On March 13, 2010 St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finances hosted the International Student Conference “Value factors in economy management” that was attended by over 100 young researchers from 20 countries of the European region. During plenary meeting of the conference, reports were delivered by experts in the area of international economy, management and steady development, including Sesto Giovanni Castagnoli, president of the World Spirit Forum, Mikhail Leonidovich Khazin, president of NEOKON consulting company, Alexander Dianin-Havard, an international public figure, author of the “Moral leadership the way to form personality". Upon the end of the plenary, participants were divided into groups and continued their work in special seminars and master-classes.