Contractor Accreditation

The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is a unique event in the world of business and economics. SPIEF has been held since 1997, and since 2006, it has been held under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation, who has also attended each event.

Over the last 24 years, the Forum has become a leading global platform for members of the business community to meet and discuss the key economic issues facing Russia, emerging markets, and the world as a whole.

More information can be found in the About the Forum section.

SPIEF 2024 will take place on 5–8 June 2024 at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Address: 64/1, Peterburgskoye Shosse, St. Petersburg

Travel time from ExpoForum to the historical centre of St. Petersburg is 30–60 minutes, depending on traffic. Travel time from Pulkovo International Airport to ExpoForum is about 15 minutes by car.

More information is available in the Forum venue section.

Organizing Committee

For a full list of SPIEF 2024 Organizing Committee members, see the Organizing Committee section.

The Roscongress Foundation

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels:

In Russian – t.me/Roscongress

In English – t.me/RoscongressDirect

In Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp

Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation: roscongress.org.

As in previous years, the business programme will focus on global and Russian economies, social issues, and technological development.

The full programme of SPIEF 2024 will be published on the website closer to the event dates.

Now participants can view the program architecture in the Program section of the website and the last year’s programme that is available in the Archive section.

Should you wish to participate in SPIEF 2024 as a moderator or speaker, please email your request to the Organizing Committee. For more information, please contact the Forum information centre: +7 (812) 680 0000.

On 5 June, the opening day of SPIEF, the Day of International SME Cooperation will take place.

The Forum will showcase practical tools for effective business communication and the development of medium and small enterprises. It will also feature presentations on support measures for entrepreneurs, investment proposals, and successful practices.

Among the key events: 

• 9th Russian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Forum

• ‘Ensuring Drug Security’ Pharmaceutical Forum

In order to attend the events, please register for SPIEF 2024 in the Roscongress personal account. When filling out the application form, please state that you want to attend the SPIEF sideline events only.

More information is available in the Day of international SME cooperation section. 

The Governors’ Club is a special venue that opens every year at SPIEF, created as a space for business meetings and informal discussion among heads of Russian federal subjects, and serving as a platform where participants can present the investment attractiveness of federal subjects and build a positive image of the regions.

Every year, key visitors to the Governors’ Club include heads of Russian federal subjects, special representatives of the President of the Russian Federation, high-ranking officials from Russia and Forum guest countries, heads of federal and regional government agencies, and venue partners.

The Innovation Space is a project of the Roscongress Foundation that consists of a platform for a dialogue, debate, and discussion of trends with leading experts in matters concerning innovations and digital transformation. The project brings representatives of the federal authorities, major tech businesses, investors, development corporations, accelerators, entrepreneurs, young startuppers and innovators, mentors, and media representatives all together on a single platform.

More information is available in the Innovation Space section.

VinoGrad is an exclusive thematic space created by the Roscongress Foundation and dedicated to winemaking and viticulture. The events hosted at the space proved to be an interesting and valuable experience for all winemakers in attendance, along with those considering investing in the prestigious winemaking business and wine connoisseurs.

More information is available in the VinoGrad section.

A private club for business development, social partnership, and the implementation of large-scale projects, as well as a networking space that brings together successful entrepreneurs, politicians, world experts, scientists, as well as cultural and sports figures for the key events of the Roscongress Foundation. 

More information is available in the Roscongress Club section.

There is the Healthy Life Area as part of the SPIEF exhibition. It is a single point of attraction for opinion leaders and experts from the medical community. The area hosts presentations on achievements in the field of healthcare and dedicated business programme events.

More information is available in the Healthy Life Area section.

If you wish to submit an application to attend St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, please sign up for a Roscongress personal account on the Foundation website roscongress.org .

Once you have completed the registration process, an email will be sent to the address you specified, containing your login and password for your Roscongress personal account. 

If you have a Roscongress personal account, you can submit an application in the ‘Events – Upcoming’ section. The application will be filled in automatically using information from your profile.

In order to attend the SME Forum on 5 June, please register for SPIEF 2024 in the Roscongress personal account. When filling out the application form, please state that you want to attend the SPIEF sideline events only.

Your application will be reviewed by the event Organizing Committee. If your attendance is confirmed, you will receive an invitation to the Forum and the status of your application for participation will be updated in real time.

More information is available in the Day of international SME cooperation section.

Your SPIEF application status will be visible in the ‘My events’ section of the Roscongress personal account. Participation applications will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee.

If your application is approved, you will be sent an invitation to the Forum, and your application status will be updated in real time in your account.

The review process takes a minimum of 10 days, although the exact time varies for each applicant. To participate in the Forum, you must be in receipt of a written invitation issued by the Organizing Committee.

Yes. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to refuse an invitation to an applicant without explanation.

Once you have received your invitation, please confirm your participation in the Forum in the ‘My events – SPIEF 2024 – Event dashboard’ section of your account.

If you no longer plan to attend the Forum, please also inform us of your decision via your Roscongress personal account.

For a description of the packages and details on the participation fee, please visit the
Participation terms and conditions section of the website.

Access to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024 plenary session is by special invitation only, and will not be offered as part of the participation package.

In order to maintain a high level of representation, the number of Forum participants permitted from any one company is limited.

If the quota for participants from a given company is exceeded, the participation fee for the first additional participant will be 20% above the package price. The participation fee for each subsequent participant will increase by 50% of the package price.

No discounts are offered for participation in the Forum.

For more information on the terms of the quota system (maximum number of participants from any one company), see the Participation terms and conditions section of the website.

Participants who have received an invitation but have decided not to attend the Forum, or who have previously confirmed their participation but no longer plan to attend are kindly requested to officially decline their participation via the Roscongress personal account or by informing Roscongress Foundation specialist you are in touch with regarding your participation in the Forum.

Go to the ‘My events’ section of the Roscongress personal account and select SPIEF. Then, click ‘Decline’ under Event dashboard.

A participant can only be substituted with the approval of the Forum Organizing Committee. If a participant who has confirmed their participation can no longer attend the Forum for any reason, and you wish to arrange a replacement, please contact the Roscongress Foundation specialist you are in touch with regarding your participation in the Forum.

Contact information can be found in the Roscongress personal account and in your Forum invitation letter.

Forum partner is a prestigious role that provides exclusive business promotion opportunities at the SPIEF venue. These include unique formats of participation in the business programme, opportunities for partners to present their accomplishments and upcoming projects, organize thematic areas, business events and press conferences, receive media support, and use the Forum’s advertising spaces for promotion.

For more information on participating in the Forum as a partner, see the Become a partner section.

partners@roscongress.org

1. Go to the ‘My events’ section of the Roscongress personal account
2. Select the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum
3. Go to the ‘Event dashboard’ section
4. Open the ‘Payment’ section
5. Enter the payer’s information (make sure you enter the information of the individual or legal entity making the payment)
6. Select the payment method:
   • invoice in roubles or bank card for residents of the Russian Federation
   • invoice in roubles/US dollars/euros or bank card for non-residents of the Russian Federation
7. Select the type of payment document: a participation agreement or invoice agreement (a single document incorporating both the agreement and invoice for payment).

For more information on the payment process, please visit the Participation fee payment section on the website.

The participation fee may only be paid by the individual or legal entity indicated as the Customer in the participation agreement.

Steps for paying the participation fee by agreement:

1. Download the participation agreement from the Roscongress personal account
2. Print and sign the agreement, and email a scanned copy to the Roscongress Foundation specialist you are in touch with regarding your participation in the SPIEF 2024.
3. Download the generated invoice
4. Pay the participation fee via your bank (payment may take more than 3 banking days to process) or by bank card via the Roscongress personal account (payment will go through immediately).

Acceptable payment forms include Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay, and MIR payment system cards issued by Russian banks and UnionPay payment system cards issued by foreign banks. Payments are made in Russian roubles.

For more information on the payment process, please visit the Participation fee payment section on the website.

The participation fee may only be paid by the individual or legal entity indicated as the Customer in the participation invoice agreement.

Steps for paying the participation fee by invoice agreement:

1. Download the invoice agreement from the Roscongress personal account
2. Pay the participation fee via your bank (payment may take more than 3 banking days to process) or by bank card via the Roscongress personal account (payment will go through immediately).

Acceptable payment forms include Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay, and MIR payment system cards issued by Russian banks and UnionPay payment system cards issued by foreign banks. Payments are made in Russian roubles.

For more information on the payment process, please visit the Participation fee payment section on the website.

The Roscongress personal account is an information space, communication tool, and service platform for participants of all Roscongress Foundation events.

Features:

• submit applications to attend events organized by the Roscongress Foundation;
• browse upcoming events and plan your personal schedule using the business calendar;
• receive updates to your participation status and learn about services offered at various events organized by the Roscongress Foundation;
• access resources and analysis on previous events organized by the Foundation.

You can register for a Roscongress personal account on the Roscongress Foundation website in five simple steps.

Step one is to fill in your personal details. You will then be prompted to provide your passport details, information about your organization and your contact details. The fifth and final step is to select the event.

Once you have completed the registration process, an email will be sent to the address you have provided containing your login and password for your Roscongress personal account.

To log in to your Roscongress personal account, please enter the login and password emailed to you when you first registered for your account.

If you have forgotten your login and password, you can use the login and password recovery function on the Roscongress personal account login page or contact us by email: weboffice@roscongress.org.

The Roscongress Foundation strictly adheres to legal requirements governing the protection of every participant’s personal data.

The Roscongress personal account has been developed using SSL data encryption technology to ensure the highest levels of security and confidentiality of your personal information.

Should you wish to edit your personal information, go to the ‘My events’ section of the Roscongress personal account and select SPIEF.

If you need to edit your personal information as it appears in the general settings of your Roscongress personal account, or if you need to make changes to uneditable fields, please contact the Roscongress Foundation specialist whose contact information can be found in your Forum invitation letter, or call the Forum information centre on +7 (812) 680 0000.

In order to get your badge prepared for issuance, the information in the Roscongress personal account must completely match the data in your passport.

In the ‘Event dashboard’ section of the Roscongress personal account you should:

• enter your personal information in full in accordance with your passport; 
• upload a required photo for your badge;
• upload a scanned copy of your passport (pages 2 and 3). Please note that you can't edit or replace your photo once you've saved the scanned copy of your passport.

All participants have to submit information on their COVID-19 immunity status (presence/absence of antibodies and vaccination information) in the ‘COVID-19’ section of the Roscongress personal account. The corresponding section will appear in the Roscongress personal account nearer the time of the event.

The business and cultural programme venue may only be accessed with an accreditation badge for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024. The badge is the only valid document confirming a participant’s Forum accreditation.

The badge is personalized and may not be transferred to third parties. Participants should keep their badges and identity documents with them at all times while at the Forum venue.

More information can be found in the Badge collection section.

A range of items will be prohibited from the event venue. In order to avoid any inconvenience when accessing the venue, participants are advised to leave any such items at their accommodation or in their vehicle. 

A full list of prohibited items will be published on the website closer to the dates of the event.

Before you get your badge, please make sure that:

1. Participation in the Forum is confirmed via the Roscongress personal account.
2. Personal information provided in the Roscongress personal account matches participants’ ID (passport) exactly.
3. The scanned copy of your passport (pages 2 and 3) is uploaded. Please note that you can't edit or replace your photo once you've saved the scanned copy of your passport.
4. A badge photo has been uploaded to the Roscongress personal account.
5. Participation fee is paid.

Photograph requirements:

• colour photograph on a light background;
• 480x640 pixels in size;
• image format – JPG or JPEG;
• front view of the participant’s entire face, without head covering;
• subject’s face must take up at least 70% of the image.

You will receive an email notification, when your badge is ready. You can check whether your accreditation badge is ready for collection in the Roscongress personal account, via your specialist at the Roscongress Foundation, or by calling the Forum information centre at +7 (812) 680 0000.

If there is insufficient data to issue the badge, participants will also receive an email notification asking them to enter the missing data.

A participant badge can be collected in person upon presentation of:

• ID (info must match that in the Roscongress personal account)
• the original copy of the personal data processing consent form.

If information contained in the participant’s ID has changed in the time since a participation application was submitted, the participant’s Roscongress personal account must be updated accordingly. If changes need to be made to uneditable fields, please contact the Roscongress Foundation specialist you are in touch with regarding your participation in the Forum.

Before issuing a badge, a member of staff at the accreditation point will check that the information in the Roscongress personal account matches that on the document provided. Should there be any discrepancies, it will not be possible to issue a badge on the same day.

If the badge is being collected by an authorized representative, they must provide the following:

• Authorized person’s passport
• Original of standard power of attorney
• List of participants (attached to the power of attorney)
• Copies of participants’ passport
• Originals of personal data consent forms

The power of attorney form and an example of how to complete it is available for download from the Badge collection section.

Badges can be collected from one of the Forum accreditations points. 

The locations and operating hours of the accreditation points are published in the Badge collection section.

If your accreditation badge is lost or damaged, please go to the Help Desk or any accreditation stand immediately. The badge will then be blocked, and a replacement badge will be issued to the holder upon written request.

During the Forum, free shuttles will run between:

• the Forum venue and hotels for participants
• the Forum venue and participant arrival and departure points – Pulkovo Airport and Moscow rail station
• the Forum venue and Accreditation Centre 1
• the Forum venue and remote parking lots

More information will be available in the Shuttles section closer to the Forum.

Participants can use the accredited vehicle with driver rental service. 

More information is available in the Car rental section.

Forum participants may obtain accreditation for a personal vehicle and drivers for driving into the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre or into one of the remote parking lots.

More information is available in the Accreditation of personal vehicle section.

Non-accredited vehicles and taxis may only stop to pick up and drop off passengers at checkpoint 2, near the entrance to the Forum venue, without entering the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Accredited vehicles will park in spaces according to the information indicated on the transport pass. These may be either parking areas on the territory of the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre or at the off-site parking areas. A free shuttle bus service will run from the off-site parking area to the Forum venue and back.

Non-accredited vehicles do not have access to the accredited parking areas, you will need to find the nearest parking area yourself.

Participants and guests of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024 are invited to use the hotel booking service on the website of RC Service LLC

A list of hotels for Forum participants is published in the Hotel booking section of the website.

Yes. You will be able to fill in your business trip certificate at an information and services point. A map of the venue will be available on the Forum website closer to the dates of the Forum.

Coffee break areas with free catering services will be organized at the Forum, as well as several restaurants that will operate on a paid basis.

All catering areas for participants and media representatives will be organized in accordance with Rospotrebnazdor requirements on organizing and holding convention and exhibition events.

The Roscongress Foundation provides photography for all business, cultural, sports and entertainment programme events at Legal Forum, as well as at other events organized by the Foundation. Photographs are published in the Roscongress photo bank in real time. Images can be displayed by event and date to facilitate browsing.

The photographs are available for viewing and free download in high resolution, and may be freely used, provided a reference to the Roscongress Foundation is included on website photo.roscongress.org.

Participants can book photography and video recording of events at the Forum venue.

More information is available in the Photo and video services section.

Both before and during SPIEF, participants may request the services of a personal interpreter. This may be done in one of two ways:

• Contact person: Oxana Kardasheva
  +7 (903) 628 1454
  rctranslation@roscongress.org

These services are paid for separately, and are only provided if interpreters are available at the time of the request.

Forum participants may reserve specially designated spaces at the Forum venue to hold press events of any kind. Protocol and organizational support services for agreement signing ceremonies and press conferences are also available.

Please note that these services are paid for separately, and are subject to availability at the time of request.

More information will be available on the official website closer to the Forum.

RC-Media LLC, a subsidiary of the Roscongress Foundation, offers a package information and PR support solution for companies participating in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

• Prompt preparation of media materials from the Forum venue
• Photo and video production during the Forum
• Placement of information on the website and the official social media pages of the Forum and the Roscongress Foundation
• Organization of online sessions and live broadcasts on the official social media pages of the Forum
• Creation of analytics upon completion of the Forum
• Special media projects on request

For more information about these services as well as the cost and organization of work, please contact us email atevgeniy.kombarov@roscongress.org

Contact person: Evgeniy Kombarov

Yes. An invitation for foreign visitors is a special document provided by the Forum organizers for those who require a visa to enter the Russian Federation.

! Please note, that this is a separate document from a Forum invitation.

Detailed information is available in the Visa support section of the website.

St. Petersburg has a temperate and humid, close to maritime climate. The average daytime temperature is + 11 ... + 20 °C. 

Due to the city’s geographic position and its proximity to the Baltic Sea, the weather can change unexpectedly. The combination of high humidity and wind means that it always feels colder. We advise guests to bring warm clothing and an umbrella.

Local time in St. Petersburg is the same as in Moscow (GMT+3).

St. Petersburg is Russia’s second most important economic, scientific, and cultural centre after Moscow, and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Information on museums, theatres, cathedrals and St. Petersburg surrounding areas is available in the St. Petersburg attractions section.

We do recommend having cash with you for the entire duration of SPIEF due to restricted use of foreign bank cards in Russia.

In Russia, MIR and UnionPay payment systems work without restrictions in any currency. Participants are advised to apply for a card or bring their existing card of any of these payment systems, if possible.

Please note that the UnionPay payment system has started operating in Russia only recently, so the use of UnionPay cards may occasionally fail and transactions may not be completed.

Please note the following currency exchange restrictions:

• only USD and EUR cash can be freely exchanged for RUB cash. 
• you must present your ID (passport) for transactions over RUB 40,000. 
• there is NO exchanging non-cash currency for RUB cash using MasterCard or Visa bank cards issued outside of Russia. It is also not possible to withdraw RUB cash from these cards. 

Follow currency exchange updates on the official website of the Bank of Russia at cbr.ru/eng.