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The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation informs

20 September 2024

From October 8 to 9, 2024, Moscow will host the largest event – the International Forum of Electronic Commerce and Retail "ECOM RETAIL Week".

More than 200 speakers and over 5,000 experts from the Russian and foreign e-commerce markets will take part in strategic sessions and discussion platforms dedicated to the most important areas of development of modern retail.

The key event of the business program of the first day will be the plenary session “Russian e-commerce market: prospects, barriers, development”, which will be devoted to real challenges and promising trends of e-commerce in a rapidly changing environment.

On the second day, a strategic session entitled “Regulation: to execute or to pardon” will be held, which will be attended by representatives of the State Duma, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia, and heads of leading marketplaces, retail companies, and industry associations.

Invited to participate in the sessions are: Wildberries founder Tatyana Bakalchuk, Lamoda CEO Maxim Grishakov, President of the Association of Internet Trade Companies Artem Sokolov, Yandex e-commerce services director Dmitry Rusakov, T-Bank e-commerce director Ilya Kretov, Russian Post CEO Mikhail Volkov, STD Petrovich CEO Evgeny Movchan, Leman PRO deputy CEO Maria Fytova, Data Insight partner Fedor Virin and others.

Thematic tracks will set the direction of discussions on key aspects of the modern e-commerce and retail market. First of all, this concerns new forms of marketing in promoting goods on Russian electronic platforms. Of unconditional interest will be the discussion of issues of developing marketplaces in the new reality, improving logistics, selection and management of human resources. The key topic will be the study of the problem of finding and implementing new technical solutions in e-commerce.

The business program will also include for the first time expert sessions: "Logistics for e-commerce. Russian vs. global market", "That very product. How to distinguish your brand in the market", "Legal regulation of the digital economy: you run away, I"ll catch up", "B2B sphere. Development of industry marketplaces", "IT in ecom. Popular technologies", "Sellers on marketplaces. Expectations vs. reality".

Traditionally, the forum will award the winners of the international industry award Ecom Awards 2024. The purpose of the award is to select the most worthy representatives of the e-commerce market, attracting the attention of the professional community to the most significant achievements in the field of retail development.

Participation in the ECOM RETAIL Week forum is free upon prior registration on the forum website ecomretailweek.ru.

The Forum is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Russian Association of Retail Market Experts.

Venue: Moscow, Krasnopresnenskaya embankment, 12, World Trade Center, Congress Center, entrance 4.

More detailed information and current news  on the official portal of ECOM RETAIL Week .