A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Vladislav Fedulov

Vladislav Fedulov

Managing Director, Avito
Quotes
04.09.2024
EEF 2024
The Digital Present. Effective Platform Solutions for Different Economic Sectors
What is the main advantage and characteristic of digital platforms? What can they help people with in general? We are removing the geographical and economic boundaries that previously existed. In fact, we provide any territory with access to goods, services, cars, real estate, if it is needed
04.09.2024
EEF 2024
The Digital Present. Effective Platform Solutions for Different Economic Sectors

What is the main advantage and feature of digital platforms, and how can they help people in general? We eliminate the geographical and economic boundaries that previously existed. In fact, we provide access to goods, services, cars, and real estate for any territory, if needed

07.06.2024
SPIEF 2024
Protecting Citizens’ Rights Online: A Matter of Economic Security
In fact, the client is ‘snatched’ before the bank. That is, they are led to the bank, and they receive money at the bank. And this is a similar story for us. It means that we provide security on our platform. As soon as the client leaves the platform, they find themselves in an unsafe environment
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
The Balancing Act between Competition and Collaboration among Companies Entering Business Ecosystems
There’s not a single country in the world that has an established set of legislative acts regulating ecosystems,
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
The Balancing Act between Competition and Collaboration among Companies Entering Business Ecosystems
What do we believe we will definitely have to pay attention to? First, of course, it’s aspects of competition between companies. The second is security, both informational and personal [...] It’s essential for us to protect citizens and their personal data. Accordingly, we need to determine how we work with [this data], to what extent companies can use it, in what form, whom to give it to, and whom not to give it to,
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
House Rules or Regulation: What Does the Future Hold for Ecosystems?
What would I do if I were the director of any major company that is already an ecosystem or is about to become one? [...] Each of them [representatives of ecosystems at the session] has fears that, given the technological development and the absence of a regulator that would introduce the rules of the game, they may perish themselves in competition with both foreign systems and with large domestic ones. Of the six ecosystems that were cited [at the session], roughly only three or two are even Yandex and Sberbank, are not monopolists, but rather major powerful players, so, of course competition is important to the rest. And if I, for example, were Yandex or Sberbank, I would say: ‘Really? We self-regulate with total peace of mind. Let’s make our own rules of the player’. In principle, this approach is also possible. But we believe […] ecosystems nevertheless need to be regulated