The Magnit Tech Accelerator (MGNTech) final kicked off today, coinciding with the opening of Magnit’s digital office at Skolkovo, which will be home to one hundred of the retailer’s IT specialists. The focus of the accelerator is to challenge Skolkovo...
The Skolkovo Foundation and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to conduct joint work in helping the Institute of Intellectual Property adapt to working in the newly existing technological realities. The agreement was signed by the...
Germany’s Ambassador to Russia, Geza Andreas von Geyr, has accepted the Skolkovo Foundation’s proposal to hold Germany Day in the Innovation City this year. In a meeting with senior managers from the Foundation, the participants discussed the role...
“By bringing together our strengths, we can work wonders,” said Arkady Dvorkovich, Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation, speaking during the panel discussion “Qatar-Russia: Direct investment market trends in emerging markets”, held in...
The Brussels Dialogue forum organized by Rossotrudnichestvo took place in the EU capital, in which representatives of the Skolkovo Foundation participated, as well as two Skolkovo companies: ExoAtlet and 3D-Tek. The principle idea of the forum was to...
During his trip to Peru, the Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, meeting with representatives of Peruvian innovative companies and universities. He also had a separate meeting with Jaime Pomareda, the Peruvian Deputy...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN An article entitled “Silicon Island” was published in Forbes Magazine 21 years ago. In the midst of the 1998 economic crisis, the author of the publication noted that while the economies of other Asian countries plunged into recession...
“We are still having our dating time in order to better understand the capabilities of Skolkovo.” These were the exact words used by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ and Senior Vice President of Renault Nicolas Maure to describe...
A large group of managers of major technology companies from Taiwan visited the Skolkovo Foundation. The delegation, led by James Huang, Chairman of the Taiwan Council for the Development of Foreign Trade (TAITRA), was received by Arkady Dvorkovich, Chairman...
A Royal delegation arrived from the Riyadh Province, headed by its Vice Governor, Prince Muhammad bin Abdel-Rahman al Saud, visited Skolkovo and studied the new products of six residents of the Foundation. The high-ranking Saudi delegation came to Moscow...
During his visit to Peru, the Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and met with representatives of Peruvian innovative companies and universities. He also met separately with Jaime Pomareda, Deputy Minister of Foreign...
A large group of top managers of AB InBev, the largest beer brewery in the world, visited the Skolkovo Foundation. Over several hours representatives of the Belgian company, led by Vice President for Global Solutions Tassilo Festetics, toured the Skolkovo Technopark...
Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Arkady Dvorkovich held a series of meetings with top executives of Australia’s universities in Melbourne. At the meeting in Monash University. Photo: Sk.ru The negotiations were held at three universities...
The website Wikipedia refers to Andorra as “one of the smaller states of Europe” and says that the country’s name probably comes from the word “andurrial,” which, in the Navarro-Aragonese dialect, means “shrub-covered land”...
Skolkovo resident company 3D Bioprinting Solutions has become the first company to use a 3D printer to create live tissue in space, printing an organ construct for the thyroid gland of a mouse on board the International Space Station (ISS) this month. ...
Ambassadors from more than 50 countries visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Wednesday to meet with the Skolkovo Foundation’s senior management and hear more about opportunities for international tech companies and startups. An ambassador tests...
Russian-Indian economic cooperation may be best known for major military hardware deals, but the future lies in the exchange of hi-tech innovations, speakers resolved at the India-Russia Startup Summit held at the Skolkovo Technopark on Tuesday. Skolkovo...
Five Russian startups – the winners of the Startup Challenge accelerator organised jointly by the Skolkovo Foundation and multinational pharma giant AstraZeneca – are showcasing their inventions at the International Future Healthcare Forum in the...
An innovations cluster is to be established in Moscow, with the president of the Skolkovo Foundation named as one of its curators under a decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The cluster will coordinate interaction between industry...
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Thursday to discuss cooperation in areas including food technology. L-R: Skolkovo's Arkady Dvorkovich, Mariam Al Mehairi and Skolkovo Ventures' Vasily Belov. Photo...
The Skolkovo Foundation signed an agreement with Singapore’s Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Wednesday during the ASEAN-Russian summit in Singapore. Alexander Khanin (left), CEO of Skolkovo...
Group-IB , a Skolkovo resident company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks, is opening new global headquarters in Singapore, it announced at CyberCrimeCon 2018 in Singapore on Monday. Ilya Sachkov, CEO of Skolkovo resident company Group-IB at...
VIST Robotics , a resident startup of the Skolkovo Foundation’s IT cluster, last week unveiled its autonomous industrial loading and transport system for the mining industry at a testing ground in Belarus. Video: Sk.ru. The Skolkovo company...
Fyodor Konyukhov is 67 years old. By the time he turns 70, he plans to have piloted a solar-powered plane around the world – without stopping. The flying laboratory landed inside the Skolkovo innovation city for the Open Innovations forum. Photo...
Skolkovo resident cybercrime company Group-IB has joined forces with Russia’s police academy to train police officers in the field of cybersecurity. Group-IB CEO Ilya Sachkov (left) shakes hands on the agreement with Andrei Konev, head of the Interior...