The forum will become a platform to find answers to what is the economic activity in the historic areas, what are its limitations and opportunities, what is the secret of success of the established development projects, what are the risks and what do modern developers create in the historic center, what methods of design and identity preservation are used by the regions. The main task of the forum is to collect and analyze the best practices and cases in this area both in Russia and in a number of foreign countries. To offer methodological recommendations on the implementation of best practices in the work of the regions and the federal center. Special attention is planned to be paid to building materials that are used in construction on historical territories.