• Bullseye! Startup Village clinches Silver Archer award

    Startup Village, the biggest conference of its kind in Russia and Eastern Europe, won the Silver Archer award Thursday for promoting science and innovation. Startup Village producer Alina Suslova, center, with Skolkovo VP Alexander Chernov, right. Photo...

    19 February, 22:14 Nowak David
  • In a flurry of snow, Skolkovo tips hat to a kind 2014

    In the dying snow flurries of 2014, as the Vnukovo plane trails dissipate silently into the Moscow sky, the Skolkovo Foundation can look back upon an eventful, challenging and ultimately successful year from its new, permanent home. Snow settles at Skolkovo...

    25 December, 14:47 Nowak David
  • Craig Barrett: Politics moves faster than innovation and research

    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...

    18 December, 20:44 Nowak David
  • Tech park Olympics: Rival bid a little hasty in commiserating Skolkovo

    An hour before Renat Batyrov discovered his project, the Skolkovo Technopark, had won hosting rights to the 2016 IASP World Conference of science parks, he was already being commiserated on defeat by an overconfident rival. “You’ve lost and we’ve...

    24 October, 15:25 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo wins hosting rights to ‘tech park Olympics’

    The Skolkovo Foundation has won the hosting rights to the International Association of Science Parks 2016 World Conference, along with partner bidders MSU Science Park, Technopark Strogino and the Innovation Development Center of Moscow. The vote was held...

    21 October, 18:22 Nowak David
  • Stories from the Stand: Skolkovo at Open Innovations

    Skolkovo is exhibiting its top resident companies at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow. Here are some of their stories from the Skolkovo stand, which is the de facto centerpiece of the forum. Marshalling the stand was vice president for communications...

    15 October, 17:55 Nowak David
  • ‘We’ll be here for a very long time’

    The Skolkovo Foundation held a housewarming party Saturday at the innovation center just outside Moscow, opening a new chapter in the project to modernize Russia’s economy. Skolkovo president Viktor Vekselberg, left, speaking at the ribbon-cutting...

    05 October, 12:15 Nowak David
  • Top government official lauds Russian Startup Tour 2015

    Encouraging economic growth through the 2015 Russian Startup Tour is the best way to combat the difficult political conditions currently facing the country, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said Saturday. Speaking at the International Investment Forum...

    20 September, 22:45 Nowak David
  • Startup Village: Reloaded

    The Startup Village that announced Skolkovo’s Innovation Centre to the world last year is undergoing a spectacular reboot for 2014 Everything from number of participants to the area of the venue is scaling up as the two-day huddle for progressive...

    21 April, 13:21 Baklanov Mikhail