Discussions with experts for the new Internet project took place against the backdrop of industry events taking place at Expoforum on April 9–11: Russian International Energy Forum, International Exhibitions «Housing and Communal Services of Russia» and «Welding», as well as International Exhibition-Congress «Rustproofing».

 

Olga Serdyuk, First Deputy Executive Director of the Association of Housing and Communal Services Enterprises, Elena Gryazina, Professor at the Skoltech Center for Energy Technologies, and Natalia Rubtsova, General Director of the Alliance of St. Petersburg and Northwestern Federal District Welders, took part in the discussion. The meetings were moderated by Sergey Voronkov, General Director of ExpoForum International, and Editor of «Kommersant, St. Petersburg» Special Projects Maria Kuznetsova.

 

Experts discussed a wide range of topical issues: from energy efficiency in housing and communal services and the introduction of innovative technologies in the energy sector to the development of the welding industry in the context of import substitution. Special attention was paid to the personnel issue and the prospects for the introduction of new technologies in the context of economic transformation.

 

A special Internet project of «Kommersant. St. Petersburg» and ExpoForum International is called the «Business Program». It consists of a series of conversations with leading experts from various sectors of the economy.