At the initiative of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal, Mir-1 and Mir-2 deep submergence vessels are displayed at the exposition of the 6th Baikal International Economic Forum (BEF) in front of the main official event pavilion. The Forum’s Russian and foreign participants have an opportunity to inspect the legendary submersibles, which have been furrowing the waters of Lake Baikal in the “Mirs in Baikal” Scientific Research Expedition during the last three years.
A presentation of the “Mirs in Baikal” expedition project was made on the BEF official opening day by Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation S.M. Mironov, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal M.V. Slipenchuk, Governor of  Irkutsk Region D.F. Mezentsev, and Chairman of the Fund’s Technical Council, Head of Laboratory of Shirshov Oceanology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Hero of Russia A.M. Sagalevich, who answered the questions from journalists on the completed research dives.
The Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal has scheduled for September 8, 2010 a press briefing on the results of the “Mirs in Baikal” International Scientific Research Expedition to be held on the square near the Mirs exposition. The list of speakers includes Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal, Head of METROPOL Group M.V. Slipenchuk, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of Irkutsk Region V.I. Pashkov, Chairman of the Fund’s Technical Council, Head of Laboratory of Shirshov Oceanology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Hero of Russia A.M. Sagalevich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Baikal Institute for Nature Management of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences А.К. Tulokhonov, and Director of the Fund for Protection of Lake Baikal B.D. Tsyrenov (the briefing’s moderator).