A group of young Finnish political activists visited the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday to learn about the work of the Skolkovo Foundation and its research university, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ). Pekka 'The...
As the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference got underway at Skolkovo on Monday, representatives of innovation centres from around the world exchanged visions and experiences of how to create a successful innovation...
Two Skolkovo startups made international headlines earlier this year when they announced that they were working together on a 3D printer for the International Space Station that would be able to print satellites directly in space. Several months later, the...
A new English-language journal titled REACH – Reviews in Human Space Exploration was launched at the end of last month with Rupert Gerzer, a professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology , as its editor-in-chief. Professor Rupert...
Bridging the gap between academia and industry to turn the ideas of the country’s brightest minds into successful commercial projects is one of the challenges struggled with by innovations institutions all over the world. To find out more about the Dutch...
Skolkovo is to become a testing centre for driverless buses with the setting up of a research and development centre by innovative bus-maker Volgabus . The driverless bus developed jointly by Bakulin Motors Group and Skolkovo resident KB Avrora. Photo...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and the German Aerospace Center ( DLR ) have signed a research cooperation agreement that will allow Skoltech to take part in real space experiments. Hansjörg Dittus (left) and Rupert...
Russian President Vladimir Putin named two key figures at the Skolkovo Foundation among the foreign recipients of friendship awards on Wednesday. Pekka Viljakainen, a Finnish advisor to Skolkovo president Viktor Vekselberg, and Edward Crawley, the American...
Sanctions, food import bans and public sabre-rattling between Russia and the West seemed like nothing more than a bad dream at the opening of the Startup Village, an international event for tech entrepreneurs, at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Thursday....
The Skolkovo Foundation took its ongoing cooperation with Cuba to a new level on Friday with a visit by the island nation’s second-in-command, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez. Bermudez, first vice president of Cuba’s State Council and Council of Ministers...
Leading experts in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence from around the world gathered at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Friday for the annual Skolkovo Robotics event. The annual Skolkovo Robotics event attracted both human robot-makers...
A 3D printer for use in space is the end goal of a joint project between two residents of the Skolkovo Foundation – the companies Sputnix and Anisoprint – and Moscow Polytechnic University. Fyodor Antonov, director of Anisoprint., a resident...
Anton Kirichenko tucks his laptop under his arm, adjusts his suit and follows an event coordinator into a separate room for his speed date. The young entrepreneur has precisely eight minutes to impress his interlocutor. Waiting inside is Yaroslav Sedrichev...
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...
Edward Crawley, the charismatic U.S. professor who has headed the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) since its founding, on Friday officially handed over his duties as president to his Russian successor, Dr. Alexander Kuleshov. Edward...
As Russia marked Russian Science Day on February 8, a delegation from Germany’s Helmholtz Association of research centres visited the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) to discuss ways of improving cooperation between the two countries’...
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...
From its beginning, one of Skoltech’s guiding principles was to interface with industrial commercialization and venture opportunities as they develop at Skolkovo and elsewhere. This week Skoltech has realized this principle, as it has signed its first...
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...
Skolkovo’s newly opened Far Eastern branch has selected its first batch of startups to acquire participant status, marking a new stage in the foundation’s mission to expand into new territories. Skolkovo senior VP Alexander Chernov, and Vasily...
A powerful new data center has come online at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, allowing the post-grad innovations university to undertake complex number-crunching, algorithm processing and video analysis without leaving the building. ...
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...
In his silver and white acamedic robe, Skoltech president Ed Crawley rang the school bell on Monday to usher in the innovation university’s fourth academic year amid record intake figures and its most geographically diverse cohort yet. Skoltech...
As the new academic year draws closer, it was announced this week that a robot designed by a Skoltech students is to attend class in place of children whose disabilities prevent them from leaving home. Webot in action. Photo: Skoltech Webot, developed...