The X International Economic Forum "Innovations. Investments. Prospects." will be held in Vitebsk

July 15-16, 2022, the Vitebsk region will host guests of the X International Economic Forum "Innovations. Investments. Prospects."

The anniversary forum will be held for the first time during the International Festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". And for the first time, the venue for the forum will be a territory created to attract domestic and foreign capital, progressive technology and management experience – the territory of the Vitebsk FEZ. The forum venue is the "Zhurzhevsky" Business Center, Vitebsk, 1st Zhurzhevskaya Street, 19 G.

During its existence, the forum has proven itself as an effective international-level tool for discussing and resolving issues of the Vitebsk region's development.

The goal of the anniversary forum will be to promote the adaptation of business entities to the processes and results of modern international realities based on the analysis of current opportunities and the search for advanced technologies and the construction of new interaction models in the market. The forum's theme is "Issues of Import Substitution in the Implementation of Innovative Projects".

The forum will offer participants a rich program, which will include a plenary session with the participation of the Vitebsk region's leadership, the leadership of Partner regions, top managers in various fields of activity, 8 sectional meetings, including discussions where speakers will present their solutions and share their experience. Within the framework of the forum, a "Subcontracting" exchange will be organized on the following topics: IT sphere, industry, construction, metallurgy, food industry, transport and logistics, agriculture, consulting, entrepreneurship support infrastructure.

Participants of the X forum in Vitebsk, in offline/online format, will be invited to present their regions and companies, discuss problematic issues, and exchange views within the framework of panel discussions "Import Substitution. Challenges. Solutions", "Investment and Innovative Factors and Tools for Export Development", "Cluster Model of Innovative Development: Problems and Prospects", "Free Economic Zones as a Basis for Increasing the Innovative and Investment Activity of Economic Entities", "Science.

"Technologies. Innovations", "The Role of the Education System in Innovative Developments".

For the first time, in order to strengthen cooperation and bilateral collaboration between entrepreneurs from different countries, develop international contacts, and establish partnerships, including among women entrepreneurs, the forum organizers are holding a round table for women entrepreneurs of the Vitebsk region and women entrepreneurs of the Russian Federation on the topic "Informal Education for Women Entrepreneurs. Subcontracting through Communication and Cooperation".

Guests and participants of the forum will be introduced to the exhibition expositions "Clusters as Drivers of Regional Development", the exhibition of the region's districts "Vitebsk Export 2022"; Youth Innovative Business Projects "From Idea to Successful Business"; "Innovative Development Prospects of the Vitebsk Region in Industry, Agriculture, and Other Sectors"; "Innovative Developments and Innovative Products of Vitebsk Region Enterprises", "Innovations in Education".

The Forum program provides for participation both via video conferencing and in a virtual exhibition on an internet platform, and will also include parallel offline events: exhibitions, conferences, b2b negotiations, and a subcontracting exchange. The business program of the Forum will be integrated into the concert and festive program of the "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk".

You can follow the Forum news on the project website - www.iipvit.by, as well as on the YouTube channel "Business Dialogue".

Registration https://iipvit.by/registraciya/ for participation will last until July 12, 2022.

For reference: In 2019, in Vitebsk, the VIII Forum, with the defining theme "Import Substitution", signed 17 international cooperation agreements, with the participation of 22 foreign countries and 85 international delegations.

In 2021, the IX Forum was attended offline and online by more than 30 foreign business delegations.

and representatives of the diplomatic corps from 13 countries. From the Russian Federation - 14 delegations business and representatives of public authorities. In the format of in-person visits, 12 delegations from the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Latvia, Georgia, Tajikistan worked at the Forum.