Panasonic is set to open next year an R&D center in Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The agreement, signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Shigeo Suzuki, CEO of Panasonic Russia, commits the Japanese firm to deploying at least 30 workers from its Russian representative …
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The Tomsk University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) and Keysight Technologies, a US company, have plans to open Siberia’s first scientific and educational center in Tomsk in early 2015, portal Globalsib.com reported. TUSUR is reported to have already launched this past fall its new master’s degree program focused on the automation of the …
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On December 1, Ufa, the capital city of Bashkortostan in the Southern Urals, saw the opening of new business incubator Smart Park, the local media reported. The space was created by the young entrepreneurs of the capital for actively minded people that are promoting new ideas and developing long-term projects. Smart Park includes a co-working …
Tomsk, Russia — If there were ever a place for a cutting-edge innovation hub, this snowbound Siberian outpost with a population of 500,000 probably wouldn’t be the first choice. Deep in the Russian hinterland, it stands at the dead end of a train line off the Trans-Siberian railway. Its airport services only Moscow, a few …
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This month saw the hosting of the Kazan Startup Week, a nine-day event dedicated to the five-year anniversary of the Kazan IT-Park, a business incubator for IT firms located in the innovation-friendly Republic of Tatarstan, around 800 km east of Moscow. The highlight of the event was the DemoDay, which offered participating startups the chance …
The Presidential Library and National Library of Russia, both located in St. Petersburg, are working on a project that aims to become the Russian answer to Wikipedia. According to the Presidential Library’s chief spokesman Valentin Sidorin, the creators will not be writing an e-encyclopedia from scratch; they will merely systematize, digitize, and grant open access …
St. Petersburg libraries creating an ‘alternative Wikipedia’ about Russia Read More
Skolkovo is sending a record 53 resident companies to Helsinki for Slush 2014, tripling its presence at Europe’s biggest startup conference in comparison to previous years. Slush takes place on November 18-19 in the Finnish capital and brings together around 15,000 investors, company executives, fledgling entrepreneurs and world media.
During three weeks, from November 18 to December 12, InnoFest will bring together more than 1,000 young scientists from among university students and postgraduates, as well as research fellows representing research institutes from the Nizhny Novgorod region. High-level government officials and business people from both the domestic and international entrepreneurial communities are also expected. Put …
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The destiny of an electronic monument in memory of Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg has attracted public attention this week after its owner, a Russian company named “West-European Financial Union” (ZEFS in Russian), withdrew it in an expression of its radical anti-US and anti-gay stance. The monument had been placed last year in the yard of the St. …
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Scientists in Saratov, in the Lower Volga area of Russia, have developed the country’s first navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. According to Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, the new system can be fully self-contained and is capable of providing an alternative to satellite-based navigation systems. The technology and the software have all been …
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Thin Film Technology has received a grant of $1.9 million from Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow. The firm was founded in 2006, and has been working with the Skolkovo innovation center since 2011. It develops semiconductor sensors for measuring pressure, vibration levels and other physical parameters in unstable and aggressive environments. …
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This year, the annual Online Retail Russia conference will be held on November 27-28 at the Skolkovo Business School. With its unique format and content, this forum is designed for networking and the exchange of information between key market players. The event will be a mix of informative presentations, business contacts and informal networking for …
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