As reported, this year the event will be held under the theme “Smart City, Smart Country”, sponsored by the BRICS Business Council, and to which more than 50 countries were invited to participate in the business program of the meeting.

The strategic objective of the event is to identify key innovative objectives and ways to achieve them through direct dialogue between companies and key government regulators and customers.

Participants will exchange experiences with leading Russian and international experts in the digital transformation of state and municipal government, construction, education, healthcare, tourism, transportation, road construction and operation, housing and communal services, and energy.

The Smart City project has been implemented since 2018 as part of the national plans on Housing and Urban Environment and Digital Economy of the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia.

At the previous meeting, the participation of more than 100 thousand people was reached and was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin, other members of the government and heads of the country’s regions.

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