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• Official Opening Ceremony of the Forum Exhibition;
• Site tour for VIP Persons and Official Delegates;
• Plenary Session.

The Сoordination Сouncil for industry chaired by Anton Alikhanov, Minister of industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, and Alexander Shokhin, President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs will be held at anniversary Russian Industrialist forum exhibition.

• Industrial dialogues and working sessions on key industries, with participation of business and experts, Commissions and Committees of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Coordinating Council;
• Events, arranged by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation: sessions on the technological development and goals for implementatin of the state programmes for the industrial development;
• Events, arranged by the Government of St.Petersburg: key sessions on the industrial devevlopment, Expert Councils, Business Breakfasts with the participation of industrialists and entrepreneurs;
• Events, arranged by the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation: public hearings, expert groups, committeesa and commissions;
• Events, arranged by Mass Media Units.

Technological leadership

• Technological development tracks in accordance with the state programs and national projects;
• Interregional Cooperation, Industrial Partnership and regional investment development of Russia.

Cross-industry collaboration

• Events of industry communities and associations.

Human resource capacity

St. Petersburg is the industrial capital

• Key events organised by the Government of St. Petersburg, key industry associations and industrial development institutions.

International cooperation and export

• Joint events with the house of brics international social and business center;
• Events together with international delegations of industrial associations.

• Russian industrial products – promotion to the international markets;
• Business Programme of the Union State of Russia and Belarus
• BRICS+ Business Programme Meeting of the EAEU Business Council with the participation of the Business Community from the EAEU member states;
• Business dialogues with Ambassadors and trade representatives from foreign countries;
• Industrial and Business dialogues with the countries: China, Turkey, Indonesia, India, African countries, countries of Latin America and the UAE.

• “Industry and entrepreneurship,” with the central exposition of the Russian Union  of industrialists and entrepreneurs;
• “Achievements of industry and related sectors”, with a central exposition of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the industrial development fund and leading industrial companies and enterprises;
• “Associations and unions of industrial development” and their collective expositions;
• “Industry of St. Petersburg,” with a central exposition of companies and enterprises and Government of St. Petersburg;
• “Industrial map of Russia and the world”, with an exposition of Russian regions and collective expositions of the foreign countries.

• St. Petersburg International Scientific and Educational Salon is a platform for facilitating the dialogue between educational institutions, expert societies, government agencies and business on the current issues of the educational system. The event is co-organized by the Science and Higher Education Committee of the St. Petersburg Goverment and the Convention and Exhibition Center ExpoForum (currently under approval).
• The St. Petersburg Military-Technical Forum on Defense Technologies, also known as “VOENTEH”, is a comprehensive event focused on the development of defense technologies and their perssonnel. The Forum’s strategic objective is to identify the challenges facing the military-industrial complex in teh modern enviroment through the joint discussions, outline the way of their decision and take the concrete measures in the ineterest of the country’s defense capability and citizen safety.

• Working Youth Forum;
• Meetups and career opportunities.

A dedicated programme is being planned for October, 2025 in colaboration with Forum Partners and the Goverment of St.Petersburg at various industrial, cultural and recreation venues of the city. The Programme promises to be not less engaging, eventful and benefecial compared to the three-day convention and exhibition programme at the ExpoForum Exhibition Centre during the Forum.

It is intended to visit the enterprises of the city, communicate with emploeeys, and, possibly, participate the production process, under the supervision and in compliance with the safety rules and relevant guidelines. The visits will include the attendance of laboratoties, training facilities and specialized lectures for employees and students by the top-managers, senior officials from federal and regional goverments, scientists and politicians. There will be meetings with students and young scientists and they will have an opportunity to ask questions and get the answers. It is essential that the meetings to be held at the industrial, scientific and training venues, where the students and young specialists feel themselves comfortable. Prior to the meeting the interested persons may attend the Exhibition and Business Programme on site. This format also provides the significant opportunity of synergy and extensive engagement of workers, students and engineering youth into the business community.

• Presentation Area
• Industrial Tourism Exposition
• Russian Industrial Cinema Exposition
• Presentation and Competition Programme
• Signing ceremonies
• Award Ceremonies for Contests of the Co-organizers, Partners and Industrial Communities;
• the Russian Industrialist Award Ceremony for the Best Presented Techological Solution
• Award Ceremony for the Copntest of the Industrial Cinema (currently under approval)

• Topics of the exhibition “Russian Industrialist”;
• Industrial potencial of Russian regions, including key regional exhibition of St.Petersburg;
• Group exhibition of industry from the Republic of Belarus;
• The backbone enterprises and corporations of Russia that are the largest employers and consumers of products and solutions;
• Exposition and Presentation area, arranged by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia (to be specified);
• Group exposition and Business Meeting Area, arranged by the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
• Expositions of business comunities and associations;
• Exposition of machine tool industry and metall working industry;
• Exposition of export-oriented companies;
• Exposition and Open Lecturer Hall, arranged by the Agency of Strategic Initiatives (currently under approval);
• Group Exposition of industrial enterprises, creating the eproducts and solutions for industrial devevlopment, i. e. high- and informational technologies, electrical technologies, electronics, robotics, chemical and petrochemical industry, telecommunications, energy, construction and engineering solutions, instrumentation and etc.;
• Exposition of institutions for personnel development, including secondary and higher educational institutions, training workers and engineers, as well as the corporate institutes;
• Exposition on industrial safety and health solutions for personnel;
• Technologies and equipment for energy effiency, closed loop cycle and waste-free production;
• Stands from the banking, finance and investment sector;
• Exposition “Young Industrialist and Entrepreneur” with working places to present solutions and services;
• International industrial cooperation, Group stands of different countries-industrial Partners of Russia;
• Participants of the Exhibition Programme
• Large- and medium-sized industrial enterprises
• Industrial potencial of Russian regions
• Federal Institutes for development Industrial and innovative small institutions Russian high-technological companies
• Guest expositions of EAEU and other countries
• Joint programs of universities and scientific-research institutions together with industrial enterprises;
• The archive of the Forum’s Events can be found in the Section “Knowledge Base”;
• The archive contains records of the past events, photo- and video materials, as well as informational and presentation materials;
• The Forum materials are available via link;
• This Section contains the following materials: Project presentation, List of Members of the Organising Committee of the International Forum-Exhibition “Russian Industrialist” and Memos of meetings of the Organising Committee.