Robotics Day, a new play and a chess game with stars — events on March 28

Lectures, masterclasses, presentations, cultural events — on March 28 at the RUSSIA EXPO, guests can expect a continuation of the Festival of Professions, a masterclass in drone assembly, a meeting with an IT entrepreneur, a game with young chess stars and dozens of other events.

Introduction to the "Commonwealth" digital platform

The International Training and Methodological Center together with PJSC Promsvyazbank will introduce the guests to the International Olympiad on Financial Security and its main technological resource — the "Commonwealth" digital platform.

When: 10:00 - 22:00

Where: Pavilion No. 57 "Education/Decade of Science and Technology"

Festival of Professions

Today guests will be introduced to the professions of "UAV operator", professions of the aerospace industry, while the Baltic Shipbuilding Technical School will hold a lecture, where participants will be able to try themselves as operators of program-controlled machine tools with the help of VR-glasses, learn to knit many types of nautical knots and receive nautical souvenirs.

When: 10:00 - 13:00, 13:30 - 17:45, 15:00 - 16:00

Where: Pavilion C "Family. Work. Longevity", Pavilion No. 71 "Smart Finance"

Masterclass on drone assembly in VR

An engineer from the Federal Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems will teach guests about the parts of a quadrocopter in virtual reality. Participants of the masterclass will put on VR goggles and try to assemble a disassembled drone.

When: 12:30 - 13:00

Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall A, Moscow stand)

Lecture on the history of the Bolshoi Theater

The Bolshoi Theater was founded as a private theater of the provincial prosecutor Prince Pyotr Urusov. On March 28, 1776 Empress Catherine II signed a privilege to the prince "to be the keeper of all theatrical performances in Moscow" for a period of ten years. This date is considered the day of the foundation of the Moscow Bolshoi Theater. The director of the Bolshoi Theater Museum Lidia Kharina will tell about the events that accompanied the life of the Bolshoi Theater.

When: 13:00

Where: Pavilion I Rosneft

Lecture on the history of Russian culture

Life, dignity, human rights and freedoms, patriotism, citizenship, service to the Fatherland and responsibility for its fate, high moral ideals, strong family, creative labor, priority of spiritual over material, humanism, mercy, justice, collectivism, mutual assistance and mutual respect, historical memory and continuity of generations, unity of the peoples of Russia — all these are the traditional values of Russia. At the lectures participants will discuss how to preserve and increase them.

When: 14:00 - 18:00

Where: Pavilion 34 "Russian Space: Creating the Future"

Lectures on the future of digital technologies

IT-entrepreneur Mikhail Skobenko will talk about key services and changes that await us in the "digital" future.

The audience will also learn about online booking, electronic check-ins and other innovations of digital tourism. This will be covered by experts from Mostourism.

When: 14:30 - 15:00, 17:15 - 17:45

Where: Pavilion No. 75 (Hall A, Moscow stand)

Chess Federation Day

On the program: a lecture by Vladimir Barsky, international master, journalist, author of books about chess, editor-in-chief of the website of the Russian Chess Federation, as well as simultaneous play sessions with young chess stars.

When: 15:00 - 16:00, 17:00 - 20:00

Where: Pavilion C "Sport for Everyone"

Day of Robotics and Industrial Design at the St. Petersburg stand

A block of masterclasses on robotics and construction awaits guests, who will be able to learn the basics of programming algorithms for robot behavior, learn about design features, and have a chance to try to assemble a robot.

When: 16:30 - 17:30

Where: Pavilion 75 (Hall B, St. Petersburg stand)

Show of the play "CHERKASOV XII" within the framework of the "Voices of the Country" project

In the play "CHERKASOV XII", the wife of a hereditary garbage truck driver from Novosibirsk Evgenia Cherkasova will tell the story of her husband's life. Vlad has been in the profession for 26 years, and the total length of service of the Cherkasov family at the municipal enterprise is more than 300 years — Vlad's grandfather drove garbage in horse-drawn carriages. The role of Evgenia Cherkasova will be played on stage by actress Anastasia Svetlova.

When: 18:00, 20:00

Where: Pavilion No. 84 "House of Culture"