The fourth GenerationS 2015 corporate seed accelerator is being launched
From September 28th until October 14th, the acceleration program of Robotics track will take place in Moscow.
Tech entrepreneurs engaged in robotics and automation systems will undergo an advanced course of business development at the Skolkovo Fund Innovative Center. A number of renowned speakers and experts will take part in the accelerator. The program will end with presentations of the teams at Robonights 2015, one of the brightest events in the national robotics. The event will take place on the night of October 14th at Skolkovo Hypercube.
At the sessions, the accelerator participants will meet with famous tech entrepreneurs. Also, they will meet with representatives of customers companies, and will individually work with their mentors and experts. There will be many networking opportunities.
Representatives of the following companies will work with the teams: Sberbank-Technology, Gaz Group, KamAZ, Vympel-Communications, Lego Educations, MTS, Rostelecom, Microsoft Russia, Robocon, Mortio Group, Basic Element, LETA Capital, SSAU, Intel, Grishin Robotics, RVC, Skolkolo Fund, etc.
The speakers at the accelerator will include Dmitry Grishin (Mail.Ru Group, Grishin Robotics), Albert Efimov (Skolkovo Robotics Center), Irek Gumerov (OJSC KAMAZ), Alexander Galitsky (Almaz Capital Partners), Aleksey Basov (OJSC Rostelecom), Maxim Marasanov (MTS), Igor Kaloshin (Intel Software LLC), Alexander Yakushkin (Russia LLC), Vitaly Nedelsky (National Association of Robotics Market Players), and other experts and market makers.
Based on the results of the accelerator program, the expert jury will name the winners of Robotics GenerationS track who will partake in the contest for one of the three winners of GenerationS-2015.
The winner of Robotics track will enjoy a prized trip to International Robot Exhibition 2015 which will take place in Tokyo on December 2-5, where the winner will showcase their developments and undergo the expo’s educational program. Three prize winners of the track will receive cash prizes, while the best five projects will enjoy publication in the international scientific magazine Cloud of Science. Five projects will be awarded cooperation agreements with the corporations and investors. Additionally, there will be awards categorized by nominations, among which there will be long-term mentor support by international and Russian experts, support in the preparation of advanced PR campaigns, and other prizes from partners and organizers of the seed accelerator.
