Midkhat Shagiakhmetov took part in event of a road show within All-Russian "Russian Startup Tour" startup round
7 February 2014, Friday
On February 6 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the second round of All-Russia programme on development and support of technological entrepreneurship, the road show of development institutes Russian Startup Tour at high technology park IT park.
The event was organized by Skolkovo Fund, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, Russian Venture Company, ROSNANO, Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication and Ministry of Economy.
Deputy Minister of Communication and Mass Media Mark Shmulevich, Deputy Minister of Finance Andrey Ivanov, Advisor to the President of Skolkovo Foundation Pekka Viljakainen, Board Chairman of Skolkovo Foundation Andrey Burenin took part in the event.
Kazan round of Russian Startup Tour is a part of programme that is held on January 20 – April 27 in 27 Russian cities. The progamme is aimed at finding prospective high-tech projects, give impetus to development of innovative entrepreneurship activity in regions, help young specialists to develop strategies for implementation of their projects.
As part of the program, the Minister visited the Arsky Industrial Park, where he got acquainted with the current activities and long-term plans of the residents. During the inspection of the production facilities, Midkhat Shagiakhmetov held a substantive discussion with the heads of enterprises on capacity expansion and improving the efficiency of using the existing infrastructure.
Applications for the Start-Digital Technologies-1 competition (turn 2) are being accepted on the website of the Innovation Promotion Foundation until February 24. Individuals and legal entities, small business entities, can participate in it.
Rustem Mukhamedshin, Director of the Guarantee Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in a large–scale event - the strategic session of the Association of Small and Medium-sized Businesses of the Republic of Tatarstan, which took place on January 30, 2026 in Kazan at the Entrepreneur's House.