St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) was established in 1997.

Since 2006 SPIEF has been held under the patronage of the President of the Russian Federation. Over the past five years the Forum has transformed into a leading business event, attracting over 3000 international and Russian participants representing government and business leaders from around the world, joined by leading voices from academia, media and civil society.

SPIEF gathers the world’s leading decision makers to identify and deliberate the key challenges facing Russia, emerging markets and the world and engage communities to find common purpose and establish frameworks to forge solutions.