The first Go Viral festival was held in Turkmenistan
Ashgabat hosted the first Go Viral innovation festival, bringing together a community of enthusiasts and experts from Central Asia in the field of media, business and culture of the same name.
The event was a continuation of a series of regional festivals that have already been held in other cities of the region – Dushanbe, Tashkent, Bishkek and Almaty.
Inspired by the slogan "Search. Invent. Solve" innovators and entrepreneurs gathered at the same venue in the Yildiz Hotel, where they discussed professional issues in the field of media, culture and IT technologies.
The Go Viral Festival helped creative and enterprising young people in Turkmenistan to share their personal professional experience, ask interesting questions to experts in various fields and make new useful acquaintances.
Before the start of the sessions, participants could leave business cards and information about themselves on the networking wall - a special board for those who are looking for like–minded people to implement an idea, in search of a job or offer it, etc.
– This year we paid special attention to the fact that representatives of the media, IT sphere and business in our country had the opportunity to get to know each other and get to know each other better. This is how we want to promote the formation of new professional communities, the cooperation of creative people," said Go Viral Ambassador to Turkmenistan Batyr Berdyev.
At the opening ceremony, the US Ambassador to Turkmenistan Matthew Klimow told a little about the history of the creation of the festival:
– Go Viral was originally inspired by the South by Southwest festival, which was held in Austin, Texas – where my wife and I come from. All those present at today's event are innovators who must determine for themselves how this festival will continue to develop in Turkmenistan.
Further, panel discussions, workshops and presentations were held during the sessions, where participants discussed trends and trends in Turkmenistan related to the creation of content, IT products, videos, photos and illustrations.
Separate meetings were devoted to professional mobile videography, promotion of work using digital tools, building effective teamwork in the field of video production, as well as e-commerce.
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