The event will be held on December 5 at the Koshelev Congress Hall.
The forum will discuss the main trends in the development of the industry and initiatives of the business community to improve the business environment. A large block of the program will be devoted to state support measures, business financing, modernization of intellectual property and investments, and present the possibilities of an innovation cluster. It is also planned to hold venues dedicated to the development of women’s, youth and social entrepreneurship, farming, tourism and exports. Thematic workshops, seminars and round tables are waiting for the participants.
The key event of the program will be the transport and logistics forum “Middle Volga-Caspian”, it will be devoted to the development of foreign trade. Ruslan Gainetdinov, head of the My Business Regional center, said that delegations from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, India, and Iraq were invited to participate in it. In total, about a thousand participants are expected. Potential and existing partners of the logistics project “Middle Volga — Caspian Sea — Persian Gulf”, which was launched on the initiative of the Governor of the Ulyanovsk region Alexei Russian and is being implemented with the participation of the heads of the Volga region regions, will gather at the site. These are leading logistics and transport companies, shipowners, companies and organizations providing financial services. It is also planned that the event will be attended by owners of port infrastructure, railway terminals, ambassadors and trade representatives of the Caspian countries, representatives of government authorities, REC, producers of agricultural products and industrial goods of Russia and foreign countries. Several specialized sessions will be organized within the framework of the forum, which will reflect the main areas of work of the national projects “Small and medium-sized Enterprises” and “International Cooperation and Export” on logistics infrastructure, foreign trade cargo base, financial logistics. Among other things, the participants will discuss the possibilities of the North-South international transport corridor for exporting products, supply routes from the regions of the Middle Volga, state support for the development of new trade and logistics routes. Also on this day, a meeting of the special working group on the implementation of the trade and logistics project “Middle Volga – Caspian Sea – Persian Gulf” will be held.
“The desire of the forum organizers to create favorable conditions for interaction between enterprises of the Volga region and other regions of Russia with enterprises from the CIS and friendly countries, the initiatives of the participants to build reliable transport and logistics solutions, promote optimal solutions and advanced technologies in transport-related industries will certainly contribute to the global demand for unique natural, climatic and economic- the infrastructure potential of the region,” said Dmitry Potapenko, President of the Afanasy Nikitin Association.
The forum is organized by the Government of the Ulyanovsk Region and the Afanasy Nikitin Association with the assistance of the My Business Center.
The forum’s website- https://volga-caspian.ru/
For information on the terms of participation, sponsorship and partnership, registration assistance: +7 (985) 469-44-90, sale@afanasy-nikitin.ru
