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.

Media As a Science-Driven Industry

Sirius University of Science and Technology, conference hall 3
Moderator
Irina Belykh
Co-founder, Program Director, FANK Contemporary Science Film Festival; Member of the Expert Council for Non-Fiction Films, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation; Member of the Board, European Academy of Science Films
Speakers and experts
Ekaterina Belyayeva
Head of the Master's Program "Art&Tech", MISIS University of Science and Technology
Daniil Gavrilov
Head of AI Research Laboratory T-Bank AI Research
Denis Dimitrov
Managing Director for Data Research, Sberbank
David Kocharov
General Producer, Rutube
Evgeniy Lukuta
Interdisciplinary artist, designer, senior lecturer at the Department of Computer-Aided Engineering and Design, MISIS University of Science and Technology
Igor Chomsky
Director of Interaction with the Industry, MTS Media