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.

Aleksey Shilo

Aleksey Shilo

Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Biography
Graduated from Urals State University of Railway Transport in 2000 in “Organization of transport and management in (railway) transport”, and in 2001 in “Economics and Management in a Railway Enterprise.”

He began his career in 2000 as an officer on duty of the Kurya Station signal tower of Sverdlovsk Railway. He then served as Chaikovskaya Station Master, deputy station master of Perm-Sortirovochnaya, Perm-2 station master, deputy director of the Perm Department of Sverdlovsk Railway, senior deputy director of the Tyumen Department of Sverdlovsk Railway, senior deputy head of transport of Sverdlovsk Railway. He also served in executive positions in the Sverdlovsk and Gorky Traffic Control Directorates, as deputy director for development of the Central Traffic Control Directorate.

Since February 2015, Alexey Shilo has worked as head of the Management Department of the Business Block Railway Transport and Infrastructure at Russian Railways.

Since May 2017, he been Commercial Director of Russian Railways – General Director of the Centre for Corporate Transport Services.