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 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
Andrey Fursenko
Aide to the President of the Russian Federation
Sergei Ivanov
Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport
Yury Trutnev
Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District
Dmitry Chernyshenko
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Denis Manturov
Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Kirill Varlamov
Head, Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF)
Igor Shuvalov
Chairman, State Development Corporation "VEB.RF"
Leonid Mikhelson
Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors, NOVATEK
Maxim Akimov
General Director, Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Board of Directors, Russian Post JSC
Moon Jae-in
President of the Republic of Korea
Xí Jìnpíng
President of the People's Republic of China
Yong Li
Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
News
04.10.2019
Hackathon set to be main event of FINOdays youth programme
From 7–11
October 2019, events for the FINOdays youth programme will be taking place as
part of the Forum of Innovative Financial Technologies FINOPOLIS 2019.
The main event of FINOdays will be
the Hackathon, which will see the 17 pre-selected student teams go head to head
to solve real business cases set by financial market leaders. Participants can
expect tasks on the use of allocated inventories, text recognition, cash
management, bank product management based on biometrics, recommendation
systems, marketplaces, and much more. In the finale, the teams will defend
their decisions before a panel made up of representatives from leading banks
and financial organisations. The last three remaining finalists of the
Hackathon will share a prize fund of one million roubles.
As per tradition, participants in
the young programme will get to meet the Governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira
Nabiullina and will have the chance to ask questions on FinTech development
trends, essential skills for employment in the financial sector and future
technology in the financial sector.
Among the events of the FINOdays
youth programme will be master classes and workshops led by experts from the
FinTech industry. The topics of the master classes will include a presentation
of technological product, contemporary
personal ID infrastructure, the principles of Growth Hacking in FinTech,
voice-activated digital assistants, and how to create an effective business
plan.
In addition, FINOdays participants
will be able to attend events as part of the FINOPOLIS business and sporting
programme, meet potential employers and find out about FinTech development
trends.
For the latest updates, you can join
the official FINOdays group on VKontakte.
FINOdays is
organized by the Bank of Russia.
QIWI is the official partner of the Hackathon.
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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.