Business meetings in the Urals – Your effective steps to success!
Ekaterinburg, the capital of the Sverdlovsk region and the administrative center of the Ural Federal District, is Russia’s 4th largest city (1.4 million people). It was founded in 1723, and from 1924 till 1991 it was named Sverdlovsk.
The Sverdlovsk region has a unique and advantageous transport and geographical location at the intersection of regional and global Eurasian continental roads. It is situated at 2.000 km away from Moscow on the border of Europe and Asia, at the crossroads of transcontinental flows of resources, goods, workforce and information. The Ural district (12 million people) is 2 hours ahead of Moscow.
The Sverdlovsk region is one of Russia’s most promising areas, an active global trade partner, and a large economic area with high-level business activity, international relations, cultural and social life.
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International events in Ekaterinburg:
2009 Shanghai Cooperation Summit
2009 BRICS Summit
2010-2019 INNORPOM (annually)
2018 FIFA World Cup
2019 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championship
2019 Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit
2019 World Cities Day – UN Habitat
2020 World Expo Candidate
2023 Universiade
2025 World Expo Candidate
Ekaterinburg has been showing a stable growth in the exhibition sector with over 200 exhibitions and conferences held annually. Ekaterinburg-Expo, a state-of-the-art exhibition center provides an excellent venue to host large-scale international events. Around 30 most significant and efficient exhibitions, including those organized by IEC-Ural, are officially supported by the Government of the Sverdlovsk region and the Ekaterinburg City Administration.