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Immersive digital marketplace and party, celebrating a sustainable 2050 and the future-thinking that will get us there #MOTF2021
Welcome to the Fifth Annual Marketplace of the Future! This year's event will be hybrid — online and in-person.
SCHEDULE
Friday, Sept 24
Digital Marketplace
• 12-4pm EST
In-Person Marketplace & Official Climate Week NYC Closing Ceremony
• 7-10pm EST
• Starrett-Lehigh, 601 West 26th Street, Expo Hall
Saturday, Sept 25
Digital Marketplace
• 12-4pm EST
Digital Marketplace
Sept 24 & 25, 12 - 4pm
Inspired by the 1939 New York World's Fair and The Future We Choose, we are partnering with Drawdown Labs to design an interactive, living, breathing, "blueprint" of a sustainable world. Experience a digital world's fair that includes dozens of climate brands, symbols of renewable energy, emissions-free transportation and regenerative agriculture.
In this virtual world you can:
• Explore a virtual map with a small 8-bit avatar
• Interact with hundreds of attendees
• Meet dozens of eco-brands
• Attend talks (talk schedule TBA)
• Find hidden easter eggs
• Discover the known, and some of the not-so-known solutions to climate change
In-Person Marketplace
Sept 24, 7 - 10pm (Vaccines Required)
The in-person event will be at the gorgeous expo hall of our annual host, the Starrett-Lehigh Building in West Chelsea, Manhattan. We are partnering with the Climate Group to host the official Closing Ceremony for Climate Week NYC.
There will be live Jazz by grammy nominated Sammy Miller and the Congregation, zero-waste cups by Cup Zero, live art by Frankie Praga and Matthew Chavez of Subway Therapy.
Please note, we will be doing our best to keep everybody safe and happy by mandating proof of vaccination and ID at the door.
In the expo hall you can:
• Attend the Official Closing Ceremony of Climate Week NYC
• Interact with hundreds of attendees
• Meet 15 eco-brands
• Listen to live jazz by Sammy Miller and the Congregation
• Experience participatory art exhibits by Subway Therapy and Frank Praga
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Future Meets Present