Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev signed a Decree
to create an organizing committee to prepare and hold the 25th World Energy
Congress in St Petersburg in 2022 and to see to its composition.
The 25th World Energy Congress will be held from 11 to 15 June 2022 in
St Petersburg. The Roscongress Foundation will organize the event in Russia; the agreement to
hold the event in Russia was signed at the Saint Petersburg International
Economic Forum 2019.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak was
appointed Chairman of the Organizing Committee, with Minister of Energy of the
Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kobylkin serving as Deputy
Chairmen for the Organizing Committee. Advisor to the President of the Russian
Federation Anton Kobyakov was appointed Deputy Chairman – Executive Secretary of the Organizing
Committee.
“Russia, as represented by the
Russian National Committee of the World Energy Council, is one of the oldest
members and a co-founder of the WEC and plays an important role in shaping the
global energy agenda. In turn, thanks to a vast global energy network that
includes more than 90 countries, the World Energy Council is capable of
facilitating dialogue and discussion between the public and private sectors on
vital energy-related issues. I’m certain that during the WEC event Saint
Petersburg will become a centre for the global discussion surrounding the
search for solutions to the urgent problems facing the modern global energy
sector”, – Advisor to the
President of the Russian Federation and Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary
of the Organizing Committee Anton Kobyakov said.
The Organizing Committee also includes representatives of the Russian
Ministry of Energy, PJSC Gazprom, PJSC Sberbank Russia, Rostec, Rosgeology, the
Higher School of Economics, Tatneft, LUKOIL, and Transneft among others.
The World Energy Congress is a leading international gathering of key
players from the global energy industry and facilitates discussion around the
problems of how to maintain energy resources and is focussed on studying key
industry trends. The World Energy Congress has been held since 1924 and brings
together leading experts and professionals, scientists, government officials,
and major media outlets to discuss the most important issues in energy sector
development. The event brings together more than 4,000 delegates representing
every sector in the energy system and provides a unique opportunity to exchange
views and experience and to better understand the latest trends in a global way.
The bid campaign for the right to host the 2022 World Energy Congress
was carried out by the Russian National Committee of the WEC, the Ministry of
Energy of the Russian Federation with the participation and support of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and the Roscongress
Foundation, Convention Bureau Russia, the Saint Petersburg Convention Bureau,
and ExpoForum International (the official event site).
