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On December 8, the opening ceremony of the Central Federal District Universities Consortium for the Development of Technological Entrepreneurship, which included the State University of Management, took place. The consortium aims to unite the universities' efforts to develop professional competencies, identify industrial partners, launch network educational programs, and create an environment in which technology teams can grow within a powerful shared ecosystem.
Representatives from more than 60 universities met at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) to officially launch a new format of cooperation, the main goal of which is to strengthen the potential of educational institutions and regions and open the door to real business opportunities for students. The First Management Institute was represented at the event by Vice-Rector Vitaly Lapshenkov, Business Incubator Director Dmitry Rogov, and Director of the Engineering Project Management Center Vladimir Filatov.
Olga Petrova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, addressed the guests with a welcoming speech. In her address, she noted that the Consortium is becoming a hub for talent, where university research, innovation, and the needs of the real economy converge. The association's main goal is to ensure that student and research projects progress from the laboratory to implementation in production and market entry. The Consortium is building a support system, from mentoring to promoting technologies to industrial sites.
MIPT Rector Dmitry Livanov shared the university's experience in creating new promising technologies for strategically important sectors of the Russian economy, developing partnerships with key market players, and uniting companies into a single ecosystem.
MIPT First Vice Rector Elena Anokhova, in turn, outlined the key areas of the Central Federal District Consortium's work for developing technological entrepreneurship and presented the project's roadmap. According to the plans, the active practical phase will begin as early as 2026: launching network programs, forming interuniversity teams, introducing new formats for interaction with industry, and developing a regulatory framework for transforming universities from educational institutions into innovation hubs. The association's plans include developing a mentoring system for staff overseeing technological entrepreneurship, creating working groups, and inviting faculty and researchers from participating universities to implement joint projects.
Our university has significant experience and achievements in the field of technological entrepreneurship. SUM offers entrepreneurial competency training and acceleration programs for NTI markets. Students regularly produce projects that are included in the top 100 projects of the Innovators' Academy and present their ideas at Innovator's Day. In 2025, three SUM students won the Student Startup competition of the Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises, and student Danila Yakovlev was among the winners of the All-Russian competition "Startup as a Diploma."
The First Management's participation in the Consortium will strengthen cooperation with leading educational organizations, industrial partners, and the business community to conduct promising scientific research and address strategically important challenges facing sectors of the real economy.
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