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.

Energy Cooperation within the Asia-Pacific Region: Building Bridges

Moderator
Hans-Paul Buerkner
Chairman of the Boston Consulting Group
Speakers and experts
Akhtar Shamshad
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Oleg Budargin
Vice Chair, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO)
Robert Dudley
Chairman, Oil and Gas Climate Initiative
Alexey Miller
Chairman of the Management Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gazprom
Alexander Novak
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
Nobuo Tanaka
Chair the Steering Committee, ICEF ((Innovation for Cool Earth Forum), Special Advisor, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007-2011
Nikolay Shulginov
Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Committee on Energy
Participants
Ksenia Letova
Head of the Asian Energy Ring Project, The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)
de Boisséson Jacques
General Director, Total E&P Russie; General Representative in Russia, Total S.A.