A joint scientific conference organised by the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) kicked off at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday, marking the biggest joint event hosted by Skoltech...
Just four months after Cherkizovo Group, one of Russia’s biggest meat producers, signed an agreement with the Skolkovo Technopark to set up an agrotech accelerator there, the company has already identified a potential unicorn among Skolkovo startups....
The Skolkovo innovation centre graduated to the status of a true city on Tuesday with the arrival of its first residents, who received the keys to their brand new homes at a celebratory housewarming event. Two of Skolkovo's youngest new residents...
Russia’s wealth of fossil fuel resources has inevitably made it easy for the country to ignore renewable energy sources (RES). In recent years, however, several government initiatives have been launched to develop this sector, and at the REENCON-21 International...
The Skolkovo Foundation will set up three venture capital funds to provide additional sources of investment for startups, the foundation’s president Victor Vekselberg said Friday at the Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo Foundation president Victor...
Geopolitical tensions will one day be in the past, but the future lies in innovations, Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg told a packed audience of the foundation’s startups on the third and final day of the Open Innovations forum Friday...
Tech entrepreneurs, scientists, representatives of international companies and governments, and investors from all over the world flocked to the Skolkovo innovation centre on Wednesday for the first day of the annual Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo's...
The future of the Skolkovo Foundation looks “very positive,” its president Victor Vekselberg told a meeting of the foundation’s council on Thursday. Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg addressing the council meeting on Thursday...
The first residents preparing to move in to the Skolkovo innovation city’s brand new housing met with Skolkovo Foundation president Victor Vekselberg on Thursday to discuss their future community. Marina Stepanova, the first person to sign a rental...
The focus was firmly on the future and on global connections at the official opening of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference at Moscow’s World Trade Centre on Tuesday. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev praised the progress of Skolkovo on Monday during a regular visit to the innovation city that he founded as president of Russia six years ago. Prime Minister Medvedev and Skolkovo president Vekselberg walking in front of...
The Skolkovo Foundation is ready to apply its experience to the Russian innovations sector as a whole, the foundation’s president Victor Vekselberg told a meeting of the board on Tuesday. Skolkovo Foundation president and co-chair of the board Victor...
The U.S. aviation giant Boeing opened a state-of-the-art training and research centre at the Skolkovo innovation city outside Moscow on June 3, during the annual Startup Village. The Boeing centre is already home to two flight simulators, and is due to...
Thousands of tech entrepreneurs, investors and curious visitors from across Russia and around the world gathered in glorious sunshine at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Thursday at the opening of the fourth Startup Village, an annual two-day open-air event...
“Investors are like predators: when one smells the blood, the rest will follow – in a positive way!” says Pekka Viljakainen of the large numbers of investors expected at this year’s Startup Village, the massive open-air event for tech...
A presentation of Elon Musk’s headline-grabbing vacuum train, a drone race and business leadership tips from a Shaolin monk are among the highlights of this year’s Startup Village, the annual open-air large-scale conference for tech entrepreneurs...
Robots of all shapes, sizes and functions will be busting out of the labs and taking to the streets of the Skolkovo innovation centre on May 20 for the annual Skolkovo Robotics event, attended by robots – and their creators – from all over Russia...
The Skolkovo project set up to diversify the Russian economy away from energy exports has surpassed the targets set for it by the government, and its format should be rolled out around the country, parliamentary deputies and a deputy finance minister said Wednesday...
This year will see the Skolkovo Innovation Centre become a true city, Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg told members of the foundation’s board on Thursday, with the first residents due to move in to brand new housing in the summer. ...
France’s Minister for Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs visited the Skolkovo Foundation on Monday to launch the French Tech Moscow project, which aims to open the door to French startups that want to expand onto the Russian market. Emmanuel...
Skolkovo celebrated its fifth birthday in style on Monday, receiving recognition from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as an innovation center of global standing. Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the Google Hangout. Photo: sk.ru Medvedev, who signed the...
A ceremony at Skolkovo on Tuesday saw one of the world’s leading steel pipeline producers lay the first stone in the construction of a new research center at the innovations hub. Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, left, and TMK chairman Dmitry...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...
Home security firm Graviton has destroyed the field to win the 2015 Startup Village pitch competition, impressing the judges with its sensor-based system to win the 3 million ruble prize and an invitation to become a Skolkovo resident. Graviton's...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev extended his congratulations to Skoltech’s first graduates on Wednesday, ceremonially awarding the first diploma at Startup Village. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, somewhere in the melee of graduates. Photo...