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.

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Tavricheskiy Palace, Hall 1
Moderator
Eugeniya Shokhina
President, RSPP Business School
Speakers and experts
Ilona Ansone
Head, Russian Union of Tourist Industry, Baltic branch
Doris Zapata Acevedo
Minister of Labor and Workforce Development of Panama
Kathleen Beegle
Research Manager, Human Development Team, World Bank, US
Elena Druzhinina
Managing Director for Cooperation between Science and Business, Rostec State Corporation
Olga Zabralova
First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Social Policy of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Anton Kotyakov
Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Russian Federation
Alla Manichkina
Executive Director for Career Growth, Personnel Management Department, Gazprombank; Founder, Digitalvizor online school
Gulbakhor Makhkamova
Founder and Chairperson of the Management Board of the National Association of Business Women of Tajikistan
Maria Nagernyak
Deputy Vice-Rector, National Research University Higher School of Economics; Director of the Directorate, Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Human Potential
Vera Podguzova
Senior Vice President, Director of External Relations Directorate, Promsvyazbank
Tatiana Sorokina
General Manager, IBM Russia & CIS
Talia Khabrieva
Director, Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law under the Government of the Russian Federation; Deputy President, Russian Academy of Sciences
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