Speaker and moderator
Alexey Pavlovich Kalenchuk
Director for Digital Creative Industries — Skolkovo Foundation.
Head of Sk Games.
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Biography
For more than 17 years, Alexey has worked where technology meets the market, helping teams find partners, launch pilots, and grow. On stage, he explores gaming, new media, and digital creative industries through real companies, products, and decisions. As a moderator, he brings together the perspectives of developers, corporations, investors, and development institutions to give audiences a fuller picture of the market.
Speaking experience
I speak at industry events and regularly moderate discussions; I also host pitch sessions and demo days.
2026
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Launch of Russia's first national creative technology programme
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More than a game: how the video game industry is changing business, education, urban life, and the creative economy
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Indie pitch session: from idea to support
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Findings from the 2026 study of support for the game industry
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Russian game development after the reset: yesterday, today, tomorrow
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Video games, AR/VR, and the digital economy
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Playing for the future: how game development is changing education
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Game industry founders: how not to burn out on your third project
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Buying attention: where money will go in media, advertising, and telecom
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Components for the video game industry
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AdTech: autonomous demand
2025
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You're in the game: trends and prospects for Russia's video game industry
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Create your universe: a new dimension in game development
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From import substitution to technological sovereignty: building an ecosystem for Russian game development
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Money in games: who funds Russian game development and how?
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Interactive technology and digital content from Skolkovo residents
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Participation in the game industry festival programme
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Trends in Russia’s game industry: games, consoles, and marketplaces
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Bugs, pitches, and quests: game development technologies and trends
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Immersive technology: how VR is changing entertainment, business, and education
2024
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Gaming: the leading creative industry of tomorrow's cities
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Skolkovo residents discuss video game technologies
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Participation in the game business conference programme
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The fashion metaverse: from video games to the global runway
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Industry partnerships in the creative economy: can technology exist without creativity?
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Games are no toy: growing the game industry in the Russian Far East
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The most important art: film and animation in the context of technology
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GameDev in action: serious prospects for the Russian game industry
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Developing a game: from idea to first revenue
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Where is the money? A step-by-step guide to Skolkovo grants
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How Skolkovo supports game development: accelerators, benefits and grants, angel investors, and university projects
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Participation in the technology conference's GameDev track
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Enter the game: the hardware revolution
2023
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Promoting traditional culture through video games
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The game industry: development, investment, and technology
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Through the metaverse: blockchain, DAOs, Web3, and other technologies democratizing the industry
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Selling to the brain: personalized advertising technologies
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Game over? The future of the video game market
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GameDev/VR track
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Games decide: an industry at the forefront of creativity and digital technology
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Metaverse, NFTs, and ChatGPT: reality or just talk?
2022
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Web 3.0: from art to fintech
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The elephant that isn't there: product hypotheses for corporate metaverses, CorpVerse
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Metaverse: a new strategy for digital products? Growth opportunities for products and technologies
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Strengths and weaknesses of metaverses
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The metaverse: from virtual society to a real market
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Dating services and how they change social norms
2021
2019
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Virtual and augmented reality technologies
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Technology around content
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Talk at AVRA Days
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Digital reality: technology hype or economic effectiveness?
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Esports: a digital sports arena
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Support tools for Russian companies at the Skolkovo Innovation Centre
2018
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Support for AR/VR projects and market development in Russia
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Technology around content
2016
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VC Day 2016 Insight Session
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Investment session for VR/AR projects
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Technology startup pitches for retail