SPIEF 2024
The 2024 edition of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) takes place from June 5 to 8. The theme of this year's event is “The foundation of a multipolar world - forming new points of growth”.

BRICS Expert Forum Held on Sidelines of SPIEF

The BRICS Expert Forum, BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order, took place on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, organized by the Rossiya Segodnya media group and Xinhua News Agency.
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The expert panel included:

Expert

Position

Country

Alexander Zhukov

First Deputy State Duma Speaker

Russia

Alexander Dugin

Philosopher and public figure

Russia

Jose Pio Borges

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Brazilian Center for International Relations

Russia

Ivan Timofeyev

Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council

Russia

Viktoria Panova

Vice Rector of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics and Head of the BRICS Expert Council–Russia

Russia

Singh Ajatshatru

Director of the BRICS Institute in New Delhi Binod

India

Purnima Anand

President of the BRICS International Forum

India

Shen Yi

Director of the Center for BRICS Studies at Fudan University

China

Cui Feng

Vice President of Xinhua Institute

China

Philani Mthembu

Executive Director of the Institute for Global Dialogue

South Africa

Merthold (David) Monyae

Director of the Center for Africa-China Studies (CACS) at the University of Johannesburg

South Africa

As well as experts from leading think tanks and educational centers in Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
The moderator, Director General of the Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group Dmitry Kiselev, opened the discussion pointing out that a new international system, a new architecture of society is being forged today, the BRICS association being a key element of this new global system.
SPIEF-2024. BRICS Expert Forum. BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order. Dmitry Kiseliev, General Director, Media Group "Rossiya Segodnya"
In his welcome address to the forum participants, Editor-in-Chief of Xinhua News Agency Lyu Yansong emphasized that the BRICS countries need to stay united to rebuff coercive actions and resist economic pressure aimed at breaking their cooperative ties.
During several sessions, the speakers discussed the main BRICS goals and objectives, opportunities for stepping up cooperation in trade, global innovation, mutual payments in national currencies, stronger partnerships in education, and creating a common BRICS cultural space. They also participated in the SPIEF Plenary Session, attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bolivian President Luis Arce, and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
SPIEF-2024. BRICS Expert Forum. BRICS Goals in the Context of a New World Order. From left: Ahmad Almohayani, Economist and strategic foresight advisor. GROGAIN CONSULTING; Alexander Zhukov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation; Binod Singh Ajatshatru, Director of the BRICS Institute in New Delhi; Philani Mthembu, Executive Director, Institute for Global Dialogue
The heads of the Rossiya Segodnya and Xinhua signed an agreement to host the BRICS Expert Forum in May 2024 during Vladimir Putin’s state visit to China, the President’s first foreign trip since his official inauguration.