24 March 2011 Foreign delegation attending “Ecology of Big City” Forum
Environmental interest is beyond any boarders. Dozens of foreign delegations from over 15 countries took part in the Forum “Ecology of Big city” , which took place at “Lenexpo”. They all have common interests such as: environmental protection, new ecological projects and innovative technologies.
Thus, the head of Mumbai District Administration Mr. Subodh Kumar came to take part in the Forum. Mumbai is one the largest cities in the world with the population of 21 million citizens. Of course it constantly deals with all possible ecological problems. Mr. Kumar attended the official opening ceremony and visited field panel discussion “Modern Megalopolis: environmental technologies” and conference “Industrial and consumption Waste management: Russian and foreign experience”.
The visit of deputy director of the Department of technologies and environmental security of the Austrian Minister of Ecology Mr. Dorte Kunellis contributed to the development of Russian and Austrian relations and cooperation at the industrial trade fairs. Mr. Kunellis also took part in the field discussion: “Modern Megalopolis: environmental technologies”.
The Forum was also attended by the coordinator of Water Programs of Rio-de-Janeiro Government Mr. Alejandro De Bonis. His visit was conducted in the framework of two cities’ cooperation program.
South African specialists also got interested in the Forum’s business program. Derek Batte, the representative of South African State Research Energy Institute, and top managers of “Clear Sky Energy” company came to St. Petersburg to learn more about the Russian experience of energy production from the recycled waste.
Finnish delegates are traditional “Lenexpo” guests. This year they have introduced the collective exposition of Lahti Region which included: Lahden messut Oy exhibition company, LAKES Agency of Regional development and Сulminatum Innovation Oy Ltd Construction Company.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Czech Republic organized a collective Czech stand jointly with “CzechTrade” Agency. Czech companies demonstrated equipment and technologies for sewage industry, water supply, filtration and industrial air conditioning.
The delegation from Addis Ababa, headed by the City’s Mayor, Kuma Demeksa, attended the Forum on the last day. Ethiopian guests were interested in modern methods of waste collection and recycling, currently applied in big cities.
Over 160 companies from Russia, Austria, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, USA, Finland, France, Czech Republic and Sweden have taken part in the Forum “Ecology of Big City” this year.
