EUSP Vice-Rector for Development Alexander Kurylev attended the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum – 2017 as a front row participant of the panel session titled “Creative Industries Driving Exports and Enhancing a Country’s Image Abroad”. Alexander introduced the results of the interdisciplinary research project “Hermitage for the City and its Citizens” conducted at EUSP on the 250th anniversary of the Hermitage museum. The project aimed to evaluate the influence of the Hermitage on economics in St.