Participants in FINOPOLIS 2019 youth programme approved

84 students will take part in the 24-hour Hackathon, a central event of the FINOdays Youth Programme within the Forum of Innovative Financial Technologies FINOPOLIS 2019. They will try to find solutions for cases developed by leading financial market players and compete for the ? 1 million prize fund to be shared by finalists.

The students have formed 17 teams. The participants include students from the Novosibirsk State University, Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Higher School of Economics, Financial University, and others. This year students from the Technical University of Munich (Munich), Harbour.Space University (Barcelona) and Nazarbayev University (Nur-Sultan) will also take part in the Hackathon.

In addition to the Hackathon, the participants in the FINOdays Youth Programme will be invited to attend events on the business programme of FINOPOLIS 2019, get acquainted with potential employers, and take part in workshops, master classes and sports events.