About SPIGF | St. Petersburg International Gas Forum

ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL GAS FORUM

Organiser: ExpoForum-International
Exhibition program co-organiser: FAREXPO
Venue: EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Center, St. Petersburg
Official hashtags: #SPIGF #SPIGF2024 #gasforum #gasforum2024

The St. Petersburg International Gas Forum has been held since 2011. Today it is one of the most reputable business events in the gas industry, annually brings together leading representatives of the world community.

The issues discussed on the Forum are devoted to the development of the Russian gas market and global trends in the development of the gas industry.

St. Petersburg International Gas Forum is in the TOP-5 of the largest international congress and exhibition projects in the oil and gas industry.

The uniqueness of the forum is expressed not only in the wide exhibition program, SPIGF from year to year demonstrates a meaningful and relevant congress part.

The Forum organizes more than 90 events in various formats: plenary sessions, conferences, round tables.

The Forum is attended by members of specialized ministries and departments of Russia, world leaders in the gas industry, Russian and international specialized associations, research institutes and analytics centers.

During the years of SPIGF, representatives of the Russian and world political elite took part as speakers - heads of specialized ministries, departments and committees of the Government of the Russian Federation, representatives of regional authorities, representatives of the ministries of Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Bolivia, the Republic of Nigeria.

SPIGF in numbers

20 000
participants
from 53 countries

Over 90 events
of the Convention program
over 750 speakers

48 000 m²
exhibition area
600 exhibitors

Over 400
journalists from
200 russian
and foreign media

30%
events
involving
international experts

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023
Participants	7000	8000	10000	11500	16500	30000	13000	17000	20000
Countries	26	32	36	43	51	55	28	52	53
Business events	25	45	60	81	87	92	70	80	90
Speakers	145	291	283	615	620	680	480	600	750
Area, sq.m	18000	20000	23000	25000	30000	40000	40000	45000	48000
Exhibitors	339	420	500	500	505	535	470	500	600

THE PROJECT IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED BY THE FEDERAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES:

Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation
Government of St. Petersburg

AND ALSO SECTORAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Russian Gas Society
Association of Gas Equipment Manufacturers
New technologies of the gas industry
National Gas Vehicle Association
Russian Union of Chemists

Forum members:

Top managers of the largest oil and gas companies, representatives of innovation centers and project institutes of the country, experts, academicians, heads of specialized universities and research institutes.

Members' positions:

67% Top management
28.8% Engineering staff

Areas of activity:

Companies developing technologies and equipment
Equipment Suppliers
Gas industry projects institutes
Research companies
Transport and logistics companies
Finance and investment

PURPOSE OF PARTICIPATION:

Study of current trends in the market
Search for customers and suppliers
Search for goods, services and technologies for business
Launching new products to the market
Experience exchange
Maintaining the image in the industry

SPIGF’s unique benefits

1. Subject consolidation of the exhibition and the convention programs

Dialogue between global gas companies and key partners
Elaboration of strategic solutions
Demonstration of up-to-date technologies and intellectual potential of the sector

2. Platform for interaction between gas industry leaders

Among Forum participants – top managers and decision-makers of major industrial companies
99% of visitors are industry experts

3. Forum will take place in Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Centre – a modern venue for the international dialogue, cooperation and exchange of best practices

SPEAKERS AT THE ST. PETERSBURG INTERNATIONAL GAS FORUM FOR 10 YEARS OF THE EVENT

Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Alexey Miller

Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Nikolay Shulginov

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Roman Sklyar

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Alparslan Bayraktar

Vice President, China National Petroleum Corporation
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Xie Jun

Minister of Energy of the Kyrgyz Republic
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Taalaibek Ibraev

Minister of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Plenary session of SPIGF 2023

Mr. Jurabek Mirzamahmudov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Department 623, Gazprom
Plenary session of SPIGF 2022

Oleg Aksyutin

Vice President China National Petroleum Corporation
Plenary session of SPIGF 2022

Huang Yongzhang

Managing Director, National Iranian Oil Company
Plenary session of SPIGF 2022

Mohsen Khojastehmehr

General Director, National Energy Security Fund; First Provost for External Communications; Head of the Politology Department, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Plenary session of SPIGF 2022

Konstantin Simonov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Director General of Gazprom Export (until 2023)
Plenary session of SPIGF 2021

Elena Burmistrova

Integrated Gas & New Energies Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Royal Dutch Shell plc (until 2022)
Plenary sessions of SPIGF 2022, 2019, 2018

Maarten Wetselaar

President, International Gas Union (until 2021)
Plenary sessions of SPIGF 2022, 2019, 2018

Joe M. Kang

President, The International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (until 2022)
Plenary session of SPIGF 2021

Jean-Marie Dauger

Chief Executive Officer, Uniper SE (until 2023)
Plenary session of SPIGF 2021

Klaus-Dieter Maubach

Chairman of the Executive Board, CEO, OMV AG
Plenary session of SPIGF 2021

Alfred Stern

President, The Global Energy Association
Plenary session of SPIGF 2021

Sergey Brilev

Chairman of the Executive Board, VNG AG
Plenary session of SPIGF 2018

Ulf Heitmueller

Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus (until 2024)

Viktor Karankevich

First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

Pavel Sorokin

State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation

Anastasia Bondarenko

Deputy Minister of industry and trade of the Russian Federation

Vasily Shpak

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Energy, The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, President, Russian Gas Society

Pavel Zavalny

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Member of the Board of Directors, Gazprom

Vitaly Markelov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Director General of the Corporate Security Service Gazprom

Sergey Khomyakov

Member of the Management Committee, Head of Department 308, Gazprom

Vyacheslav Mikhalenko

Head of Department 645, Gazprom

Sergey Skrynnikov

Head of Department 715, Gazprom

Elena Kasyan

Deputy Chairman of the Board, Gazprom (until 2019); CEO, Zenit Football Club

Alexander Medvedev

CEO, Gazprom mezhregiongaz

Sergey Gustov

Director General, Gazprom VNIIGAZ, LLC

Maxim Nedzvetskiy

CEO, Gazprom Promgaz

Nikolay Storonsky

First Vice President, Gazprombank (until 2023)

Natalia Tretiak

Executive Director, NGVA

Vasiliy Zinin

Deputy General Director for Sales, Gazprom GNP Holding

Dmitry Mironov

CEO, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus

Vladimir Mayorov

President, World Gas Mobility Council

Mariarosa Baroni

CEO, Association of European Businesses

Tadzio Schilling

Economical official of Gas Expert Group, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Branko Milicevic

Head, G.O.R.K.I. Centre of St Petersburg University, Expert Analyst in energy, teacher, Foreign Minister of Austria (2017-2019)

Karin Kneissl

Executive Vice President, ENGIE (until 2021); President, Eurogas

Didier Holleaux

Chair of the Board, Africa Business Initiative Union

Nataliya Zaiser

Head of Department for Regulation in the Sphere of Housing and Communal Services and Chemical Industry, Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia

Elena Tsyshevskaya

Head of the Comita Group of Companies for Russia and the CIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Comita Group of Companies

Nebojsa Jankovic

Chairman of the Board, Moravia Gas Storage a.s.

Sergey Tregub

CEO and chairman of the Executive Board N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie

Han Fennema

Country Chair Shell Russia (until 2021)

Cederic Cremers

Managing Director, VNG Handel & Vertrieb GmbH

Konstantin Herzog von Oldenburg

Senior Vice President, OMV Russia Upstream GmbH

Thomas Morris

CEO, Gaznat SA, Chairman, Global Gas Centre

Rene Bautz

Chairman of the Management Board, NC QazaqGaz

Sanzhar Zharkeshov

UGS group director, China National Pipeline Corporation

Li Jianjun

Vice President, Transneft

Pavel Revel-Muroz

Director, Sales and Business Development, Energy Sector, Severstal

Dmitry Goroshkov

Chief Sales Officer for China Telecom Rus

Zhu Jingwei

Vice President for Import Substitution, Rosgeo

Evgeny Muratov

Сhief Compliance Officer, KazMunayGas, Vice President of the Compliance and Business Ethics Association of Kazakhstan

Lazzat Nurmagambetova

Compliance and Business Ethics Manager, Sibur; Co-Chairwoman of Compliance and Business Ethics Development Board, Chairwoman of the Committee associated with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Tomsk Region Union for Compliance and Business Ethics Development

Veronika Kiseleva

Director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering for the Fuel and Energy Complex of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Kuznetsov

Acting Director, Department of Mechanical Engineering for the Fuel and Energy Sector, Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Aleksey Dubinin

D. Sc. in Engineering, Head of Energy Security and Infrastructure Department at Russian Energy Agency Federal State Budgetary Institution, Ministry of Energy of Russia

Violetta Kiushkina

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the Russian Federation

Smail Benamara

Consul General of India in St Petersburg

Kumar Gaurav

President, Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers Association

Konstantin Radinsky

First Deputy Chairman of State Duma Committee on Ecology and Environment Protection (until 2021)

Nikolay Valuev

Minister Counsellor (Economic, Trade & Investment), Federal Republic of Nigeria

Mercy Haruna

Adviser of Minister of Finance of Slovakia

Vladimir Vano

President, Union of Oil and Gas Producers of Russia

Genady Shmal

CEO, Agency of Technological Development Autonomous Non-Profit Organization

Vladimir Pastukhov

CEO, Institute of Oil and Gas Technology Initiatives (INTI)

Nikolay Kuznetsov

CEO, Engineering and Innovation Support Center

Pavel Dvornichenko

Сhairman, Russian-Asian Business Council

Maxim Kuznetsov

Vice President, Russian Gas Society (until 2024)

Yuri Vazhenin

Director, Energy Center, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO

Tatiana Mitrova

Deputy General Director on Gas Matters, National Energy Security Fund

Alexey Grivach

partner, B1 Group (until 2024)

Denis Burak

Ph. D. in Economics, Founder, Russian Business Ethics Network (RBEN); Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics National Research University (St. Petersburg)

Maxim Storchevoy

Director of Energy Department, Institute for Energy and Finance

Alexey Gromov

D. Sc. of Political Sciences, President, EnergoInnovatsiya Association of Innovative Energy Enterprises

Mikhail Smirnov

Executive Secretary, ARD – Australia Russia Dialogue

Alexey Goncharov

Director for Business Development, Yandex.Taxi LLC

Alexey Fedotov

Russian race driver, Project Director of Silk Way Rally, Head of the racing team «KAMAZ-master», Seven-time winner of the Dakar Rally, Honored Master of Sports of Russia

Vladimir Chagin