Dear colleagues,
Registration of media representatives and blogosphere
for the St Petersburg International Economic Forum
will be open
from 17 March 2025 to 16 May 2025
1. In order to be accredited you must:
- Complete a registration application on the official the Forum website.
- Please complete all fields on the registration form. Please make sure that your personal information has been entered correctly: the information you provide will be printed on your badge.
Please pay special attention to the badge photograph requirements:
- colour photograph in jpeg format;
- 3×4 proportions;
- resolution of at least 480×640;
- the image must be a frontal view of the face, without any headgear;
- the face must take up at least 70% of the photograph.
As of January 1, 2025, changes in the processing and protection of personal data have come into effect in the Russian Federation. Personal data for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is processed with the subject's consent in accordance with the requirements of Article 6 of Federal Law 152-FZ.
In compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, media and blogosphere representatives must register independently (one application per participant) and provide consent for the processing of their personal data before submitting the application form.
It is not possible to register multiple participants in a single application.
Applications are accepted from blogosphere representatives who have the ‘Verified Account’ status in the Forum accreditation system. Blogosphere representatives whose audience size exceeds 10,000 users (in accordance with clause 13, Part 1, Article 10.6 of Federal Law No. 149-FZ dated 27 July 2006 “On Information, Information Technologies, and the Protection of Information”) must provide an excerpt on registration with the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) in their cover letter (link to Gosuslugi with confirmation).
2. Issuance of accreditation badges for media representatives and bloggers
- Media representatives and bloggers will receive their accreditation badges only after their registration application has been approved by the SPIEF Organizing Committee.
- Accreditation badges will be issued at designated accreditation points in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Information on their locations and operating hours will be available on the official SPIEF website.
- Accreditation badges will only be issued under the following conditions:
- The applicant has confirmed accreditation in the SPIEF database.
- The applicant has provided written consent to the processing of personal data.
- The applicant has presented their passport (all passport details must match those in the registration form).
- If collecting a badge by proxy, the authorized person must present a power of attorney and a copy of the applicant’s passport.
- For bloggers: The applicant should have ‘Verified Account’ status in the Roscongress Foundation system.
- For bloggers with more than 10,000 subscribers: The applicant should provide a registration extract from Roskomnadzor.
- Accreditation badges are personal and non-transferable during SPIEF. They must be worn visibly at all times while at the Forum venue.
- Other forms of accreditation will not be valid for entry to SPIEF.
- If an accreditation badge is lost, misplaced, or stolen, the media representative or blogger must immediately report it to any information stand. The lost badge will be blocked, and a duplicate will be issued upon submission of a written request.
The Forum will be held in compliance with all required safety measures and recommendations of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (hereinafter Rospotrebnazor) to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Forum Organizing Committee reserves the right to determine the number of accredited media and blogosphere representatives as dictated by the sanitary and epidemiological situation.
Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.
Follow the latest news on the official Forum website and in newsletters.
The St Petersburg International Economic Forum Organizing Committee reserves the right to refuse accreditation.
For general inquiries, please contact the Forum's information center:
+7 (812) 680 0000
To check the status of your application, you can call the staff of the Media Relations Department.
+7 (921) 094 6691
+7 (911) 112 1780
+7 (921) 572 1205
+7 (921) 306 5739
+7 (921) 402 1490
Email: media@roscongress.org
The review period is at least 10 calendar days following the expiration of the deadline for accepting applications for registration from media and blogosphere representatives.
