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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Rainer Seele

Rainer Seele

Chairman of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, OMV AG
Quotes
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Russia–Germany
We want to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. This is the main goal, and hydrogen energy in this sense would be quite productive because the emissions and carbon footprint would be lower [...] We need infrastructure, we need transportation, and we need pumping, including hydrogen. Of course, hydrogen is great. It’s a special technology that has potential as well as potential for our cooperation. Let’s create a German-Russian alliance for hydrogen energy
04.06.2021
SPIEF 2021
Russia–Germany
Sometimes there are protests from the green side in the sense that we need to invest in green energy, and not in traditional pipelines. We read a lot between the lines. I am a big supporter of Nord Stream 2, but this project has taken on some sort of symbolic meaning. It’s a significance that seemingly should not be associated with it, but it has become a symbol of cooperation between Germany and Russia
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Gas as an Effective Tool for Achieving the Environmental Targets of the Global Economy
Natural gas is the best energy source in the future. Wise European politicians are already preparing to transit away from coal. It has huge potential for energy industry <…> Thus we can reduce energy industry’s carbon dioxide emissions by 40%
24.05.2018
SPIEF 2018
Gas as an Effective Tool for Achieving the Environmental Targets of the Global Economy
The market gets to decide which gas will be used in Europe. The latter should get ready for the diversification and let Russian gas supplies in