SPIEF 2023 is running from Wednesday until 17 June at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Center. The main theme of this year’s SPIEF is sovereign development as the basis for a just world.
Among other things, discussions at the forum will revolve around various global topics, Russia's economy and its adaptation in the rapidly changing world, ways of building technological sovereignty, and improving people's quality of life.
The central event of the forum is, as per previous years, a plenary session. The Russian President's spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Vladimir Putin will take part in the session and deliver a speech to the forum participants on Friday.
High-ranking officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), India, Qatar, Pakistan, Venezuela, Hungary, Myanmar, and Nicaragua will also attend the event. According to the Roscongress Foundation, Russia's major organizer of nationwide and international conventions, more than 17,000 people from 130 countries and territories have confirmed their participation at SPIEF 2023.
Take a look at Sputnik's gallery of the event that has brought together thousands of people from all over the globe.