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Midemlab 2020: A call to Eastern European music startups (application deadline: Feb. 29)

February 28, 2020

The 13th edition of Midemlab, the leading international music startup competition, will take place on June 2-5, 2020 in Cannes, France, in partnership with East-West Digital News. This year, Midemlab launches a brand new “Music Live Experiences” category that will spotlight the most innovative solutions around Live Music for bands, fans, venues, producers, promoters and more.  …

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Yandex introduces Vega, its latest intelligent search update

January 15, 2020

Since we started our search engine in 1997, we’ve sought to connect people with the information most relevant to them.  Over the years, we’ve updated Yandex Search with smart features and more informative results, making it as easy as possible for our users to navigate the mass of information that is the internet.  Today, we’re …

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Sberbank and SberCloud launch Russia’s fastest supercomputer

February 3, 2022

Sberbank and its SberCloud subsidiary have put the Christofari supercomputer into commercial operations, making it available to the company’s corporate customers on December 12, 2019. “We believe our mission is to make supercomputing and development of AI-based solutions available to any company, no matter the size, industry, or location. Only the largest corporations were able …

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Top brands and thousands of e-commerce professionals to meet in Berlin (Feb. 13, 2020)

February 9, 2020

With more than 7,000 visitors and 180 exhibitors expected, E-Commerce Berlin Expo is the biggest pure-play e-commerce event in the (tech) capital city of Germany. In its 5th edition, the fair will take place in Station Berlin on February 13, 2020. The expo brings together the top players in the e-commerce industry, thus offering online sellers and retailers …

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Massive retail and e-commerce event by EWDN and Russian Post (Skolkovo, Nov. 14-15)

November 20, 2019

On Nov. 14-15, thousands of professionals will gather at the New Retail Forum to discuss global and Russian trends. Join the event to hear more than 150 speakers from leading retailers, service providers and institutions; discover next-gen solutions; and expand your network tremendously! New Retail Forum is the largest event ever organized in Russia on retail and …

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Equality and diversity in the tech community on the agenda (Wolves Summit, Warsaw, Oct. 23-24)

October 24, 2019

The tenth edition of the international Wolves Summit conference will take place on October 23 and 24 in Warsaw. Investors, corporations and startups from around the world will meet at the Palace of Culture and Science. On the stage of the next Wolves Summit conference, among others: Ludwik Sobolewski, head of the Emerging Europe Marketplace; …

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GoTech contest finale 2019: Top Russian startups to enter EU markets via Helsinki, Tallinn and Vienna

October 17, 2019

GoTech, a major Russian startup contest, will hold its finale in Moscow on October 15. This year, the winners will be sent to Helsinki, Tallinn and Vienna to take a foothold on the EU market with support from local authorities. GoTech has also partnered with such major Russian corporations as Beeline and Rostelecom, which offer …

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President Putin: “AI is one the key areas that determine the future of the entire world”

June 6, 2019

On May 30 Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the development of artificial intelligence technologies. It took place during a visit to School 21, established by Sberbank as an educational organization to train IT specialists. Before the meeting, the head of state was told about the academic process at School 21 and had a brief …

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Mail.Ru Group reveals new global gaming brand MY.GAMES

June 5, 2019

Mail.ru Group has today announced the new international gaming brand, MY.GAMES. The new brand will develop, publish and fund new games, including upcoming titles Lost Ark, Conqueror’s Blade and a mobile release for popular esport title Warface. All of the company’s gaming projects, which were previously published under the Mail.ru Group brand in Russia and …

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Startup Village 2019 to put together Russian startups major foreign firms

May 27, 2019

In its seventh edition, Startup Village, a key international event held in Skolkovo, aims to become a business connection platform not only between investors and startups, but also between Russian innovation suppliers and prominent global firms. Five topical discussions will help Skolkovo residents and international corporations to understand each other better. Russian technology suppliers will …

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Top Russian and foreign players “looked into the future” in industry forum in Kazan

April 29, 2019

Earlier this month the Russian Venture Forum took place in Kazan, bringing together leading venture capitalists, business angels, development agencies and tech entrepreneurs from Russia and abroad. This year, the main theme of the forum was “Venture Market of Russia – A look into the future.” Among participants in the plenary session were Vasily Belov, …

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International investors to meet startups from Southeast Europe in Bucharest and Sofia (May 28-29)

April 23, 2019

International investors active in Southeast Europe (SEE) will have an opportunity to meet top tech companies from the region through the South East Europe Tech Tour 2019 (SEETT), which will take place this year in Bucharest (May 28) and Sofia (May 29).  The main goal of SEETT 2019 – organized by Tech Tour with support from international VC fund Almaz …

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