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.

Strategic and Scarce Minerals: Exploration, Reproduction, Utilization

Congress Centre, zone B, 2nd floor, conference hall B3
Moderator
Kirill Tokarev
Editor-in-Chief, Anchor, RBC
Speakers and experts
Igor Demidov
General Director, Polar Lithium
Alexander Kozlov
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation
Mosa Mabuza
Chief Executive Officer, Council for Geoscience (CGS)
Julius Mattai
Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Sierra Leone
Mohamed Basheer Abdalla Mennawi
Minister of Minerals of the Republic of the Sudan
Evgeny Petrov
Head, Federal Agency for Subsoil Use
Sergey Radkov
Acting Director General, Rosgeologia
Mikhail Yurin
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation