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.

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How to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in the Arctic

Hotel National, Moskovsky hall, Moscow, st. Mokhovaya, 15/1, building 1
Moderator
Ryan Chilcote
TV Host, Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Speakers and experts
Dmitry Borovikov
Vice President for Strategy, Portfolio Management and Trading, Fortum
Yury Vasilyev
Executive Director, Institute of Arctic Technologies, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Andrey Grachev
Vice President for Federal and Regional Programs, Norilsk Nickel; Member, Public Council under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Konstantin Dolgov
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
Nikolay Korchunov
Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council
Anton Poriadine
Partner, Yakov & Partners
Anton Rubtsov
Director of Oil Refining and Gas Complex Department, Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Vyacheslav Sinyugin
Deputy General Director for Digital Transformation and Energy Project of Zarubezhneft
Soslan Abisalov
Director of the Infrastructure Development Department of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic
Dmitriy Gorshkov
Director, World Wildlife Fund
Participants
Marja Koskela
Plenipotentiary Minister, Deputy Head of Mission of the Republic of Finland in the Russian Federation