First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia visited Skoltech
July 05, 2022
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Project manufacturing facility for cathode materials at the Center for Energy Science and Technology

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrey Belousov paid a working visit to the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, where he got acquainted with Skoltech’s innovative developments in energy technology, photonics, hydrocarbon recovery and telecommunications, including, among other things, a 5G base station and the world’s first ultrafast room-temperature polariton transistor created at Skoltech and a project manufacturing facility for cathode materials.

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Ultrafast room-temperature polariton transistor at the Сenter for Photonic Science and Engineering

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Presentation of the Center for Petroleum Science and Engineering and WSC for Rational Development of Liquid Hydrocarbons work results

While touring the Advanced Imaging Core Facility, Belousov gained first-hand evidence of the impressive capabilities of Skoltech’s infrastructure.

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Advanced Imaging Core Facility

The Deputy Prime Minister visited the Skoltech-based Medical Digital Diagnostic Center which continuously receives statistics and other data from regional clinics, AI-processed preliminary medical reports, and online verification data from medical consultants.

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Medical Digital Diagnostic Center (MDDC)

As part of the visit, Belousov met with the top management of Skoltech and the Skolkovo Foundation and VEB.RF executives to discuss a plan for transforming the ecosystem agenda, Skolkovo 2.0. It was decided to build a model of consortia which would operate within the “demand − production – technology” framework to meet the country’s technology needs in priority areas with strong competencies.

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