The 4th Global DIY Summit begins today in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a record number of 800 participants from 51 countries. The heads of large DIY store groups will be speaking at the two day international home improvement and garden centre congress, such as Véronique Laury from Kingfisher, John Gillam from Bunnings, Jennie Stenbom from Kesko, Evgeny Movchan from Petrovich, Murat Gigin from Tekzen and Yuichiro Sasage from Komeri. The keynote session will be held by John Gerosa from Google and Kris Beyens from Ebay International. The international retail and manufacturing associations Edra/Ghin and Fediyma have jointly hosted the congress since 2010.