Partners


SPIEF Investment and Business Expo Partner
Eco Partner
National Partner
Official Insurance of the Forum
Educational Partner
Business Networking Platform Partner
Strategic Business Partner
Networking Area Partners
BANK ROSSIYA
SPIEF Investment and Business Expo Partner

Bank “ROSSIYA” is one of the largest ones in the country, it is among the top 15 lenders in terms of net assets value and was founded in 1990 in Saint Petersburg. The Bank has the highest ratings issued by Russian rating agencies RAEX and ACRA.

The Bank is present in more than 30 regions of the country. Nowadays the Bank has 22,000 corporate and over 600,000 private clients.

At present the Bank’s activities are aimed at providing services to the largest enterprises in different regions of the Russian Federation, financing the key industries of the Russian economy and implementing large-scale investment projects. Various enterprises engaged in different industries – fuel and energy and military-industrial complexes, scientific and technical area, aeronautics industry and shipbuilding, etc. – use the products and services provided by the Bank.

Bank “ROSSIYA” was among the first to develop and implement the national payment system.


Russian Environmental Operator (REO)
Eco Partner

Russian Environmental Operator (REO) is a state-owned company established by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation for the purpose of the formation of a federal waste management system. Its purposes also include the reduction of generation of waste and the development of waste processing infrastructure, the provision of industrial investment support, the involvement of waste in economic circulation, the creation of a new environmental culture among the population and the promotion of separate waste collection. By 2030, 100% of generated waste in Russia will be sorted, and the amount of waste that ends up on landfills will be reduced by half. The development of the circular economy will allow the recycled waste to be used in the construction of roads and buildings, in agriculture and other industries.


JSC AVTOVAZ
National Partner

JSC "AVTOVAZ" being the largest automotive OEM in Russia, since 1970 having been output over 31 million vehicles of more than 50 various models. AVTOVAZ daily output approximates to 1,500 cars. AVTOVAZ is the industrial enterprise of full cycle encompassing the car-making process from upstream R&D and engineering to component manufacturing and mass production. LADA cars hold approx. 30% of the car fleet and over a third of the Russian automotive market. In Russia LADA brand offers the largest official network coverage with more than 310 dealers.


Maxim Sokolov - President & CEO of JSC AVTOVAZ

DS Corporate
Educational Partner

DS Corporate is the largest Russian private educational company, specializing in corporate trainings of 15 foreign languages, for Russian business and government organizations.

Based on 30 years of experience in Russia and in CIS countries, the company has a team of over 750 certified teachers, including 200 native teachers, and is constantly developing its innovative online platform JetClass (included in the Russian software register of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation).

DS Corporate is the only company that provides its corporate clients with a financial guarantee of the learning results. The company's portfolio of learning solutions is focused on the internationalization of Russian business, advanced trainings of teachers in Russian schools and universities, the development of the hospitality industry in the regions of the Russian Federation, etc.

Commissioned by the Federal Agency for Nationalities of the Russian Federation, DS Corporate is currently developing the most modern online school of Russian as a foreign language. DS Corporate is the official Educational Partner of the Roscongress Foundation.


Edward Baldakov - Chief Executive Officer DS Corporate

B1 Group
Business Networking Platform Partner

B1 Group is a group of companies offering a full range of professional services, covering assurance, strategy, technology, consulting, transactions, valuation, tax, law and business support. Over the span of 35 years in Russia and more than two decades in Belarus, we have assembled a strong team of professionals with broad expertise and a wealth of experience in delivering challenging projects. B1 Group is based in ten cities: Moscow, Minsk, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg, Togliatti and Vladivostok. We help clients find new solutions, grow, transform and operate their business as well as strengthen their financial and human capital. We are the preferred service provider for many international companies. We support foreign investors entering the Russian and Belarusian markets, helping them to grow and successfully manage their businesses. B1 Group has ongoing working relationships with investors from China, the Middle East, India and Turkey, among other countries.


Marchello Gelashvili - B1 Group Managing Partner

International City Forum
Strategic Business Partner

The International City Forum in the Sirius Federal Territory serves to comprehensively promote Russia on the international stage. It acts as a communication platform for representatives of the global political and business elite, mayors of global cities, capitals, sister cities, and executives of international and Russian corporations and companies.


PJSC Astra Group
Networking Area Partners

Astra Group is a leading Russian manufacturer of infrastructure software, whose products and solutions are used in state corporations and concerns, industrial enterprises and critical information infrastructure facilities, executive authorities, healthcare and education. Astra Group software solutions are found listed in the register of the Ministry of Digital Development.

Today, the Astra Group ecosystem is a reliable stack of system and application software and services based on the secure Astra Linux operating system in server, desktop and mobile versions.

The vendor's portfolio also includes Brest virtualization system software suite, Tedmidesk VDI manager, RuBackup complex, Tantor DBMS management platform, WorksPad secure mobile workplace, ALD Pro infrastructure administrator, RuPost corporate mail management system, GitFlic hosting service for source code, Knomary eLearning platform, DCImanager, VMmanager and BILLmanager virtual infrastructure management platforms.


Ilya Sivtsev - CEO of Astra Group

Delo Group
Networking Area Partners

Delo Group is the largest Russian transport and logistics holding, which owns and operates a network of marine and railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and container flatcars, and an in-house fleet of vessels. The company was established in 1993 in Novorossiysk by Sergey Shishkarev.

The Group’s parent company is Management Company Delo LLC. Its key businesses are stevedoring, transportation and logistics, shipping and IT. The Group’s companies safely deliver cargo at all stages of the multimodal transportation chain both in domestic and international traffic.

They operate on key international transport corridors, offering clients over 300,000 transport solutions.

During the 30 years of its existence Delo Group has invested about $2.3 billion in the development of transport infrastructure of the country.

Delo Group implements charity programs and initiatives to support demography and sports.


Sergey Shishkarev - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group

ANO “Organising Committee “World Friendship Games”
Networking Area Partners

ANO “Organising Committee “World Friendship Games” is the organisation responsible for the preparation and holding of the World Friendship Games 2024.

The World Friendship Games is a new multi-sport commercial tournament with a substantial prize fund, held under the auspices of the International Friendship Association (IFA).

The programme of the first ever World Friendship Games will include competitions in 33 sports, and the tournament will be attended by the strongest athletes from all over the world. The Games will be held in Moscow and Ekaterinburg at the most modern sports venues in the country.


Alexey Sorokin - Chief Executive Officer of ANO “Organising Committee “World Friendship Games”

Kontur
Networking Area Partners

Kontur is an ecosystem for business, which helps to spend less time on routine, and makes communication with government agencies and suppliers easier and more transparent.

Kontur's portfolio includes online reporting and online accounting, services for EDI and labeling, cloud-based inventory control and online cash registers, contractor verification and electronic signatures for any task.

The Kontur brand belongs to the SKB Kontur Group founded in 1988. The revenue of SKB Kontur for 2023 amounted to 32.6 billion rubles, and 2.5 million companies in Russia and abroad use the Group’s solutions.


Mikhail Srodnykh - General Director

JSC “Cordiant”
Networking Area Partners

Tire cluster "Cordiant" (JSC "Cordiant") is one of the largest manufacturers of automobile tires in the Russian Federation. The tire cluster includes 5 enterprises in the cities of Yaroslavl, Omsk, Kaluga (ex. Continental plant) and Ulyanovsk (ex. Bridgestone plant), an R&D center "Intyre" and a repair center "Technotair". The total number of the Cordiant tire cluster is more than 8 thousand people, the total capacity of the enterprises is 15 million tires per year. The production sites included in the Cordiant tire cluster produce a wide range of high-quality tires for passenger cars and light truck under the Gislaved, Torero, Meteor, Cordiant, Tunga brands, as well as for trucks under the Cordiant Professional and Tyrex brands.


Vadim Volodin - General Director JSC “Cordiant”

METEOR
Networking Area Partners

The METEOR industrial group combines the businesses of vertical transportation systems, spark plugs, heating boilers and power tools:

• METEOR Lift (former OTIS's Russian assets) — the leader of the Russian vertical transportation industry with the most extensive service network.

• LiftConnect (former KONE's Russian assets) – a leading Russian service company engaged in maintenance of elevator and escalator equipment.

• METEOR Auto (former Bosch factory) — a backbone, one of the world's leading and Russia's only full-cycle company producing a wide range of spark plugs.

• METEOR Thermo (former Bosch factory) — a backbone company, a leader in the production of all types of heating boilers, including industrial gas and steam boilers, domestic gas boilers.

• METEOR Tech (former Bosch factory) — one of the leaders in the production of power tools.


Thorsten Schubert - Managing Director of METEOR Industrial Group

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Networking Area Partners

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation is a federal executive body responsible for drafting and implementing government policy and legal regulation in the oil and fuel sector, including issues related to the electric power industry, oil production, oil processing, gas, fuel, peat and shale industries, major oil and gas pipelines, oil and gas products, renewable energy sources, development of hydrocarbon fields on the basis of production-sharing agreements, and the petrochemical industry; providing state services and managing state property in the production and use of oil and fuel resources.


Sergey Tsivilev - Minister of Energy.

PromMash Test
Networking Area Partners

PromMash Test is the largest company, which has been a leader in the field of certification and declaration, testing, fire and industrial safety, labor protection, non-governmental expertise and other areas relevant to enterprises of any industry for more than 15 years. The company employs more than 3,200 employees.

The wide scope of accreditation and the long—term experience of specialists guarantee high-quality and independent testing, both for certification and research purposes.

The company's structure includes a certification body, engineering departments and test centers throughout Russia.


Mikhail Markov - General Director of PROMMASH TEST LLC

PJSC “Rostelecom”
Networking Area Partners

PJSC “Rostelecom” is the largest integrated digital services and products provider in Russia, operating in all segments of the telecommunications market. The Company serves millions of households, as well as state and private enterprises across the country.

Rostelecom is Russia’s undisputed market leader in high-speed internet access, pay TV, and mobile communications. The total number of fibre broadband users served by Rostelecom stands at over 11.5 mln, with over 11.3 mln pay-TV customers. Rostelecom is a top-3 player in the mobile market with over 48 mln customers. Rostelecom also partners with other companies to operate Wink, the second-largest OTT platform in Russia by number of paying subscribers.

Rostelecom is a recognised technology innovator that provides solutions in e-government, cybersecurity, digital region infrastructure, data centres, cloud computing, biometrics, as well as digital healthcare, education, housing and utility services, etc. The Company is committed to supporting Russia’s import substitution efforts, including by developing proprietary software and producing telecommunications equipment.


Mikhail Oseevskiy - President of Rostelecom, Chairman of the Management Board

The Russian Football Union (RFU)
Networking Area Partners

The Russian Football Union (RFU) is a Russian national public organization football sports federation. The RFU activities are primarily aimed at the football development and popularization in the Russian Federation. The RFU is the only organization recognized by FIFA and UEFA that provides control over the development of football in Russia.

The RFU organizes and conducts football events in all its varieties at the national level (the Russian Premier League, the Russian Cup, the Russian Super Cup, etc., mini-football, beach soccer, women’s soccer, youth competitions, football for people with disabilities), formats and trains sports national teams of the country, increases the role of football in the comprehensive, harmonious development of the individual, strengthening the health of citizens and the formation of a healthy lifestyle.

Founded: 1912/1992

UEFA affiliation: 1954

FIFA affiliation: 1912/1946/1992

1956 - The victory of the USSR national team at the Olympic Games in Melbourne.

1960 - The victory of the USSR national team at the first European Championship.

1964 – The presentation of the Ballon d'Or (Golden Ball) award to the best player in Europe - goalkeeper of the USSR national team Lev Yashin.

1998 – European champions in mini-football

2008 - The third place of the Russian national team at the European Championship

2011, 2013, 2021 – Beach Soccer World Champions


PJSC Sovcombank
Networking Area Partners

PJSC Sovcombank — Russian fast growing universal bank with total assets of 1,9 trln rubles — #3 privately-owned bank in Russia by total assets . Sovcombank is designated a systemically important credit institution by the Central Bank of Russia. With more than 2,600 offices, Sovcombank operates one of the largest (#3) retail distribution networks in Russia. Bank has vast experience and expertise in corporate and investment banking and long track-record of successful M&A deals on Russian financial market. Also Bank is the issuer of «Halva» card that is the first installment card on Russian credit card market with more than 9,5 mln cardholders and 250 000 accredited merchants in partnership network. Credit ratings by national scale ACRA — «AA-», «stable», «RAEX» — «ruАA», «stable», «NCR» — «АА-», «positive».


Dmitry Gusev - Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Management Board, PJSC Sovcombank

T1 Holding company
Networking Area Partners

T1 is a diversified holding company, one of Russia's IT market leaders, a partner of key IT manufacturers and developers. The companies within the holding structure begin their history in 1992. Today T1 comprises 23,000 specialists. In 2023, the holding's revenue amounted to 222.9 billion rubles including VAT. According to analytical agencies CNews Analytics, TAdviser and RAEX, T1 is among the top three largest Russian IT companies.

Т1 provides a full range of IT services for the implementation of high-tech projects tailored to customers' industry specifics. The holding company includes: T1 Integration, T1 Cloud, Servionica, MultiCarta T1.Aero, Innotech, Datatech, as well as vendor NOTA and T1 Digital Academy. They have professional expertise in the field of system integration, consulting, software development, service support and outsourcing, Big Data and Machine Learning, information security, robotization of routine operations, Process Mining analytics and the Internet of things. The holding’s competencies allow it to conceptualise, design and implement complex projects in the field of digital transformation for customers of any industry, infrastructure development level and scale.

The customers of T1 Holding company include government agencies and the largest companies in key industries: telecom operators, financial institutions, manufacturing, fuel and energy, transport and trading companies.


Alexey Fetisov - General Director of T1 Holding company

Russian boxing federation
Networking Area Partners

The Russian Boxing Federation was founded in 1992. Over the past 30 years, our boxers have won 10 gold medals at the Olympic Games, 27 top awards at the world championships for men and 24 for women. Moreover, two women’s (2005, 2019) and one men’s (2019) world championships were held in our country. It is safe to say that Russian athletes have preserved and enhanced the traditions of Soviet boxing.

Boxing in our country has begun to develop especially rapidly in recent years. In addition to two world championships, Russia has hosted two Global Boxing Forums and dozens of major professional boxing tournaments over the past five years. At the instigation of the Russian Boxing Federation, International Boxing Day was established, and as part of the celebration in 2017, a world record for the most massive open boxing training was set. “Boxing unites!” - the federation's slogan was not chosen by chance.

The Russian Boxing Federation includes 85 regional Federations; more than 150 competitions at the regional, national and international levels are held annually in the country.

More than 200 thousand people practice boxing in Russia. Of these, 116 thousand are young boxers. Each city with a population of more than 500 thousand people usually has from 8 to 30 different boxing sections.


Tatiana Kirienko - Russian and international sports functionary, general secretary and member of the executive committee of the Russian Boxing Federation

PhosAgro Group
Networking Area Partners

PhosAgro Group is among the global leaders in the production of phosphate-based mineral fertilizers and high-grade phosphate rock.

Free of concentrations of cadmium and other toxic substances that are hazardous to human health and soils, PhosAgro’s high-performance fertilizers are used to grow environmentally friendly crops in some 100 countries around the world.

The Company’s strategic priority is the Russian market, where for many years it has been a leader in the supply of all types of fertilizers and has acted as a guarantor of national food security.

In 2022, the Company ramped up its support for social and charitable projects by nearly 150%, to a record RUB 12.9 billion. In addition, PhosAgro’s tax payments increased by 50%, to over RUB 59 billion.

Over the next five years, PhosAgro plans to invest more than RUB 250 billion, including nearly RUB 67 billion in 2023, an increase of 6% over last year’s record capex.


Mikhail Rybnikov - CEO, member of the Management Board, and member of the Board of Directors of PJSC PhosAgro

NtechLab
Networking Area Partners

NtechLab is a leading global provider of AI-based products and solutions. The company’s algorithms have been recognized as the best in the world by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). NtechLab has implemented projects in 34 countries and 62 Russian regions. The company offers a wide variety of solutions for both the public and private sectors, such as solutions for Smart and Safe Cities, the healthcare industry, the industrial sector, public transportation, and others.


Alexey Palamarchuk - CEO of NtechLab

Pridex
Networking Area Partners

Pridex - ecosystem company in commercial real estate construction and office management. Pridex brings together the whole range of solutions to create advanced workspaces for people and businesses. The company provides a full cycle of project implementation – from concept development and design to construction, technological equipment and space management.

Pridex ecosystem includes 4 main directions:

• Pridex Construction – innovative construction, design, equipment of office spaces;

• Pridex Spaces – consulting, development, management in the field of flexible active offices;

• Pridex Technology – delivery of active office technologies in the structure of workspaces, the design of IT systems, the supply of equipment;

• Pridex Lab – a continuous cycle of research on the needs of personnel, opportunities for improving the working environment and developing new technological solutions.


Dmitry Vishnyakov - Managing Director of Pridex

Wildberries
Networking Area Partners

Wildberries is an international technology company focusing on e-commerce and logistics. Since 2004, we have been developing a convenient platform for customers and partners, offering a wide range of products as well as additional services, including fintech, travel, and digital distribution. We help entrepreneurs in Russia and abroad with their development and connect them with clients. Each day, 270 000 Wildberries employees work on delivering more than 10 million orders to our customers.


Tatiana Bakaltchuk - founder and CEO of Wildberries

Soyuz-Logistik Transport Company
Networking Area Partners

Soyuz-Logistik Transport Company is a leader in the freight transportation market with its own fleet of KAMAZ road trains: curtain semi-trailers, insulated vans and refrigerators, vehicles for the transportation of dangerous goods in accordance with the requirements of ADR Class 1. The basis of the park is unique 4–axle semi-trailers with the volume is 110 kb.m and a load capacity of up to 26.5 tons and a length of 16.5 meters. The transport company delivers goods throughout the territory of the Russian Federation and China. Since 2022, it has been one of the country's backbone enterprises. Soyuz-Logistik has repeatedly won the prestigious Reliable Carrier of Russia award. In 2024, the Allies partner program was launched - it is a full-fledged ecosystem for transport companies with guaranteed income per month.


Andrey Lyapunov - The Founder of the Soyuz-Logistik company.