International Maritime Exhibition and Conference NEVA 2021 opens in St. Petersburg
On September 21, NEVA, the International Maritime Exhibition and Conference for Commercial Shipping, Shipbuilding, Offshore Energy, Ports, Inland Waterways and Oceanography opened at the Expoforum Convention and Exhibition Center, St. Petersburg.
According to the organizing committee, the official opening ceremony has been attended by: Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Alexander Poshivay, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Oleg Ryazantsev, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Eduard Batanov, General Director of United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov, General Director of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Konstantin Palnikov, General Director of ExpoForum International Sergey Voronkov.
From 12:15 to 14:00 a plenary session will be held on the national strategy for the development of the shipbuilding industry and international cooperation. Invited speakers are: Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Oleg Ryazantsev, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Alexander Poshivay, Deputy General Director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom - Director of the Northern Sea Route Directorate Vyacheslav Ruksha, General Director of United Shipbuilding Corporation Alexey Rakhmanov and General Director of PJSC GTLK Evgeny Ditrikh. Participants will discuss the impact of the pandemic on shipbuilding, the main directions of technological development of shipbuilding, digitalization issues, prospects for international cooperation in shipbuilding and the localization of the production of ship components in Russia
At the end of the plenary session, the following official signing ceremonies will take place: 14:05-14:20 - signing of an agreement between the Corporation of Marine Engineering, Zvezda Shipbuilding Complex and the Far Eastern Center for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair; 14:20-14:30 - signing of an agreement between the State Transport Leasing Company (STLK) and the company "NEVA Travel".
The official tour of the exhibition will take place from 16:20 to 18:10.
Also on Tuesday, the following key - events of the NEVA2021 business program will take place: 12:00-14:00 - Conference "Certification in Cybersecurity Solutions in Shipbuilding"; 13:00-15:30 – Business session "Present and Future" at the stand of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping; 14:30-17:00 - strategic session "State support for domestic shipbuilding"; 14:30-18:00 - Conference "Marine Robotics" in the framework of the International Conference PAAMES / AMEC 2021.
