GSOM Family Day 2019
4th annual meeting of the GSOM SPbU
business community
21st September | Saturday
11.00 – 21.00
Mikhailovskaya Dacha
What is GSOM
Family Day?
GSOM Family Day is an annual meeting of the GSOM SPBU business community - GSOM Family.

On the 21st of September, 2019 alumni, students, faculty and corporate partners of the No.1 business school in Russia will meet up at Mikhailovskaya Dacha. Participants will get an opportunity to catch up with their School friends, attend fascinating interviews and panel discussions centered around current issues, as well as enjoy the evening reception.

Do not miss the major event of our community!

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Help GSOM grow!
This year, you have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the School and make a free donation (voluntary donation to the Endowment Fund of St. Petersburg State University). The proceeds are used to support student projects, research and social initiatives.

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You define the amount you'd like to contribute yourself. The organizing committee suggests the donation of 1000 rubles.
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GFD'19 program
21st September, Saturday
11:00 – 12:00
11:00 – 12:00
Registration
12:00 – 13:30
12:00 – 13:30
(Un)lucky strike
Daring perspective on the annual "Tell your story" presentations
Everyone always boasts about success and never about failure. Well, at GSOM Family Day 2019 they will. At "(Un)lucky strike" GSOM alumni will tell their stories of failure and how they overcame it.
12:00 – 13:30
12:00 – 13:30
Discussion in collaboration with VTB bank
How immersive technologies like VR, AR, XR change our lives and transform business
with Olga Dergunova, Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board, GSOM SPbU Director
During the session, representatives of VTB Bank will talk about the launch of a pilot project of VR consulting at the bank's offices. Participants will be given the opportunity to test this service.
12:00 – 13:30
12:00 – 13:30
Workshop in collaboration with U Skillz
Carrier-boosting advice from an educational start-up
U Skillz coaches will teach you to approach any job or task as an entrepreneur - maximum benefits for minimal investments. You will practice generating fresh ideas and receive career answers you've always craved.
13:30 – 14:30
13:30 – 14:30
Coffee break
Great coffee, snacks and networking
14:30 – 16:00
14:30 – 16:00
Discussion moderated by Yury E. Blagov
Cleantech? Effective use of resources? Sustainable value chains? The discussion will reach outside the CSR department. Global company representatives will brainstorm solutions for the challenges of sustainable development, as well as tread the fine line of comparing claims and reality of sustainable business.
16:00 – 16:45
16:00 – 16:45
Opening of MegaFon <5G_Dream_Lab>
16:00 – 16:45
16:00 – 16:45
Lunch break
More great coffee, snacks and networking
16:45 – 18:15
16:45 – 18:15
IT-industries' development: new professions and future norms
Discussion moderated by Margarita A. Gladkova
What is IT today? And how is the industry changing? It's time to set the record straight regarding the area of business where women lead the way while high schoolers and students innovate.
16:45 – 18:15
16:45 – 18:15
Citizens and city. Who shapes the urban environment
Applying common good concept to urban development
We will talk about Saint Petersburg: from trendy places and modern theater culture to charity organizations and accessibility principles.
16:45 – 18:15
16:45 – 18:15
How companies evolve with cosmopolitan employees: cross-cultural management and leadership programs
Most leadership programs are based on cross-cultural management. But why? And are they really worth the millions spent? Let us ask those who pay the money.
Additionally, we will discuss who sets the trends in the global market: consumers or companies.
17:15 – 18:15
17:15 – 18:15
<5G_Dream_Lab>: opportunities that 5G gives developers
with Frederic Gilberth Vanoosthuyze, Chief Technology and IT Officer, MegaFon
How will 5G change the world? What new opportunities does this technology offer? What new products can be created and what kind of "pains" for developers will be solved? Together with guests from the faculties of mechmath, PM-PU and FMKN we will talk about usage of 5G for development purposes.
18:30 – 21:00
18:30 – 21:00
Evening program
This is what you came for, isn't it?
Still not sure whether to go?
Find out what GSOM Family Day was like in 2018!
GSOM Family Day 2018 celebrated the 25th anniversary of the School

More than 700 guests came to gather to party, discuss business and reconnect with friends and colleagues.

No more descriptions! See for yourself.


GSOM Family Day 2017
GSOM Family Day 2016
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Campus GSOM SPbU "Mikhailovskaya Dacha"
198515, St. Petersburg,
St. Petersburg highway, 109

Tel .: +7 (812) 323-84-50 (ext. 462, 460)

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