Kazan Forum 2024 To Begin in May

Doha, Qatar: Countries of the Islamic world are opening new opportunities for economic development, business development and trade in partnership with Russia.

The annual International Economic Forum “Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum” represents a major platform for discussing and making joint decisions regarding mutually beneficial trade and cultural cooperation.

The Kazan Forum 2024 will take place between May 14 and 19, 2024 in Russia, Republic of Tatarstan, the city of Kazan, at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center. Leading international experts and specialists in the field of Islamic economics and finance participate in the forum.

Over 16,000 participants (including 950 speakers) from 80 countries, including 57 OIC countries representing more than 2 billion people of the Earth, participated in the Kazan Forum 2023.

Among the guests and experts: representatives of international organizations, diplomatic missions, government bodies, financial institutions, clergy, members of parliaments, major investors, businessmen, CEOs and representatives of large international companies. The event was covered by more than 700 media representatives.

The Kazan Forum 2024 aims to strengthen trade, economic, scientific, technical, educational, social and cultural relations between the countries of the OIC and regions of the Russian Federation.

As well as supporting the development of Islamic financial institutions in Russia and the world. Among the outcomes of the forum is the exchange of experiences and decision-making regarding the implementation of joint international projects and programs of mutual benefit.

The main topics of discussion at the Kazan Forum are Islamic finance, halal industry, investment and industry, logistics, tourism, technologies, international cooperation, diplomacy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, small and medium business, medicine, sports among others.

One of the topics of importance for the forum held in 2023 was the construction of the International North–South Transport Corridor which provides new opportunities for countries of the Islamic world in the field of export of Russian agricultural products and halal products.

By Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, starting from 2023, the Kazan Forum has received federal status and is among the three largest international economic forums in terms of the number of participants and importance held annually in Russia, along with the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.