The document summarizes the upcoming Third Moscow Urban Forum that will take place from December 5-7. It outlines that representatives from the Moscow government will discuss key issues related to developing residential suburbs and industrial zones in megacities. Specific speakers include Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Deputy Mayors Marat Khusnullin, Anastasia Rakova, Natalia Sergunina, Maxim Liksutov, and Leonid Pechatnikov, who will address topics like transportation infrastructure, citizen participation, housing policy, and improving quality of life. The forum partners with leading Russian companies and is supported by various media outlets.

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2. Members of the Moscow Government
will discuss topical issues in relation to
RESIDENTIAL SUBURBS of megacities
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Sergei Sobyanin
Mayor of Moscow
On 5-7 December at the Third Moscow
Urban Forum, representatives of the
Moscow Government will make a series
of presentations on the most pressing
issues related to the development
of Moscow. Experts will focus on key
topics affecting life in the residential
suburbs and industrial zones of
megacities: economics, social policy,
development of transportation,
culture, ecology and the urban
environment.
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ayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin will speak
on the Forum’s second day during the plenary
session “Moscow reforms: implementation
experience, assessment of results and significance
for success beyond the centre», during which
he will discuss the major changes in relation to
transport, infrastructure and the urban environment
that occurred during the past year in Moscow, and
determine key projects.
A balanced governance policy is key to the
sustainable development of rapidly growing cities.
The principles for the formation and implementation
of development strategies for megacities taking into
current requirements, as well as the main models
for urban planning and governance of modern
agglomerations will be discussed by Deputy Mayor
for Urban Development and Construction, Marat
Khusnullin, during his speech at the Forum. Together
with other experts, during the final plenary session
the head of the Moscow construction complex will
discuss the most interesting ideas voiced at the
Forum, as well as determine key approaches to the
development of peripheral areas of Moscow.
Creating a city that meets the needs of residents is
not possible without their active participation. The
authorities of megacities around the world are in
search of the optimal balance between local interests
and those of the city as a whole. Deputy Mayor of
Moscow and Chief of Staff to the Mayor and the
Moscow Government, Anastasia Rakova, will make
a presentation on the most effective mechanisms
for taking into account the interests of citizens
and involving them in resolving urban issues, the
implementation of strategic development projects
with interaction between different social groups.
Housing problems are a key area of focus for the
administrations of most cities. Housing prices are
increasing while the quality of the urban environment
is not improving.
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3. Anastasia
Rakova
Deputy Mayor
of Moscow and
Chief of Staff
to the
Mayor and
the Moscow
Government
Natalya
Sergunina
Deputy Mayor
of Moscow for
Economic Policy
and
Property and Land
Relations
Effective housing policy strategies that ensure an
acceptable quality of life for citizens, opportunities
provided by the rental housing market and other
models for the effective use of real estate to resolve
housing problems will be discussed by Deputy Mayor
for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations,
Natalia Sergunina. She will also participate in the
plenary session «Creating new centres of attraction in
the city: approaches and projects that have changed
cities», which will cover issues related to the formation
of new points of attraction in the city: technological
and financial hubs, cultural centres, etc.
One of the sore points for the world’s largest
megacities is the issue of transport accessibility.
What is the current situation in relation to transport
infrastructure planning on the scale of the Moscow
agglomeration, what innovative approaches can be
used in transport planning and how the introduction
of paid parking around the perimeter of the centre will
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Marat
Khusnullin
Head of the
Moscow
Department
for Urban
Development
and
Construction
Maxim
Liksutov
Deputy Mayor
of Moscow for
Transportation
and
Development
of Road
Infrastructure
Leonid
Pechatnikov
Deputy Mayor
of Moscow for
Social Policy
help coordinate traffic flows – the answers to these
and other questions will be included in the speech by
Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Development of
Road Transport Infrastructure, Maxim Liksutov.
Deputy Mayor for Social Development, Leonid
Pechatnikov, will raise the issue of improving the
quality of the urban environment and social standards,
and talk about ways to resolve these problems
based on the experience of megacities in developing
countries. How to ensure improvement in the quality
of life in areas where residents have limited access to
essential social services, who should initiate changes,
and how the actions of the authorities, citizens and
social entrepreneurs should be combined – these
questions will be discussed by the speaker and
experts during the session.
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4. The Moscow Urban Forum proudly
presents its partners
The Official Partners of the Third Moscow Urban Forum
“Megacities: Success Beyond the Centre”, taking place
on 5-7 December in the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall,
include leading Russian companies in the construction
and energy spheres: Tashir, City-XXI Century and INTEKO
development companies, and the vertically-integrated
oil company Gazprom Neft.
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or the third consecutive year,
the General Partner of the
Moscow Urban Forum is
Russia’s largest diversified holding
– Tashir. Established in 1999, today
Tashir unites more than 200 leading
companies in various sectors of the
Russian economy.
Tashir owns and manages assets
in production, financial, and
construction industries; power,
telecommunications, housing-public
utilities, and the fuel and energy
sectors in Russia and abroad. The
foundation of Tashir’s activities is
construction, development and
energy. The company’s portfolio of
more than 70 properties includes
residential real estate, office
blocks, shopping malls, industrial
buildings, hotels, hospitals and other
infrastructure, with a total area of
approximately 5 million square metres.
The full implementation cycle for these
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properties is performed by Tashir
companies.
The Cascade energoholding, which is
part of the Tashir group of companies,
performs the full range of activities
in the sphere of heat and electricity
supply, design, construction and
engineering. Cascade is a long-term
and reliable partner of the Moscow
City Hall, having implemented
dozens of successful projects with
the city, including the illumination
of courtyards, streets and iconic
landmarks of the Russian capital.
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he Forum is supported by another
large Russian development
company, City-XXI Century, which
is also the Official Partner of the joint
project with the Strelka Institute for
Media, Architecture and Design, and
the Moscow Urban Forum – the “What
Moscow Wants” exhibition. City-XXI
Century has been on the real estate
development market since 1997
and is a part of Novard Corporation.
The investment portfolio of the
company includes 50 commercial
and residential projects in Moscow
and the Moscow Region. City-XXI
Century creates and develops largescale investment programmes for the
creation of new microdistricts, with
individually designed architectural and
planning solutions, and developed
infrastructure.
Since 2010 the company has
presented a new product – Minipolis.
Its idea involves the organisation
of a common living space, which
includes not only modern real estate,
infrastructure and services, but also
an environment for active social
communication. For this product the
company was acclaimed in the Urban
Awards-2012 under the nomination
“For a conceptual contribution to the
real estate market and creation of
a new real estate model”.
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5. The Moscow Urban Forum proudly
presents its partners
Gazprom Neft and INTEKO are Official
Partners of the Moscow Day of the Forum
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azprom Neft is one of the
largest companies in the
Russian oil & gas industry. It
is a vertically integrated company
primarily engaged in oil & gas
exploration and production, the sale
and distribution of crude oil, and the
production and sale of petroleum
products. The company controls the
Moscow Oil Refinery, which provides
approximately 40% of the demand for
petroleum products in the Moscow
region. Gazprom Neft is implementing
large-scale modernisation of the
Moscow Oil Refinery, which has
resulted in a significant reduction in
the plant’s impact on the environment.
In addition, ahead of the deadlines
established by the government, in
of concepts, architectural design
and construction of facilities, to their
sale and subsequent operation.
INTECO’s priorities include the
revival of the domestic construction
industry on a qualitatively new level
and the implementation of integrated
development projects for large-scale
construction of housing in various
regions of Russia.
2013 the plant was fully converted to
production of gasoline and diesel fuel
of the 5th Environmental Class. The
use of 5th Class fuel produced by the
Moscow Oil Refinery will allow harmful
emissions from vehicles in Moscow
to be reduced by 25% in 2014,
greatly improving the quality of life of
Muscovites.
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NTECO is one of Russia’s leading
developers and a recognised
industry expert in the field of
urbanism. INTECO’s investment
portfolio consists of more than 2.6
million square metres of real estate,
with various functions and levels
of complexity in Moscow and the
Russian regions. INTECO performs
the full cycle of work on the highest
professional level: from the creation
artners of the Third Moscow
Urban Forum also include
the following companies: AFI
Development, Capital Group, IBM in
Russia CIS, MR Group, ArtKvartal,
Auchan, AFK Sistema, Barkli, GUTA
Development, DonStroy, ENKA TC,
MonArch Group, Pioneer Group, PIK
Group, Terra Aury, the Tushino 2018
city development project and TEN
Group.
About the Moscow Urban Forum:
The Moscow Urban Forum is
an international conference on
city development, urbanism
and associated disciplines. It is
held annually in Moscow under
the auspices of the Moscow
Government. The key theme of
the 2013 Forum is «Megacities:
Success Beyond the Centre».
The Forum’s international
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partner is the Urban Land
Institute. The Forum is held
in conjunction with the World
Bank. The Moscow Urban
Forum is a platform for
exchanging experience, where
the leaders of the largest cities
of Russia and the world can
discuss pressing topics and
projects with representatives
of the international expert
community.
In 2012 speakers at the
Moscow Urban Forum included
such world-renowned experts
as advisor to the Mayor of
London, Tim Campbell; guru
of world urbanism, Jan Gehl;
former Mayor of Chicago,
Richard Daley; Director of
the MIT Mobile Experience
Lab at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology,
Federico Casalegno; leading
specialist on creative clusters
and Director of Create Berlin,
Robert Eysoldt, and many
more.
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6. Media partners of the Third Moscow
Urban Forum include Russian and foreign
mass media
The Forum 2013 promises to be one of the most significant events in the life
of the city and to draw public attention to issues related to the development
of districts in outer areas of cities. Traditionally the Forum’s media partners
include leading national and international mass media.
T
he Moscow Urban Forum 2013
will be covered by major business,
political and thematic publications,
news channels and radio stations,
popular web resources and other media
outlets from different countries.
The Moscow Urban Forum’s Exclusive
TV Partners are major domestic news
channels broadcasting around the clock
– Russia 24, Moscow 24 and Russia
Today, which will carry live broadcasts
from the Forum’s venues. In addition,
the role of the Forum’s TV Special
Partner will be performed by the Dozhd
independent news channel, and the
Forum’s Exclusive Multimedia Partner
will be Russia’s first business radio
station, Business FM.
Among publications enjoying the
status of the Forum’s Exclusive Media
are key Russian business and special
publications – Expert magazine, the
RBC Daily newspaper, and the leading
international magazine on design and
architecture, AD/Architectural Digest.
Exclusive rights to cover the Forum
have also been granted to the largest
publication of the Russian Internet, the
socio-political portal Gazeta.ru, the
RBC Real Estate themed resource, the
popular online edition on city life The
Village, as well as the Smart City of the
Future project of Russia’s largest media
holding, RIA Novosti.
Event Media Partners include the
business magazines Profile and BRICS,
the BFM.ru information portal, and the
professional architectural magazines
Project Russia and the TATLIN project by
Snob. The Forum is also supported by
the Theory and Practice online platform,
which unites people, communities and
organisations in the search for, promotion
and monetisation of knowledge.
Serious interest in the discussions
and events unfolding in the Manezh
Exhibition Hall is being shown by foreign
media outlets – the Xinhua news agency
(China); magazines Cities Today (UK)
and Volume (Netherlands); architectural
web resources ArchDaily and Archello,
as well as the international application
Russia Beyond the Headlines (RBTH).
Gorod publication. The Moskovskie
Novosti newspaper is the Festival Day’s
Exclusive Partner. The Rossiyskaya
Gazeta and the Golos Rossii radio station
are General Partners of the Festival Day.
The Official Guide of the Festival Day of
the Third Moscow Urban Forum is the
Bolshoi Gorod magazine, and the Federal
Press agency is responsible for regional
media partnership. The Festival’s Special
Partners, the Vechernaya Moskva
newspaper and the Cityboom project
of the M24.ru portal, will also focus on
the events of the Forum’s final day. The
Official Radio of the Festival’s events is
the Shokolad radio station.
The final day of the Forum, the City
Festival taking place on 7 December,
will be remembered by the Forum’s
participants and guests due to its packed
schedule that will be covered in detail by
the Festival Day’s Media Partners. The
Official Events Partner is the Afisha-
The Official Media Partner of the Forum
and Festival is the Interfax Information
Services Group. The Forum’s Special
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7. The Forum is about to begin. Registration for the Forum
has already been completed, but those who will be unable
to attend the event itself in the Manezh Exhibition Hall will
be able to follow the work of the largest urban platform
online.
Broadcasts of the Third Moscow Urban Forum will be
available online at http://mosurbanforum.ru/online/, and it
will be possible to follow the presentations of speakers on
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mosurbanforum,
VKontakte at https://vk.com/mosurbanforum and Twitter
at https://twitter.com/mosurbanforum
In addition, the most interesting presentations by
speakers, plenary sessions and heated discussions in
key sessions will be broadcast live on the Forum’s official
television channels «Russia 24» and «Moscow 24».
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