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.

The Innovative Economy: Identifying Areas of Growth

Moderator
Vasily Belov
General Director, Skolkovo Ventures
Speakers and experts
Vladislav Boutenko
Managing Director, Senior Partner, BCG Henderson Institute Fellow; Head of "The Future of Cities" Global Expert Practice, BCG Moscow
Anton Inyutsyn
Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Karisalov
Chairman of the Management Board, Chief Executive Officer, SIBUR
Eugeny Kuznetsov
Venture Investor, Founder, Orbita Capital Partners
Alexey Rakhmanov
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, United Shipbuilding Corporation
Ruslan Sarkisov
General Partner, Voskhod Venture Capital
Maxim Safonov
Professor, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Lei Teng
Senior Vice President, Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF)
Participants
Mikhail Akim
Vice President, strategic development, ABB Ltd
Gennady Alekseev
General Director, SDS-Ugol
Konstantin Bogdanenko
Co-owner, DNS Group of Companies
Alexander Krutikov
General Director, Crystal of Growth Foundation
Murat Sönmez
Member of the Managing Board, World Economic Forum