International Program
Global Challenge —
Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Get on the map of AI cases for SDGs
First year program summary
280
ICT companies in AI as participants
40
finalists on the interactive
Map of AI cases for SDG and ESG
Map of AI cases for SDG and ESG
3
business missions: to Switzerland,
China and Singapore (28 participants)
China and Singapore (28 participants)
24
sessions with mentors -
the founders of the biggest IT companies
the founders of the biggest IT companies
3
AI patent landscape studies,
Russia and worldwide
Russia and worldwide
6
program laureates nominated for participation
in the Innovation Factory AI for Good conference
hosted by ITU
in the Innovation Factory AI for Good conference
hosted by ITU
Promotion
of the SDGs
of the SDGs
among the technology community at the largest Russian conferences: SUV, Open Innovations, AI Journey, and international conferences: Belt & Road Summit, SWITCH, Singapore Fintech Week
Accreditation of the
Skolkovo Foundation
in SDSN
Skolkovo Foundation
in SDSN
membership in UN Global Compact documents submitted
Launch of Interactive
AI case Map
AI case Map
a tool that offers easy-to-access
information on SDG solutions using AI
information on SDG solutions using AI
Winners of the 2020 Program
Nominations
Botkin.AI is a software-based platform for radiological studies' analysis using artificial intelligence technologies. Unlike most solutions on the market in this area, Botkin.AI is a holistic product that combines AI technologies with the state-of-the-art results in terms of accuracy, but also IT technologies, allowing seamless integration into existing processes of medical organizations and making radiologists benefit from using it on a daily basis. 15 completed and ongoing regional projects in Russia and abroad, e.g. Botkin.AI is used in the world's largest project of AI technologies implementation in medicine, led by the Moscow Department of Health.
Nominations
Oz Forensics helps to reduce costs and biometry fraud by automating online onboarding and client verification processes. This is inhouse development AI platform to detect face biometry and liveness, orc of any IDs and forgery recognition in any scans and photos. Oz Liveness (detection of a real person) helps to prevent deepfake fraud and spoofing attacks such as mask, fake video, etc. The technology is tested by MIT LFW and have high proved accuracy as TOP 2 in the world. The platform is integrated into the systems of leading banks from the TOP 100 Forbes in Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Asia and Africa. The use of the platform allows increasing customer conversion due to easy and rapid registration process by 3 seconds, reducing the risk of biometric and deepfake attacks, automating the process of remote identification.
Nominations
SOL is a distance sign language interpretation platform that enables deaf people to receive the range of services that are available on the market for hearing citizens. The service should be available in all institutions working with the public and when a deaf person visits an institution, a communication mobile application should be launched. At the moment, the service operates in more than 800 institutions in Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Nominations
ВIOGEOHAB-UVA - Software for automatic identification of biological communities and geomorphological features of the seabed by photo and video analysis for mapping seascapes and monitoring ecosystems.
Nominations
«ЭМПЛ ПРО» - Software package for monitoring and functional diagnostics of diseases of internal organs in horses based on DeepSound AI neural network technology.
Nominations
idChess is a platform that recognizes chess games on real boards and instantly digitizes them from a video stream. It makes teaching chess more effective: students can record their games to track progress, share recorded games with coaches for analysis. idChess is already used in chess schools in Russia. More than 7 thousand chess games have been successfully digitized; more than 500 games were analyzed by coaches (based on data from chess schools).
Global Challenge — Artificial Intelligence for SDGs
Global
Objectives
Objectives
Steady trend up to 2030 under complete uncertainty
International Business
Online business missions to Switzerland, China, Singapore, RSA, USA to meet clients, investors and government authorities
VUCA MBA
Educational program for project leaders aimed at developing mental models and tactical skills in our changing world
National
Strategy
Strategy
National Strategy for AI Development up to 2030, objectives: demand and export promotion
Mentors and Jury
Mentors
Jury
Alexander Egorov
CEO
Reksoft
Shamil Shakirov
President
I-Teco
Tagir Yapparov
Founder and Chairman of the Board
I.T. Group
Sergei Shilov
Founder and managing partner
of AT Consulting,
President of the digital Economy League group of companies
of AT Consulting,
President of the digital Economy League group of companies
Mentors
Arkady Dvorkovich
Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation
Oleg Bocharov
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Maxim Fedorov
Vice-President for Artificial Intelligence and Mathematical Modelling
Skoltech
Anton Pleshkov
CEO
Marine Innovation LLC
Jury
Тимашев Ратмир
российский предприниматель, основатель компании Aelita Software, основатель и президент Veeam Software
Александр Егоров
генеральный директор компании «Рексофт» (Reksoft) вновь избран в правление НП «РУССОФТ»
Анатолий Карачинский
российский топ-менеджер и предприниматель, президент IBS Group[
Тагир Яппаров
Заслуженный эксперт фонда Сколково.
Тимашев Ратмир
российский предприниматель, основатель компании Aelita Software, основатель и президент Veeam Software
Business Guru
Тимашев Ратмир
российский предприниматель, основатель компании Aelita Software, основатель и президент Veeam Software
Александр Егоров
генеральный директор компании «Рексофт» (Reksoft) вновь избран в правление НП «РУССОФТ»
Анатолий Карачинский
российский топ-менеджер и предприниматель, президент IBS Group[
Тагир Яппаров
Заслуженный эксперт фонда Сколково.
Тимашев Ратмир
российский предприниматель, основатель компании Aelita Software, основатель и президент Veeam Software
Integration Guru
International
Recognition
Recognition
International Online Business Missions
Network and
Education
Education
• Educational program for project leaders aimed at developing mental models and tactical skills in our changing world
• Product Development Workshop
• Product Development Workshop
Corporate
Customers
Customers
Presentation of participants’ cases to industrial partners of the Skolkovo Foundation and large international corporations
Innovation-enabling
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Skolkovo ecosystem of support measures and initiatives to develop a high-tech area of “Artificial Intelligence” in Russia
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Economic growth shall be inclusive in order to generate sustainable job opportunities and equity.
Having an AI case that efficiently addresses one or more SDGs
Utilization of one or more AI sub-technologies
Language understanding
and generating literate text, as well as creation of more convenient format of human-computer interaction
Natural language processing
Creation of solutions that find, track and classify objects
Computer vision
Creation of solutions to convert speech into text, analyze voice timbre and tonality, recognize emotions
Speech recognition and synthesis
Creation of solutions through which the process is carried out without human input, support in choosing a solution
Recommendation systems and intelligent decision support systems
Methods and technologies, the development of which affects all sub-technology in AI field
Prospective methods and AI technologies
Company having a legal entity status up to 10 years and a turnover of less than 1 billion roubles.
Co-organized with Skolkovo Foundation, this AI for Good Innovation Factory will be showcasing five promising Russian entrepreneurs with promising AI ventures to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. The session will include live pitching from several AI startups whose solutions can accelerate our progress to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
How can an IT business run in VUCA world, enter global markets and struggle against entropy as an inevitable part of the development process?
Five Russian companies, four of which are Skolkovo residents, pitched their sustainable AI-based solutions at the UN global summit “AI for Good.” The five companies were selected from a group of 40 startups that offered solutions tackling the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Five Russian startup companies, two of which are Skolkovo Foundation residents from the innovation center’s IT cluster, will pitch their AI-based sustainable solutions at the Russian track of the AI for Good Global Summit taking place on January 27, a program aimed at accelerating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The summit connects AI innovators with problem owners in order to solve global challenges related to sustainability. The spectators will comprise corporations and government bodies, while also encompassing a much broader and diverse global audience.
An Interactive AI Case Map was launched as part of the “Global Challenge: Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” program by the Skolkovo Foundation.
The online business mission to Singapore took place on December 17 with twelve Skolkovo residents pitching their AI solutions. The program titled “Global Challenge – artificial intelligence for sustainable development goals (SDGs)” was created by the Skolkovo Foundation and its partners in the AI sector such as Tinkoff Bank and Marine Innovation, the aim being to promote Russian innovative developments and to create a case map of AI SDGs. The program is part of the Skolkovo Foundation’s Sk[ai]HUB (Skolkovo AI Hub).
On December 10, as part of the Skolkovo AI 2020 conference, the Skolkovo Foundation summarized the results of the two programs aimed at the development of AI technologies.
As part of the Singapore innovation and technology week, Russia House Startup Pitching Days were held on December 7-10, 2020. The event was supported by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Sistema Asia, the SKOLKOVO Foundation, the Internet Initiatives Development Fund, the Russian Venture Company and MTS PJSC.
Seven Skolkovo startups pitched healthcare and infrastructure AI solutions to Chinese technology companies, investors, and international organizations during the online Russia-China business mission, which kicked off today.
On October 26-27, the Skolkovo Foundation convenes a business mission to Switzerland. The event will be held via videoconference and is organized with the support of the Embassy of Switzerland to Moscow and the Swiss Business Hub in Russia, as well as with the participation of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation of Switzerland (SERI), the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse, industry associations SwissGognitive and digitalswitzerland and a number of Swiss chambers of commerce.
