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 Venture and Stock Market in 2019–2020: Can Unicorns Survive IPOs and Continue to Growth?

Congress Centre, Sberbank Hall
Moderator
Lev Khasis
First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Sberbank
Speakers and experts
Inaki Berenger
Chief Executive Officer, CoverWallet
Boris Dobrodeev
General Director, Mail.Ru Group
Elena Ivashentseva
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vostok Investments, Ozon
Alexey Katkov
Managing Partner, JSFC Sistema
Nick Kostov
Managing partner, Ribbit Capital
Tomoyuki Nii
Chief Executive Officer, SBI Holding
Chieh Huang
Chief Executive Officer, Boxed.com
Brett King
Founder, Executive Chairman, Moven
Participants
Alexey Basov
Deputy General Director, Investment Director, Member of the Management Board, RVC JSC
Gleb Davidyuk
Managing Partner, iTech Capital
Anurag Chandra
Partner, Fort Ross Ventures
Roman Shpakov
Chief Executive Officer, JCS Finance Group QBF