The football match will start at 15:30 on May 21, Friday, after the Forum plenary meeting at the Stadium ‘Trud’. The overall event will last two equal periods of 35 minutes and 10 minute break, totally for an hour and a half.

The first team ‘Friends of the City’ will be led by Arkady Dvorkovich, Assistant of the President of the Russian Federation. This team will include representatives of the President’s Administration, assistants of Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. Authorities of big companies planning to visit the INNOVUS Forum are also invited to join the team.

‘Tomichi’, the second team, will be formed of young scientists working in innovation research areas, postgraduate students and Tomsk university students. Alexey Baryshev, General Director of Tomsk special economic research and development zone, will be its captain. Maxim Maximov, Head of the Department of Tomsk Oblast on Youth Policy and Sports, marked that ‘Friends of the City’ would be a very serious competitor. Therefore, ‘Tomichi’ team will need to have intensive training during two weeks left before the beginning of the Forum.

The entrance for the day to the match is free of charge.

The match will be judged by highly qualified judges. Players will receive individual sports uniforms. The Forum program will allow all the guests of the Forum to visit the match which will be held despite weather conditions.