The team representing the Department of Health in Emergencies and Disasters, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), has successfully advanced to the semi-final stage of the III International Student and Young Scientist Project Competition, currently being held in Moscow, Russia.

The competition, titled SMART CITY 2030: Sustainable Urban Development Management in BRICS Countries, is organized within the framework of the BRICS+ Foresight Arena event.

The team, competing under the name Persian Gulf, is led by Dr. Abbas Ostadtaghizadeh and includes Pouya Nematzad Khamsi, a PhD candidate in Health in Emergencies and Disasters, and Zahra Rostami.

The project submitted by the team, entitled "An Intelligent System for Predicting and Managing Elderly Safety in Urban Environments,"has been selected among the top entries to proceed to the semi-final round.

The official semi-finalist diploma, dated 6 October 2026, was issued by the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.