OREANDA-NEWS. The Skolkovo Foundation became a partner of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which will give it access to the best foreign practices and the opportunity to offer ideas for regulating the world Big Data. This was reported on Friday by the press service of the fund.

“On January 23, within the framework of the WEF in Davos (Switzerland), an agreement was signed between the Skolkovo Foundation and the forum’s structural unit, the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By becoming a member of the Skolkovo platform, it will gain access to best foreign practices and together with representatives of other countries will propose solutions for Big Data regulation", the report said.

The main tasks of the platform of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution are to ensure interaction between large companies, development institutions and government representatives from different countries. As a result of such cooperation, common political decisions are developed in the field of regulation of modern technologies. The chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Igor Drozdov noted that the agreement is important for the development of all Russian business.