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What Is SPIBA

The St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) is an international, non-profit, independent organization which unites international and Russian companies that share SPIBA's mission and principles.

SPIBA's mission is to facilitate business development for its members in Northwest Russia, providing

  • A platform for open dialog, lobbying and collaboration with the government
  • Networking opportunities and the exchange of information with other organizations
  • Promotion and public relations for our members and partners

News

SPIBA

Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Project of changes in law about tax privileges

SPIBA Legislation and Lobbying Committee informs you about the draft of a law about the tax privileg...
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

SPIBA White Nights Boat Cruise: Sponsorship Opportunities

The St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA) will hold its traditional White Night...
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

SPIBA and Vodokanal meeting: questions or problems?

Dear Colleagues! During the meeting of SPIBA's Environment, Health and Safety Committee with Evgeny...
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Election results of Co-Chairs of SPIBA Finance Committee

Dear SPIBA members! The election of Co-Chairs of the SPIBA Finance Committee was completed on March,...

Members' News

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Intercomp Global Services is rated the No. 1 Business Process Outsourcing company in Russia

Intercomp Global Services, a F&A and HR outsourcing provider, has been recognized as the No. 1 Business Process Outsourc...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Real Estate Investments in the EU: Opportunities for Diversification

PwC would like to invite you to a conference "Real Estate Investments in the EU: Opportunities for Diversification" whi...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

BusinessLink Training invites you to join the open program

BusinessLink Training invites you to join the open program «Cross-cultural differences and it’s role in management» for...
Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Dzhangar Dzhalchinov appointed Head of Salans’ Russian Tax Practice

Dzhangar Dzhalchinov has been appointed Head of Salans’ Russian Tax Practice. He primarily focuses on tax litigation, an...
Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Acsour has been listed as one of the leading outsourcing companies in Russia

According to the data published by the Expert Rating Agency Acsour company has been listed among the largest Russian com...
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Information letter from DLA Piper

On 7 February 2012 the Presidium of the Higher Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation adopted Ruling No. 11637/11 in ...
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Press-release from Salans

Salans, Kommersant Publishing House and Knight Frank hold seminar on “Leasing Commercial Premises: Today’s Market Requi...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

The results of the award "Expert of the Year" in nomination "The development of human capital"

The 2nd of March at the hotel "Astoria" was hold an award ceremony "Expert of the Year", organized by the magazine "Expe...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

The Business School AMI offers an open program "Talent Management. Strategic HRM"

Management Program "Talent Management. Strategic HRM "provides an answer for the question: how to build an HR strategy. ...
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0400

Salans St. Petersburg supports IsLaCo 2012 12th International Student Science Conference

Salans’ St. Petersburg team supported and participated in the IsLaCo 2012 12th International Student Science Conference...

Regional News

Events Calendar

Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 +0400

Business Breakfast Meeting - Overview of current Anglo-Russian commercial law - 5/18/2012 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

We invite you to participate in the business breakfast meeting, devoted to an overview of current Anglo-Russian commercial law issues, including raising capital and IPO listing in London and resolving international (particularly Russian) disputes in England. 

Date:  08:00 до 09:30 on Friday 18 May 2012

Venue: Renaissance St Petersburg Baltic Hotel at 4a Pochtamtskaya str.


This meeting will be held during the International Legal Forum, involving senior officials of the British Ministry of Justice, representatives of the top UK law firms, as well as leaders of the two most authoritative professional legal organizations of the United Kingdom: the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council of England and Wales.

Please see details on the program in the attached file.


The meeting will be held in English. 

 

Number of participants of the event, unfortunately, is limited. Confirmation of the registration is needed!

 

Please, confirm your participation by May 15 via by phone  +7 (812) 320 3220

e-mail: maria.smirnova@fco.gov.uk

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:30:00 +0400

The formation of professional development strategies and leadership skills of managers - 5/22/2012 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

We are pleased to invite you to the SPIBA HR Committee’s meeting on the topic: The formation of professional development strategies and leadership skills of managers.

Date: Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 a.m.

Venue: Business center Mertens House at 21 Nevsky Prospect, off. 506

Program:

1.    Introduction of participants (5 min.)

2.    The formation of professional development strategies and leadership skills of managers, 
Irina Kurchanova, HR Partner, Unilever (25 min.)

3.    Practice of managers corporate education, Alexey Ustinov, Personnel and Corporate Affairs Director, YIT Lentek (25 min.)

4.  The basic principles of balanced development of the employees, Svetlana Starikova, Head of the Corporate University, Baltika (25 min.)

5.   Questions and Answers. Open discussion (15 min.) 

The meeting will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need a translation into English.

Please, confirm your participation by May 21 by registering on our website, via email office@spiba.ru or by phone +7(812)3259091  

Wed, 23 May 2012 19:00:00 +0400

English Speaking Club - 5/23/2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

After certain number of requests we decided to continue our English Speaking Club at SPIBA. 

We would like to make this club an unofficial regular meetings for SPIBA friends, where we can develop our English speaking skills with a cup of tea in a relaxed atmosphere.

We are aware that a lot of people have a lack of opportunity to use their knowledge of English language, which leads to certain problems when it comes to communication with foreign colleagues. We would like to change that!

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:00:00 +0400

Relevant issues of legal regulation of joint stock companies. - 5/24/2012 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the consultation seminar "Relevant issues of legal regulation of joint stock companies. New legislation in the securities market" conducted by Registrator ROST.
The seminar is held with the support and participation of the Federal Service for Financial Markets (Regional Office in North-West Federal District), St. Petersburg International Business Association (SPIBA), St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce. 

Date: Thursday, 24th of May, 2012
Time: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Venue: 15/2 26th line of Vasilievsky island, business center Birzha, 4th floor, conference room.

You can see more detailed information about the program and participation terms in the attached file in Russian.

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:30:00 +0400

Social networks as business tool - 5/24/2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

SPIBA Marketing & Communications Committee invites you to the meeting on the topic “Social networks as business tool ”.

Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012

Time: 09.30 – 11.00

Venue: SPIBA office at Nevsky Prospect, 21, a business center Mertens House, 5th Floor, office 506

Program:

  • Introduction of participants (5 minutes)
  • «Social networking as a business tool,"  Ekaterina Semibratova, Key Customers Manager, Ashmanov and partners (30 min.)
  • Pros and cons of working in social media, Igor Zaichenko, IT Director, Koleso-Russia.ru (30 min.)  
- Audience study, the choice of target groups

- Choice and setup of targeting

- Behavior of users followed from advertisements (% of failures, the depth of view, conversion)

- Effectiveness Indicators (before the start of the campaign and at the moment)

- Key features of social media


  • Discussion, questions and answers (20 min.)

Event will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need translation into English.

Please confirm your attendance by 23 of May by registering on the website, by e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 3259091

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:30:00 +0400

Financial English Courses - 5/24/2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

SPIBA Finance Committee with the support of Acsour Company invites you to Financial English Courses for financial services/departments employees. We invite you to participate!

When: once a week on Thursdays starting 12 April

Venue: Business center Mertens House at 21 Nevsky Prospect

·       Native Speaker (UK)

·       University graduate and ACCA qualified

·       Past professional experience – Financial Analyst at Orange

·       Teaching Certification Windsor TEFL

·       Final Year FINEC lecturer and Cambridge University certified examiner

·       Clients include Blue Chip Companies

For more information about this event please see the program and  the attached file.

Please, confirm your participation via email office@spiba.ru or by phone +7(812)3259091  

www.spiba.ru

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:00:00 +0400

Meeting with Vodokanal - 5/25/2012 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

During the meeting of SPIBA's Environment, Health and Safety Committee with Evgeny Tselikov, First Deputy Director of the Vodokanal St. Petersburg in March 2011, an idea was proposed and endorsed in creating a SPIBA working group at the Vodokanal St. Petersburg for an effective solution to the urgent problem of water supply and channelization, and for creating a permanent dialogue with the international business community. 
The group includes representatives from such companies as Ahlers,  Coca Cola, Smurfit Kappa, and Unilever. 

SPIBA’s Environment, Health and Safety Committee informs you about the next meeting

devoted to discussion of current problems of water supply and channelization. 

Date of the meeting: Friday 25 May  at 14:00

You can apply for participation if you have any questions to Vodokanal.

Please, send you application before May 22nd via e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone (812) 325 9091.

Tue, 29 May 2012 09:30:00 +0400

Experience in provision of primary documents in electronic form to the tax office - 5/29/2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

We are pleased to invite you to the SPIBA Finance Committee’s meeting on the topic: Experience in provision of primary documents in electronic form to the tax office. Pilot project of Petrolesport.

Date: Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Time: 9:30 – 11:10 a.m.

Venue: SPIBA office, Business center Mertens House at 21 Nevsky Prospect, 5th floor, office 506.

Agenda:

  1. Participants introduction (5 min.)

  1. Presentation by Elena Barvitskaya, Director of St.Petersburg branch, Taxcom (40 min)

    3.    Pilot project of Petrolesport, Stanislav Medvedev, Director of Economics and Finance, OAO “Petrolesport”

  1. Discussion, Q&A. (15 min.)

Event will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need a translation into English.

RSVP on the website, or by e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 325-9091 not later than May 28, 2012.


Wed, 30 May 2012 09:30:00 +0400

Marketing lecture - 5/30/2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

SPIBA Marketing & Communications Committee continues a course of lectures on marketing.

Date: Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

Time: 09.30 – 11.00

Venue: SPIBA office at Nevsky Prospect, 21, a business center Mertens House, 5th Floor, office 506

Speaker: Andrey Alekseev, Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor, Director of the Center of Innovation Development, St.Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.

Topic: “Positioning” 

  •  Positioning: self-identity
  •  Segments of consumers as a platform for positioning
  •  Tools: positioning matrix
  •  Case: positioning when entering the market

Event will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need translation into English.

Please confirm your attendance by 29 May by registering on the website, by e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 3259091

Thu, 31 May 2012 09:30:00 +0400

Meeting with Eugeny Samarkin - 5/31/2012 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

SPIBA’s Environment, Health and Safety Committee invites you to a meeting with Evgeny Samarkin, Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, LLC "Eco-Express service", 2005-2009 – Deputy Head of Rosprirodnadzor Office of St.Petersburg, 2009-2011 – Deputy Director of Rosprirodnadzor Department of NW Region.

Date: Thursday, May 31, 2012

Time: 09.30 – 11.00

Venue: SPIBA office at Nevsky Prospect, 21, a business center Mertens House, 5th Floor, office 506

Questions to discuss on the meeting:

·        Problems and practice of environmental law application in question "failure to make payments for negative impact on the environment in terms of waste disposal" (in court cases).

·        Features of the application of methods for calculating the amount of damage caused to the environment resulting from excess discharge of pollutants into water bodies.

·        Discussion, questions and answers

If you have any questions for the speaker, please send them by e-mail office@spiba.ru by May, 22nd.

Event will be held in Russian. Please, let us know if you need translation into English.

Please confirm your attendance by May 30 by registering on our website, by e-mail office@spiba.ru or by phone 3259091
          

Thu, 31 May 2012 18:30:00 +0400

Financial English Courses - 5/31/2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

SPIBA Finance Committee with the support of Acsour Company invites you to Financial English Courses for financial services/departments employees. We invite you to participate!

When: once a week on Thursdays starting 12 April

Venue: Business center Mertens House at 21 Nevsky Prospect

·       Native Speaker (UK)

·       University graduate and ACCA qualified

·       Past professional experience – Financial Analyst at Orange

·       Teaching Certification Windsor TEFL

·       Final Year FINEC lecturer and Cambridge University certified examiner

·       Clients include Blue Chip Companies

For more information about this event please see the program and  the attached file.

Please, confirm your participation via email office@spiba.ru or by phone +7(812)3259091  

www.spiba.ru

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:00:00 +0400

SPIBA White Nights Boat Cruise - 6/22/2012 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM



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