On 3–6 September 2024, the 9th Eastern Economic Forum will be held in Vladivostok on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University. The Forum has become an authoritative discussion platform for discussing the accelerated development of the Far East economy and the expansion of international cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. The event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree approving a new Climate Doctrine. The key goal of the document is to achieve carbon neutrality in Russia by 2060, which entails reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and its analogues in manufacturing activities to zero.

On 10–13 September at the Eastern Economic Forum, the Cultural Code Foundation in cooperation with the Roscongress Foundation, Vellum Gallery and the House of Russia Abroad presented the exhibition ‘Culturalcode.rf. Encyclopaedia of cultural meanings. Vladivostok’. EEF was organized by the Roscongress Foundation.

An analytical report drawn up jointly for the Eastern Economic Forum 2023 by the Roscongress Foundation, Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Moscow Urban Forum details issues regarding the development of cities in BRICS countries. The study looked at ten cities, divided into two groups for comparison purposes: developed cities (Moscow, Delhi, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Johannesburg) and up-and-coming cities (Vladivostok, Kolkata, Salvador, Chongqing, Cape Town). The organizer of the EEF is the Roscongress Foundation.

The Roscongress Foundation’s Healthy Life project organized expert discussions on key issues concerning topics at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF). Leading healthcare experts took part in the sessions ‘Protecting the Population at the Basis of Sociocultural Development in Russia’, ‘Priorities for Healthcare Development: Innovative Technologies and Personalized Medicine’, ‘Territorial Planning in the Health Сare System’, and ‘The Global System of Drug Security. Protecting Health in a Multipolar World’.

The 7th Creative Business Forum was held as part of EEF 2023, organized by the Innosocium Foundation, the social platform of the Roscongress Foundation. The Spirit of Fire Academy became a strategic partner of the event. The forum events were united by the motto ‘Cultural Codes of the Economy: Revealing Identity Through Cooperation’. Ten discussion sessions were held on developing competitiveness based on the culture and heritage of indigenous peoples of the North, rethinking urbanism through creativity, and the effective use of human capital in economic development.

United Petrochemical Company and Xuan Yuan Industrial Development have entered into an agreement to co-finance the construction of the Soyuz cross-border transshipment complex in the Amuro-Khinganskaya Advanced Special Economic Zone in the Jewish Autonomous Region. The Roscongress Foundation has been supporting this project for five years.

The 8th Eastern Economic Forum took place in Vladivostok on 10–13 September. The Forum featured over 100 sessions in the main business programme dedicated to the most pressing international and regional topics. More than 700 speakers and moderators participated. The largest delegations came from China, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Laos, and Mongolia. The organizer of the EEF is the Roscongress Foundation.

The Eastern Economic Forum presented some of the largest sports projects that will take place in Russia in 2024 with the support of the Roscongress Foundation.

At the 8th Eastern Economic Forum, the Roscongress Foundation and the Interregional Union ‘Club of Young Industrialists’ signed a cooperation agreement. The parties agreed to work together in implementing federal, regional and sectoral programmes for the development and support of industrialists, building a constructive dialogue between representatives of government authorities, public organizations and businesses.

KEY CONCLUSIONS

Far Eastern Land: My Home is My Castle

Muravyov-Amursky 2030: New Professionals for Ambitious Objectives

The 8th Eastern Economic Forum business programme has placed particular emphasis on technological sovereignty, and the Roscongress Foundation Innovation Space platform reflects this, especially in the ‘Attaining an Independent National Technological Infrastructure in the New Environment’ panel session it hosted on 12 September. Participants discussed the extent to which Russian manufacturers were ready to occupy the empty places left by the departure of Western companies, and just how long such a transition might take.

The second day of the Innovation Space at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum was devoted to the youth agenda. All the events of the platform, organized by the Roscongress Foundation to support scientific and technical potential and high-tech companies, were related to this agenda to a greater or lesser extent.