A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, 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, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 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 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Investing in Science: Do the Ends Justify the Means?

Building A, level 3, conference hall 3
“Qualified customer” is a concept that is used frequently in the current government framework of national goal setting – the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of the Russian Federation, the ongoing national projects. A number of companies have already successfully established themselves in this role with respect to applied developments and are bringing hi-tech products to the market. However, the question of how to organize work with fundamental science remains open. The state policy on managing investments in science calls for the creation of a system for the formation and implementation of strategically significant projects, approving scientific and technical results, and evaluating how these results have been used by qualified customers. But what does this actually mean in practice: are companies the ones that should be defining research problems for fundamental science? Should they be involved in examining the results? Or, in addition to time, should they also be funding basic research? Will this pay off, and will business investments in fundamental science allow them to actively develop import substitution products? What business indicators should companies set for themselves when working with fundamental science? Do scientists believe that this work is effective and feasible?
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Forum
EEF
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15:00—16:30
Conference hall
Building A, level 3, conference hall 3
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