09:00 – 17:00
Business Contacts Exchange and "Green Corridor" desk
A key communication platform for finding partners.
Start networking in the forum chat: post your business card in the appropriate thread and arrange a meeting through the "Contacts Exchange".
At the venue itself, you can hold negotiations and get advice from "Green Corridor" experts for quick resolution of issues.
10:00 – 11:30
Meeting of the Public Council of the Office of the Federal Tax Service (FTS) for the Leningrad Region
(Location: Equipment Rental Building, 2nd floor, conference hall)
10:00 – 11:30
"New Industry: Labour Productivity, AI, Robotisation and Personnel for the Growth Economy"
(Location: Plenary Hall)
Process standardisation, staff balancing, robotisation and digitalisation are becoming key drivers of labour productivity growth, increasing enterprise competitiveness and achieving technological sovereignty. In the face of labour shortages, industry faces the question not so much of the need for digital transformation, but of how to make it cost‑effective and widespread.
Participants will discuss practical experience in eliminating losses through process standardisation, reducing staffing needs through staff balancing tools and the implementation of robotic solutions at Russian enterprises: real economic effects, impact on productivity and employment. Special attention will be paid to the transition from point solutions to systematic work on labour productivity growth at the industry level.
The session will become a platform for exchanging best practices between business and development institutions, demonstrating which solutions are already shaping a new scenario for increasing labour productivity in Russia.
10:00 – 14:00
International Procurement Session
(Location: Edelweiss Tent)
By the end of 2025, CIS countries accounted for about USD 830 million of non‑resource non‑energy exports of enterprises of the Leningrad Region. At the same time, the structure of such exports is more diversified compared to non‑CIS countries. Due to simplified market requirements, more than 80% of beginning exporters name CIS countries as target consumers in the first year of developing foreign sales. Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are consistently among the top‑5 export countries for small and medium‑sized businesses of the Leningrad Region.
The International Procurement Session is held with the participation of representatives of distributors and retail chains from Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the following topics: building materials, metal structures, food industry and dietary supplements, FMCG goods, including private label.
The aim of the event is to develop export supplies of enterprises of the Leningrad Region, to bring new companies from among small and medium‑sized businesses to export, to expand the geography and increase the volume of supplies of existing exporters.
To apply, fill out the application form.
For questions, contact by email exportlo@crplo.ru or by phone: +7 (812) 644-01-22
11:30 – 12:00
Coffee break
12:00 – 13:45
Plenary Session "Region in the Era of the New Economy: How to Maintain Growth Amid Macroeconomic Challenges"
(Location: Plenary Hall)
In the context of high cost of capital, labour shortages and transformation of global markets, sustainable economic growth requires new approaches to regional development. The Plenary Session will become a key platform for discussing fundamental trends and forecasts of macroeconomic processes, successes in implementing the Structural Change Plan, and practical solutions to achieve national goals of technological leadership.
Participants will analyse ways to improve the efficiency of using existing capacities and infrastructure, reconsider approaches to meeting staffing needs taking into account regional and sectoral contexts, and determine which industries and government support measures will become growth drivers until 2030.
13:45 – 14:00
Official Signing Ceremony of Agreements on Socio‑Economic Cooperation with the Governor of the Leningrad Region
(Location: Plenary Hall)
14:00 – 15:00
Coffee break
15:00 – 17:15
"Regional Export: Challenges and Practical Solutions for Business" and Award Ceremony for Winners of the "Exporter of the Year" Contest
(Location: Plenary Hall)
The active transformation of Russia's foreign economic activity has continued over the past few years.
On the one hand, there are clear shifts and new opportunities; on the other, serious challenges remain: foreign partners and familiar communication channels are changing, logistics corridors and payment systems are being restructured. For some regions of Russia, these changes bring "easy" dividends. For others, in particular those historically oriented towards the Western market, it means the need to search for "life‑hacks".
This session is conceived as a practice‑oriented platform. Participants will consider current needs of industrial enterprises and discuss practical steps aimed at finding working channels for entering new foreign markets and establishing themselves there.
"Exporter of the Year" is an all‑Russian award for companies and entrepreneurs who have achieved success in the export of non‑resource, non‑energy goods and services. The contest is held within the framework of the national project "International Cooperation and Export", and the regional stage is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Standard for Ensuring Favorable Conditions for the Development of Export Activities in the Subjects of the Russian Federation (Regional Export Standard) and the regional project "Systemic Measures for the Development of International Cooperation and Export in the Leningrad Region".
In 2026, 53 applications were submitted for the regional contest from exporting enterprises of the Leningrad Region, including 20 applications in industry, 18 in agriculture, 14 in high technologies, and 1 in services. The contest commission evaluated the applications in accordance with the methodology approved in the contest regulations, and 23 companies were recognized as winners and prize‑winners.
15:00 – 16:30
Meeting of the Council for Improving the Investment Climate in the Leningrad Region
(Location: Edelweiss Tent. By invitation only)
