“Q-CAMP 2010”

Abstract

The first Baltic Forum for Youth Entrepreneurship “Q-Camp 2010” was held in Saint-Petersburg in October 6–9th 2010 being one of the steps of the international project Best Agers – using the knowledge and experience of professionals in their primes to foster business and skills development in the Baltic Sea Region.
The aim of the Forum was to develop new forms of interaction between experts from Baltic countries (mostly people aged 55+) with young people interested in innovation and technology entrepreneurship. In the course of the Forum various activities were implemented, aimed at stimulating international and interdisciplinary collaboration for creation and promotion of innovative hi-tech projects. 13 Universities and organizations from 6 Baltic Sea countries participated in the Forum. During the three days experts and members of youth teams were exchanging experiences, presenting their projects, discussing the opportunities for collaboration. Workshops and business-games were the forms of cooperative work of older professionals and young people. The Forum was organized by Saint-Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. The key audience of “Q-Camp 2010” were the representatives of partner organizations, young entrepreneurs – students of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship of SPbSU ITMO and invited experts from different organizations of Saint-Petersburg and Moscow.