On September 17, 2026, Moscow will host an international meeting as part of the Second World Puplic Assembly whose motto is the “New World: Values that Unite Us.” The event will be attended by scientists, astronauts, diplomats, educators and activists from many countries who will participate in two major events that day; the first will be a forum on international space cooperation and the second will be a round table on happiness as a universal human value.
Who Organizes the Event?
The World People’s Assembly is the organizer. It describes itself as an international federation of public organizations and citizens that operate in the interests of peace, mutual understanding and sustainable development. The Assembly aims to bring together all the nations of the world for common values and certain moral obligations. The Assembly advocates such principles as unity in diversity, conscious partnership and humanitarian progress through culture and education.
The Assembly consists of a huge structure, where there is a General Council, Advisory Council, Council of Elders, Youth programs, representative offices in various countries, etc. Additionally, the Assembly organizes various forums, cultural projects and co-operation initiatives connecting people across the borders. It is in this context that the September-17 program is emerging, which is focused on how to translate these ideas into actual public discussions.
Morning to Evening: Theme-Space
The main event of the day will be an international forum with the name “Space Without Borders: Uniting the World via Education, Science, Culture, Medicine and Humanitarian Cooperation”. The event is scheduled from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M at the Museum of Cosmonautics in Moscow.
The organizers claim that modern space exploration is much more than rockets and technologies. It has developed into a catalyst of new educational programs, medical breakthroughs, humanitarian initiatives, as well as new ways for the public to engage with science.
The opening session will take place from 3:00 PM until 4:30 PM and will be dedicated to the discussion of utilizing space as a source of inspiration for a new generation of thinkers. Discussion topics will include international education and humanitarian missions and projects, STEM training activities, online educational programs, and advancements in space medicine.
The panel consists of prominent representatives from all across the globe: cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Halit Mirahmetoglu from SpaceAgenda in Türkiye, Muhammad Sharif from the ICESCO in Morocco, engineer William Schneider Rabello from Brazil, a former nurse of NASA Raksana Batsmanova presiding from Spain, and Maxim Novosyolov of the Russian watch manufacture “Russian Time,” The session will be moderated by Alena Kuzmenko, the founder of the UNITY Charity Foundation.
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20 Years of the Russian-Brazilian Cooperation in Space
Between 5 PM and 7 PM, there will be a special anniversary event: “Space Firsthand: 20 Years Since the First Russian-Brazilian Mission.” Two men who were aboard the first mission will tell about their joint flight of the 2006 flight to the ISS: Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian to travel into space.
The event will kick off with an opening speech by Pontes, a former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil from 2019 to 2022 and now a senator in the Federal Senate of Brazil from São Paulo. In his speech, Pontes will share his reflection on the trip he made in 2006 and the function of science and education in modern-day society, as well as what he refers to as “space diplomacy,” which means using peaceful coexistence in space for relations with other countries.
Pentecost will meet Tokarev from 5:30 to 6:30 PM and take a trip down memory lane about cooperating with each other during the trip to the ISS, together with many other astronauts and cosmonauts. At the end of the event, which will be one hour long, the audience will be given the floor and have a chance to ask questions from the participating guests before the ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the mission is held.
Happiness is the Topic of a Separate Event
From 3:00 to 7:00 PM on the same day, the Higher School of Economics will host a different discussion called “Happiness as a Sociocultural Value and a Means of Reaching mutual Understanding.” The round table has been organized by the World People Assembly and the Higher School of Economics and looks at happiness not only as a personal emotion but also as a phenomenon being shaped by culture.
The event will consist of three parts: the first will cover the influence of culture and society on happiness, and the second will discuss how the so-called “Happiness Ambassadors” are to make use of culture and volunteering in the process of public diplomacy, and the third part will shed light on the parameters that may be employed to measure happiness and how it can be applied in making policies.
The speaking team will include psychologists, economists and social workers from various countries including Russia, Nigeria, France, Spain, Congo, and Peru. The organizers of the event are Marina Volkova and David Otujor Okpatuma.
The significance of the Events
The two events of the day share a common theme, namely, utilizing science and cooperative efforts towards space collaboration to create trust beyond our borders. While astronauts share insights and experiences from twenty years of working together, researchers tackle the issue of measuring well-being. The hope is to enable a meaningful discussion which would reunite people regardless of embodied ideas of space travel or human happiness.
