Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2021 Nominee

The Smart City Pavilion at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH EXPO)


Description

The Smart City Pavilion is a free permanent exhibition of Smart City technologies at the Main Exhibition of Moscow – VDNH.
The exhibition consists of 6 interactive zones presenting technologies and electronic services of the modern city. Each zone represents the main areas of urban life - education, healthcare, landscaping, transport, housing and communal services and others. Guests discover technologies, programs and online services that allow residents to access public services, and the city to effectively solve daily tasks.
Visitors can watch multimedia installations that demonstrate how "smart" sensors control traffic and much more.
Also, they interactively get acquainted with projects like Moscow Electronic School (MES) and other modern educational services that help students to study effectively and allow parents to feel calm for their child.
Visitors can take a virtual tour of a self-driving taxi, turn on architectural lighting in Moscow, grow a tree with "Our Tree" program for young parents, learn about patient-oriented healthcare, get acquainted with Mos.ru portal, etc.
On October 26, 2020, a 5G demo center was arranged in the pavilion, which is engaged in the search, testing and support of city services based on fifth generation network technologies. The 5G demo center site allows the business community to test their developments, and city structures to decide on the feasibility of their implementation. The first working groups of developers will begin to work in the pavilion as soon as the restrictions associated with the pandemic are lifted.

Project website

https://www.mos.ru/city/projects/smartcityvdnh/


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C3. Access to information and knowledge
  • AL C6. Enabling environment
  • AL C9. Media 2021
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Coverage
  • Moscow, Russian Federation

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2016

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Older persons
  • The entire population of Moscow

Replicability

The project can be adjusted to the technologies of a particular city/region/country, and the project is scalable. The existing experience of building the smart city exposition is available for transfer.


Sustainability

The project is supported by the Government of Moscow and promotes the popularization of smart city technologies among Muscovites and guests of the capital. A visual demonstration of new technologies helps citizens of all ages to visually explore all the possibilities that a modern metropolis presents to them. The exhibition exposition is constantly updated in accordance with the development of urban digital services.


WSIS values promotion

The main goals of the Smart City pavilion are the promotion and popularization of smart city technologies. The exhibition allows people of any age, wealth and education groups to visually get acquainted with the modern technologies in Moscow, and enables SMEs to test their innovative urban solutions.


Entity name

The Department of Information Technologies of Moscow (DIT)

Entity country—type

Russian Federation Government

Entity website

https://www.mos.ru/dit/