The Skolkovo Technopark welcomed Skolkovo Robotics, the main robot technology event in Eastern Europe. Robots & AI is an event that discusses the pertinent issues in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. The event was attended by more...
Energy, space, ICT and smart city technologies are all areas in which Egypt could join forces with the Skolkovo Foundation, Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Ihab Nasr said during a visit to the Skolkovo innovation city on Monday. Egyptian Ambassador Ihab...
When the Kursk region-based agricultural enterprise Agrofirma Rylskaya noticed that the costs of their sugar beet production were constantly rising, with no corresponding increase in yield, they turned to an innovative tech startup. Roboprob , a resident startup...
If you’re stuck for ideas of where to go on holiday this summer, how about visiting a mythical world you once saw in a dream? Or how about spending some time on Mars? If you’re looking for something more earthly but can’t face a long-haul...
The founders and directors of Skolkovo resident startups make up nearly one-third of a list of “ 20 young and promising heroes of tomorrow ” published by the RBC news agency’s magazine on Thursday. Six of the 20 inventors and entrepreneurs...
The fifth annual Skolkovo Robotics event opened at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday with a greeting from space. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky addresses the Skolkovo Robotics conference from onboard the ISS. Photo: Sk.ru. Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who...
We all know that cars are getting smarter, and driverless cars are looming on the horizon . The day may not be too far off when we can just summon a driverless car, hop in and relax, leaving the car to deal with all the tasks that drivers currently have to...
The Skolkovo Foundation has awarded its first invitations to next year’s Startup Village in Moscow, selecting two Asian startups from the finalists of the Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena competition. The winners of Tech in Asia Jakarta Arena, including...
For three days this week, Skolkovo will be transformed into an international centre of industrial design, promise the organisers of an event aimed at helping tech startups to use design as a tool to commercialize their projects. The idea for the Days...
Young IT specialists will turn their hand to battling the forest fires that have ravaged Russia in recent summers by gathering this weekend for a hackathon aimed at developing technology to monitor their outbreak. An emergency worker battling a blaze...
Ahead of International Women's Day on March 8, the U.K.'s main telecom companies joined forces to launch a mentoring programme aimed at encouraging women to pursue STEM careers, as professions based around science, technology, engineering and mathematics...
Two Skolkovo Foundation resident companies won awards at the Startup of the Year ceremony held on Friday evening at Moscow’s Digital October technology entrepreneurship centre. Flying the flag for Skolkovo were Fibrum , which makes virtual reality...
The Skolkovo Foundation is out in force at this year’s MAKS air show, one of the aviation industry’s biggest events with companies from 30 countries around the world taking part. Twelve of the 584 Russian enterprises exhibiting their products...
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...
Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...
The Skolkovo Foundation will have a significant presence at the world’s largest trade show in Hanover, Germany, on 13-17 April 2015. The aim of Hannover Messe is to bring together large companies, startups, investors and engineers of industrial automation...
The Skolkovo Foundation began accepting applications Monday for the pitch sessions at Startup Village, Eastern Europe’s biggest innovations conference, at the Innovation Center on June 2-3. Last year's Startup Village attracted around 10,000...
The Skolkovo Foundation may open a representative office in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, the head of its space cluster, Sergei Zhukov, was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Asked about the innovation environment in the Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk...
Skolkovo’s Scientific Advisory Council ended a whirlwind tour of American educational institutions this week by holding its quarterly meeting at Stanford University, where the prospects for Russian science, education and business came under scrutiny....
Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg has wrapped up a board meeting in India by inviting the country’s startups to take part in Russia’s top innovations project, ITAR-Tass reported Friday. Vekselberg, one of Russia’s top entrepreneurs...
ExoAtlet, a project that combines an important social function with advanced IT and robotics solutions, has been named the winner in the competition held within the Startup Village mega conference of startups. On June 3, 2014 the results of one of the...