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March 2019
March 2019
IFIA Mag azine
IFIA Mag azine

THE HIGHEST RECORD OF Following the exhibition & judging
was the international seminar by Mr.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES IN Howard Lim, President of “HOW Cre-

ative”. Since the first edition of iCAN in
ICAN 2018 2016, Mr. Lim has been taking a major
role in the event as the main speaker
of the international seminar as well
iCAN 2018 “The Finals” took place on September 1st sectors of the world. as the co-chairman of the jury in the
at North York Memorial Community Hall in Toronto The jury committee of iCAN 2018 Finals features both exhibition. This year, he extended to
where Finalists from 19 out of 44 countries were in local and international experts, endorsed individuals share a much more detailed tips and
attendance from around the world. and professionals in the field of invention, innovative know-hows for a successful and effec-
research, intellectual property, new product promo- tive business branding strategies to
The Finals consisted of 3 major programs including tions, business branding as well as university profes- reach greater wealth and opportuni-
the Finalists Exhibition and Judging, Seminar, and sors of engineering and science, tradeshow experts, ties.
the Award Ceremony. The exhibition showcased representatives of inventor associations, networks,
a total of 149 inventions & innovations on display forums – altogether as a joint committee of North The award ceremony was conducted
which were introduced to the jury, international del- America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, and Af- as the highlight of the event, start-
egations, co-exhibitors, and other attendees, visitors rica which maximized the Finals standard level of ing with the presentation of Gold/
and guests that gathered from multi-continental judging and evaluation. Silver/Bronze award winners of the
Preliminaries, followed by the an-
nouncement of the Finals’ top award
winners such as international delega-
tions’ Special Awards, Best Invention
Awards for national, continental and
individual categories and the winners
of Semi-Grand Prize, and the Grand
Prize.

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