St.Petrsburg International Energy Forum will feature a meeting of Energy Sector Development Council under the jurisdiction of the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal Region

On March 26, 2009 the Energy Sector Development Council board will hold a meeting under the jurisdiction of the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal Region within the framework of the 9th St. Petersburg International Energy Forum in Saint-Petersburg. The meeting will cover energy efficiency issues. Ilya Klebanov, the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District will chair the session. Heads of the supreme government executive offices of constituent units of the Russian Federation within the North-Western Federal Region, heads of fuel and energy companies and other economic entities on the territory of the North-Western Federal District will attend the meeting.

After the meeting its participants will visit the Exhibitions of the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum.

Reference:
The Coordination Council was established in 2008 to carry out the national policy in the fields of fuel and energy sector, federal and local executive offices activity management, governmental entities of constituent units of the Russian Federation and business of the North-Western Federal District.

Dates and venue of 9th St. Petersburg Energy Forum are determined

In 2009 the main event of energy industry – 9th St. Petersburg Energy Forum takes place 25-27 March.
An obvious advantage is holding both exhibitions and conferences in the same venue – in seven, the most modern hall of Lenexpo Exhibition Complex

1 day till the opening of SPEF 2008:

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The Organizing Committee

Delegation of Leningrad Oblast

In recent years the Leningrad Oblast has shown dynamic economic development. Domestic and foreign investors express great interest to the region. This interest is caused by industrial production growth, economic sector development, results of administration's investment policy.
Delegation of Leningrad Oblast will be headed by Sergey Myagkov, Chairman of the Committee for Energy, Housing and Utilities Sectors. The topics of "The Innovations and Investments to the Fuel and Energy Sector" and "Russian-European Investments into the Fuel and Energy Sector " Conferences arouse special interest of the delegation.
To meet up and hold business negotiations with the representatives of Leningrad Oblast, please visit Business Contacts Exchange.

Official Delegation of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, implementing the Agreement on Trade-Economic, Scientific-Technical, Social and Cultural Cooperation between Regions, participate in the 8th St. Petersburg International Energy Forum.
A.A. Ponomarev, the First Deputy Director of the Department for Natural Resources Regulation and Oil and Gas Sector Development, will head the delegation of representatives of Yamalo-Nenets administrative establishments and business communities. Participation of the District in the Forum will foster establishment of direct business contacts.
The Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District was established on December 10, 1930 and is by right considered the arctic treasury of Russia. By the amount of investments, it is one of the leading Russian regions.
Yamalo-Nenets exposition, where visitors can meet up with the representatives, will be located in Hall 3.

Business Contacts Exchange opens its doors

Business Contacts Exchange is a special section of the venue designed for business meetings covering Forum topics.
The following Russian companies have already submitted applications for participation in the Business Contacts Exchange:
Kirishinefteorgsintez Production Association, Global Energy International Energy Prize, Gazprom invest Zapad, Salavatnefteorgsintez OAO, Ciengis (Portugal), Alekseevka Khimmash, Electroshit-Samara, Digital Design, Research Institute of Rubber Coating and Products OAO, St. Petersburg State Technological Institute, Mining Institute of Kolsk Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences.
If you are willing to hold business negotiations with us, we invite you to Hall ? 5 on April 9 and 10, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
If you wish to take part in the Business Contacts Exchange, please forward your request to scipr@restec.ru

Pressing issues of energy machine building sector

The "Pressing Issues of Power Machine Building Sector" Round Table Meeting will be held on 9 April within the frameworks of the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum 2008.

The Round Table will feature discussion of such topics as power generation – operating thermal power plant or one under construction, electric power transformation - networks and transfer, power machine building production, Customer-Producer relations issue etc. Top executives of Russian power machine building enterprises will take part in it.
Vladimir Katenev, President of the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry will moderate the event.

For participation, please send you request via email: interport@restec.ru

Smolny Cathedral hosts the Plenary Session of SPEF 2008

The 8th St. Petersburg International Energy Forum Plenary Session on issues of global energy security will be held 8 April, 10a.m. at Exhibition and Congress Hall of Smolny Cathedral
(3/1, Rastrelli Square, "Chernyshevskaya" Underground Station).

The key speakers: EVGENY VELIKHOV, Academician, ANATOLY LEDOVSKIKH, Head of the Federal Agency for Subsoil Use, ANDREY KONOPLYANNIK, Deputy Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat and ILYA KLEBANOV, Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District.
Press conference will end the Session.

For accreditation:
http://www.forumtek.ru/accreditation-form.en.html

Mobile Communications Center

The Mobile Communications Center on the base of HYMER FIAT is designed to provide fuel and energy companies with a possibility of continuous work and serve as accommodation for employees during field trips. The Center will serve as transport for company top management trips and will provide continuous telephone connection and possibility of data transfer in motion as well as serve as a rescue alarm station in case of emergency and during emergency rehabilitation works. The Mobile Communications Center offers all conditions for work and comfortable accommodation for up to 4 people in field conditions.

Learn more about technical specifications and operation process of the Mobile Communications Center during the Forum on April 8-10 (Hall 5, stand of MVS Global Telecommunications ZAO).

Business meetings with key speakers of the Plenary Session

Business meetings with key speakers of the Plenary Session are to be held within the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum "Business Contacts Exchange" on April 8, 9 (Hall 5).

April 8: Valery Golubev, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Gazprom OAO, will answer the questions of Forum participants and invited journalists concerning Gazprom's energy security activity.

April 9: several meetings featuring discussion of industry's pressing problems are planned.

Victor Orlov, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, will tell about the subsoil use legislation.

Several other meetings will be held on that day:
Alexey Varlamov (Deputy Minister for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation),
Alexey Kontorovitch (Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum Program Committee),
Evgeniy Velikhov (Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Secretary of the Public chamber of the Russian Federation, President of the Kurchatovsky Institute Russian Scientific Center),
Igor Lobovsky (Executive Director of the International Global Energy Award, PhD in Social Sciences).

Andrey Konoplyanik (Deputy General Secretary of the Energy Charter Secretariat, Doctor of Science was invited to take part in the discussions and will tell about the key trends of Energy Charter activity).

For more details on these meetings, please apply to interport@restec.ru

Business Contacts Exchange – first step to success

For the fist time the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum will feature Business Contacts Exchange that will be open on 9-10 April at the Hall 5 of Lenexpo Fairgrounds.

Business Contacts Exchange is to open up new possibilities for efficient business. It is a meeting point for suppliers and consumers of fuel and energy products. Participants of the Exchange will have a unique opportunity to hold all planned meetings and do direct business within the frameworks of the largest industry event such as the St. Petersburg International Energy Forum.

Business Contacts Exchange programme also includes presentations of equipment producers and direct contacts with Forum VIPs.

For the details on participation, please email: power@restec.ru, Galina Merkulo

Attention of speakers!

Keeping in mind growing interest to Forum, speakers' requests, as well as aspiration for the most complete overview of Forum's materials, the Organising Committee has decided to publish Forum's Proceedings in followup of 8th St.Petersburg Energy Forum.

In Forum's Proceedings the decision of the Forum will be also included.
Thus, deadline for submitting the abstracts for publication is prolonged till April 10, 2008. In technical requirements to the paper submission all corresponding changes and comments have been included.

Secretariat is earnestly asking you to bring the materials for publication on CD or Flash drive to the Forum and give it to the Secretariat in the Forum's period.
Please pay attention that deadline for submitting the conference application forms for speakers - March 11, 2008.

Additional information:
Ekaterina V. Matyunina,
tel. (+ 7 812) 320 80 15, ext. 7336;
e-mail: rao@restec.ru

Forum`s working meeting with KINEF

In late January, the working meeting on events within the 8th St. Petersburg Energy Forum was held at the oil refining enterprise KINEF Ltd. ("Kirishinefteorgsintez"). It is agreed that the leading experts of KINEF make reports at the Conference "Russian Oil Refining at the Modern Stage".

KINEF Ltd. usually takes part at the exhibition "Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industries", which is also held at Lenexpo Fairgrounds, hall 3, 8-10 April 2008.

Ref: KINEF Ltd. is the sole refinery in the North-West, producing oil products of around 80 brand names including clear automobile gasoline, Diesel fuel, jet engine fuel, black oil fuel, oil asphalts, hydrocarbon condensed gases, aromatic petroleum and solvents, polyalkylbenzol, linear alkylbenzol, petroleum waxes, sulfuric acid, sulfur, and roofing materials.

The Energy Charter and enhancement of Russia`s competitive ability at the global energy market

Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter, Doctor of Economics Andrey Konoplyanik confirmed his participation in SPEF 2008. A.Konoplyanik makes a report at the plenary session – "The enhancement of competitive ability of Russia at global energy markets through Energy Charter tools".For more details of the Energy Charter, please see www.encharter.org

New aspects of the Russian shelf development to be discussed

Keeping in mind the multiple inquiries of specialists and the growing interest to the offshore problem, the Organising Committee has decided to include round-table meeting "Russian Offshore Development: New Aspects" in the Forum's program.

Round table meeting on this subject will be held within the frames of the Forum for the first time. It is to highlight the legislation and legal aspects, technical and technological difficulties of deposit development, including sea constructions for the arrangement and exploitation of oil and gas deposits, submerged structures and pipelines, environmental protection.

Co-chairmen are Nikolay I. Kabanov, Gazprom, Dilizhan A. Mirzoev, VNIIGAZ, Bengt Lie HANSEN, StatoilHydro.

The official sponsor of the round-table – StatoilHydro.

SPEF 2008 points an energy safety problem

The opening plenary session of the St. Petersburg Energy Forum 2008 will feature the most up-to-date and burning issue of global energy safety.

This challenge engages not only the key exporters of energy resources, but the entire market. During 3 working days the delegates will discuss the issues of oil and gas industry development, perspectives of atomics, bio energetics and electrical power industry.

Reports made by Evgeny P. Velikhov, President of 'Kurchatov Institute', Academician; Anatoly A. Lodovskykh, Head of Federal Agency of Subsurface Use; Andrey A. Konoplyanik, Deputy Secretary General of Energy Charter.

Over 500 representatives of federal authorities, ministries and institutes, leading Russian and international companies and research centers will obviously join the Forum`s events.

E. Velikhov, President of "Kurchatov Institute" Russian Research Centre, Academician, accepted the invitation to the 8th St. Petersburg Energy Forum as a speaker. He is going to report for the global energy safety at the plenary session on 8th April.
E. Velikhov is also a head of "Thermonuclear energetics" round table meeting within conference "Atomic energetics development: safety and efficiency".

"Rosneft" confirms participation in St.Petersburg Energy Forum 2008

The list of participants of the 8th St.Petersburg Energy Forum keep steadily growing: Rosneft will participate in Forum's events.
Sergey Mayorov, Financial Vice-President makes speech at the plenary session. Denis Temnik from Department of assets management, economics and business planning, reports on 'Assessment of vertically-integrated oil company cost efficiency and portfolio optimization' at the round table 'Investments and innovations in fuel and energy industry'.

SPEF 2008 will feature a meeting of the Intergovernmental Council for Exploration, Use and Conservation of CIS Countries' Subsoil Resources

An interim meeting of the Intergovernmental Council will be held under the auspices of A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (VSEGEI) as of the results of 11th session of the Intergovernmental Council for Exploration, Use and Conservation of Subsoil Resources and the Schedule of Exhibition Events, Conferences and Meetings of the Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency.
The meeting will be devoted to the current performance of the Intergovernmental Council, as well as to joint participation in the work of the 33rd International Geological Congress (August of 2008, Oslo, Norway).

The St.Petersburg Energy Forum – SPEF 2008 included into the Schedule of Exhibition Events by the Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency

The Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency ("Rosnedra") has announced its participation in the Forum, held 8-10 April 2008 and informed that "Rosnedra" will take part in conference work and round table "State and Problems of Geological Study of Subsoil Resources and Reserve Replacement" together with its subordinate institutes.

A. A. Ledovskikh, Head of the Federal Subsoil Resources Management Agency, has joined the Organising Committee as its co-chairman.

Correspondent instructions were forwarded to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "All-Union Research Geological Survey Petroleum Institute", to the All-Union Research Geological Survey Institute State, to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Siberian Research Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineral Raw Materials", to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "All-Russian Research Institute of Ocean Geology", to the Research and Development Enterprise "Sevmorgeo", and to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "All-Russian Research Institute of Mineral Resources".