Plenary session
The key event of the Forum was the plenary session, which includes speeches by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of foreign states: Luis Alberto Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe.
In his speech, Putin outlined structural changes that the government will actively support, noted the achievements of the Russian economy and existing problems in the country and around the world, and also spoke about a wide range of geopolitical issues, including cooperation as part of BRICS.
Putin emphasized: "I am certain that both in the current situation and in the long term, the role, weight, and, going even further, the future of states depend on how effectively they can respond to global challenges, realize their internal potential, use their competitive advantages and neutralize weaknesses, and maintain and strengthen partnerships with other countries."
The leaders of Bolivia and Zimbabwe gave speeches and touched upon issues on the current international agenda.
Business program
Many of the business programs' discussions took place within four thematic pillars: "Goals and Objectives of Russia's New Economic Cycle"; "The Transition to a Multipolar World Economy"; "Technologies for Leadership"; and "A Healthy Society, Traditional Values and Social Development: The Priority of the State."
The main theme of this year's program was national sovereignty in political, economic and cultural relations. Most of the discussions focused on economic priorities; opportunities for trade, technological, scientific, and industrial cooperation; financial culture as a driver of economic development; digital e-commerce; banking services; global food security in light of the economic restrictions imposed by countries of the collective West; and other economic-related areas.
The first track featured discussions about technological sovereignty, the new trajectories of international partnership, digital trade, and preferences for payments in national currencies.
The second track focused on approaches to achieving Russia's national development goals, key tourism development issues, the future of small towns, and infrastructure.
The third track included discussions about digital transformation, biometrics, industrial mining, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.
The fourth track touched on health protection technologies and investment in demographics, human resources, and the professions of the future. The health of the nation was chosen as one of the priority areas of domestic policy.
International cooperation
Active international cooperation that aims to intensify equitable interaction with developing countries was a prominent focus of the program.
The Forum's Russian and foreign guests were actively involved in such events as the Russian-African Conference "Water: More Precious Than Gold," the EAEU-ASEAN session, and business dialogues with representatives of Azerbaijan, Brazil, Venezuela, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, South Africa, as well as other countries of Africa and Latin America.
The Forum participants paid particular attention to new opportunities for trade and economic cooperation between BRICS countries as part of the organization's planned expansion. The experts noted that BRICS members already account for more than a third of the global economy. They discussed ways to build an independent system of international financial transactions, promising transport corridors, cooperation in the digital economy, and much more.
Separate discussions focused on prospects for the development of business partnerships within the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including in transport, energy and the green economy.
Industry-specific and thematic events
Per tradition, the SPIEF also included the following smaller forums: the B20, SME Forum, ''Ensuring Drug Security'' Russian Pharmaceutical Forum, BRICS Creative Business Forum, and International Youth Economic Forum.
This year, a lot more social platforms and projects were presented at the Forum: Innovation Space, Healthy Life Area, VinoGrad, Russian Design Space, Governors' Club, Roscongress Urban Hub, Roscongress Foundation Projects Lounge, Roscongress Social Platform, and Roscongress Club.
The Innovation Space, a Roscongress Foundation project dedicated to startups, science and new technologies, was the most extensive in the Forum's history. People came together on an area of more than 1,000 square meters to discuss the future of technology, see demonstrations of advanced developments and hear pitch sessions for young companies.
In addition, for the first time in the history of SPIEF, the Innovation Space hosted the international cyber exercise Standoff, which was organized by Positive Technologies, with the support of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development. During the exercise, information security specialists checked the security of companies in different sectors of the economy in real time using the example of a virtual city. A model of an entire city was built at the Innovation Space to visualize the damage that hacker attacks can cause.
The opening day of the SPIEF featured the Russian Pharmaceutical Forum ''Ensuring Drug Security,'' which was organized with the support of the Russian Ministry of Health, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Committee on Health Protection of the Russian State Duma. The Forum's business program included 14 expert discussions that were attended by more than 140 experts.
The thematic Healthy Life Area was also organized on the sidelines of the Forum per tradition. This year, the stand was designed in the format of a single innovative digital space that combines advanced healthcare technologies, digital solutions, as well as achievements in artificial intelligence, medical science and active longevity technologies. The Healthy Life ecosystem organized 18 panel discussions, in which more than 100 industry experts took part.
The Roscongress Medicine project, which combines best practices and promising technologies in healthcare with the aim of further promoting them in Russia and abroad, was presented at the SPIEF 2024.
The Roscongress Foundation Projects Lounge special thematic platform made its debut at the SPIEF in 2024 and served as a hub for the presentation of key projects of the Foundation and its partners. Visitors to the site learned about the International City Forum, which the Roscongress Foundation intends to hold in early 2025 on the Sirius Federal Territory.
The BRICS Creative Business Forum, which was organized by the Roscongress Foundation's social platform, the Innosocium Foundation, also took place at the SPIEF. Of the 19 discussions held at the Forum, 16 focused on the development of creative industries in BRICS countries, including the plenary session "Great Cultures: New Opportunities for Creative Interaction among BRICS Countries."
The Innosocium Foundation held the BRICS National Brands exhibition, which is devoted to the cultural identity of BRICS countries, in the historical building of the Ilya Repin St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
The VinoGrad space hosted the Travel Across Russia gastronomic performance for the first time.
This year, the key theme of the Urban Hub space was "Roscongress Urban Hub. Cities from the Future." The business program addressed such issues as advanced technologies in construction, ways to maximize the urban prosperity index, integrated development programs for territories, as well as the capabilities of a digital and comfortable city.
In addition, a discussion was held about urban master plans, during which the speakers explained how an urban master plan should become a tool for attracting investment and renovating infrastructure.
During the Forum, the Roscongress Foundation presented its projects to boost the country's human resources potential: The Country's Potential; the School Friend social project; the RС Skills inclusive project; Hunter's Day Career Project; The Country's Potential. Career; and RС Commonwealth.
The Roscongress Foundation and the Republic of Chuvashia combined the Embroidered Map of Russia cultural heritage project and the developments of the MARMA Laboratory of Modern Technologies to create the project Interactive AR Map of Russia's Regions, which reveals the cultural identity and investment potential of each of the country's 89 regions.
全体会议
论坛的主要活动是全体会议，其中包括俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京和外国元首的讲话，发表江源的外国元首包括玻利维亚的路易斯·阿尔贝托·阿尔塞·卡塔科拉，和津巴布韦的埃默森·丹布佐·姆南加古瓦。
普京在讲话中概述了政府将积极支持的结构性改革，指出了俄罗斯经济的成就以及该国和世界各地存在的问题，并谈到了广泛的地缘政治问题，包括作为金砖国家一部分的合作。
普京强调：“我确信，无论是在当前形势下还是从长远来看，国家的作用、权重以及更进一步的未来都取决于它们如何有效地应对全球挑战，发挥其内部潜力，利用其竞争优势并消除弱点，以及保持和加强与其他国家的伙伴关系。
玻利维亚和津巴布韦领导人发表了讲话，并谈到了当前国际议程上的问题。
商业计划
许多商业计划的讨论都围绕四个主题支柱进行：“俄罗斯新经济周期的目标和目标”;“向多极世界经济的过渡”;“领导力技术”;以及“健康的社会、传统价值观和社会发展：国家的优先事项”。
今年活动的主题是国家主权在政治、经济和文化关系中的地位。大多数讨论都集中在经济优先事项上;贸易、技术、科学和工业合作的机会;金融文化是经济发展的驱动力;数字电子商务;银行服务;鉴于西方集体国家施加的经济限制，全球粮食安全;以及其他经济相关领域。
第一场会议讨论了技术主权、国际伙伴关系的新轨迹、数字贸易以及对本国货币支付的偏好。
第二场会议侧重于实现俄罗斯国家发展目标的方法、关键的旅游发展问题、小城镇的未来和基础设施。
第三部分包括关于数字化转型、生物识别、工业采矿、人工智能和网络安全的讨论。
第四场涉及健康保护技术以及对人口统计、人力资源和未来职业的投资。国民健康被选为国内政策的优先领域之一。
国际合作
加强与发展中国家公平互动的积极国际合作是该论坛讨论的重点之一。
论坛的俄罗斯和外国嘉宾积极参与了俄罗斯-非洲会议“水：比黄金更宝贵”、欧亚经济联盟-东盟会议以及与阿塞拜疆、巴西、委内瑞拉、印度、哈萨克斯坦、中国、吉尔吉斯斯坦、阿曼、南非以及非洲和拉丁美洲其他国家代表的商业对话。
论坛参与者蚂蚁特别关注金砖国家之间的贸易和经济合作的新机遇，这是该组织计划扩张的一部分。专家们指出，金砖国家已经占全球经济的三分之一以上。他们讨论了如何建立一个独立的国际金融交易体系、有前途的运输走廊、数字经济合作等等。
单独讨论的重点是在上海合作组织内发展商业伙伴关系的前景，包括在交通、能源和绿色经济方面。
行业特定和专题活动
按照传统，SPIEF还包括以下小型论坛：B20、中小企业论坛、“确保药品安全”俄罗斯制药论坛、金砖国家创意商业论坛和国际青年经济论坛。
今年，论坛上展示了更多的社交平台和项目：创新空间、健康生活区、VinoGrad、俄罗斯设计空间、州长俱乐部、Roscongress 城市中心、Roscongress项目基金会休息区、Roscongress社交平台和Roscongress俱乐部。
创新空间是Roscongress基金会致力于初创企业、科学和新技术的项目，是论坛历史上最广泛的项目。人们聚集在1000多平方米的土地上，讨论技术的未来，观看先进发展的演示，并听取年轻公司的推介会。
此外，在SPIEF的历史上，创新空间首次举办了由Positive Technologies组织的国际网络演习Standoff，并得到了俄罗斯数字发展部的支持。在演习中，信息安全专家以虚拟城市为例，实时检查了不同经济部门公司的安全性。在创新空间建立了一个整个城市的模型，以可视化黑客攻击可能造成的破坏。
SPIEF开幕当天举办了“确保药品安全”俄罗斯制药论坛，该论坛由俄罗斯卫生部、俄罗斯工业和贸易部以及俄罗斯国家杜马健康保护委员会支持。论坛的商业计划包括14场专家讨论，有140多名专家参加。
按照传统，在论坛期间还组织了“健康生活专题”专题活动。今年，展台以单一创新数字空间的形式设计，结合了先进的医疗保健技术、数字解决方案以及人工智能、医学科学和主动长寿技术方面的成就。在
SPIEF 2024上，Roscongress Medicine项目结合了医疗保健领域的最佳实践和有前途的技术，旨在进一步在俄罗斯和国外推广它们。
2024年，Roscongress基金会项目休息室特别主题平台在SPIEF上首次亮相，并作为重点项目展示的中心。f 基金会及其合作伙伴。该网站的访问者了解了国际城市论坛，Roscongress基金会打算于2025年初在天狼星联邦直辖区举行。
由Roscongress基金会的社交平台Innosocium基金会组织的金砖国家创意商业论坛也在SPIEF举行。在论坛举行的19场讨论中，有16场聚焦于金砖国家创意产业的发展，包括“伟大的文化：金砖国家之间创意互动的新机遇”全体会议。
Innosocium基金会在伊利亚·列宾圣彼得堡艺术学院的历史建筑中举办了金砖国家品牌展览，该展览致力于金砖国家的文化认同。
今年，Urban Hub空间的关键主题是“Roscongress Urban Hub”即来自未来的城市。该商业计划涉及的建筑先进技术、最大化城市繁荣指数的方法、领土综合发展计划以及数字和舒适城市的能力等问题。
此外，还就城市总体规划进行了讨论，发言者解释了城市总体规划应如何成为吸引投资和翻新基础设施的工具。
在论坛期间，Roscongress基金会介绍了其提高国家人力资源潜力的项目：国家的潜力;“学校之友”社会项目;RС 技能包容性项目;猎人节职业项目;该国的潜力。生涯;和 RС 英联邦。
Roscongress基金会和楚瓦什共和国将俄罗斯刺绣地图文化遗产项目与MARMA现代技术实验室的发展相结合，创建了俄罗斯地区交互式AR地图项目，该项目揭示了该国89个地区的文化认同和投资潜力。
