The Ecology of the Big City International Forum, which is held annually in EXPOFORUM received the UFI Approved Event status by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI).

On November 16, at the VI St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, the Convention and Exhibition Bureau of the St. Petersburg City Committee for Development of Tourism, presented the City Ambassador Program concept. Alexey Molostvov, Head of sports and event programs at ExpoForum-International LLC was among the speakers at the event.

Global Exhibitions Day will be celebrated on June 6 in 2018. According to tradition, exhibition professionals from across the world will celebrate Global Exhibitions Day on the first Wednesday of the first summer month.

Peterfood-2017, the main food exhibition of the Northwestern District of Russia, opened in EXPOFORUM on November 15, with more than 200 supplier companies and 100 representatives from retail chain purchasing departments from 10 Russian cities taking part.

Three major events with participation of young workers and professionals will take place in EXPOFORUM on November 15. WorldSkills Russia, 3rd Open Regional Championship; Step into Your Job, city-wide competition for professional mastery “Step into Your Career-2017; and WorldSkills Junior competition.

On November 7, EXPOFORUM welcomed MEGUSTRO, the first international gastronomic festival, the main HoReCa event in St. Petersburg. Thousands of professionals in the HoReCa industry, dozens of speakers and one hundred workshops turned the first gastronomic festival into a mega-event for the market of Russia’s Northern Capital.

Joker 2017, a technical conference for experienced Senior/Regular developers and team leads started in St. Petersburg on November 3. The conference annually brings together more than 1,000 participants with speakers representing market gurus, such as Apple Inc., Google, 8Kdata, JetBrains and others.