14/12 – Vedomosti Results of the year’17 in NWFD

Authorities, the organizations responsible for development of business and investment climate and also heads of the leading companies representing key industries of economy of St. Petersburg will traditionally gather on the platform of the final project of year. Experts will sum up the results of the leaving 2017 and will submit forecasts of development for 2018. In focus of attention of the project are important industries of the region: pharmaceutics, construction and real estate, mechanical engineering, trade, food production, IT sector.

 Project format

Total conference of the business publication Vedomosti, reports and discussions, networking.

Duration of the business program is from 10:00 to 15:00.

Venue: Center of import substitution and localization, Bolshoy Prospect VO, 103, pavilion №4

Audience of a conference

Representatives of the companies of large business of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region: owners of business, owners of the companies, the CEOs, heads, a top – managers: directors of development, finance, marketing; analysts and members of the media.

Moderator

Alexander Gubsky, editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg release, Vedomosti

DRAFT OF THE PROGRAM

 09:30–10:00. Registration of participants. Welcome coffee

10:00–10:40. A press conference with the editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg issue of the Vedomosti newspaper

Participants

Alexander Gubsky, editor-in-chief of the St. Petersburg release, Vedomosti

Gleb Prozorov, publisher, Vedomosti

10:40–11:00. Coffee break

11:00–13:00. Plenary session 1. Region economy. Expectations and reality

• Assessment of a regional economic situation.
• Investment climate of the Northwestern Federal District. The most active companies and the markets in the region.
• Financial results and forecast. How will development of digital currencies influence national system?
• Legal results of year. As legislative changes affected business.
• Results of year in labor market on key industries.

13:00–13:30. Brunch

13:30–15:00. Session 2. Digital transformations of business as main trend of year and as growth source.

In focus of discussion of a session – relevant digital transformations of business and automation of separate business processes which introduction allowed to reduce considerably expenses, to increase productivity and to improve financial results of the companies in various branches.

• Digital and network decisions in agrarian and industrial complex.
• As to make digital of the Russian medicine.
• Energy industry. Clever pro-thoughts, clever wells and big data – new power reality.
• Key scopes of digital technologies in a retail.
• As the blockchain will change legal practice.

More details in Russian https://events.vedomosti.ru/events/spb_itogigoda2017