Illustrating the country’s new passion for the Blockchain technologies, two notable events took place last month in Russia. The first one, the Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference, was held on June 22 in Saint Petersburg, attracting over 600 visitors and 25 exhibitors. As reported by Bitcoin Magazine, “a mixed crowd of denim jeans and custom-tailored suits, typical for …
SLINGSHOT@SWITCH 2017 is offering promising startups from across the world, including Eastern Europe, an opportunity to showcase their technology and business ideas with exposure to investors, corporates, industry leaders, mentors, media, and tech-savvy early adopters. Startups should apply online no later than July 27. This initiative is supported by government agency SPRING Singapore and its …
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Thanks to its “Women’s Viagra” drug, the Russian Ivix company has won first prize at the annual StartUp Village Conference, which took place from June 6 to 7 at the Skolkovo technopark. Ivix was subsequently awarded five million rubles (almost $90,000). The Startup Village has been held in Skolkovo since 2012. It’s the largest startup …
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On June 27-28 DELIVER, an invite-only event dedicated to international e-commerce logistics and European policy making, will hold its second edition in Berlin’s Funkhaus. This even will gather prominent retailers from all continents with a focus on Europe’s largest e-commerce markets (UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Russia, Benelux, Nordics). The organizers expect some 800 delegates from 50 …
Ten resident companies of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, are showcasing their technologies today and tomorrow at Futur en Seine in Paris. This huge event – which features a variety of digital-related technologies and topics – is taking place from 8 to 10 June at the Grande Halle …
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A team from St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) has come out on top of the 41st International Collegiate Programming Contest of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM ICPC), beating 133 of their peers in the finals held in Rapid City, USA on May 24, 2017. ITMO has won …
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The fifth edition of Startup Village, the biggest startup conference in Russia and neighboring countries, will be held in Skolkovo on the outskirts of Moscow on June 6-7. The program will feature no less than 150 interactive sessions about hi-tech trends, emerging markets, business models transformation and breakthrough technologies in business. Three sessions will be …
Oleg Giyazov, the founder and director of Russian startup RRT Global, a developer of oil refining technology, has been included in a list of the world’s top five most promising engineers by Hydrocarbon Processing magazine. The winners will be announced at the Hydrocarbon Processing Awards ceremony on June 7 in Vienna, Austria. Based in St. …
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On June 22, Saint Petersburg will host the international Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference as part of a series of events held in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Sweden. Blockchain in banking and digital currencies legislative regulation will be among the main topics covered at the event, with industry experts and executives, entrepreneurs, startups …
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Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow, will bring ten of its startups to demonstrate their projects at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York on 15-17 May. The companies will be featured at the Startup & Hardware Alley on the second day of the conference, May 16. The Skolkovo startups will …
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On June 8, Moscow will host the fourth edition of international AR/VR/MR Conference 2017. Local and international market experts will discuss the latest trends in the fields of augmented (AR), virtual (VR) and mixed reality (MR). The event will bring together developers and designers, as well as representatives of marketing and telecom companies, advertising and …
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From June 12 to 14 in Barcelona, the Global E-Commerce Summit (GES) will gather hundreds of participants from more 50 countries. The rich conference program (“From ‘Now’ and ‘Wow’ to ‘How’”) will explore how developing technologies, policies and business models can meet consumer expectations and shape the future of digital commerce. On Day 2 (June …
