The 8th Eastern Economic Forum will be held on 12–15 September 2023 on the campus of Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The central event of the EEF 2023 – the plenary session – is scheduled for 14 September 2023. The events are organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

From 29 August to 9 September 2023, volunteers from across Russia will help organize the Eastern Economic Forum, the biggest event in the Far East. Volunteers can apply to take part in the Forum until 6 April via the DOBRO.RF platform.

A meeting was held in Moscow between Anton Kobyakov, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, and Tadzio Schilling, Director General of the Association of European Businesses (AEB). The parties discussed Roscongress Foundation’s projects and prospects of cooperation between Russian and European companies.

On the sidelines of the PowerTrends 2023 conference in Manila, Philippines, representatives of the Roscongress Foundation met with Leverage International (Consultants) Inc. of the Philippines.

The congress and exhibition events in 2022 confirmed the willingness of friendly states to cooperate with Russia. In the past year, events organized by the Roscongress Foundation were attended by more than 30,000 participants from more than 140 countries and territories, and over 80 official delegations took part in the business programme of the events that offered over 600 sessions.

The Roscongress Foundation’s expert and analytical work in 2022 culminated in hundreds of materials on the results of major business events, such as the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the 10th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF), the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), and Russian Energy Week (REW).

In 2022, the Roscongress Foundation continued to develop the cultural components of its major congress, exhibition and business events.

The Roscongress Foundation’s sports platform, RC-Sport, held over 90 events in 23 athletic disciplines in the past year. Athletes from 25 countries took part in the sports programmes of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and Eastern Economic Forum, held under the new SPIEF Sport Week and Vladivostok Open brands.

The Roscongress Foundation continues to create and develop its own social, inclusive, youth, technological and educational projects and initiatives. For the first time in 2022 stands representing Foundation’s projects in the aforementioned areas were set up at SPIEF, Russian Labour Safety Week and the #WeAreTogether International Forum of Civic Participation. The stands promote the idea of Building Trust and all the virtuous projects of the Roscongress Foundation and its partners. In addition, in 2023, it is planned to merge the School Friend, RK Skills, RK Opportunities, KLYUCH.PRO, Country’s Potential and other projects into a single ecosystem and organize their work on a single KLYUCH.PRO information platform.

On 9 November 2022, the Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations of Myanmar and the Investment Promotion Fund RC-Investment, an investment platform of the Roscongress Foundation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Naypyidaw, the capital of Myanmar. The document was signed by Marlar Myo Nyunt, Director General of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations, and Alexander Shatirov, Director of the RC-Investment Fund.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved and published a list of instructions based on the results of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum, which took place on 5–8 September 2022.

The 8th Eastern Economic Forum will be held on 5–8 September 2023 on the campus of Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The event is being organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

The sustainable development of Russia’s northern Indigenous peoples will be discussed in 2023 at the Roscongress Foundation’s leading platforms, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF), and other multilateral events. In particular, the festival ‘Soul of Russia. The North’ is expected to be held as part of these forums.

During the Eastern Economic Forum 2022, with the assistance of the Far Eastern Federal District office of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), a series of meetings with heads of regional governments and ministries were held for the project leaders of the Powerful Ideas for a New Era Forum, which is organized by the Roscongress Foundation and ASI. As a result, they came to several agreements on the implementation of projects on the territory of these regions.

The photos highlight key events on the Forum’s business, cultural and sports programmes.