On October 15-16, 2020, a significant event in the development of Kharkiv – Innovation Forum 2020 – is taking place at the Kharkiv Municipal Startup Center.

Innovation Forum 2020 is a platform that integrates science, business and the public for the development of new areas: startup movement and IT technologies, digitalization of the city, smart technologies and digitalization, combines innovation, development, learning, communication, dating and inspiration.

The Draft Strategy for the Development of Kharkiv until 2030 was presented at this Forum.

There were also presentations of projects “Ecopolis HTZ” and “Ukrainian Silicon Valley” and innovative business cases of the city:

• Innovative approaches in the work of enterprises of the cluster “IAM”. Vitaliy Zaitsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Rector of Kharkiv Technological University “STEP”
• Innovations in the field of high technologies of the city of Kharkiv. Shapoval Olga – Executive Director of Kharkiv IT Cluster
• Youth Council. Davidyan Dmitry
• Innovative methods of work to support business. Vitalina Pavlenko, Assistant Head of the Center for Entrepreneurship Support “Action. Business”
• Karazin Business Program project. Yaroslav Zhurba, Representative of the Karazin School of Business
• Innovative projects at the enterprise. Sergey Sokolov, IT Director of PJSC “FED”
• Innovative projects at the enterprise. Vitalii Gaievskyi, Director of LLC SPE RAILWAYAUTOMATIC