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 is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, 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, 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 133 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.
Agenda
Analytics
Experts
Sergei Ivanov
Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport
Alexander Konovalov
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Constitutional Court
Alexey Overchuk
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Maksim Reshetnikov
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Dmitry Medvedev
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation
Patrick Pouyanne
Chairman & CEO, Total
Alexei Miller
Chairman of the Management Committee and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom
Herman Gref
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank
Igor Sechin
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, PJSC Rosneft
Victor Vekselberg
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Skolkovo Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Renova Group
Andrey Kostin
President and Chairman of the Management Board, VTB Bank
Alexey Repik
Chairman, Russian-Japanese Business Council; President, Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia); Chairman of the Board, Group R-Pharm
News and previews
News
07.05.2021
To prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection at the venues of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021, a number of measures to ensure epidemiological safety, developed by Rospotrebnadzor, will be introduced. These measures are related to the sanitary conditions during the events, access to the venues, catering, sanitizing the premises, and providing participants and staff with personal protective equipment.
News
05.05.2021
According to the Qatari Media Relations Office at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Qatari delegation is expected to be amongst the largest business delegations yet to be formed for external forum of this type reiterating Qatar’s commitment to expanding the bilateral economic ties with the Russian Federation amd moving it to new horizons. The delegation includes more than 50 Qatari organizations — businessmen, high-ranking officials and political figures, heads of authorities and civil society organizations.
News
05.05.2021
Registration of participants for the Drug Security Forum has opened at the Forum official website. The Forum will be held for the first time and will take place on 2 June, the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Content Foundation for the Development of Expert and Analytical Activity, with the support of the Subcommittee on Drug Distribution and Development of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry of the State Duma Healthcare Committee. The Forum’s motto is ‘Science and Technology for Health’.
News
04.05.2021
Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Anton Kobyakov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the Russian Federation J. Garmendia Peña met in Moscow. The meeting discussed the development of trade and economic relations between the countries, cooperation in science and education, as well as the participation of representatives of the Republic of Cuba in key business events, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will be held on 2–5 June.
News
29.04.2021
Gifted Youth to Participate in SPIEF 2021
The most promising undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as young scientists from Russia’s leading universities and scientific organizations will participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. They will have the opportunity to attend sessions of the Forum’s business programme, as well as special events organized for them.
News
28.04.2021
Gala reception hosted by the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Organizing Committee will take place 2 June at the Royal Beach Club.
News
27.04.2021
For the first time in its history, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is set to host Junior SPIEF, a youth section of the Forum. It will bring together 200 school students from Russia and 100 school students from Qatar. The programme was developed by participants of the Big Change, a project of the presidential platform ‘Russia – Land of Opportunities’.
News
27.04.2021
Together with the Roscongress Foundation and the Centre for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the City of St. Petersburg, Rospotrebnadzor is investigating the effectiveness of various additional counter-epidemic measures using the data provided by the New Production Technologies NTI Competence Centre at St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and the results of supercomputer modelling.
News
26.04.2021
2–5 June 2021 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will host the first Creative Business Forum. The purpose of the Forum is to bring together representatives of government and business with the leaders of the creative community. Forum will discuss the development of the industry in Russia and worldwide, as well as try to formulate common objectives and create a platform for a three-way dialogue.
News
26.04.2021
The inaugural Drug Safety and Security Forum will be held on 2 June 2021, the opening day of SPIEF 2021. The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation and the Content Foundation for the Development of Expert and Analytical Activity, and will take place with the support of the Subcommittee on the Circulation of Medicines and the Development of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry of the State Duma Committee of the Russian Federation on Health Protection. The Forum’s motto is ‘Science and Technology for Health’.
News
23.04.2021
On 5 June 2021, as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the International Youth Economic Forum will be held, co-organized by the Roscongress Foundation, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and Russian Young Professionals Assistance Centre.
News
20.04.2021
The architecture of the business programme of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that will take place on 2–5 June 2021 has been published on the Forum official website. The central theme of the Forum is A Collective Reckoning of the New Global Economic Reality.
The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, 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, 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 133 economic partners; industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions; and financial, trade, and business associations from 70 countries worldwide.