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.

Water: The Main Resource of the Future

Tauride Palace, Hall 9
Moderators
Dmitriy Kirillov
Head, Federal Agency for Water Resources
Sergey Mitin
First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Agrarian and Food Policy and Environmental Management
Roman Plyusov
Anchor, Russia 24 TV Channel
Speakers and experts
Denis Afanasiev
Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Astrakhan Region
Pavel Baryshev
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Bolgov
Head of the Surface Water Modeling Laboratory, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Alexander German
Chairman, Committee for Nature Management, Environmental Protection and Ensuring Ecological Safety, St. Petersburg
Victor Danilov-Danilyan
Russian Scientist, Economist, Ecologist, Hydrologist, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Valentin Ivanov
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Alexander Istomin
Deputy Director - Head of the Center for the Protection and Restoration of Small Rivers and Reservoirs, Federal Scientific Center of Agroecology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Dmitry Kobylkin
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Artur Kokhoev
Chairman of the State Assembly-El Kurultai of the Republic of Altai
Ekaterina Kuzmina
Head of Sustainable Development Department, Promsvyazbank
Khin Maung Yi
Union Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Ahmad Mahdi
Managing Director, Iraq's Thirst Project
Dmitry Makhonin
Governor of Perm Territory
Roman Minukhin
Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation in the Field of Water Resources, Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation
Gennady Onishchenko
Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Education, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
Ilya Razbash
Director, Information and Analytical Center for the Development of the Water Industry Complex
Barbara Rwodzi
Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality of the Republic of Zimbabwe
Zhanna Ryabtseva
Deputy Head of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Ecology, Discovery of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
Dylan Ghafoor Saleh
Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives
Zulfiya Suleimenova
Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Alisher Erbaev
Deputy of the Jogorku Kenesh of the Kyrgyz Republic, Member of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Water Resources, Ecology and Regional Development