St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2010:
New Formats and Services Bolster Forum's Results
PARTICIPANTS
The official SPIEF programme saw participation by over 4,200 attendees from 87 countries, including:
• 3 international heads of state (the presidents of Armenia, Macedonia, and France, as well as the prime ministers of Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia;
• 35 foreign vice premiers and ministers;
• 58 ambassadors;
• 46 representatives of international organizations
– atotal of 304 international delegates representing 80 countries;
• 759 international business representatives from 87 countries, including SPIEF partners and sponsors;
• 867 Russian business representatives, including SPIEF partners and sponsors.
Russian participants at the Forum:
• the President of the Russian Federation;
• 8 Deputy Prime Ministers of the Russian Federation;
• 11 Russian cabinet ministers;
• 14 Russian federal agency heads;
• 34 Russian State Duma deputies;
• 40 Russian Federation Council members.
–atotal of 207 Russian federal government representatives;
83 heads of Russian federal subjects (including 43 governors).
In addition, participants included:
· 1,526 accompanying parties and assistants participated in the official SPIEF programme;
· 208 exhibition participants;
· 308 event participants.
10,070 technical personnel and temporary staff were employed during the Forum.
1,134 media representatives from 24 countries participated in the Forum (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Nigeria, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and USA).
47 media outlets served as information partners during the Forum:
General information partners:
• Russia-24;
• RIA-Novosti;
• Russia Today;
• Vedomosti newspaper;
Special media partner:
• CNBC;
Information partners:
• Thomson Reuters;
• Bloomberg;
• CNN;
• PRIME-TASS;
• Interfax;
• PR Newswire;
Newspapers: The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Izvestiya, Ekonomika i Zhizn, The Moscow Times, GAZETA.ru, Gudok, RBK daily;
Radio stations: Echo of Moscow, Vesti FM, Business FM, Kommersant FM;
Magazines: Itogi, Forbes, Russian Newsweek, CEO, Ost-West-Contact, Finans, Expert, RzhD-Partner, Harvard Business Review –Russia, Promyshlennik Rossii
The following press events were announced and held under the auspices of the Forum:
· 10 press conferences;
· 6 press briefings;
· 2 live press events;
· 1 press lunch.
BUSINESS PROGRAMME
SPIEF hosted 42 business programme events, including
two keynotes and 26 plenary sessions, of which two were held via live videoconference and six were roundtables:
The following events took place in formats new to the Forum in 2010:
• CNBC televised debate;
• 2 industry breakfasts;
• 5 briefings;
• A hearing of the Russian Federation's Commission for Modernization and Technical Development;
• 346 moderators, speakers, and discussion participants took part in SPIEF events.
DEEP DIVE
This year forum participants had access to a new smart service, Deep Dive (deepdive.forumspb.com). The resource hosted information about SPIEF sessions as well as ‘Fast Facts’: trends and analysis in numbers and charts. Deep Dive was accessible from any computer with Internet access.
AGREEMENTS
47 investment agreements and framework memoranda of intent and cooperation were signed at the 2010 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, with a total value of approximately RUB 338 billion, including: 18 investment contracts (agreements) totalling RUB 275.6 billion.
RusHydro and the St. Petersburg City Government
The agreement was the largest investment project announced at the Forum. It provides for joint project work in the fields of energy conservation and energy efficiency, as well as the development of hydropower and renewable energy sources, by scientific research and design institutes in St. Petersburg.
Volume of investment: RUB 65 billion.
The St. Petersburg City Government and Sberbank of Russia
The Government of St. Petersburg and Sberbank of Russia signed a number of major investment agreements: a cooperation agreement for financing construction, overhaul and maintenance of the city’s Western High-Speed Diameter.
Volume of investment: RUB 60 billion.
A cooperation agreement for financing construction, overhaul and maintenance of the city’s Overland Expressway.
Volume of investment: RUB 11 billion
A cooperation agreement for financing construction, overhaul and maintenance of a waste processing plant outside the city in Yanino.
Volume of investment: RUB 8 billion
Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs and LSR Group
A cooperation agreement for investment projects and programmes between the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) and LSR Group.
Volume of investment: RUB 28 billion
4 merger and alliance agreements totalling RUB 60 billion:
• A Corporate merger between Danone Russia/CIS and Unimilk Company;
• Gazprom and GDF Suez agreed to the inclusion of GDF Suez in Nord Stream;
• Gazprom, Eni (Italy) and EdF (France) signed a memorandum on the South Stream gas pipeline;
• TransContainer and AO GEFCO signed a memorandum to create a joint venture.
26 memoranda of intent, one of which alone promises to generate financial results totalling RUB 1.8 billion.
