The opening of the forum was accompanied by a large-scale cultural program featuring leading Buryatia creative groups. Guests enjoyed choreographic and vocal performances, elements of national culture, a fashion show, and excerpts from the first Buryat ballet, "Beauty Angara." Before the ceremony, video presentations of creative industries centers in the Far East were shown on screens.
Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexey Tsydenov noted that the forum has become a platform uniting the creative community and the region's economy.