At the BRICS Business Forum in Brazil’s capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin invited participants to continue their work at the BRICS summit in St. Petersburg in July 2020. He also invited official representatives and business leaders of BRICS member countries to attend major business forums in Russia, including the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, scheduled for 3–6 June 2020, and the Eastern Economic Forum 2–5 September 2020 in Vladivostok.

The 6th Eastern Economic Forum will take place on 2–5 September 2020 on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University.

Smart Nordic Tech 2019, the largest Nordic business event in Russia, will be held in Moscow on 24 October with the support of the Roscongress Foundation. For the first time, dozens of companies from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland will meet at one venue in Moscow to present their top solutions to Russian partners. The Roscongress Foundation will provide informational support for the Forum as part of cooperation with its organizer, the Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce.

A meeting has taken place to discuss plans for the upcoming 25th World Energy Congress, which will be held in 2022 in St. Petersburg. Among those in attendance were Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the WEC 2022 Organizing Committee Dmitry Kozak, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation and Executive Secretary of the WEC 2022 Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov, Chief Executive Officer of the Roscongress Foundation Alexander Stuglev, and Chairman of the World Energy Council Jean-Marie Dauger. Dauger’s visit coincided with the Russian Energy Week International Forum, which is running from 2 to 6 October in Moscow.

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin approved a list of instructions following the plenary meeting of the 5th Eastern Economic Forum on 5 September 2019.

The EEF 2019 in Vladivostok featured a thematic zone called the Building Trust Area, a unique platform that combines two of the Roscongress Foundation’s top focuses: the Innovation Space and the Innosocium LAB.

The approach to healthcare in the Far East and the specifics of implementing the national projects in the region were discussed at the panel sessions on the sidelines of the 5th anniversary Eastern Economic Forum.

As part of the Innosocium Lab programme, the Roscongress Foundation’s Building Trust platform hosted a discussion on supporting youth entrepreneurship as a key factor of economic development. The promotion of the youth business initiative is a priority for the Roscongress Foundation’s social platform and the Innosocium Foundation for Social Development.

5th Eastern Economic Forum took place 4–6 September in Vladivostok under the motto “The Far East – Development Horizons”.

Participation of the RCB in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) was supported by Roscongress Foundation, a socially-oriented non-financial development institution, which supports main initiatives and programs of the Russian Convention Bureau that are aimed at creating and developing the congress and exhibition market of the country. The topics presented by the RCB at the EEF included the “Event Passport of the Region” and “Development of Congress and Exhibition Infrastructure in Primorsky Krai”.

The 2nd Conference-Dialogue of Young Diplomats from the Asia-Pacific Region was held on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum on 5–6 September at the initiative of the Council of Young Diplomats of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with the support of the Roscongress Foundation. The delegates included representatives from China, the Philippines, Laos, Nicaragua, and Mongolia.