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came from technology industries, university incu- IFIA Mag azine
bation centers and academic research. Young in-
ventors continued to be a highlight of this event.
Twenty inventions from elementary, middle and
senior high schools, aged from 10 to 18, were dis-
played.

IIDC ATTRACTS 300 lowed inventors to successfully receive orders was a

key feature in the exhibition. During the exhibition,
INTERNATIONAL many of inventors received orders from Hong Kong,
Singapore and many other countries which made
INVENTORS TO HONG KONG them brilliant successes.

IIDC was also supported by International Federation
International Invention & Design Competition (IIDC) was organized between 6 and of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA), with the assistance
8 December 2017 in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, global invention of IFIA and its President, Mr. Alireza Rastegar who
zone by Chinese Innovation and Invention Society (CIIS) in collaboration with Hong drew talented inventors from all over the world and
Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and IFIA. provided two IFIA Best Invention Medals.
The inventions in IIDC exhibition included patents
Categorized in four groups of “innovative technology”, “medical and healthcare”, from all over the world. Half of these inventions
“smart home and building” and “eco and better living”, IIDC 2017 gathered more than
300 inventors and 101 inventions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan,
Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Sweden, Iran, Australia, and China.

With the support of HKTDC, the IIDC competition and exhibition resulted in a fruitful
outcome and came to a successful conclusion. Like many other international invention
exhibitions, the Hong Kong Exhibition was exhibition-competition based; however,
its greatest distinction was that with HKTDC as intermediary, the events were gener-
ally based on the trade of intellectual property rights and partnership with buyers.

In the 3-day exhibition, buyers were able to immediately enquire about commercially
viable inventions and place direct orders, and this active on-site trade channel that al-

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