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Participants and speakers:
Aleksey Besprozvannykh, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Dmitry Kurochkin, Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Sergey Voronkov, President of the RUEF, session moderator
Sergey Vologodsky, Vice President of Russian Export Center
Denis Kravchenko, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Economic Policy, Industry, Innovative Development and Entrepreneurship of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
Andrey Movchan, russian economist, financier, investment specialist, founder of the Movchan’s Group investment management group
Harald Kötter, Director of Exhibition Activities in Germany, Association of the Trade Fair Industry AUMA
Agnessa Osipova, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Russian Franchising Association, President of BRPI
Alla Elizarova, Director of the Russian Association of Specialized Machinery and Equipment
Andrey Zhukovsky,Vice-President of RUEF, CEO of Russcom IT Systems
Andrey Razbrodin, President of the Russian Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile and Light Industry
AntoninaTsitsulina, PresidentoftheAssociation of Children'sGoodsIndustry Enterprises
Viktor Cherepov, Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
On June 18, 2020, for the first time in the online format, the Second Russian Forum of Associations was held at the II MICE NETWORKING Forum of the RUEF. The Forum was organized by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (CCI RF) and the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs (RUEF), with the support of the federal project "Locomotives of Growth" of the United Russia party.
Opening the plenary session of the Forum on the topic "How to change in order to survive?", President of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs Sergey Voronkov stressed that, compared to 2019, the number of registered associations and unions has doubled, which indicates the relevance and timeliness of the Forum.
More than 500 people became delegates of the event - representatives of more than 200 Russian industry associations.
The key speakers on the part of industry associations were Alexander Shokhin (President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs), Viktor Cherepov (Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs), Dmitry Kurochkin (Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation), Sergey Voronkov (President of the Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs), Harald Kötter (director of exhibition activities in Germany of the Association of the Trade Fair Industry AUMA), heads of a number of domestic professional associations.
On the part of state authorities, Aleksey Besprozvannykh (Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation), Denis Kravchenko (Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Federal Coordinator of the Locomotives of Growth movement of United Russia, Sergey Vologodsky (Vice-President of Russian export center).
A separate speech that deserves special attention was the report of economist Andrey Movchan, who expressed his opinion on the development of the economic situation in Russia and the world in the light of the current restrictive measures.
In his speech, the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin noted that the role of professional associations is growing every year, and this became especially noticeable in the context of the pandemic crisis, when many associations became the center for coordinating current activities and receiving support measures for their industries.
The subsequent discussion was conducted around a wide range of topics facing professional associations: building interaction with authorities, adapting to the changed economic and social conditions, managing associations in a new reality, the role of exhibitions in economic development.
Summing up the results of the Forum, its delegates stressed that professional associations continue to play an important role in shaping the social and economic life of their state. The presence of powerful industry associations develops and structures the economy, is an effective catalyst for industry segments in industry, trade and services.
As a result of the session, a resolution will be adopted, which will include all the proposals made during the discussion.
