A master class by international marketer Garrett Johnston will be held in Kazan.
On April 13, 2026, Kazan will host a full-time intensive master class "The Future of Tatarstan business: where passion, technology and the customer meet."
The event will be hosted by Garrett Johnston, an international expert in the field of commercial and marketing strategies, a specialist in complex economic markets.
He has built a career in 13 countries on five continents and collaborated with major international and Russian companies such as MTS, X5 Retail Group, Gazpromneft. Johnston is currently the founder and CEO of the consulting company Epiphany, as well as a member of the Academic Council of the National Research University Higher School of Economics.
The master class will focus on the key challenges of the modern economy and business development opportunities in the context of technological transformation. Currently, the global economy is entering the stage of the sixth technological order, in which artificial intelligence plays a key role in business development. Special attention will be paid to strategic management and increasing the competitiveness of companies.
A special emphasis is placed on the development of small and medium-sized businesses, which today form the basis of the modern economy and are the source of much of the innovation and entrepreneurial initiatives.
The participants of the master class will receive practical recommendations on building business development strategies, taking into account the specifics of the Russian market and the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Venue: Bashir Rameev IT Park (2 Spartak Street).
Date and time: April 13, 2026, from 10:00 to 17:00.
Participation is free of charge, subject to pre-registration.
Registration for participants and media representatives is open until 12:00 on April 12, 2026: https://forms .yandex.ru/u/69b7bd47e010dba763505bc4
The event is organized by the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Directorate of International Programs