WYF 2024 to Young Businessmen

There will be a business track for young entrepreneurs at the Festival. Partners of the events are Rosmolodezh.Business and the largest Russian companies.

Business Track events will take place daily throughout the Festival, with over 40 activities planned. Various formats have been prepared for WYF 2024 participants, including case battles, networking sessions, lectures, pitching factories, startup roasts, business labs, meta games, debates, interactive workshops and much more.

Industry representatives will share secrets and life hacks for developing your own business with young people. They will also talk about success stories and current trends in entrepreneurship. WYF 2024 participants will learn how to create their own startup and increase sales, why it is important to stay creative, how artificial intelligence can help in business development, and how international youth communities can develop in the industry.

"The World Youth Festival Business Track is maximally focused on training, acceleration, and international cooperation. I would like to note that the Rosmolodezh.Business Track operates not only of the All-Russian Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program, but also entrepreneurship programs abroad. The Festival will be the starting point for the formation of an international community of young entrepreneurs. It will allow young people to interact directly in the business environment, establish profitable partnerships with each other, and receive information about opportunities for entrepreneurs in Russia," said Dmitry Litvin, Head of the Rosmolodezh.Business Track.

The Business Track will feature speeches by Denis Manturov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Emmanuel Quidet, Founder and Honorary President of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce, as well as representatives of leading organizations in the business sector, including Sber, VKontakte, Synergy University, and the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the Russian Venture Company, the Skolkovo Foundation, the Young Entrepreneurs Club, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives and many others.

WYF 2024 participants will not only have the opportunity to learn from leading companies, but also to try their hand at the industry. Everyone will be able to develop a project, consult with experts, and gain sponsorship with a successful presentation.

Overview:

The World Youth Festival will take place in 2024 according to the Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of international youth cooperation. At the first meeting of the Organizing Committee chaired by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, it was decided to hold the Festival in the Sirius Federal Territory.

20,000 young leaders in education, science, international cooperation, culture, volunteering, charity, sports, business, media, etc., including 10,000 foreign participants, will take part in the WYF 2024. For the first time in the history of the festival movement young people aged 14-17, 500 from Russia and 500 from abroad, will have the opportunity to participate in the event.

The World Youth Festival is organized by the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodezh) and operated by the World Youth Festival Directorate.

Prepared by the WYF 2024 Press Office