Ambassadors from more than 50 countries visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Wednesday to meet with the Skolkovo Foundation’s senior management and hear more about opportunities for international tech companies and startups. An ambassador tests...
Russian-Indian economic cooperation may be best known for major military hardware deals, but the future lies in the exchange of hi-tech innovations, speakers resolved at the India-Russia Startup Summit held at the Skolkovo Technopark on Tuesday. Skolkovo...
The fourth annual CyberDay conference devoted to cybersecurity got underway at the Skolkovo Technopark on Friday, the 30 th anniversary of the establishment of Computer Security Day. Skolkovo Foundation chairman Arkady Dvorkovich speaking at the opening...
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates visited the Skolkovo innovation city on Thursday to discuss cooperation in areas including food technology. L-R: Skolkovo's Arkady Dvorkovich, Mariam Al Mehairi and Skolkovo Ventures' Vasily Belov. Photo...
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...
The Skolkovo Foundation council met in the new Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology ( Skoltech ) campus for the first time on Thursday ahead of the state-of-the-art building’s launch in September. Skoltech will begin the process of moving...
No one doubts the need for companies to stay innovative, no matter how big and successful they might be right now. But if anyone needs a reminder of why this is important, there is always the cautionary tale of Kodak, the U.S. company that dominated the photography...
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. ...
The fifth annual Startup Village, a giant open-air event for hi-tech entrepreneurs and investors, opened Tuesday at the Skolkovo innovation city with the signing of two key agreements. Philips' Henk de Jong brandishes the symbolic key given to him...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited the Skolkovo innovation city that he founded in 2010 during his tenure as president on Tuesday, where he inspected some of the tech startups supported by his brainchild project. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...
Two of Russia’s key development institutions, the Skolkovo Foundation and Russian Venture Company (RVC), will combine their efforts next year to organize the Open Innovations Startup Tour (OIST), a roving quest to find and support talented startups in...
Tech entrepreneurs, scientists, representatives of international companies and governments, and investors from all over the world flocked to the Skolkovo innovation centre on Wednesday for the first day of the annual Open Innovations forum. Skolkovo's...
The annual International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) conference will be held in Russia for the first time next week, and it will be bigger than it’s ever been. Representatives of science parks and innovation centres...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...