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.

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Auditorium
Moderator
Mark Entin
Head of the Department of Integration Law and Human Rights, MGIMO University
Speakers and experts
Alfred Von Liechtenstein
Chairman of the Advisory Board, International Peace Foundation
Grigory Rapota
Member of the Federation Council Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on International Affairs
Alexander Shokhin
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Tatyana Valovaya
Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva
Jin Xiaoming
Honorary Chairman, Steering Committee of ITTN, Former Director of Department of International Cooperation China Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Stefano Manservisi
Director-General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development
Alexander Grushko
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation