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Thousands of blockchain and cryptocurrency aficionados expected to meet in Moscow (April 21-22)

March 9, 2021

Blockchain Life 2021, a major live forum on blockchain, cryptocurrencies and mining, will hold its 6th edition on 21-22 April in Moscow’s Music Media Dome. Thousands of participants are expected to come. This year, attendees will hear Artem Kalikhov (Waves), Murodjon Khamraev (Bitmain), Rauan Khassan (TradingView), Sergey Khitrov (Listing.Help), Anatoly Radchenko and others. The program will cover such …

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0100 Virtual CEE: Hundreds of PE/VC professionals to meet online (March 16-18)

March 10, 2021

More than 500 industry professionals, including 300+ investors interested in the CEE region, are expected to participate in the 2nd edition of 0100 Virtual CEE,  a major PE/VC regional conference.  The event will take place online from 16th to 18th March, 2021. Participants will include senior level General Partners from renowned PE/VC funds and Limited Partners — including pension funds, funds of funds, family …

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Dsight presents Russian VC trends for 2020 (online event, Feb. 25)

February 23, 2021

Dsight, with support from CrunchBase, EY, EWDN and other partners, will present its Russia venture report for 2020 and discuss the latest market trends and events. This online event will take place on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 6pm Moscow time (4pm CET). The program covers such topics as: Key venture facts and trends in Russia …

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French-Russian Forum on Artificial Intelligence (Feb. 26)

February 23, 2021

The first Russian-French Forum on Artificial Intelligence will be held on Feb. 26, 2021 by videoconference. This event is intended for French and Russian-speaking audiences. Its program is available in French language through this link. Representatives of the business community, research institutes, higher educational institutions, as well as government circles from the two countries will …

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Fashion and e-commerce leaders discuss market, tech and sustainability at Moscow event (March 2)

March 10, 2021

The 4th edition of Fashion Tech Day, Russia’s leading conference on fashion retail tech and e-commerce, will be held in an offline and offline format in Moscow Expocenter. More than 2,000 participants are expected, including hundreds attending the physical event. Co-organized by East-West Digital News, the event will involve a variety of fashion brands, retailers …

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Sber’s international accelerator launches third batch with support from 500 Startups

December 23, 2020

Sber, Russia’s state-controlled financial and tech giant, and its US partner 500 Startups announce the third batch of Sber500, their joint startup acceleration program. The closing date for entries is January 10, 2021.  This batch is touted as a “powerful response to the current challenges and conditions that startups faced in 2020.”  The program will …

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Moscow City’s anti-Covid digital solutions awarded with ‘Runet Prize’

December 4, 2020

Yesterday Moscow City’s digital solutions aimed at combating the Covid-19 pandemic were awarded with a ‘Runet Prize‘ in the ‘Technologies vs Coronavirus’ nomination.   The Runet Prize is among Russia’s main industry awards, aiming to single out the most remarkable initiatives for the development of the Russian Internet. This year, the prize will be presented for the 17th …

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AI, Blockchain, quantum: Online event series to highlight “next-wave technologies” (Dec. 1, 10, 22)

November 25, 2020

GenerationS and Sequence Ventures announce #GENSTechTalks a new series of talks (in English language) to explore the Russian tech landscape with the leading industry experts.  The series is scheduled as follows: December 1: Quantum technologies with Maria Lepskaya of Runa Capital; December 10: Blockchain with Eldar Khamitov of G1 Ventures; December 22: Artificial Intelligence with Alexey Fomin of Botkin.AI. …

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Moscow’s Digital Twin project receives international ISOCARP award

November 12, 2020

The “Digital Twin” project, which allows to model the development of a city taking into account all parameters, received an award from the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP). The Digital Twin is based on a photogrammetric model of the city and an archive of panoramas of the streets of Moscow. The visual …

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EU-backed climate conference to showcase 20 greentech startups (Dec. 1-3)

November 18, 2020

Green technologies and innovations from high potential startups are key contributors to the global effort on reaching ambitious climate targets. With this in mind, the EU Delegation to Russia wants to showcase EU and Russian startups that develop and promote green technologies and innovation. A pitching competition is being organised in the run-up to the EU-Russia Climate Conference, …

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Russian youth innovation festival develops solutions for agriculture, aviation and automotive industries

November 11, 2020

Robofest, one of the largest technology festivals for young people in the world, is being held these days in online format. Its participants have developed solutions which could be used soon in the automotive, agricultural and aviation industries. For example, a team of students from Don State Technical University has presented a robotic manipulator, which is considered …

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Open Innovations 2020: Leveraging tech for survival economy and human-centric society (Oct. 19-21)

October 13, 2020

Open Innovations, one of Russia’s largest events dedicated to technology and related business, policy and other topics, will be held online this year from October 19 till October 21. The key topic of the forum will be the post-COVID world order: how our understanding of technological priorities has been transformed under the influence of an external threat, can …

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