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.

Areg Totolian

Areg Totolian

Director, Pasteur St. Petersburg Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology
Quotes
24.05.2023
Eurasian Economic Forum 2023
Lessons from the Pandemic: Looking to the Future
The [digital – ed.] technology that was fully developed during COVID-19 <...> is still with us. And this technology allows us to solve similar problems for almost all vaccine-preventable diseases. <...> We gained vital and invaluable experience, which remains with us and which we will draw upon when addressing similar objectives in relation to other diseases
17.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Sanitary Shield: Investing in Development
Having our own modest production facilities enables us to gradually introduce products which have been developed and are coming off the production line. We don’t have to wait for a major business partner to turn up with an interest in large-scale projects
17.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
The Sanitary Shield: Investing in Development
We used a model incorporating 26 regions to develop [sanitary protection – ed.] technology. The ideas which were put forward by scientific institutions were very quickly put into practice – Rospotrebnadzor’s structure allows for this. We did not stop there, though. The technology provides a toolset for us to work... That’s because sanitary monitoring needs to be an ongoing endeavour. What’s more, this technology has been introduced in neighbouring countries, such as Belarus, Tajikistan, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan. In fact, this technology was transferred in a short amount of time
09.04.2019
International Arctic Forum 2019
Public Health: The Key to the Successful Opening up and Economic Development of the Arctic
Ticks are moving north. If we monitor the situation every 9 to 10 years, we see how ticks actively occupy the areas in the north. This happens because of the global warming <...> Indigenous people encounter infections that are new to them; new microorganisms arrive, and they may behave somewhat differently than in other places