Press Release, 01.06.2015
Every year, Skoltech takes an active part at Startup Village, the biggest conference of its kind in Eastern Europe.
The first batch of Skoltech students will celebrate the end of their last study year in a ceremony at Startup Village.
Fifty-three Master’s students (in Information Technology, Energy and Advanced Manufacturing) who enrolled in 2012-13, the institute’s first year of operations, are to attend a ceremony in the Russian traditional “last bell” style on Wednesday at the Skolkovo Innovation Center.
“On June 3 we will show off our graduates to the Skolkovo community, to participants and guests of the Startup Village, and to investors,” said the innovation university’s vice president Alexei Sitnikov.
“We really hope that our graduates will get to chat with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who is also visiting Startup Village,” he added.
Every year, Skoltech takes an active part at Startup Village, the biggest conference of its kind in Eastern Europe. Presentations will be made by leading researchers including President Ed Crawley, Prof Dzmitry Tsetserukou (head of the Space Robotics Lab), and Prof Alessandro Golkar, Director of the Strategic Innovation Research Group (SIRG). It will also feature a working session of IPOCA – International Proof of Concept Centers Association will be held, among other things.
Skoltech is a core ingredient of the Skolkovo ecosystem, supplying the brain power to create innovations that will be commercialized further down the road. More than half of the university’s current intake already have innovations that are either on the market or soon to be available.
“The most important thing for us as producers of talent inside the innovation center, is that many of the guys already have their own companies and startups, and intend to develop them further after graduating from Skoltech,” Sitnikov said.
The official “last bell” graduation ceremony will take place on June 17 at Skoltech.
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