A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and sporting, public, and cultural events.
The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and sporting, public, and cultural events.
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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 126 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 69 countries worldwide.
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Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
Tigran Sargsyan
Chairman of the Board, Eurasian Economic Commission (until February 2020)
Olga Vasilyeva
Minister of Education of the Russian Federation (until 21.01.2020)
Veronika Skvortsova
Head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency
Nursultan Nazarbayev
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (from April 1990 to March 2019)
Tatyana Golikova
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Igor Soglaev
Director of the Oil and Gas Chemistry Department in the Vice President Rank, Rosneft
Alexander Murychev
Executive Vice President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Matthias Unger
Managing Director, Schauenburg Maschinen-und Anlagen-bau
Alexander Polyakov
Deputy Head of the Department of Economics of Research and Development for International Cooperation, St. Petersburg State University
Francois Guibert
Chief Executive Officer, Economic Development Board of the Republic of Mauritius
Evgenia Lazareva
Co-founder, OPORA Russia Committee on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development, Project Manager, All-Russian People’s Front ‘For Borrowers’ Rights’
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The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and sporting, public, and cultural events.
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, and helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.
Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 208 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 5000 people working in Russia and abroad. In addition, it works in close cooperation with 126 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 69 countries worldwide.