St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum is a unique world level cultural event. It's a discussion platform that annually attracts thousands of experts in the culture fields from all over the world: drama, opera and ballet stars, oustanding directors and musicians, public figures, business people and government officials and members of the academic community.

November 16, the first day of St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, was a busy day in Manege. It offered panel discussions and open lectured featuring Vladimir Medinsky, the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Lev Lurie, a historian, and John Bowlt, an American art historian.

The second day of the 6th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum in Manege (November 17) was truly diverse in the the range of topics raised for discussion and brought in many guests. The main discussion part was dedicated to ballet and film industry.

November 18 held the closing events of the 6th St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum in Manege, such as discussions and open lectures involving Arturo Fontaine, Mikhail Zygar, Mikhail Shemyakin and Andrey Burovsky.