Yulia Aray, Associate Professor of the Department of Strategic and International Management of the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg University (GSOM SPbU), Academic Director of the Master in Management program, took part in the design of the "Social Entrepreneurship'' course for the virtual school of SberUniversity.

The course is devoted to the issues of what social entrepreneurship is, how it differs from ordinary business and what benefits it provides. During the program, successful social entrepreneurs will share the secrets of building a business model, raising funds and solving problems typical for their activities.

Among the participating speakers and expert:

• Anatoly Popov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of SberBank;
• Andrey Sharonov, professor, president of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo;
• Dmitry Zabirov, Moscow School of Management Skolkovo;
• Tatyana Burmistrova, Chairman of the Governing Board of the Reach for Change foundation supporting social initiatives for children.

The course was developed by a team of SberUniversity and Sberbank CIB in partnership with Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and Google, with the support of GSOM SPbU.