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Open Innovations Forum 2016

Open Innovations is an annual forum on new technologies and prospects of international cooperation in innovations.

The forum has been held in Moscow since 2012 under the auspices of the Russian government, with the support of the Ministry for Economic Development in conjunction with the government of Moscow and Russian development institutions.

The 5th annual Open Innovations Forum will take place on the 26–28 of October. This year the Forum will be held at Skolkovo Technopark. For three days Skolkovo Innovation Centre will become the place to share knowledge and experience in the sphere of technology entrepreneurship and innovative development. The Forum will open its doors for more than 12 thousand guests from 30 countries. The Open Innovations 2016 Forum will host more than 90 various events: from panel discussions, presentations and lectures to workshops, pitch sessions and hackathons. All events are organised and designed to have interactive formats.

Heads of states and governments that have participated in the forum are Russia’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, Finland’s prime minister Jyrki Katainen (2013), France’s prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (2013), the Premier of China’s state council Li Keqiang, Serbian prime minister Alexander Vucic (2015).

For more details visit the event website.