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Skolkovo business school gives international acceleration to Russian startup entrepreneurs

October 1, 2012

As the Moscow startup ecosystem has grown ever more fertile and dynamic, the Skolkovo School of Management has launched Startup Academy, a two-month part-time program combining practical entrepreneurial education with an international acceleration program. Startup Academy is intended for entrepreneurs or corporate managers who feel they need more knowledge to launch or support their companies. …

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First Skolkovo building to be unveiled in late September

September 18, 2012

The first building for the innovation city (‘Innograd’) of Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion near Moscow, will be officially unveiled later this month, boasting an impressive number of innovative and environmentally friendly features. The word “hypercube” is often associated with Andrzej Sekuła’s movie thriller of the same name. In the film, characters are …

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Government confirms full financing for Skolkovo

August 30, 2012

Dismissing rumors that state financing for Skolkovo might be reduced, the Russian Ministry of Finances confirmed earlier this week that the federal government’s total funding for the project will remain unchanged at 85 billion rubles (approximately $2.7 billion) between 2010 and 2015. This confirmation suggests that the Skolkovo project, which consists of building a world-class …

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Skolkovo represents Russia at Venice Arts Exhibition

August 29, 2012

At this year’s prestigious Venice Architecture Biennale, which opened Aug. 27, Russia will be represented exclusively by a team from Skolkovo, Russia’s world-class tech hub under completion and futuristic city-in-planning. Elena Shipilova of Russia Beyond the Headlines spoke to Grigory Revzin, member of Skolkovo’s architecture-planning council, about what Skolkovo hopes to achieve at the exhibition …

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Skolkovo Tech’s innovation workshop underway at MIT

August 22, 2012

On August 6th, the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovo Tech), and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) kicked off a four-week intensive workshop called the SkTech/MIT Innovation Workshop 2012. The workshop is teaching participants how to bridge the gap between scientific and technological prowess and creating innovative solutions with broad impact. During the first …

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Schneider Electric to open R&D center in Skolkovo

July 27, 2012

Earlier this week, the Skolkovo Foundation and the French global energy engineering company Schneider Electric inked an agreement that gives Schneider Electric residency status in Skolkovo, the state-sponsored innovation hub under construction outside Moscow, and paves the way for opening its own R&D center there, Schneider Electric reports. The innovation center, which is expected to …

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IBM collaborates with Russian innovation giants to boost microelectronics industry

July 13, 2012

Saint Petersburg – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and five leading Russian innovation companies: the Skolkovo Foundation, Rusnano, Rostelecom, RVC and ITFY, have signed a collaboration agreement to help spur a new wave of innovation in Russian technology. The five Russian companies have joined forces to foster a culture of applied research and commercialization and attract key …

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Intel joins Russia’s ERA-GLONASS crusade for road safety

June 25, 2012

Intel Software, an Intel subsidiary and a new Skolkovo resident, has announced plans to develop an intelligent automotive system supported by ERA-GLONASS-based open software platform services. The endeavor calls for the development of a hardware-software solution integrating ERA-GLONASS, a real-time satellite-based infrastructure service that takes full advantage of Russia’s GLONASS satellite positioning system and was …

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Skolkovo cements ties with China on Putin’s fast track

June 7, 2012

Skolkovo, the state-sponsored innovation hub now nearing completion near Moscow, is considering opening a rep office in China, reports Seda Pumpyanskaya, Skolkovo’s Vice-president for International Relations and Communications and a participant in the most recent round of talks between the parties. According to the Skolkovo envoy, the potential partners have made “substantial headway in charting …

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Skolkovo to develop cooperation with China and Japan

May 5, 2012

Skolkovo, the state-sponsored innovation hub nearing completion outside of Moscow, is seeking to extend its cooperation with China. Opportunities for cooperation were discussed last week at the Sino-Russian Trade and Investment Forum by China’s Vice-Premier Li Keqiang and Viktor Vekselberg, President of the Skolkovo Foundation. Various leading Russian and Chinese businessmen were also in attendence …

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