2018

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1980s  1990s  2000s  – 2010s –  2020s  2030s  2040s
Years:	2015 2016 2017 – 2018 – 2019 2020 2021

2018 (MMXVIII) will be a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar.

Predicted events

• January 1 – Estonia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the United Kingdom.
• February will not experience a completely realized full moon this year
• July 1 – Presidential elections in Mexico.
• July 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Estonia.
• July 27 – Mars will make its closest approach to Earth since 2003. It will not be as close as the 2003 opposition.
• August 11 – The final Drum Corps International World Championship to be held in the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, after an 11-year run.
• September 16 – Swedish general election for the Riksdag.
• November 6 – United States mid-term elections.

Unknown dates

• China's One-child policy is expected to end.
• 2018 Winter Olympics – Host city will be chosen in 2011.
• 2018 Commonwealth Games – Host city will be chosen in 2011.
• The London Convention, which prevents sea dumping, expires.
• 2018 FIFA World Cup (host country scheduled to be chosen in 2011)
• Researchers and investors in space elevator technology hope to start funding the construction of the first elevator by 2031.
• NASA currently projects that its Vision for Space Exploration program will reach the Moon by 2018.
• USAF 2018 Bomber project to likely replace B-52 and even B-1 has been mandated to enter service sometime this year.
• Aurora Programme aerocapture and soft landing technology demonstrator for Mars.
• The International nuclear fusion project ITER is expected to be completed.
• The Helium Centennial Time Columns Monument is expected to be opened 50 years after the time capsule was locked in 1968.
• According to notable futurist Ray Kurzweil, by 2018 “there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.”
• The Fehmarn Belt bridge is expected to be completed.
• The Giant Magellan Telescope will be completed.

In fiction

Computer and video games

Games set in 2018:

• Krazy Ivan (1996)
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005)
• Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (2007)

Movies

• Rollerball (1975)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• I Spit on Your Rave (2010)
• Iron Sky (2011)

Literature

• Halting State (2007) by Charles Stross.

Television series

• The storyline for the sci-fi television series seaQuest DSV begins in 2018.
• The second season of Code Geass takes place in 2018.

Science

• 1,000 petaflops 100 million core computer
• Driverless Cars
• Exomars launch