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 208 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 180 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 81 countries worldwide, and 186 Russian public organizations, federal and legislative agencies, and federal subjects.

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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Artur Chilingarov

Artur Chilingarov

President, Russian Association of Polar Explorers; Special Representative to the President of the Russian Federation on International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic
Biography

In 1963 he graduated from the S.O. Makarov Leningrad Higher School of Marine Engineering with a degree in Oceanology.1963—1969: Worked at the Tiksi Arctic Research Laboratory.1969—1974: Headed the North Pole 19 and North Pole 22 drift ice-based research stations and the Bellingshausen research station.1974—1979: Head of the Amderma Territorial Hydrometeorology Division.1979—1986: Head of the Personnel and Education Institutions Division of the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Control.1986—1992: Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Control.In 1985 he was awarded with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for rescuing the Mikhail Somov ship that was stuck in ice.In 1987 he led a research expedition on-board the Sibir nuclear-powered icebreaker.1989—1990: Organized the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition.In 1991 he led the Airborne Expedition to the Antarctic.In 2003 he initiated the establishment of the North Pole 32 drift ice-based research station.In 2008 he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.He is a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 1st—5th convocations.2011—2014: member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, representing the Tula Region.Since 2014: Member of the Board of Directors, Rosneft.