On November 23, 2006 the plenary session on the occasion of the official opening of the Moscow International Furniture Industry Congress (MIFIC) took place at the President Hotel in Moscow. The co-organizer of the Congress Mr. Peter Meyer, President of Survey Marketing + Consulting Gmbh & Co.KG (Germany) and the Ñhairman of the plenary session, Valery Saykovsky , President of the Confederation of Associations and Unions of Forest, Pulp and Paper, Woodworking and Furniture Industries Nonprofit Partnership held welcome speeches.