Incubators, Accelerators, Technoparks

Bashkortostan orchestrates radio electronics cluster

February 21, 2013

Authorities in the Republic of Bashkortostan, in Russia’s mid-Volga area, have pooled their efforts with those of several companies and organizations in the
region to set up a local radio electronics technology cluster, the news portal I-mash.ru reports. The new technology cluster is being established to promote collaboration among
regional telecommunications equipment makers, radio electronics equipment manufacturers, and …

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Former Skolkovo COO Steven Geiger: “I am concerned about the future of innovation in Russia.”

February 16, 2013

A leading authority on global innovation who designed and built national technology programs for countries as diverse as Russia and Abu Dhabi, Steven Geiger recently made a guest lecture at Moscow’s New Economic School on the common mistakes countries make when attempting to create innovation cities, and how to best avoid them (see video). “I am concerned …

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Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan create innovation technology center

January 31, 2013

The three former Soviet republics that now share the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan are setting up an intergovernmental entity called “Venture Company – Innovation Technology Center of the Eurasian Economic Community” – or Innovation Technology Center, for short. Russia will be represented in the new entity by InfraFund, a fund established by …

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St. Petersburg to host global finale of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2013

January 28, 2013

Microsoft, Skolkovo, and the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) are jointly organizing in St. Petersburg the final stage of ‘Imagine Cup 2013,’ this year’s international student technology contest. The event will occur in July in Russia’s former capital. Microsoft’s Imagine Cup is a leading international student technology competition. Approximately $340,000 in total prize money will …

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Tatarstan’s Innopolis to receive $670 million in investments

January 18, 2013

The Republic of Tatarstan is confirming its commitment to innovation with plans to invest heavily over the next two years in the engineering and transport infrastructure of Innopolis, an “innovation city” under completion near the capital Kazan. Tatarstan will put up a significant part of the total investment, which has been estimated at 20 billion …

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US, Russia agree innovation corridor

January 15, 2013

The EURECA US-Russia Innovation Corridor is a project of the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and University of Nizhny Novgorod to increase collaboration in innovation and commercialization between the US and Russia. The Corridor will incubate collaborations in innovation between the US and Russia, starting with Maryland and Nizhegorodskaya entities, and drawing upon the …

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Skolkovo under fire; government innovation policies may be reshaped

December 27, 2012

Skolkovo, the state-sponsored giant tech hub nearing completion on the outskirts of Moscow, has come under sharp criticism over the last several months, suggesting that government policies in support of innovation in the country could be reviewed. Among the first signs of resistance to Skolkovo’s recent development were remarks made this past October by Deputy …

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Russians learn tech monetization in Israeli settlement

November 23, 2012

A group of forty Russian scientists has received a week of on-the-job training in the commercialization of hi tech projects at Israel’s Ariel University, the innovation news portal Venture Business News reported last week. The university, which is located in the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank, was upgraded just two months ago …

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Kendrick White on Russia’s modernization: “We cannot wait another twenty years”

November 20, 2012

During a US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission meeting held on October 30, foreign and Russian experts debated approaches that the participants thought would be beneficial for Russia to choose in its drive for innovation. Marchmont CEO Kendrick White took part as an American expert. He shares his impressions and his ideas on how to improve what seems …

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Obninsk to launch $40 million hi-tech technopark

November 9, 2012

Obninsk, a ‘science city’ in the Kaluga region, announced plans to build its own $40 million high tech technopark. The effort will be funded on a roughly 50/50 basis between federal and regional coffers, the Nanoprom.ru portal reported earlier this week. The future technopark will reportedly focus on biotechechnology and pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, nuclear power technology, …

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Key regional IT and electronics clusters create union

November 8, 2012

The Union of Regional Innovation IT and Electronics Clusters has been established in Russia, reports the NanoNewsNet portal. The decision was formally announced on October 31, 2012 on the opening day of the Open Innovation international forum in Moscow. Under the terms of the Union’s Declaration, the new association welcomes regional innovation clusters that manufacture …

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Bashkortostan puts together IT park

October 29, 2012

Bashkortostan, a sizable region in the Volga area, is developing its own IT park. “We’re drafting an IT park concept and we already have a business plan,” said Boris Melkoedov, the region’s minister of telecommunications. “The region is also in talks with federal authorities over the inclusion of our project in the Russian techno-park development program.” …

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