Elon Musk will speak at New Knowledge marathon

According to RIA Novosti, Elon Musk, the SpaceX and Tesla leader, will become one of the New Knowledge Russian marathon speakers. "Sergey Lavrov, Dmitry Peskov, German Gref, Sergey Sobyanin, Apple founder Steve Wozniak, Oleg Tinkov, Mikhail Kovalchuk, Valery Gergiev, Elon Musk will speak at the marathon in three days - these are world names and the best specialists in their field", the Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Sergei Kiriyenko said at the opening ceremony of the event.

He noted that it would be a good opportunity for the participants of the event to communicate with the best specialists in their fields and ask them questions.

The New Knowledge Marathon started in Moscow on Thursday and will take place in parallel in St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, and Novosibirsk. The forum program covers the following areas: knowledge, history and culture, sports, IT, industry, science, and technology.

According to the organizers, about 150 speakers will speak during the marathon. A detailed program is available on the official website of the marathon.