Open Innovations Forum 2017

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Skolkovo Foundation

Oct 09, 2017, 07:45 ET

MOSCOW, October 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

On October 16-18 Skolkovo Technopark will host Moscow International Open Innovations Forum. About 15,000 participants from more than 90 countries of the world are expected to attend this main 2017 event for digital ecosystem delegates. 

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The key theme of the Forum in 2017 is Digital Economy. The discussion will focus on corporations, the role of the state and the human being.

The Forum will consist of three thematic day-long sections:

  • 1st day - CorpTech. DNA of the Corporation of the Future;
  • 2nd day - StateTech. Manifesto of the Digital State;
  • 3rd day - HumanTech. Tech for human & human for Tech.

Leading Russian and international digital transformation experts will discuss recent developments in the digital economy and the challenges that the humankind faces in view of global informatization.

One of the headliners of the Forum will be an Executive Chairman of the world’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, Jack Ma.   Jack Ma will take part in the main event of the Forum’s second day – a plenary session featuring the participation of Russian Federation Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Headliners of the Forum include:

  • Xavier Bettel - Luxembourg's Prime Minister
  • John Nosta - digital health evangelist
  • Rick Tumlinson - founder of Deep Space Industries
  • Brett King - futurist, author of Breaking Banks
  • Nick Sampson - Vice President of Faraday Future

More on the Open Innovations Forum: link

Registration Form for participants in the Forum:   
Reference information 
Open Innovations Forum 
Annual Open Innovations Forum has been held in Moscow since 2012 under the auspices of the Government of the Russian Federation. It has earned the reputation of a unique discussion venue for participants of the forming innovative ecosystem. The Forum's co-organizers are: Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Government of Moscow, RUSNANO Foundation of Infrastructural and Education Programs, Russian Venture Company, Foundation for Assisting Innovation, Skolkovo Foundation, and Vnesheconombank. The event will be attended by the members of the Consulting Board for Foreign Investments. The main goal of the Forum is to promote and commercialize cutting-edge technologies and create new tools for international cooperation in the sphere of innovations.

https://forinnovations.ru/

SOURCE Skolkovo Foundation