While recycling, a rejection of plastic bags and other eco-friendly initiatives are now a way of life in many European countries, Russia – the biggest country in the world – lags woefully behind in this area. This year was declared the Year of Ecology...
The Skolkovo innovation centre has been shortlisted as a Best Futura Mega Project at the MIPIM Awards 2017 , a prestigious ceremony held as part of the MIPIM international property exhibition held annually in the French resort of Cannes. The decision was...
Questions surrounding artificial intelligence and whether or not it constitutes a threat to mankind have dominated the headlines this year. Now the Skolkovo innovation centre is gathering together Russian and international experts in this field to discuss the...
Despite the turbulent economic situation, the Russian government will continue to support innovative startups, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told representatives of regional governments on Wednesday – but only if their ideas and products are...
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 ...
The Skolkovo Innovation Center on March 20-22 hosted the third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference, one of the biggest events of its kind in Russia. More than 2,000 registered for the three-day bonanza , which bought together robot developers, company...
Skolkovo is fast uniting the entire Russian robotics industry due to the synergies offered inside the ecosystem, says the foundation’s vice president and executive director of the IT Cluster, Igor Bogachev. The Promobot contract signing at the Skolkovo...
Top minds from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology gathered in the Hypercube last week to present research trends in the fields of brain evolution, renewable energy and quantum physics. Skolkovo is aiming to become a top international science...
A cloud solutions company from Skolkovo’s IT cluster named Jelastic has won the Russian stage of IBM’s global SmartCamp contest. Jelastic is based in Silicon Valley but in 2012 year launched an R&D spinoff in Skolkovo to develop a product...