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...
A delegation of Ethiopian officials visited the Skolkovo Foundation on Friday as the African country seeks to boost its ties with Russia in the field of science and technology. The Ethiopian delegation visited the Skolkovo Foundation last week to talk...
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...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed a cooperation agreement with France’s EDF energy company on Monday, hours ahead of a visit to the innovations hub by the French Minister for Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs. The cooperation agreement with EDF, France’s...
В Москве на ВДНХ завершил свою работу четвертый форум «Открытые инновации». Столичный мэр Сергей Собянин на правах хозяина предложил сделать ВДНХ постоянной площадкой для проведения «Открытых инноваций». Градоначальник отметил...
«Крутите педали!» - напутствовал участников первого велопробега по иннограду Президент Фонда «Сколково» Виктор Вексельберг. Среди велосипедистов были отмечены вице-премьер Аркадий Дворкович, замминистра Минобрнауки Александр Повалко...
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...
«В «Сколково» за пять лет создана критическая масса инноваций», - заявил премьер-министр Дмитрий Медведев. В день пятой годовщины создания Фонда «Сколково» глава правительства, чья подпись стоит под одноименным законом, принял...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich welcomed students on the Stanford US-Russia Forum (SURF) to Skoltech this week, urging young scientists do their utmost to influence politicians at such events. Arkady Dvorkovich with SURF students at Skoltech...
The Skolkovo Innovation Center is often praised for the rate at which it is sprouting out of the ground on a patch of land just west of Moscow. Just a few years into the project, hundreds of resident companies are already here, as is the Skoltech university...
When Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev declared at Startup Village that the Skolkovo Innovation Center is developing as planned, he was speaking as someone who’d had the benefit of several helicopter fly-bys to back up the assertion. Now, the picture...
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...
The US Ambassador to Russia, John F. Tefft, has signaled his country’s continuing support for the Skolkovo project, noting in a speech at Startup Village that the relationship will not be imperiled by political tensions. US Ambassador to Russia...
Двукратный чемпион Формулы-1 Мика Хаккинен станет участником открывающейся во вторник конференции Startup Village. Из статьи о «летающем финне», размещенной в Википедии, можно узнать множество любопытных деталей его биографии, включая пожар, в котором...
The first batch of Skoltech students will celebrate the end of their last year of study in a ceremony at Startup Village, the innovation university’s vice president Alexei Sitnikov told sk.ru. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with Skoltech student...
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 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...
A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...
Addressing officials from 79 of Russia’s 83 regions from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg on Wednesday called for the creation of a dozen similar innovation centers across the country. The conference at the Hypercube...
Russia has made strides in creating the infrastructure needed for an innovations-based economy, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting of the economic modernization commission presidium at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Medvedev was chairing the...
В Гиперкубе Сколково под председательством премьер-министра Дмитрия Медведева прошло заседание президиума Совета по модернизации экономики и инновационному развитию. Заседание президиума Совета по модернизации экономики и инновационному развитию в Сколково...
Skolkovo Foundation Council co-chairman Craig Barrett voiced confidence on Thursday that the project to diversify Russia’s economy would far outlive the current political troubles. Barrett, Intel chairman until 2009, spoke at the final quarterly meeting...
Премьер-министр Дмитрий Медведев назвал Фонд «Сколково» «флагманом для создания высокотехнологичных производств» в России. В ходе интервью в прямом эфире пяти российским телеканалам, Дмитрий Медведев ответил на вопрос корреспондента...
HELSINKI, Finland - Russia’s chief proponents of innovation took to the silver stage Tuesday at Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest startup conference, to share the secrets of entering the Russian market. From left: Galitsky, Viljakainen, Dvorkovich...
HELSINKI, Finland - The finances are in place to guarantee the Skolkovo Innovation Center will be completed on schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told sk.ru on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest...