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.
Agenda
Analytics
Experts
Herman Gref
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank
Sergei Menyailo
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Siberian Federal District
Victor Vekselberg
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skolkovo Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Renova Group
Oleg Tinkov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Tinkoff Bank
Olga Golodets
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (until 21.01.2020)
Yevgeny Zinichev
Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief of the Russian Federation
Rustam Minnikhanov
Head of the Republic of Tatarstan
Aleksey Grenkov
Vice President, Sberbank
Alexis Delaroff
Chief Operating Officer, Accor New East Europe
Artak Oganesyan
Deputy General Director, EPAM Systems
Maria Malkova
Executive Director, Zhilsotservis
Jörg Gasser
State Secretary for International Financial Matters, Federal Department of Finance of the Swiss Confederation
News and previews
News
14.07.2020
The Federal Law on State Support of Entrepreneurial Activity in the Russian Arctic Zone has been adopted by the State Duma and approved by the Federative Council of the Russian Federation. According to the document, the Russian Arctic becomes a special economic zone with a wide range of tax breaks and other business preferences. These measures are to stimulate well-paid job creation in the Arctic through increasing the number of new enterprises.
News
14.07.2020
Alexey Kalachev, Director of the Russian Convention Bureau, has been appointed General Director of MEC (Moscow Export Center). The new head of the MEC has extensive experience of working in major private companies and state bodies, and more than 15 years of experience in communication, event and project management, including organization and management of All-Russian and international events, exhibitions and conferences, as well as Public Relations activities.
News
13.07.2020
The Roscongress Foundation continues sharing its expertise in business event management as part of the National Congress Bureau (NCB) Summer Academy. Armen Khachatrian, Deputy CEO and Programme Director of the Roscongress Foundation, completed the project’s second module with an online lecture ‘Designing an Event Programme and Key Aspects of Working with Speakers’.
News
13.07.2020
This coming October Moscow will host one of the world’s most significant energy forums: Russian Energy Week. The event is organized by the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, the Roscongress Foundation, and the Government of Moscow.
News
09.07.2020
The Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI) and the Roscongress Foundation initiated the Powerful Ideas for the New Times Forum. Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, is the Chairman of the Forum Organizing Committee.
News
09.07.2020
Alexander Stuglev, CEO and Chairman of the Roscongress Foundation gave an online lecture for the event industry professionals. The lecture entitled ‘Fundamentals of Project Management for Congress Events’ was given as part of the National Congress Bureau (NCB) Summer Academy and started its second education module.
News
08.07.2020
JOINT STATEMENT Political Consultations of Foreign Ministers of the Russian Federation and the African Union «Troika» (South Africa, Egypt and DRC). 8 July 2020 .
News
08.07.2020
The goal of the official agreement between the Roscongress Foundation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) Council Secretariat is to jointly hold international events in St. Petersburg.
News
08.07.2020
The Roscongress Foundation presented its own study ‘African Socio-political Context in the Midst of the Pandemic: Further Stabilization or a Powder Keg Effect?’ The analytic material covers the impact of the pandemic on the African continent and reflects key problems that African countries face as well as socio-political and economic consequences of COVID-19.
News
07.07.2020
A far-reaching webinar called Creative Thursday was held in Russia for the first time. It took place in eight time zones and lasted a record 24 hours. The event was organized by Innosocium — the social platform of the Roscongress Foundation, the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), and the Russian Culture Centre, which are actively working together to encourage creative practices in Russia. Creative industry leaders organized sessions and presentations for the Creative Thursday online meeting as part of the project activities conducted by a working group of the ASI that has been tasked with developing creative industries and providing support for projects related to cultural and historical heritage.
News
06.07.2020
The long-term and mutually beneficial cooperation between the partner organizations will be aimed at realizing the investment and business potential of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as the development of the Investment Platform of Russian Regions.
News
06.07.2020
The Roscongress Foundation held a meeting with agency representatives of the Arctic Zone regions of the Russian Federation. Representatives of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Komi Republic, the Republic of Karelia, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and Yamalo-Nenets and Nenets autonomous areas took part in the meeting.
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.