Amid the driverless cars, robots, virtual reality headsets, industrial equipment and examples of every area of tech on show at the Open Innovations forum held at the Skolkovo Technopark this week, some looked a little out of place. An inviting-looking double...
The seventh Open Innovations forum kicked off at the Skolkovo Technopark on Monday with expansive displays of innovative technology and international discussions on the transformative role of tech in areas ranging from transport and retail to agriculture and...
Russia’s official position on the potentially lucrative field of asteroid mining is that it is outlawed by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which declares that space is “the province of mankind,” and that its use and exploration must “benefit...
Robots, drones, body scanners, 3D printers, hi-tech models and hydroponic systems filled the giant Skolkovo Technopark this week, as tech companies from all over Russia demonstrated their wares at the Open Innovations forum. VIST Mining Technology's...
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. ...
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...
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...
Skolkovo resident Novas Sk and fellow Russian company Georesonance signed a major three-way deal with China’s Fortuna Technology Co. at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow on Tuesday to improve safety conditions in Chinese mines. The companies are...
In a landmark deal at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow on Tuesday, Skolkovo resident Optogard Nanotech signed two deals worth a combined $41 million with China’s largest pipe manufacturer Shandong Trustpipe Industry. Under the deal, Optogard Nanotech...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang paid a visit to the Skolkovo stand at the Open Innovations Forum in Moscow on Tuesday, checking in with resident companies to stay abreast of the latest advances in technology. ...
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...
The wireless communications startup Telum, a resident of Skolkovo’s IT cluster, is to exhibit its new mobile 4G reception station at the Open Innovations forum in Moscow next week. The Ranberry B1000, a yellow-cased “network in a box,”...
A Skolkovo resident company is about to unveil one of the world’s most advanced 3D bioprinters, thrusting Russia to the frontier of regenerative medicine. A bioprinter is a machine that fabricates human cells, a technology that could revolutionize...