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.

Gennadiy Shcherbina

Gennadiy Shcherbina

President, Etalon Group of Companies
Biography
Gennadiy Shcherbina has 14 years of construction industry experience, having started his career with Etalon Group in 2003. He has been in charge of Etalon Group’s St Petersburg operations since 2007. Gennadiy holds a PhD in Economics, and graduated from the Marshal A. A. Grechko Naval Academy and St Petersburg State University for Architecture and Construction.
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04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Smart City: Will Technologies or People Create the Cities of the Future?
In BIM technologies, it is possible to embed all the innovative solutions that will live in the project from start to finish. This year, our goal is to ensure that BIM technologies reach out to housing service management companies. <...> Making all things digital. <...> The building recognizes you; it opens the doors for you, it takes you up in the elevator, it reads the numbers from the meters, it wires the payment to the service management companies. All of that in your mobile device, so you do not have to make it up
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Smart City: Will Technologies or People Create the Cities of the Future?
There are buildings that stand next next to each other, the cost is the same. What is playing [a role, Ed.] is the reputation of the developer, and how well you do things for the residents
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