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.

Sustainable Partnership. What Can Businesses and Non-Profits Do Today for a Better Tomorrow?

Building D, level 6, conference hall 20
Moderator
Innokentiy Dementyev
Deputy General Director, Presidential Grants Foundation
Speakers and experts
Olga Batalina
First Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Andrey Blokhin
Minister of Economic Development of the Primorsky Region
Aleksandra Boldyreva
Executive Director, Russian Donors Forum
Maxim Lunev
Head of the Corporate Communications Department, Russian Railways
Lilia Ovcharova
Vice Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Olga Petrova
Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
Vera Podguzova
Senior Vice President, Director of External Relations Directorate, Promsvyazbank
Miroslava Sergeenko
Founder, President, Charitable Foundation "Oncology"
Nikolay Slabzhanin
Executive Director, Russian Committee "Children's Villages - SOS"; Member, Public Council under the Commissioner for the President of the Russian Federation for Children
Participants
Anna Sorochinskaya
Executive Director, NGO "Public Council on the problem of adolescent smoking"