A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social and sporting, public, and cultural events.
The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social 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
Kirill Varlamov
Head, Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Anton Kobyakov
Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation
Igor Levitin
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation; Deputy Chairman, Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport
Shinzō Abe
Prime Minister of Japan
Alexey Mordashov
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Severstal
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
President of the Central African Republic
George Elombi
Executive Vice President, African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank)
Aleksey Zharkov
Founder, Business Family
Steffen Scheuble
CEO, Solactive German Index Engineering
Aziz Rabbah
Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment of the Kingdom of Morocco
Sergey Kuznetsov
Head of Novokuznetsk City
Juvencio Maeztu Herrera
Chief Financial Officer, IKEA
News and previews
News
07.08.2020
Gorky Park will host the first ever Russian Creativity Week (https://creativityweek.ru/) — a key national event in creative industries — from 11 to 13 September. Leaders from 14 industries that make up the ‘creative industries’ concept according to the international classifications — art, music, fashion, design, architecture and urban studies, cinema, television, new media, publishing and journalism, marketing, computer graphics, development games, IT, and specialized education — will get together in the very heart of Moscow. Russian Creativity Week will feature more than 700 events and 500 speakers over a period of three days. The event will be attended by residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, and other regions of the Russian Federation.
News
06.08.2020
The Art Team has launched a free online educational course called ‘Management Skills in Creative Industries. From Idea to Implementation’ as part of a large-scale project to create a professional youth community in creative industries. Those who attend the online course will have a free opportunity to learn management skills in order to effectively implement projects in creative industries. The initiative is being organized by the Russian Culture Centre, the social platform of the Roscongress Foundation – the Innosocium Foundation, and Centre for Film Festivals and International Programmes with the support of the Presidential Grants Fund.
News
03.08.2020
Deputy Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council Galina Karelova held a meeting with members of the Council of the Eurasian Women’s Forum (EWF). The third Eurasian Women’s Forum will take place in St. Petersburg in September 2021. The Forum events will take place under the key theme of: ‘Women — a global mission in a new reality’.
News
29.07.2020
Narodnye Khudozhestvennye Promysly group of companies (‘National arts and crafts’, ‘GK NKhP’), a subsidiary of Sistema Public Joint Stock Financial Corporation, and the Roscongress Foundation (‘Foundation’ or ‘Roscongress’) signed a cooperation agreement aimed at promotion and marketing of national arts and crafts production. The parties are to join efforts to promote Russian culture, brands, companies, exporters and experts by creating a database, publishing industry catalogues, participating in Russian and international exhibitions, and holding other events aimed at promotion of Russian commercial and cultural brands, companies and exporters.
News
24.07.2020
Yelena Marinina, deputy CEO of the Roscongress Foundation and director of the social platform of the Roscongress Foundation – the Innosocium Foundation, attended a working meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko and General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva, where she spoke about the work that is being done to support creative industries.
News
15.07.2020
The third module of the National Congress Bureau (NCB) Summer Academy offered an online lecture entitled ‘Cultural Programme as part of a Business Event’ delivered by Ekaterina Ivanova, Head of Creative Projects at the Roscongress Foundation. Ms. Ivanova shared her expertise in integrating cultural events into business ones.
News
15.07.2020
The Roscongress Foundation accommodates open business communications not only at forum venues, but also in the digital space. The Foundation and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) have stepped up the Russia—Korea line of business cooperation. A series of online meetings took place between the experts of the Russian tech giant Yandex and promising technological companies of the Republic of Korea.
News
14.07.2020
The Roscongress Foundation’s social platform — the Innosocium Foundation has joined the Donors Forum. Innosocium began engaging in active charitable work as part of the We’re Together mutual assistance campaign, raising RUB 98 million from major Russian and international companies such as Aqualine, Coca-Cola, MTS, Gazprom Neft, and Philip Morris International to help Russians who found themselves in danger because of COVID-19. Despite the easing of quarantine restrictions throughout Russia, the Foundation has made the strategic decision to continue its charitable work.
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.
The Roscongress Foundation – a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions, congress, exhibitions, business, social 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.