«Since 2016, the holiday has been celebrated on the first Wednesday of June. This glorious tradition was established by Sergey Alekseev, the first Russian president of the World Association of the Exhibition Industry.

Russia unites the planet, struggling for a just world order. And the convention and exhibition industry unites society around our country’s goals and objectives, its national idea.
Today, our industry is not only a mirror and an engine of the economy. We are a new institution of socialization and formation of civil society.
World Exhibitions Day is the holiday for 15 million visitors to the Exhibition «Russia» at VDNH, hundreds of thousands of participants in the Championship «Professionals», and millions of guests of convention and exhibition projects all over the country.
EXPOFORUM alone hosts per year over 150 events of various formats and topics: from animal exhibitions to major international forums.
These events bring together organizers, participants, stand builders, freight forwarders, catering staff, and media representatives.
And, of course, 2 million of our visitors from 130 countries worldwide», said Voronkov.

On June 5, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2024) started at the EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Centre.