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.

Georgiy Fokin

Georgiy Fokin

Chief Executive Officer, Gazprom Transgaz St. Petersburg
Biography
Georgy Fokin was born on June 4, 1965, in Leningrad.

He graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) (now Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"), Department of Electronic Technology.

Since 1994 - Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics.

Since 2016 - Doctor of Sciences in Engineering.

After graduation, he worked in the Ioffe institute for a number of years, he managed the molecular epitaxy laboratory of Advanced Technologies and Development Center, JSC.

His further activities are related to the solution of economic and financial matters in JSC "Bank "Rossiya", Radio Broadcasting and Communication Center No. 2, then in the St. Petersburg Regional Center-Branch of the FSUE “Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network”.



Since 2004 - Deputy General Director of Corporate Property Development and Management at LLC Lentransgaz (now LLC Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg).

In April 2008, he was appointed as the General Director of LLC Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg by the decision of Gazprom (since July 17, 2015 - PJSC Gazprom)



He was awarded more than 25 orders, medals and insignias of various state and public organizations.
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