A discussion on the impact of science fiction on society’s technological expectations will be held at the National Centre RUSSIA
On May 21, the
National Centre RUSSIA will launch the
dialogues about the future, "Science Fiction as a Bridge between Science
and Future‑making," a new project run jointly with the
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.
These
events will pave the way for the II International Symposium "Inventing the
Future." The Symposium’s main theme is the synergy of science, technology
and science fiction as a tool for collective future design. The dialogues on
the future aim to keep the audience’s attention on the topic and enrich it with
up‑to‑date meanings.
The project
moderator will be Valery Fedorov, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and
Mass Communications at the Financial University under the Government of the
Russian Federation and Director General of VCIOM.
The first
discussion will focus on how science fiction shapes society’s expectations of
technology and stimulates scientific and technological initiatives. The
audience will discover how writers, through stories and visual images, succeed
in drafting positive scenarios for society’s development.
Speakers of
the event:
— science‑fiction writer, member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
and of the board of the Union of Writers of Russia, Sergei Lukyanenko;
— doctor of
Physics and Mathematics, Head of the Nanobiotechnology Laboratory at MIPT, Head
of the "Nanobiomedicine" programme at Sirius University and winner of
the Presidential Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Innovation for
Young Scientists, Maxim Nikitin.
The meeting
begins at 19:00. Full details are available on the National Centre RUSSIA website in the "Events" section.
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