The Skolkovo Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s IoT Acceleration Consortium on the eve of the Eastern Economic Forum , following talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Russia’s...
Few countries in the world can benefit from telemedicine and the remote diagnosis and monitoring services it offers as much as Russia, with its enormous territory and multitude of sparsely populated and hard to reach areas. Yet currently, digital healthcare...
A large section of the Skolkovo Technopark was turned into an obstacle course with a difference this week, as people of all ages raced to complete a course that included walking up some steps while holding a tray of apples, opening a door at the top of the...
A joint scientific conference organised by the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ) kicked off at the Skolkovo innovation centre on Tuesday, marking the biggest joint event hosted by Skoltech...
On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended when tanks from Communist North Vietnam burst through the wrought-iron gates of Saigon’s Independence Palace, the home and seat of the president of capitalist South Vietnam. Forty-one years later, Vietnam is still...
“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...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev cast his eye over innovations from residents of the Skolkovo Foundation this week at the Russian Arms Expo in Nizhny Tagil. Belyakov, left, showing Medvedev the Skolkovo stand. Photo: sk.ru Medvedev, who created...
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 ...
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...
Skolkovo played a pivotal role this week in building trade bridges between Russia and Argentina, entering a dozen startups in a bilateral Moscow business forum held as part of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s official visit to the capital. ...
The second foray outside the confines of Russia begins Tuesday for the Startup Tour, which visits the Belarusian capital of Minsk in its quest to uncover and develop the top startups in the CIS. The National Library of Belarus in Minsk, venue for the...
The third Skolkovo Robotics International Conference was a runaway success, attracting a wide array of participants from all corners of the planet and, critically, encouraging the discipline to flourish domestically. The March 20-22 event at the Skolkovo...
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...
A key message that Skolkovo transmits its startups is the need to expand into new territories. Now it is leading by example: This week, Russia’s biggest innovations roadshow ventures abroad for the first time in its five-year history. Almaty - the...
Addressing officials from 79 of Russia’s 83 regions from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok, Skolkovo president Victor Vekselberg on Wednesday called for the creation of a dozen similar innovation centers across the country. The conference at the Hypercube...
The Russia’s government has signed an anti-crisis plan to restructure the economy in part through innovations, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told a meeting of regional officials on Wednesday. Dvorkovich addressing regional officials at...
The first annual all-Russian innovations meeting, focusing on regional development, began at the Skolkovo Hypercube on Wednesday, signaling the start of a huge drive to kick-start the high-tech startup industry across the country. Deputy Prime Minister...
Skolkovo is aiming to contribute 1.5 trillion rubles to the Russian economy by 2020, Foundation president Victor Vekselberg said Friday. Addressing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s commission on economic modernization at the Hypercube, Vekselberg noted...
Russia has made strides in creating the infrastructure needed for an innovations-based economy, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday at a meeting of the economic modernization commission presidium at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Medvedev was chairing the...
HELSINKI, Finland - Russia’s chief proponents of innovation took to the silver stage Tuesday at Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest startup conference, to share the secrets of entering the Russian market. From left: Galitsky, Viljakainen, Dvorkovich...
HELSINKI, Finland - The finances are in place to guarantee the Skolkovo Innovation Center will be completed on schedule, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich told sk.ru on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of Slush 2014, Europe’s biggest...
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...
The Open Innovations forum in Moscow next month can usher in a new era of science and technology cooperation between Russia and China, Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg said Tuesday. The international conference, to be held at the Moscow Technopolis...