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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Esko Aho

Esko Aho

Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995); Senior Adviser, East Office of Finnish Industries
Quotes
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Digital Borders: How to Build Protection in a Transparent World?
I think that artificial intelligence and blockchain will provide us with new tools to resolve these problems [ensuring cyber security, – Ed.]
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Digital Borders: How to Build Protection in a Transparent World?
The system may become more symmetrical through change. It will mean that the cost of hacking, the cost of attack, the cost of violation will go up. This will be our advantage
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Russia–Finland
Nearly 5% of all waste is processed in Russia, the rest is buried. This is a huge problem, but a huge opportunity at the same time. Waste can be reshaped, turned into a resource, and provide a business opportunity
06.06.2019
SPIEF 2019
Russia–Finland
I am confident that those who invest in bioeconomy are going the right way. They’re on the right side of history. <…> Today, 58% of waste [in Finland, – Ed.] is urban waste that is used for energy, while 41% is recycled. The remaining 1% is waste. If we look at those numbers in Russia they are not quite there yet
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Russia–Finland
The only way to solve these problems is to make saving the world a profitable business
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Russia–Finland
Let’s consider environmental problems. Today we have quite a few of them: insufficient resources, loss of diversity, waste related problems, and last by not least the greenhouse effect
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Russia–Finland
Circular economy, bioeconomy, and related problems also present an opportunity for a win-win situation. Russia has huge resources including bioresources, while Finland is probably most famous in the world for the knowledge how to make bioenergy an essential part of economy and environment, as well as for practical application of such knowledge
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Russia–Finland
Finnish companies invested about 14 billion euro into the Russian market. Our cooperation is mutually beneficial