The forum includes panel sessions, roundtable discussions, exhibitions, investment project presentations, business meetings, and talks. The event's working languages are Russian and English.
SPIEF has recently developed from a domestic event into a respected and highly representative international platform.
More than 150 business events took place as part of the 2018 forum’s main programme. The forum was attended by over 17,000 people from 143 countries. As many as 593 agreements totalling at least 2.6 trillion roubles ($39.8 billion) were signed within the framework of the forum.
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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The "VTB" bank stand at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sysoyev
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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A visitor wearing virtual reality glasses at the MIA "Rossia Segodnya" stand at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Vladimir Trefilov
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The stand for the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) project at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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The stand for the companies "Uralkhim" and "Uralkali" acting as partners at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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A participant of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Aleksei Danichev
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Grigoriy Sysoyev
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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A participant of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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A participant of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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A participant of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) testing a virtual reality helmet at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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The Krasnodar Krai stand, designed as an investment restaurant at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Aleksei Danichev
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Participants of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.
© Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich
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A stand of Rosneft company at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre before the start of the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
© Sputnik / Evgeniy Biyatov
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