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 Regulatory ‘Sandbox’: A Game without Rules or the Rules of the Game?

Hall 2
Moderator
Anatoly Aksakov
Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Financial Markets
Speakers and experts
Eddie Astanin
Chairman of the Executive Board, National Settlement Depository
Tatyana Zharkova
Managing Director, FinTech Association; Chair, Expert Council of Financial Market Participants on Evaluating Innovative Financial Services and Technologies (formed at the initiative of the Bank of Russia)
Ivan Zimin
Vice President for Implementation of Innovative State Technologies and Services, Tinkoff Bank
John Mason
Global Head, Regulatory & Market Structure Propositions, Financial & Risk Division, Thomson Reuters
Konstantin Parshin
Vice President, Executive Director of IT Cluster, Skolkovo Foundation
Anatoly Popov
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank