Business events has
taken place at Russia House in Davos, which is organized by the Roscongress
Foundation. On the first
day venue welcomed over 500 guests from Russia and abroad.
The business programme for the first day began with an
International Cybersecurity Congress (ICC) working discussion entitled ‘Risk or Crisis
Management: Why is Prevention better than Mitigation?’ Stanislav Kuznetsov,
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Sberbank, and Dmitry Samartsev, Chief
Executive Officer of BI.ZONE, took part in the debate, which touched on
different approaches to cyber resilience. It was stated that although over half
of the world’s population uses the internet, which is over 3.5 billion people,
the level of cyber resilience nowadays leaves much to be desired. “The
explosive development of technology is outpacing legislation on cybersecurity.
However, unlike companies and states, cybercriminals are not constrained by
national borders and remain one step ahead. In order to learn how to combat
them, we need to analyse and anticipate future threats while developing a
risk-based approach”, Kuznetsov noted during the
discussion.
The Roscongress Foundation partnered with the Investment Promotion Agency
of Qatar (IPAQ) on a panel discussion ‘Perspectives from Qatar and Russia:
Investment Trends in Emerging Markets’ to explore how international investors are
infiltrating emerging economies and the new investment instruments they are utilizing
to achieve sustainable economic growth.
Roscongress Foundation Chairman of the Board and CEO Alexander Stuglev and Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar CEO Ali Alwaleed al-Thani held a meeting during which they agreed to create a platform to promote Russian-Qatari investments in Doha. Commenting on the event, Sheikh Ali Alwaleed Al Thani said: “We are pleased to be working closely with our Russian partners towards expanding Qatar’s sustainable investment opportunities for international businesses as well as advancing the FDI roadmaps of both nations. This perfectly aligns with Qatar’s unique investment proposition, which focuses on strategically cultivating clusters of sustainable investments that enhance know-how, boost skilled human capital, and introduce new technologies, rather than merely pursuing a large FDI inflow.”
At Russia House a
discussion on issues surrounding the influence of new forms of FinTech on the
real economy was held with the support of Rosgeologia. Experts discussed the
risks and advantages of stable digital assets which are tied to a specific
software. Participants in the session included: General Director and Chairman
of the Management Board of Rosgeologia, Sergey Gorkov; Head of Business
Development at BitForex, Jason Luo; Managing Director of CORUM
Vermögensverwaltung AG, Stephan Bucher; and Senior Advisor to the Board of
Directors of Turicum Private Bank, Raymond Bisang. Sergey Gorkov believes tokenization is a new era of global investment.
“Time will tell whether or not that’s the case. But it’s obvious that the
technology has already had success, although interest is constrained by a large
number of risks, including due to the lack of a regulatory framework”, he said.
The official
Russian residence is open to Davos guests and participants until 24 January. The business
programme can be found on the official Russia House website: www.houserussia.com.