According to the information center of national elites foundation, Sorena Sattari, the vice
president for science and technology affairs, talked about the formation of the
foundation for innovation and creativity by turning Tehran into a smart city on
the opening ceremony of festival and exhibition of “Smart City” in the presence
of mayor of Tehran and knowledge-based companies. In this regard, he stated:
all sections of the city must be turned into a proper foundation for
development of creativity and innovations of educated youth and their moving
toward the path of entrepreneurship. He mentioned the elimination of
limitations in this area, expressing: limitations will be removed from smart
cities and universities will be turned into a part of urban furniture, helping
the city toward the path of development and progress.

President of the knowledge-based economy, technology and science
development headquarter pointed out that smart city guide citizens toward
innovation and creativity by presenting new concepts, affirming: in the near
future, education will not be limited to traditional methods, and education
will continue from birth to death. Therefore, a creative city with new methods
will educate citizens at all times, introducing new concepts of innovation and
technology.

The vice president for science and technology affairs regarded
government employment to be contradictory with the spirit of innovation and
creativity.

Sattari considered the formation of innovation and
entrepreneurship ecosystem as the only solution to leave this culture.

According to Sattari, activities of more than 3500 knowledge-based
companies and thousands of startups are due to the formation of
entrepreneurship ecosystem and income of 400 billion for the country are some
of the achievements of activities of these businesses.

President of the national elites foundation regarded creative and
efficient human resource as the most important basis of smart city.

Growth of Startup Occupation by Smart City

In this conference, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, minister of
information and communication technology, regarded the solving of challenge of
occupation and innovation based on information and communication technologies
startups as one of the achievements of smart city.

Minister of communication also emphasized the formation of
indicators in this type of city.

Participation of People and Organizations in the Formation of
Smart City

Mohammad Ali Najafi, mayor of Tehran, regarded the participation
of people as an essential part of successful implementation of smart city.

Visit of Achievements of Active Startups in the Area of Smart City

Along with the conference, the vice president for science and
technology affairs, along with the mayor of Tehran, visited the exhibition of
technological achievements of 50 startups and knowledge-based companies in the
area of urban new services, smart education, urban and environmental
management.

Conference of smart city of Tehran will be held March 4^th-5^th,2018
in Milad Tower of Tehran by the support of the municipality of Tehran and
support of the Vice-Presidency to hold six key lectures, 11 specialized
workshops and specialized panels in seven areas and competition of 50
specialized startups in the area of smart city.