Sergei Sobyanin presents Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030 forum and festival program

The highlight of the second half of the summer will be the big forum and festival called the Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030. It is dedicated to the development of the megacity, urbanism and innovation, as announced by Sergei Sobyanin on his blog.

“The festival will run from August 1 to September 8 at more than 30 venues in different city’s areas. All 39 days of the Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030 forum and festival offer a rich program, with most of the activities taking place outdoor,” wrote Moscow Mayor.

The venues will showcase Moscow industry, urban planning and urban management innovations and advances, plans for transport development, advanced technologies in healthcare and education, creative industry and sports. Flagship venues of the forum and festival will be in the city center, Luzhniki Olympic Complex, Expocentre and Skolkovo Innovation Center.

The Manege Central Exhibition Hall will open a big interactive exhibition called Manege Station. Moscow Transport 2030. Visitors will see the latest models of railway and above-ground transport rolling stock and the Moscow 2024 metro car.

People will enjoy the atmosphere of the past and will see how hard it used to be for people to get from home to the city center as all the metro entrances were surrounded by shopping stalls, the stops were plastered with advertisements and the courtyards were lined with cars just a while ago.

Life-size places familiar to every Muscovite will be on show: a courtyard, a stop, a bus and a metro station. Visitors will be able to see how transport and the city have transformed over the last 10 years. Guests will see a multisensory show and a showcase of the Moscow transport advances and development plans until 2030.

“Part of the exhibition will feature railway, river and unmanned transport, electric cars, electric buses, as well as future metro and above-ground transport technologies. Thanks to new interactive formats, visitors will see how new Moskvich cars are manufactured and will be able to try their hand at operating public transport using simulators,” said Sergei Sobyanin.

A separate area will tell visitors about the high-speed Moscow-Tver-Veliky Novgorod-St. Petersburg railroad line. Visitors will find themselves on a multimedia express of the future to travel to St. Petersburg.

Manezhnaya Square will host the Moscow Digital Technologies exhibition to mark the 30 th anniversary of Runet. The art installation will introduce guests to the evolution and capabilities of the capital’s digital services and will allow them to learn more about the IT solutions that make life in a modern-day megacity comfortable, convenient and vibrant.

From August 1 to September 8, Manezhnaya Square will be the food center of the capital involving 40 restaurants, cafes, bars, bistros and food enthusiasts in the big food festival. They will offer their signature dishes.

Krasny Oktyabr will show the continuous transformation of the capital. Moscow 2030: Oktyabr Festival will focus on the philosophy of city life and the ideas, tastes and habits of its residents that shape the megacity of the future. Guests will enjoy cyber gardens, modern sports, street art, a market and a concert program.

Moscow International Film Week (MIFW) will take place from August 23 to August 28. There will be 300 free screenings of Russian and foreign films, hundreds of tours and film quests, masterclasses, spectacular shows and several thematic festivals. They will be organized by the Moscow Film Cluster, which includes the Moskino Cinema Park, the METMASH full-cycle film cluster, the Maxim Gorky Film Studio and the capital’s cinemas. MIFW will involve over 35 countries, including India, China, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Thailand, CIS countries and others.

At Bolotnaya Square Moscow producers will share their achievements and plans. The center of the venue will be the Made in Moscow project. Visitors will get acquainted with the products that are made in the capital and will also see the trade in the city of the future. More than 20,000 products will be available for purchase in the art pavilions.

Expocentre will tell visitors about the key sectors of Moscow industry. It will showcase the achievements of the capital’s leading production sites in aircraft engineering, radio electronics, microelectronics and photonics, automotive industry, pharmaceutical and medical industry, space industry, cable industry and many others.

“Visitors will play the role of designers and developers, pilots and machine operators and will see how the products of Moscow-based companies surround us in everyday life,” emphasized Moscow Mayor.

The exhibition of Gostiny Dvor will tell visitors about the development of social services. Its main theme is the unity of man, family and city. The central venue will show a film about the life of an ordinary Moscow family. Through touching memories of a father and his daughter, important family events, visitors will learn about changes in the social services of the city. The area will also house the Library of Generations to show the connection between generations through language, among other things. Visitors will be able to take part in a thematic quiz and learn how to speak the same language as zoomers, as well as learn about the slang of their grandparents.

The Avenue of Knowledge and Quarter of Jobs areas will introduce visitors to the jobs of the future and skills to be in demand on the labor market.

Participants in the Moscow Longevity project will share secrets for a long life, offer to see visitors in the future and walk along the non-old Arbat.

Guests will also be taken on a journey through the human body called Get to Know your Body to find the “dead end of bad habits” and see how bad habits affect life and shorten its span.

The façade of Gostiny Dvor will come to life with the help of 3D projections daily from 10:00 p. m. The light show until dawn will reveal the main themes of the venue.

The Nature Center research and education center in Zaryadye Park will teach visitors the basics of financial literacy. They will be able to discuss topical economic issues with experts and artificial intelligence and robots, get financial forecasts, play the Sounds of Financial Literacy game and also take a financial check-up.

They will be invited to attend open lectures involving popular financial bloggers and entrepreneurs. At the end of August, Financial Literacy Week will take place, bringing together the best practicing speakers from the largest banks and insurance companies.

Zaryadye Park will also host a marathon dedicated to culture and art: music, theater, cinema, fashion and modern youth art formats. The venue will also host two open-air music festivals: PROsummer and City of Light. Visitors will enjoy light and media installations, art objects and concerts by popular artists using light, creative and media technologies.

“The area will also open a multimedia urbanism exhibition called City of the Future to create visitors’ dream city, learn about plans for the development of Moscow and get acquainted with the technologies for building the most complex urban objects,” added Sergei Sobyanin.

The Building a City Together interactive game model will help visitors understand the logic and philosophy of Moscow urban planning. The House 2030 large screen simulating a multi-story building will allow Moscow residents and visitors to “move” into a multi-story building. In addition, the venue will demonstrate the operation of unique equipment that is currently used on construction sites in Moscow.

Old English Court will hold an exhibition called Restoring Artefacts to show the inextricable connection between the past and the future. About 100 exhibits discovered by Moscow restorers will be on display: elements of plaster molding and decoration, old household items, photographs and historical documents.

The interactive platform of Muzeon Arts Park will introduce visitors to the modern infrastructure of Moscow as part of the My District program. The park will turn into a city within a city hosting the best events-from innovative children’s playgrounds to a real cinema cluster.

The My District area will offer masterclasses on restoration and archeology and sessions of the ABC of Architecture business game.

The Skolkovo Innovation Center will collect the wildest dreams about the future. The Portal 2030–2050 festival will bring together more than 70 speakers-futurists, visionaries, scientists and entrepreneurs to discuss megacity trends in the 2030–2050 perspective.

The venue will also host the Sound Portal open-air electronic music festival. The Art Portal technological art exhibition will present more than 15 gigantic installations on the present and future.

“Gorky Park will tell young people about career opportunities, including working in a Moscow team. Future specialists will be able to test-drive city jobs and become those who build the city of the future-Moscow 2030,” wrote Moscow Mayor.

The Youth Point space will be on the square in front of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. During the day, it will feature masterclasses, lectures and sports activities, and in the evening there will be Moscow Moves dance flash mobs and youth discos of the future to feel the atmosphere of Moscow 2030.

The Luzhniki Olympic Complex will become a sports center. Guided by experienced trainers, visitors will be able to take part in different sports activities. There will also be a running center, a skate park, paddle tennis and beach volleyball courts. Each area will host masterclasses and competitions for amateurs and professionals.

This will also be the place for the Phygital Games 2024 multi-sport tournament combining traditional sports and their digital counterparts.

In addition, Luzhniki will be the venue for the urban management festival. Visitors will learn how to create a high-quality and comfortable urban environment, what technologies are used to maintain and repair buildings, how green technologies are introduced into different sectors of city life, by what standards Moscow elevators are changed and much more.

Next to the Southern Sports Core, the urban planning complex will house a unique interactive children’s playground to convey the atmosphere of a real construction site for the young visitors of the Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030 forum and festival. The key element of the site will be a construction crane eight meters high.

Young builders are invited to take part in masterclasses on design, engineering and clay modeling. Adults will be able to relax in a recreation area with hammocks and ottomans and listen to lectures on urbanism, design and renovation. On August 11, young bloggers will present a concert to mark Builder’s Day.

Different areas will invite visitors of the Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030 forum and festival to participate in art workshops and classes in various sports-from yoga to dancing. They will find entertainment for the whole family with children’s entertainers, games, fairs and performances.

To mark the 10 th anniversary of the Active Citizen project and the City of Ideas platform, multi-purpose venues of Moscow’s electronic projects will welcome visitors in 10 parks in the capital’s areas. Young residents will enjoy fun games, exciting masterclasses and sporting events. Elderly people will be able to test their computer literacy skills. The most active participants will take part in relay races, try tae bo, see colorful animation and much more.

In Kuzminki Park, all visitors will have an opportunity to take part in art masterclasses, children will be able to play with an entertainer, and parents can try themselves at quadro pong, a unique type of table tennis. Angarskie Prudy Park will offer guests to do breathing exercises, draw and listen to a lecture on healthy diet. Fili Park will invite visitors to enjoy art masterclasses and children’s entertainment program. They will be able to play table tennis and gorodki.

Users of urban electronic projects will be able to get souvenirs featuring project symbols at the Million Prizes pavilions in 10 district parks and at 26 festival venues and the Moscow on the Tide fish market. The youngest visitors and senior guests participating in masterclasses will get special gifts.

As always, more than 5,000 Moscow volunteers will guide visitors through the big and exciting project. They will help guests navigate the venues, provide necessary information and answer their questions.

“I invite you to attend the main event of the second half of the summer, learn a lot of new things and have fun,” concluded Moscow Mayor.