FORESIGHT OF WORLDS AND TIMES

The creativity of science fiction writers is more than just imagination or fantasy, and even more than mere prediction. In many ways, what they do is design a future, as readers, especially children, become inspired by their ideas and strive to bring them to life. Like many science fiction writers from other countries, our remarkable authors – Alexander Belyaev, Ivan Efremov, Nikolai Nosov, the Strugatsky brothers, Kir Bulychev, and others – described what seemed like unbelievable things that eventually became reality. Smart homes, portable video communication devices, robotic vacuum cleaners, voice-controlled flat screen TVs, artificial intelligence – all of this used to be fiction, yet today we enjoy it in everyday life.

“Foresight of Worlds and Times” is an experimental symposium format aimed at mapping out worlds of science fiction at the turn of the 21st and 22nd centuries. Science fiction writers, scientists, engineers, inventors, designers, and representatives from the creative community will participate in the foresight event. Over three days of expert group sessions, participants will explore fictional worlds, design possible paths for their development, and create key events and heroes of future science fiction.

The “Foresight of Worlds and Times” program includes expert sessions with the scientific community, philosophers, and futurists; dialogues with science fiction writers; analytical presentations on the history of science fiction’s development in various countries of the world; and much more.