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IFIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018 March 2019 IFIA Mag azine

ORGANIZED ON SEP 14 IN FOSHAN, CHINA

IFIA General Assembly 2018, hosted by China Association of Inventions, was organized on Friday,
14th September in Foshan, China from 10 am to 12 pm with the participation of 38 delegates of
IFIA members.

Before the meeting started, Mr. Zengpei Xuan, CAI Deputy Director welcomed the participants
both to the IEI & WIIF 2018 and to Foshan city and wished them an enjoyable time.

Afterwards, Mr. Raymond Yip, HKTDC Deputy Executive Director who was invited to attend the
event as a distinguished guest, delivered a short speech presenting the platform titled “AsiaIP
Exchange”, a free online intellectual properties trading platform and database connecting users
to the global IP players

Then, IFIA President, Alireza Rastegar, welcomed the participating members and thanked CAI for Mr. Husein Hujic, Mr. Zoran Barisic and Mr. Michal Szota chaired the meeting and counted the votes. Finally,
hosting the General Assembly announcing the official opening of the event. it was announced that Mr. Alireza Rastegar gained 38 votes against 5 votes earned by Mr. Al Naimi and Mr.
Rastegar was re-elected for IFIA Presidency for the next four year mandate 2018-2022.
IFIA activity report covering the period from 2014 to 2018 was presented informing the members
about the projects undertaken to boost IFIA’s performance in the area of commercialization, pat- After that, 25 nominees for IFIA Executive Committee were presented and General Assembly members
ent protection, and promotion of clean technologies. It gained the approval of General Assembly were requested to elect 21 members and cast their votes in the ballot box to act according to IFIA Statutes.
members while appreciating the initiatives taken by IFIA President to develop IFIA at an interna-
tional level. IFIA Directors counted the votes and it was announced that out of the 25 candidates, four of them namely
Mr. Lukas, Zmeskal from Czech Republic, Ms. Teriza J. Ridha from Iraq, Mr. Jalal Alnakasah from Libya and
Next, the financial report of 2017 and 2018 was provided by IFIA Treasurer and approved by the Mr. Fernandez Lopes from Portugal were not admitted as IFIA Executive Committee members for the pe-
General Assembly members. riod of 2018-2020.

As proposed by Mr. Hussein Hujic, IFIA Director, slight modifications were applied on IFIA Statutes Lastly, IFIA President appointed Mr. Yu Huarong, CAI Executive Vice President & Secretary General as one of
article one both in English and French versions. the directors.
Following that, the nominees for IFIA presidency were introduced and the General Assembly
members were requested to cast their votes in the ballot box to act according to IFIA Statutes. The meeting was concluded as IFIA President conferred Executive Committee membership certificate to
The candidates were Adnan Al Ramazani Al Naimi and Alireza Rastegar Abbasalizadeh. the members.

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