Labour of the Future is the main topic at the 2nd St. Petersburg International Labour Forum, which opened at the ExpoForum Convention & Exhibition Centre on 1 March. The Forum combines roundtables and conferences on nine activities: from regulation, macroeconomics and corporations of the future to HR technologies, generation Z, education and occupational safety. “Human Resources. Management. Safety 2018” exhibits modern working clothes, footwear and equipment.

Representatives of traumatology and orthopaedics will assemble in St. Petersburg on 11–13 April for the 11th All-Russian Congress of Traumatologists and Orthopaedists.

All-Russian competitions in acrobatic rock-n-roll “Saint-Petersburg OPEN” held from 9 to 11 February at the ExpoForum Convention & Exhibition Centre. 1,500 sportsmen and women from 25 regions of Russia took part in the competitions, in 13 different disciplines and categories.

A press conference dedicated to celebrating Chinese New Year in the city on the Neva River took place on 9 February in the House of Journalists – the Media Centre of St. Petersburg’s Government. Sergey Volkov, deputy CEO of ExpoForum International for commerce, spoke about the business programme of the events.

The Intercharm Professional Exhibition of professional cosmetics and equipment for clinics and beauty parlours was opened on 8 February, bringing together leaders and new players from the beauty industry. The recent achievements in cosmetology, dermatology, trichology, aesthetic medicine, plastic surgery and related sectors were demonstrated over three days.

On January 31, EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Center turned into a large jewelry salon. The 26th jewelry and gem exhibition, JUNWEX ST. PETERSBURG 2018 has attracted more than 600 companies, occupying three pavilions of the large exhibition venue.

The 85th UFI Global Congress, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, will be held in St. Petersburg on October 30 – November 3, 2018. The event was introduced at the 7th Europe + Asia Event Forum (EFEA), which opened in St. Petersburg on January 18.