Inequality in society and how technology can both exacerbate and reduce it was the dominant theme of the plenary session of the Open Innovations forum at the Skolkovo innovation city on Tuesday. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev outlined the plan for Russia's...
“Study, study, and study some more!” is one of the most often cited sayings of revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin. One hundred years after Lenin’s Bolshevik coup, Russia is undergoing another revolution. This time, it’s digital rather...
The Open Innovations forum kicked off on Monday morning at the Skolkovo innovation centre, attracting an estimated 18,000 people from all over the world to Russia’s biggest conference and exhibition devoted to homegrown innovative tech solutions. ...
This year’s Open Innovations tech forum will be hosted by the Skolkovo innovation centre, the event’s organizing committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich has decided. The forum, which this year runs from October 26-28, will...
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...
By James Willsher (Business Weekly) Russian technology clusters and startups are looking to strengthen links with Cambridge, it emerged at Moscow’s Open Innovations forum held last week. Hundreds of Russian startups, state-backed companies and regional...
Skolkovo put 12 of its top energy startups on display Wednesday at the second annual Oil and Gas Forum in Moscow, which was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and moderated by Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg. The first day...
The Skolkovo Foundation plays catalyst this week as Russia seeks to strengthen its economic partnership with China at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow. Skolkovo is a co-organizer of the October 14-16 event at the Technopolis in the Russian capital, which...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich believes this month’s Open Innovations forum closely resembles the Skolkovo project – it provides a space for physical interactions between stakeholders that cannot be replaced by remote correspondence...