The 9th Kazan OIC Youth Entrepreneurship Forum is opened????

 

The Forum unites participants from different countries for 9 years in a row. This year we received more than 200 applications from different countries all over the world. 31 startups from 14 countries were selected for participation in the Forum. There are startups from Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan, among the participants.

 

Speakers of the opening ceremony were Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan  — Aigul Sabirova, Acting Director General of the Eurasian Regional Center of ICYF — Vusal Gurbanov, Deputy Director General of the Kazan IT Park Technopark — Rustem Yunusov, Chairwoman of Academy of Youth Diplomacy — Dilbar Sadykova. Speakers welcomed participants, gave some advice and wished good luck in the upcoming Forum program.

 

The honourable guests of the opening ceremony were:

 

Adeniyi Adebayo – Program Director of the Forum

Sami Serdar – CEO of Young Business Hub (ICYF) – International Incubation Center

Necmettin Gürses – Expert at Young Business Hub (ICYF) – International Incubation Center

Orian Mekhroj Rashidov – Director of Uzbekistan Youth Entrepreneurship Support Center

Ziad Barouni – Storytelling, Pitching & Critical Thinking Coach/ Mentor, International Entrepreneurship Consultant

Arzish Azam – CEO at EjadLabs, young entrepreneur, Kazan OIC Youth Entrepreneuship Forum alumni

Shehab Niazi Farrukh – COO at at EjadLabs, COO at FutureFest, Pakistan’s largest tech conference

 

The opening ceremony made a bright start and already tomorrow our participants will have the first project sessions✨