St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2010: New formats and Smart Services Boosted Results of the Event

26/07/2010 07:08

PR Newswire

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 26, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The final meeting of the Forum's Organisational Committee has

been held where some of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum's

results were announced.

PARTICIPANTS

In 2010, over 4,200 participants from 87 countries attended the Forum

(2009: 3,561 participants from 83 countries).

Participants in the Forum's official program included over 80 heads of

major international companies, e.g. Lukoil, RUSAL, Mechel, Gazprom, Deutsche

Bank , Microsoft International, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Eni S.p.A., Ernst

& Young Global, Bank of Israel and etc.

More details: http://www.forumspb.com/en/spief_2010/participants

The Forum was also attended by official delegations from 80 countries.

Furthermore, 1,134 media representatives from 24 countries took part in

the event

BUSINESS PROGRAMME

The Program included 42 events (2009: 30):


- 2 plenary sessions: The World under Change and Rethinking Global

Economic Trends


- 26 panel sessions,


- 6 round tables

The following events were held in a new format:


- CNBC televised debate


- 2 Industry Breakfasts


- 5 briefings


- a meeting of the Russian Federation Commission on Modernization and

Technical Development

All in all, 346 moderators, speakers and discussion participants took

part in the Forum (2009: 268).

SMART SERVICES

Deep Dive

Forum participants enjoyed the opportunity to use a new smart service -

Deep Dive (deepdive.forumspb.com). It provided information on Forum sessions

and "Fast Facts" - trends and digital and chart analyses.

Forum on your iPad. The Forum's television network

Live TV broadcasts, Forum sessions, event broadcasts and information

sessions were available on a wide variety of mobile devices for participants

and journalists. Special websites and applications were developed for the

latest generation of mobile devices, including iPads and iPhones.

Moreover, participants and journalists were able to watch broadcasts

Telemarker panels and Online and Offline modes on the Forum Web site

http://www.forumspb.com (the Broadcasts section).

AGREEMENTS

During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010, 47

investment agreements were signed for a total of 338 billion rubles (2009: 14

agreements for around 220 billion rubles), including:


- 18 investment contracts (agreements) totalling 275.6 billion rubles.

The largest investment project boosted by the Forum was a 65 billion

ruble cooperation agreement signed by St. Petersburg and RusHydro for joint

implementation of Energy projects .


- 4 merger agreements totalling 60 billion roubles


- 27 memorandums of intent, one of them envisaging a 1.8 billion ruble

deal

More details: http://www.forumspb.com/en/spief_2010/programm.

Irina Suhova

Deputy Director

Head of PR and Media teams

Moscow office Senior Manager

Tel.: +7-499-697-23-73

Fax: +7-499-795-66-15

E-mail: irina.suhova@forumspb.com

Irina Suhova, Deputy Director, Head of PR and Media teams, Moscow office Senior Manager,

Tel.: + 7-499-697-23-73, Fax: + 7 499 795 66 15, E-mail: irina.suhova@forumspb.com






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