Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2019)

Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum

(SPIEF-2019)

The Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is one of the largest world economic forums, held annually under the auspices of the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin. Many heads of states and governments, international companies and organizations, leading world experts and mass media representatives attend this Forum.

«In many senses, SPIEF-2018 exceeded last year’s results – we saw a record number of attendees and signed agreements. I’m certain that this potential will be tapped into as preparations for SPIEF-2019 go underway, and that the next Forum will provide its guests and participants with even more business opportunities in an atmosphere of complete trust», – said Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Executive Secretary of the SPIEF Organising Committee A.A. Kobyakov.

SPIEF-2018 was attended by more than 17 thousand people from 143 countries. It saw the signing of 593 agreements totaling 2,625 trillion rubles (only those agreements which monetary sum was not a trade secret were counted). President of France E. Macron, Prime Minister of Japan S. Abe, Vice-President of the People’s Republic of China Wang Qishan, and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund C. Lagarde were all in attendance at the Forum.

The XXIII Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2019) will be held on 6-8 June 2019.

SPIEF official website www.forumspb.com.