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...
Skolkovo took its cooperation with one of Europe’s biggest tech startup nations to a new level this week, with the visit of the French ambassador to the innovation city and the signing of a memorandum of understanding with two French business organisations...
The Skolkovo Foundation has won the right to host next year’s Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) conference in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok. The decision to hold next year’s event at the brand new campus of the Far Eastern...
The new president of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), which held its annual conference in Moscow this week, praised the Russian capital’s technoparks and said the city could become a gold standard of innovation...
The Skolkovo Foundation has signed two cooperation agreements on the sidelines of the two-day Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), which kicked off Friday in Russia's Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok. The agreements were signed with the Korea Institute...
The U.S. aviation giant Boeing opened a state-of-the-art training and research centre at the Skolkovo innovation city outside Moscow on June 3, during the annual Startup Village. The Boeing centre is already home to two flight simulators, and is due to...
The Skolkovo Foundation and Cuba’s Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology have signed a strategic partnership agreement, hailed by Skolkovo President Viktor Vekselberg as the start of a new era. Four memorandums were signed in Havana outlining...
“Did you know that more than 70 percent of cancer patient deaths are caused not by the cancer itself, but by the side effects of chemotherapy?” With this shocking statistic just minutes into the presentation of his product, Andrei Garazha has the...
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...
At the 32 nd IASP World Conference on Science Parks and Areas of Innovation in Beijing this week, registration officially opened for next year’s event, which is taking place in Moscow and being hosted by Skolkovo. Alexander Chernov, left, with IASP...
U.S. technology multinational Cisco Systems is relocating its entire Russia and CIS operations to the Skolkovo Innovation Center under a provisional rental agreement signed Wednesday at the Hypercube. Cisco's Jonathan Sparrow, left, and Ivan Zvyagintsev...
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Skolkovo is starting to produce tangible results, despite being less than five years old. From left: Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg, his advisor Pekka Viljakainen, and Prime Minister Medvedev. Photo: sk.ru ...
Home security firm Graviton has destroyed the field to win the 2015 Startup Village pitch competition, impressing the judges with its sensor-based system to win the 3 million ruble prize and an invitation to become a Skolkovo resident. Graviton's...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev extended his congratulations to Skoltech’s first graduates on Wednesday, ceremonially awarding the first diploma at Startup Village. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, somewhere in the melee of graduates. Photo...
Improvements in this version of Startup Village: Record crowds, new setting, creative catering. Like the leading smartphone apps, Startup Village is constantly evolving. The third edition of Russia and Eastern Europe’s biggest startup event is no...
The energy of the participants at the Minsk stage of the Startup Tour is something to behold, said Skolkovo’s senior vice president for innovations Vasily Belov. Vasily Belov in Minsk. Photo: sk.ru The tour is calling in on Belarus this week...
ALMATY - Kazakhstan’s Minister for Investment and Development Asset Issekeshev raised the curtain Thursday on the sixth leg of the Russian Startup Tour - and first to take place abroad – with a call to transform Almaty into a major innovations hub...
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...
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...
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...
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...