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.

Dmitry Krutov

Dmitry Krutov

General Director, Skillbox
Quotes
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Structural Change: A New Path for Russian Internet
We are turning towards Asia even now. We are looking at India, at China, at Latin America. [...] It seems to me that we will see a fairly strong turn in that direction, particularly in terms of both marketing communications and product communications
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Structural Change: A New Path for Russian Internet
The partnership we entered into with universities has been an important step for us. Just yesterday we signed an agreement to develop a national platform that will unite universities and training programmes. [...] The agreement has been signed with eight universities so far, and we plan to expand it in the near future. For us, of course, as an educational company, the biggest issue right now is the right kind of collaboration
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Structural Change: A New Path for Russian Internet
Vocational guidance and the identification of potential among personnel [...] is an issue of crucial importance. [...] It’s important to start the procedure, to understand in general whom and where to train, what regions to be in. Because we need targeted training programmes. [...] The famine won’t be immediately visible, not in the next three months, but we will see it a little later on
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Structural Change: A New Path for Russian Internet
A dramatic situation connected with marketing and partly with graphic design and digital design took place all across the board. Because in marketing, understandably, we lost a huge number of platforms at once, which became unavailable to users. And there is no quick replacement, no alternative in the form of Telegram or VK because it is a different kind of channel. Even so, we’re getting used to it somehow, we’re adapting
16.06.2022
SPIEF 2022
Structural Change: A New Path for Russian Internet
In a sense, there will be a transformation into a local market in the next three years, a change of strategy [...] from the mass digitalization of all product verticals to a reinforcement of point-to-point. And, of course, there will be a refocusing from rapid growth to efficient growth
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
New Meanings and Values in Education
Personalization includes a few important components: <…> student’s scoring, <…> we are giving you over 2,000 examples of people who are honing their skills in real field projects at this very moment. And then you can see these people and say: ‘I want to be like them’. These are the people who are practically oriented to a maximum extent
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
New Meanings and Values in Education
Each person needs to gain <…> experience that is relevant in relation to the market demands. <…> If we talk about new leaders for Russia, it is important that these leaders are grown locally, stay in their region and develop it
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
New Meanings and Values in Education
By the end of the year, we are launching programmes with flexible educational trajectories. Each educational track depends on your interests and your current skills. <…> Our task is to make sure that everybody who goes through the programme immediately becomes sought-after and of interest; it is crucial