intelligence and big data;
• - Blockchain technologies;
• - Technologies in HR;
• - Technologies in sales;
• - Modern approaches to management;
• - Business analytics;
• - Educational technologies;
• - Technologies in Retail;
• - Technologies in marketing;
• - Technologies transforming companies

And also this year's special format - a free multi-format online stream, which featured speakers from Amazon, Netology, Avito, Bank of Russia, RBK.money, etc.

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• General partner of the conference - MegaFon company
• Strategic partner of the conference - Skolkovo Foundation
• Fintech partner of the online stream - Gazprombank
• Partner - TechLab by PepsiCo

This year Tech Week, like many others, faced unpredictable changes and moved its capacity online in a short time without losses. The main part of the event was held from November 17 to 20 on the basis of the online conference platform, every day simultaneously broadcasting was carried out on 5 thematic streams. The exhibition and opportunities for networking and exchanging contacts with attendees were implemented using the Eventicious app.

The Mentor Lounge has become a regular Tech Week format and also took place online this year. More than 42 online sessions were held with the analysis of business projects from experts in the field of digital technologies. Investment pitches took place on an online platform, where the largest venture capital funds and accelerators heard presentations from 25 selected start-up projects.

And after the Tech Week conference with its partner TechLab by PepsiCo, it will continue to support startups and technology solutions of companies. In December, the company invites startups and companies in the BiG DATA field to take part in an online pitch and get the opportunity to become a partner with one of the largest companies in the world.

One of the headliners of the event were the key speakers of QIWI - Boris Kim, Alexander Agakov, Maria Shevchenko. The leitmotif of the company's reports was Human responsibility, as the main model of employee development today. Anastasia Zhuravleva, Head of PR QIWI Group, says: “We have collected the expertise of our company in various fields and exclusively shared our observations with RTW. It is worth noting that the organizers transferred the forum to an online format in a matter of days and helped a dozen speakers present their experience and expertise to thousands of viewers. Thanks for the great 4-day intensive!»

Ilya Kretov, CEO of eBay Global Emerging Markets, shared global e-commerce trends that help Russian small and medium-sized businesses earn money:

«... I am very glad that this year's conference was not canceled due to restrictions related to COVID-19, but still took place in a convenient and secure online format. Thanks to this, event participants were able to learn about the possibilities for exporting goods through marketplaces such as eBay. These insights are especially valuable today, as exports are becoming one of the main paths of development for small and medium-sized businesses in the face of restrictions associated with the pandemic. Many thanks to the organizers of Tech Week for this opportunity!»

Co-founder and CEO of Impact Hub Moscow Ekaterina Khaletskaya spoke about the impact economy within the FOUNDER stream:

«While preparing for Techweek, I felt the organizers' trust and willingness to accept the most daring ideas. When I arrived at the site, I immediately realized that the forum would be great: the organizing team took care of everything, including volunteers to resolve any issues, live navigation and makeup for speakers. In my speech, I talked about the impact economy, when business responds to real needs and challenges of people, and I saw these values in action on the Techweek platform. For me, this is the best forum of 2020!».

The general partner of Tech Week is MegaFon, the technology leader in the telecom industry and the national operator of digital opportunities. The company has been developing the direction of digital business solutions for a long time. MegaFon speakers talked about a set of effective solutions for remote work - with their help, the company was one of the first to start transferring employees to remote work, as well as products based on artificial intelligence, how they integrate into the daily life of a business and a person, and simplify it.

Thanks to Gazprombank, a FinTech partner and sponsor of the free online stream, a large number of listeners were able to get acquainted with Tech Week as part of the free stream. As part of the event, representatives of the bank took part in a plenary session on the work of corporations with innovations and in the AI & Big Data section. Everyone could visit the virtual stand, as well as learn about the possibilities of launching a joint pilot with the bank.

The TechLab by PepsiCo partner, together with Tech Week, will continue after the conference to look for startups to develop joint projects with the R&D team

«Any crisis is not only a period of testing, but also a time of opportunities. At PepsiCo, we see the changing market demand and needs, and we want to partner with emerging tech companies to address emerging challenges to become better for our consumers».

We invite you to take part in the December pitch session in the directions:

• Facial recognition for conducting consumer tests with a child audience
• Remote solutions for R&D teams
• Trend Watching Solutions

Each decision will be evaluated and the best will be able to get a contract with PepsiCo.

The partners of the event were: Skillbox online university, 3logic company, Imredi digital platform, Floctory, Siblion company, My Delo service, NPO PKRV company, Web Control, Uchi.Ru online platform, Avito. Work, XO Studio, SBER Solutions.

The organizers of the event report that the early sale for Spring Tech Week 2021 is not yet open, but special conditions will apply for those who leave a request now.