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By Eic PM, 24/07/2011

Andrey Kostin, chief executive of Russian bank VTB, tells CNBC that the climate for business in Russia is getting better under Medvedvev.

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By Eic PM, 20/05/2011

Skolkovo Innovation Project – French plans were… par EicPM

RUSSIA : SKOLKOVO INNOVATION PROJECT

A total of $700 million has already been allocated for Russian state grants under the Skolkovo innovation project.
French AREP won an international tender to design the Skolkovo center,
in a village to the west of Moscow.
The French plans were preferred, as they involve stage-by-stage launch of Skolkovo Science City units – allowing work to start earlier.

AN INTEGRATED GLOBAL PROJECT, THAT WILL BOOST THE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS MARKET

Viktor Vekselberg, Skolkovo
Innovation project chief :

From French partners, we need experience, knowledge and skills; it’s something that we are trailing slightly behind in: the ability to commercialize fundamental studies and to turn ideas into completed, marketable products. French have been very successful at that. Russia has great intellectual capital, good academic institutions, good level of professional and higher education, and we have people – young, talented, and ambitious. I hope we will be able to build an integrated global project that will turn Russia from a country that supplies brains to the international market into a country that supplies completed innovative products.

BUTTERFLY-SHAPED DESIGN FOR SKOLKOVO INNOVATION HUB

Jean-Marie Duthilleul,
Engineer and architect, president, AREP

Skolkovo project provides a unique opportunities for scientists and companies to meet together. Such meetings give birth to innovations.
There are planned meetings which are well-organized and also unplanned gatherings, when we meet each other practically by chance. Any scientist will tell you that the greatest inventions are made because one day some people met by chance…

ALSTOM WILL PARTICIPATE IN BUILDING KEY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE NEW “CITY”

Patrick Kron
CEO of ALSTOM

The city will focus on promoting new technology such as energy efficiency, nuclear power, space and telecommunications, medical and pharmaceutical equipment, and information technology. Alstom is ready to participate in building key infrastructure for the new “city”, including urban transport, power generation, and electricity management services. The company would also bring its R&D expertise to activities set up in Skolkovo, spanning areas such as railway signalling and information systems, energy efficiency for power plants, and smart grids.

Partnerships with Russian universities are also pending.

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By Alojz Z, 18/05/2011

Denisova Olga, Dmitriyeva Nina

16.03.2011, 14:14

[dewplayer:http://www.evereast-management.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Skolkovo.mp3] New details have been revealed on the Skolkovo innovation hub front. French specialists to be engaged in construction activities revealed the novelties which are about to appear in Russia’s Silicon Valley. The butterfly-shaped high-tech hub – and this is what Skolkovo actually looks like on blueprints – will provide the right environment for carrying out research and introducing innovations. 400 hectares of Skolkovo territory will house five modern centers for research and development to advance the five priority areas of work spelled out by President Medvedev – energy, IT, telecommunications, biomedical and nuclear technology. There will also be a university, offices, as well as technical and production premises to house 20,000 staff. Read more Source: Voice of Russia.

Skolkovo Science City units will be launched stage-by-stage

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By Alojz Z, 17/05/2011

The City of Arts and Sciences in the southern Spanish town of Valencia
is a complex of modern buildings devoted to science and culture.

Parts of this futuristic complex are made of a surprising new material which considerably increases the concrete’s bending strength,
allowing architects to design more daring projects.

Belgian inventor Ann Lambrechts‘ invention of mixing steel wire elements into concrete has not only improved the stability of structures where it is used, it has reduced building costs and opened up entirely new architectural possibilities.

Ann Lambrechts is a candidate for the European Inventor Award 2011, organised by the European Commission and the European Patent Office….

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By Alojz Z, 13/05/2011

CNBC May 11, 2011
One cannot call China an emerging economy anymore, so therefore developed economies can be divided into two groups. The United States and Europe on one side, and the high growth economies, such as China, India and Brazil on the other side, Feike Sijbesma, CEO of DSM, told CNBC