The XIV International Forum

Arctic: today and the future

IN HONOR OF A.N.CHILINGAROV

December 12-13, 2024, St.Petersburg

GENERAL PARTNER
OF THE FORUM

Official Support

GENERAL PARTNER OF THE FORUM

PJSC “MMC “Norilsk Nickel”

«Nornickel» is the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium, and one of the world's leading producers of platinum and copper. The Company produces cobalt, rhodium, silver, gold, iridium, ruthenium, selenium, tellurium and sulfur.

The Polar Division and the Trans-Baikal Division are Nornickel's principal production sites in Russia.

Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta belonging to the Group is the only nickel refining plant in Finland.

«Nornickel» also includes Gipronickel Institute, a research and development facility located in Saint Petersburg (Russia), with branches in the cities of Norilsk and Monchegorsk.

Norilsk Nickel has its own global network of representative and sales offices in Russia and China.

When determining the strategy for its global operations and future development, «Nornickel» is focused on compliance with all social and environmental responsibility principles in the various countries in which it operates, which is essential for ensuring sustainable and efficient business development.

ОFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE FORUM

JSC VTB Bank

VTB Bank is a systemically important Russian bank, one of the leaders in the financial services market. The bank services all categories of clients — corporate, small and medium-sized enterprises, private entrepreneurs and individuals.

VTB Group is a global provider of financial services, comprised of over 20 credit institutions and financial companies operating across all key areas of the financial markets.

PARTNER OF THE SECTION

State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (ROSATOM)

State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom (Rosatom) is a multi-industry holding company which comprises assets in power engineering, machine building, and construction. Its strategy is to develop low-carbon generation, including wind power. Rosatom is the national leader in power generation (accounting for about 20% of the country's total output) and ranks first globally in terms of the size of its order portfolio for construction of NPPs (39 power units, inter alia 6 SMRs, in 10 countries). Rosatom is the only company in the world that has all technologies of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to the back end of nuclear facilities life cycles. Its scope of activities also includes production of innovative non-nuclear products, nuclear medicine, digitalization and software development, logistics and development of the Northern Sea Route. Rosatom incorporates over 450 enterprises employing nearly 400,000 people.

GENERAL INFORMATION PARTNER

ITAR-TASS News Agency

The Russian news agency TASS turned 120 on September 1, 2024.

TASS publishes nearly 3,000 news items daily, alongside about 1,000 photographs and videos from correspondents in Russia and across the globe.

Regional information centers in St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Pyatigorsk, in addition to 64 offices in Russia’s regions, along with 62 global branches in 57 countries enable TASS to quickly receive and disseminate unbiased information.

Over 1,700 employees ensure the agency's operation in real time.

TASS subscribers have access to a wide range of topic-oriented services across 70 news feeds in all official UN languages.

The audience of tass.ru, which is one of Russia's largest online media platforms, surpassed 132 mln users in 2024. TASS content is available across all social media networks available in Russia, with a follower base surpassing 4.6 million.

The TASS Mediabank boasts 55 mln pieces of content.

TASS press centers host more than 1,500 media events annually.

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