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.

Tigran Pogosyan

Tigran Pogosyan

Senior Vice President in Russia, ZTE Communication Technologies
Biography
Born July 26, 1960.

1982: graduated from Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in Radioelectronics, qualifying as a radioengineer. Candidate of Technical Sciences from the Institute of Management Problems (Moscow).

1982:joined the Yerevan Branch of the Communications Research Institute.

1988 to 1995: head of the scientific council, deputy director of the Yerevan Branch of the Communications Research Institute.

1995 to 2005: worked at ZAO Equant (previously called Sprint Set, Global One), now – Orange Business Services, where he rose from Sales Manager and Operational Director to Deputy General Director.

2005 to 2007: Deputy General Director for commercial development at ZAO Synterra.

2007 to 2009: Deputy General Director for commercial activities at OAO Central Telegraph.

2009 to 2014: Deputy General Director for strategic projects at ОАО MegaFon, Director of the Sochi 2014 Project.

Since 2015: Senior Vice-President for Russia at OOO ZTE Corporation Svyaztekhnologii responsible for business develoment in Russia, cooperation with operators, development of channel sales, Enterprise, GR, PR.

Awarded the Order of Friendship, Memorial Medal “Kazan 2013”, Memorial Medal “Sochi 2014”, Gratitude of the President of Russia and of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Corresponding member of the International Academy of the Quality of Communicationss.

Married with a son and a daughter.

Hobbies: travel, billiards, bowling, piano.
Quotes
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
5G: The Architecture Backbone of Russia’s Digitalization
One operator can accept test results from another operator. There is no need to create test zones that prove that 5G technologies work. […] Everyone understands that this technology works. We need to move on to the introduction of networks. [...] All vendors are ready, just say ‘welcome’
03.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
5G: The Architecture Backbone of Russia’s Digitalization
If a proper subsidy or returnable component of equipment is adopted at the government level, then this business will take off. If not, the operators will look at what they need to do: pay three times more and supply imported equipment
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