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.

Ildar Shaikhutdinov

Ildar Shaikhutdinov

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Financial Business Development; Member of the General Council, All-Russia Public Organization Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia)
Biography
Born August 30, 1974 in Kumertau, Bashkortostan Republic.

Graduated Orenburg State University in 2001 majoring in Accounting and Audit.

Received his MBA at the Presidential Business Academy in 2010.

Received Top Financial Director award in 2012 in Best Business Value Management.

- CEO of Institute of Financial Development of Business.

- Chairman of the financial business development branch of Delovaya Rossiya society.

- Member of ChCI council on investment policy.

- Member of the working group of the intellectual property committee of the Federation Council of Russian Federation.

- Member of the working group of the Federal Standard development for immaterial assets and intellectual property with the Ministry of Economy of Russian Federation.

- Member of the intercommittee working group on development of the project on long-term state policy for intellectual property.

- Member of the ASI working group for monitoring the implementation of a road map towards investment climate improvement in Russian Federation.

Ildat Shaikhutdinov has developed and carries out a strategy to raise the cost of business through capitalization on intellectual property and immaterial assets in a number of Russian companies. One of the most successful cases is GK Ruskompozit where after strategy implementation growth of the non-turnaround assets grew 26 000 times (from 8 000 rubles to 206 mln rubles, capital level grew 5 times and borrowed capital shrunk by 25%).