The document summarizes the Moscow Urban Forum, an annual international conference on urban development held in Moscow since 2011. The 2016 forum will take place from June 30th to July 3rd and focus on the theme of "The Age of Megacities: Exploring Global, National and Local Priorities". Over the four days, the forum will include panel discussions, presentations from city leaders and experts, and an urban festival open to the public with lectures, exhibitions and cultural events. Presentations will explore topics like sustainable development of megacities, integration of migrants, and use of data and technology in urban planning.

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MOSCOW URBAN FORUM
The Age of Megacities: Exploring
Global, National and Local
Priorities
30 JUNE - 3 JULY 2016

2. MOSCOW URBAN FORUM
 The Moscow Urban Forum is an annual international conference on urban
development, architecture, economics, and strategic urban planning.
 The Forum has been held annually since 2011 under the aegis of the Moscow
Government and with the personal participation of Sergey Sobyanin, the Mayor of
Moscow.
 The Forum has established itself as a recognised international platform for
discussions, finding solutions and networking among experts, city managers and
representatives of the business community.
 Opportunities and challenges relevant for modern megalopolises are openly
discussed at the Forum, and perspectives of their development are not only seen
in the context of economics and effective management, but also from the
viewpoint of city residents.

3. 30 June
Global agenda and agenda of
Russian cities
Participation of mayors of the
biggest megacities and cities
of Russia
City partner presentation*
Plenary sessions
Panel discussions
Mayors Think Tank NEW!
Leading international
intellectuals as curators of
sessions NEW!
1 July
Moscow
agenda
Plenary sessions
Expert seminars
Debates NEW!
Workshops
2-3 July
Urban
Festival
Lectures
Urban Talks
Workshops
Exhibitions
Cultural events
Young planners
programme workshop
(ISOCARP) NEW!
MOSCOW URBAN FORUM IN 2016
*to be confirmed

4. Opening Plenary Session. Competitive Cities: Local Responses to Global Challenges
Curator: World Bank
Global Agenda Regional Agenda
Session №1
The City and the
Post-City: Limits of
the Development
of Megacities
Curator: HSE
Graduate School of
Urbanism
Session №2
Rankings of
Megacities: the
Objectivity of
Assessment and
Comparison
Curator: Monocle*
Session №3
Megacity Brand
Management
Technologies
Curator: Guardian
Cities*
Session №4
Implementation of
Large-Scale Urban
Projects: Strategies
and Models
Curator: ISOCARP
Special session
Tools for integration
of the migrants into
urban society
Curator: UCL & New
Earth
Session №9
Management of the
Spatial and
Economic
Development of
Cities
Curator: Skolkovo
Session №10
Prospects for the
Development of
Land and Town
Planning Law in
Russian Cities
Curator: HSE
Graduate School of
Urbanism
Session №5
Megacities in the
Face of Global
Disasters: Natural
and Man-Made
Factors
Curator: ICLEI*
Session №6
Mechanisms for
Integration of
Migrants into the
Urban Community
Curator: LSE Cities*
& Novaya Zemlya
Session №7
Historical Urban
Landscapes: the
Role of Heritage in
the Development of
Megacities
Curator: UNESCO
& KB Strelka
Session №8
Data-driven urban
management:
opportunities and
limitations
Curator: Habidatum Inc.
Session №11
Methods of
Transforming
Industrial Cities
Curator: Federal
Centre for Project
Finance
Session №12
Rented Housing in
Russia as a Factor
in Increasing the
Mobility of
Residents
Curator: IUE
Plenary Session. Federalism and Local Self-Government as a Tool for the Development of Russian Cities
Curator: Higher School of Economics
Programme committee
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME OF DAY 1 OF THE MOSCOW URBAN FORUM 2016
(JUNE 30)
*to be confirmed

5.  The festival was first held in 2013 and has become a full-fledged event of the Forum.
This is the Forum's open program, which is available to a wide audience.
 In 2016, the event is expected to draw 30,000 people
The Progamm embraces 4 days:
 30th of June – 1st of July – 6.00-10.00 pm
Events
 Experts’ lectures
 Exhibitions
 Film representations
 2-3rd of July – 10.00 am-8.00 pm
Events
 Entertainment programms, master-classes
 Urban Talks for professionals
 Urban Talks for students (HEIs: RANEPA, HSE, MARSH, MARHI, STRELKA Institute and
others)
 Opened pavillion – venue for city volunteers
 Public lectures of international experts
 Concert programm
 Project presentation by the students from School of planners ISOCARP
 30th of June – 3rd of July
 Special events in Moscow parks
 Gastronomic festival on the Manege Square
FESTIVAL 2016

6. EXPOSITION 2016
 Moscow Government exposition
 Forum partners exposition
 The exposition of the Research Results

7. During the Forum 2016 there will be presented results of four researches:
1. According to actual for Moscow topic – «Modern architectural politics as the driver for Moscow
development» (curator: KB STRELKA);
2. According to canvass of actual global trends and practices of the metropolises development – «Urban
development and planning: global trends and current practices» (curator: ISOCARP – The International
Society of City and Regional Planners);
3. According to current problematics of global development – «Spatial and economical urban development
management» (curator: Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO);
4. According to estimates of impact of city-planning projects on the development of the capital’s polycentric
structure – Moscow: polycentric course (curator: HSU HSE).
Also there will be presented:
• Analytical review «Migration and ethno-cultural politics of the international capitals» (curator: New
Earth via UCL Migration Unit).;
 Analytical review «The city of facilities – from Moscow to San-Paolo» (curator: PWC).
RESEARCH 2016

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