GSOM Master students participated in the 2nd Russian Innovation Convent
11.12.2009
GSOM SPbSU Master students participated in the 2nd Russian Innovation Convent (Dec. 9-11, 2009, St.Petersburg). 250 scholars, innovators, entrepreneurs from all over Russia participated in this federal level event, and over 40 young inventors and technology developers were among them.
The team of Olga Koryakina, Svetlana Spivak & Anastasia Antonova (MITIM-2011, MIB-2011) and Ph.D. student of the Physics Dpt, SPbSU represented SPbSU and GSOM in this major event towards launching more innovation & high-tech in the Russian economy. Their start-up Double Defense Systems project concentrates on development of double-protection system for such products as mobile telephones, notebooks, perfume and pharmaceuticals.
This project had already become the winner of the 11th Godwin Wong business plan competition run by Godwin Wong, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Berkeley School of Business, University of California. 
Mr. Vladimir Putin, Russia Prime Minister, is attending the Russian Innovation Convent - 2009. Olga Koryakina is standing by the team's project display.
