Moscow to host 2nd ‘Inventing the Future’ International Symposium with representatives from 76 countries
On October 7–8, the II International Symposium 'Inventing the Future' will take place at the National Centre RUSSIA, bringing together more than 7,000 participants from 76 countries. The event, organized on the initiative of President Vladimir Putin, will be held under the aegis of the Decade of Science and Technology, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the Ministry of Culture.
The symposium will feature more than 200 speakers – scientists, architects, designers, writers, diplomats, and representatives of creative industries from Russia, China, the US, Italy, as well as countries in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Among the Russian participants are: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration Maksim Oreshkin, Presidential Adviser Elena Yampolskaya, Moscow’s Chief Architect Sergey Kuznetsov, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stepan Kalmykov, and others. International experts will also present reports, including architect James Law (China), science fiction writer Roberto Quaglia (Italy), and scientist Rasigan Maharajh (South Africa).
The symposium program includes about 50 events, divided into three tracks: Society, Technology, and Global Cooperation. Participants will discuss demographic challenges, urbanization, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, space technologies, as well as Russia’s humanitarian cooperation with Africa and the Global South.
Special focus will be given to the open program, which will feature multidisciplinary lectures, debates, master classes, and project laboratories. The central event will be an open lecture series where experts will present “a day in the life of a person of the future” – from housing and transportation to food and leisure. Viewers will be able to vote for the most convincing scenarios.
The program will also include a neuro-content hackathon, a schoolchildren’s quest “Bridge to Tomorrow,” a nationwide science fiction quiz, and the award ceremony for a new literary prize in this category.
