The 17th St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum will take place from September 29-30, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The forum will include discussion sessions, thematic conferences, round tables, and presentations on topics related to forestry. Over 450 industry experts from 22 regions of Russia and 10 countries are expected to participate.

1. Discussion
sessions
Thematic
conferences and
round tables
TEKHNODREV | WOODEN CONSTRUCTION | BIOENERGETICS
REGIONS OF RUSSIA. FORESTRY POTENTIAL
ORGANISER
29 – 30 September, 2015 | St. Petersburg
Full immersion to Russian timber industry
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Participants Leading
industry
speakers

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Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Industry and Trade
of the Russian Federation
Federal Forestry Agency
of the Russian Federation
RAO Bumprom WWF Russia

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The plenary discussion was broadcast live on the Interactive
forestry portal FORESTEC
Twitter feed under the hashtag #пмлф was also available
About 3.780 Internet users connected to the
broadcast of the plenary discussion and took part in it on
Twitter and on-line voting.
450 industry experts from 22 regions of Russia and 10 countries participated in the Forum
Regions
1 Arkhangelsk Region
2 Bryansk Region
3 Vologda Region
4 Voronezh Region
5 Kaliningrad Region
6 Krasnoyarsk Krai
7 Leningrad Region
8 Moscow
9 Moscow Region
10 Murmansk Region
11 Novgorod Region
12 Novosibirsk Region
13 Perm Krai
14 Pskov Region
15 Republic of Bashkortostan
16 Republic of Karelia
17 Komi Republic
18 Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
19 St. Petersburg
20 Sverdlovsk Region
21 Tyumen Region
22 Khabarovsk Krai
Countries
1 Bulgaria
2 Germany
3 Italy
4 China
5 Poland
6 USA
7 Taiwan
8 Turkey
9 Finland
10 Sweden
54% business representatives
22% representatives of research and educational
institutions
6% representatives of non-governmental
organizations and industry associations
18% representatives of federal and regional
authorities
54%
22%
6%
18%
FORUM RESULTS–2014

4. Conference“Integrationof forestmanagementintensivemodel”
(withtechnicalvisitstoenterprises)
Roundtable“FederalLawNo.415inforce”
Roundtable“Monitoringofreforestation”
• Seminars,masterclasses(onrequestofemployers)
• Presentationsofcompanies,professionsandcareerprospects
• Jobinterviews,potentialemployeesquestionnairesbyHRagencies
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FORUM STRUCTURE – 2015
Session “Economicsituationinforestry.Prospectsforattracting
investmentstotheprojects”
Session “Timbertradeinpresentconditions.Generalanalysisofthe
situationanddevelopmenttrends.Interregionalcooperationinthe
CustomsUnion”.
Session “Forestsectorhumanresources.
'Science-business-government,'whatisrequiredforsuccessful
cooperation?”
St. Petersburg International
Forestry Partneriat
Matchmaking
Business missions
Consultation centre
Presentation area
Exhibition programme
TEKHNODREV
Wooden Construction
Bioenergetics
Regions of Russia. Forestry
potential
Topic:‘Forestry’
Jobfair.Theagenda:
Topic:‘Bioenergy, wood chemistry, pulp and paper
industry’
Round table on bioenergy development
Conference on pulp and paper industry development
Topic:Woodprocessingandwoodworking
Session“Recycled wood products”
Session“Wood boards for the furniture industry. Development trends:
international and interregional cooperation and technical upgrading”
Session“New woodworking technologies and equipment”
Session“Wooden construction and wooden structures”
Topic:Furnitureproduction
Session“Increasing efficiency of furniture production: recent solutions”
Workshop“Practical advice on communication with customers”
Workshop“Furniture store. How to increase its efficiency.”
Discussionsession“Analysisofthemainsegmentsoftheforestindustry:
lookingforthekeytotheirdevelopment”

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FORUM EXHIBITION PROGRAMME - 2015
SEPTEMBER 28 – 29, 2015
TEKHNODREV
19th International specialised exhibition
Technologies, equipment and tools for woodworking and furniture industry
JOINTLY WITH:
MIFIC EXPO
Exhibition of furniture suppliers of the Russian North-West
WOODEN CONSTRUCTION
12th
International specialised exhibition
technologies, equipment, constructions and materials, interior furnishings
REGIONS OF RUSSIA. FORESTRY
POTENTIAL
10th
exhibition
Investment potential, comprehensive development programmes of regional
forestry and regional investment forestry projects
BIOENERGETICS
International specialised exhibition and conference
45 companies from Russia, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Slovakia, France and
Taiwan participated in the exhibitions
Number of visitors in 2014
2258 from 22 regions and 10 countries
Matchmaking
454 meetings registered on-line
119 meetings at the venue
163 participants

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ORGANISING COMMITTEE OFFERS THE FOLLOWING
OPTIONS OF FORUM PARTICIPATION
1. Join as a partner
car of the Forum), catering-partner, conference area organisation partner, Forum press centre sponsor,
programme brochure sponsor, professional skills competition sponsor etc.
your company/enterprise or develop individual partner package
2. Join as a keynote speaker/ deliver presentation
Keynote speech in the framework of the Forum business programme
Presentation in the framework of the Forum business programme
Presentation in presentation area in the framework of Partneriat
3. Choose one of the following participation packages to join as a delegate
STANDARD participation package
BUSINESS participation package
SCIENCE participation package

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17th St. Petersburg International Forestry Forum Organiser: RESTEC® Exhibition Company is one of the leading representatives of the Russian exhibition and
conference market; for more than twenty three years it has been actively involved in formation and development of the Russian exhibition business as an
independent economic sector.
Regional network of forestry-related exhibitions and conferences organised by RESTEC® Exhibition Company and held in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Khabarovsk
and Petrozavodsk. RESTEC® Exhibition Company engagement in the world’s largest forestry exhibition and congress events ensures active promo -
tion of projects and attraction of experts from all Russian regions and foreign countries to the exhibition and congress events.
12 A Petrozavodskaya Street, 197110 St. Petersburg, Russia
Tel.: (812) 320-96-84, 320-96-94, Fax: (812) 320-80-90
Tel./Fax: 812) 320-9684, 320-8093, Fax: (812) 320-80-90
Head of the congress sector – Andrei Vladimirovich Afanasiev E-mail: afanasiev@restec.ru
ORGANISER