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March 2019
IFIA Mag azine

The 12th edition of the International Exhibition of Inventions “IWIS March 2019 IFIA Mag azine
2018” was held on October 15-17, 2018 in the Main Hall of the War-
saw University of Technology. As in previous years, the event was
organized by the Association of Polish Inventors and Rationalizers in
cooperation with the Polish Patent Office and the Warsaw University
of Technology.

Once again, the exhibition IWIS 2018 was held under the auspices of
the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. Among the
patronage of this year’s show were the Ministry of Science and High-
er Education, the International Federation of Inventors’ Associations
(IFIA), the European Association of Inventors (AEI), the Polish Federa-
tion of Engineering Associations NOT, the Polish Chamber of Chemi-
cal Industry, the Main Council of the Research Institutes RGiB.

IWIS is Poland’s largest international exhibition dedicated to the pro-
motion of invention and innovation. During the 12th edition, solu-
tions from 25 countries, including Romania, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Can-
ada, Croatia, Indonesia, Iran, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates,
China, Russia and Poland were presented. Polish inventors presented
190 solutions in various fields of science, adding up to 400 solutions
including foreign inventors, which are a review of technical achieve-
ments, some of which have found their place in the industry, and
partly awaiting for implementation.

The main task of the International Exhibition of Inventions IWIS is to
present achievements of polish scientist and inventors to national
and foreign entrepreneurs and institutions. This creates the opportu-
nity to establish commercial contracts for implementation of innova-
tions to the industry contributing to the growth of polish economy.
Other important aim of IWIS is to promote innovative attitude and
innovation-based perception of the world among young people,
which can be the motor for taking on new challenges.

Finally Grand Prix IWIS 2018 went to Military University of Technol-
ogy from Poland for “NERVE – biomedical system for monitoring
epilepsy and assessing the effectiveness of medical treatment of
children suffering from epilepsy”.

The Main Award of International Federation of Inventors’ Associa-
tions (IFIA) was granted to Central Mining Institute from Poland for
the invention “Eco Patrol”.

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