On April 8, at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin, Tatarstan Minister of Digitalization Ayrat Khayrullin, Chairman of Skolkovo Fund Arkady Dvorkovich, Adviser to Director General of Innovation Promotion Fund Ivan Bortnik and other officials took part in the opening ceremony of the 15th Anniversary Russian Venture Forum, the central event for the domestic venture industry.