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.

Law of the East: Do We Know It?

Congress Centre, conference hall D3
Moderator
Nikita Molchakov
Dean, Faculty of International Law, MGIMO University
Speakers and experts
Alexander Alekseenko
Associate Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, Scientific Director of the Program "Jurisprudence with In-Depth Study of the Chinese Language and Law of the PRC", St. Petersburg University
Victoria Bortkevicha
Global Managing Partner, Better Chance
Vyacheslav Gavrilov
Head of the Department of International Public and Private Law, Far Eastern Federal University
Anna Grishchenkova
Independent Arbitrator; Regional Ambassador in Russia, Committee HK45 (Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre)
Prashant Kumar
President, The Bar Association of India
Alexander Molotnikov
Associate Professor, Department of Business Law, Head, Center for Asian Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Timofey Nosov
Partner, Head of Middle East Desk, BGP Litigation
Evgeny Rashchevsky
Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Practice, EPAM Law
Ekaterina Ryzhkova
Associate Professor of the Department of Law and Jurisprudence, MGIMO University
Oleg Skvortsov
Professor of the Department of Commercial Law, St. Petersburg University
Tkhu Cha Mi Vu
Head of the International Development Department, Association of Lawyers of Russia
Oleg Sherstoboev
Dean of the Faculty of Law, Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management