In Saint Petersburg there are preparations for the XX International economic forum. In this year's event has a record number of participants. World politicians and businessmen will meet to discuss key problems of the economy.
This year the St. Petersburg economic forum will celebrate not only the anniversary, but a housewarming. With Vasilievsky island, he moved to the exhibition centre at Pulkovo heights. This forum is a special platform for dialogue between businessmen and politicians. They come to discuss the most pressing issues of the economy.
The discussions will cover 5 main areas: the search for new incentives for the development, the implementation of Russia's economic potential, the new geo-economic dynamics of life in the age of innovation and human factor in the economy.
According to the organizers, this year's expected record number of participants: 1578 business representatives from Russia and 62 countries. In 2014, the leaders of some countries and the heads of several European and American companies from participation in the forum refused. And the recommendations do not go to Russia sounded from the office of the President of the United States. But the effectiveness of the forum is not affected.
The St. Petersburg economic forum is a multi-billion dollar contracts and long-term cooperation agreements. This year in the program and the SCO and BRICE, the meeting of "business twenty", the session of the Valdai club. And besides, for the first time, the forum will host a conference on economic development of the Arctic.
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