Penza, 4 September 2012. PenzaNews. The second All-Russian Humanitarian Forum “Project Province” and V Regional Investment Forum will be held in October 4–5 in Penza, according to the first Deputy Chief of the Department of Culture and the Archive of the Penza region Marina Boytsova. She noted that the list of participants of the humanitarian forum is not yet certain. “We would not want to precipitate the course of events, negotiations continue, the final list of guests will be approved next week,” said the agency interlocutor.

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In turn, the press service of the Ministry of Investment Development and Business of the Penza region noted that changes could be made even in the approved program of V Regional Investment Forum.

“The main events will be held in the new building of the Library of M. Lermontov and the Penza Regional Drama Theater named after A. Lunacharsky. The program of the Investment Forum is officially approved, but it may change by October,” the press service stressed.

The first Humanitarian Forum “Province” was held in Penza on October 27–28, 2011. The expert audience included prominent figures in the field of culture, art, television, sports and education — Alexander Gordon, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Boris Grachevsky, Dmitry Bykov, Alla Surikova, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Boris Korchevnikov, Larisa Verbitskaya, Svetlana Khorkina, Igor Dobrin, Natalia Bestemianova, Ivan Zasursky, Elena Vartanova, Yuri Vyazemsky, and others.

IV Investment Forum of the Penza region took place at the forum “Project Province” in the palace of sports “Burtasy” on October 27, 2011. It presented over 80 investment projects, the total amount of contracts signed there was worth 25 billion rubles.