The official website of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
has released an expanded business programme of the event with key speakers in expert discussions. The main theme of
the Forum is “A Collective Reckoning of the New Global Economic Reality’.
The main business programme is divided into four thematic tracks:
‘Joining Forces to Advance Development’, ‘Delivering on National Development
Targets’, ‘The Human Factor in Responding to Global Challenges’, and ‘New
Technology Frontiers’. Intercountry dialogues will also be held on the
sidelines of SPIEF with representatives of the business communities of Africa,
Germany, Italy, Qatar, Latin America, North America, Finland, France, Sweden,
and Japan, and the EAEU–ASEAN
dialogue will take place.
“This year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be the
first major business event following the forced pause in face-to-face events.
We have provided support to the Forum’s foreign guests for unhindered entry
into the Russian Federation. Representative delegations from numerous countries
have confirmed they will attend. A significant part of the business programme
is devoted to issues concerning international cooperation to advance
development. Today, we have already found ourselves in a new reality in a
changed world. Our job is to rebuild and to this end it is crucial to unite our
efforts and build a dialogue both at the national and the international level,”
Adviser to the Russian President and Executive Secretary of the SPIEF
Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said.
Qatar is the guest country for SPIEF 2021. The Qatari delegation will be
one of the largest in the history of the country’s participation in
international economic forums; representatives of 50 Qatari organizations will
come to the Forum in St. Petersburg. The SPIEF business programme will feature
discussions on the development of trade, economic, and cultural relations
between Russia and Qatar. In addition, the Russia–Qatar Business Dialogue, a
high-level discussion devoted to the further development of investment
opportunities, will be held.
Per tradition, the results of the National Investment Climate of the
Russian Regions will be presented on the Forum’s sidelines. The session
participants will also discuss an event programme for launching the new investment
cycle that the Russian government, together with interested business and expert
associations, is developing in 2021.
Foreign participants include: Total Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne,
Wintershall Dea GmbH Chairman of the Board and CEO Mario Mehren, Siemens Energy
AG President and CEO Christian Bruch, Huawei Eurasia President Daniel Zhou, WHO
Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge, World Energy Council Secretary General
and CEO Angela Wilkinson, World Economic Forum President Borge Brende, and Qatar
Financial Centre Authority CEO and Member of the Board of Directors Yusuf
Mohamed Al-Jaida, among others.
The SPIEF business programme includes more than 130 expert discussions
and covers a wide range of topics that aim to develop various areas of the
economy.
The SPIEF 2021 programme includes a breakfast for
representatives of pharmaceutical companies ‘Healthcare as an Investment: The
Pharmaceutical Industry in Partnership with the Government and Society’, the
Sberbank breakfast, and an IT breakfast.
Details about preparations for SPIEF 2021 can be found
on the official website forumspb.com and on the Roscongress Foundation’s telegram channel t.me/roscongress.
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