The 9th Annual Marketplace of the Future
Back for our NINTH annual event, Marketplace of the Future is a new take on the 1939 New York World’s Fair, which was dubbed “The World of Tomorrow” and featured new inventions such as the fluorescent light bulb, air-conditioning, and television.
We're here to show climate solutions in the same light - novel now, normal soon.
First thing's first. We're beyond honored and grateful for our 2025 event host Location05! Location05 is a hidden gem located in Hudson Yards right off the highline. Beautiful white box studios and sun drenched rooms will be ready to being the 9th annual MOTF to life!
The 2025 MOTF Run of Show!
🟢 Noon doors open
🌎 1pm panels start
🏗️ 7pm reset for night program
🪩 8pm special evening program in partnership with Black Oak Collective and Bye Bye Plastic
MOTF Daytime Activities Noon - 7pm
The Pinterest HOME OF THE FUTURE, Climate Solution Exhibitors, Panel Discussions, Art, Live Jazz, Workshops, Open Bar with OVO Vodka, and PLNT Burgers all day!
2025 Exhibitor Hall:
Pinterest Home of the Future including Gradient, Copper, One Clear Drop, Brooklyn Solar Works, BioLite and Precycle with a DIY wreath making workshop and Pinterest Collage Station!
Lucky Three Eats
Botanical Future
Climate Diva
Panel Discussions on the 9th Floor
1:00: The Role of Climate Optimism with Pinterest, Imagine5, Grist, Tom Toro, moderated by Anne Therese
2:30 - 3:30: Project Drawdown presents... Rewriting Narratives from Brick City to the World: Climate Solutions Rooted in Newark (featuring Matt Scott, Bilal Walker, Nathaly Agosto Filion, Anthony Diaz, Christian Rodriguez, and Nicole Hewitt-Cabral)
4:00 - 5:00: Demystifying Local Law 97 with Earth Day Initiative and US Green Building Council
6:00 - 7:00: Intersectional Environmentalist presents a Live Podcast Recording - The Joy Report: Seaweed Stories As Climate Solutions
7:00 - 8:00: Resetting the exhibitor hall for MOTF at Night, if you're here, feel free to chill, grab a drink, mingle, explore the Pinterest Home of the Future, and hang tight as we reset the vibe for Bye Bye Plastic and Black Oak Collective
🪩 Special Evening Program starting at 8pm 🪩
Around 8 o'clock, once our panels and program have been completed, you're invited to grab a drink and enjoy a special evening program hosted by Black Oak Collective and Bye Bye Plastic.
8:00pm - 9:30pm: Bye Bye Plastic hosts Climate Consciousness & Paradigm Shifts: Nightlife to the Rescue with Marissa Feinberg, Founder of Psychedelics for Climate Action; Peter Mercury, Eco-Organizer at the House of Yes; Camille Guitteau, Co-Fonder of Bye Bye Plastic; Jeffrey Garcia, Executive Director of the NYC Office of Nightlife; Eli Goldstein, Co-Founder of DJs for Climate Action; Zsoltd Bendel, Founder of Cup-Zero; Madame Gandi, Artist & DJ; and Rada Agrawal, Co-Founder and CEO of Daybrkr
9:30pm - 10:30pm: Incredible fashion show by the Black Oak Collective!
10:30pm - 2am: An incredible lineup curated by Bye Bye Plastic: Madame Gandhi, Destructo, Eli Fola, Sage Bava, and Eli Soul Clap. With DJ equipment provided by Alpha Theta.
Drinks all day provided by Ovo Vodka - a mission based vodka brand working to clean the Ocean with each sale!
MOTF 2025 Featured Artist - Ramazan Nanayev
Metamorphosis of Violence
Metamorphosis of Violence, created by artist and filmmaker Ramazan Nanayev, begins with a stark truth: arms manufacturing and the military-industrial complex are among the world’s greatest drivers of human and climate destruction. They mine rare metals, burn fossil fuels, and scar fragile ecosystems — all while fueling domestic violence and waging wars for profit. In response, Ramazan and his team reclaim decommissioned and training weapons, transforming them into brushes that create new life on canvas. In partnership with initiatives that convert weapons into gardening tools, the project extends this transformation beyond the studio — from canvas to soil, from rupture to renewal. Each splatter becomes both wound and bloom, turning instruments of harm into acts of resistance and repair.
This preview offers an early glimpse of the series, with the complete body of work to be unveiled later this year.