On 17-18 February 2015 the AEB delegation made a Business mission to Tyumen. 

During the mission AEB Chairman Philippe Pegorier met Governor of the Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev.

The AEB delegation also participated in the "II Tyumen Investment Forum. Investment. Industrialization. Regions. Breakthrough logic"  to discuss development and investment prospects in the region. AEB Chairman Philippe Pegorier made a welcome speech at the plenary session alongside Sergey Naryshkin (Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation), Igor Holmanskih (President of the Urals Federal District), Andrey Nikitin (Director of The Agency for Strategic Initiatives), Alexey Repik (President of the All-Russia Public Organisation “Delovaya Rossiya”) and Alexander Kalinin (President of the All-Russia Public Organisation “Opora Russia”). 

During the second day of the forum, the Association of European Businesses held a round table "Cooperation with International Partners: New Opportunities and Risks in the Current Economic Conditions" moderated by Sergey Naryshkin.