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Poland’s Largest Exhibition The 11th edition of the International Exhibition of In-

ventions “IWIS 2017” was held on October 9-11, 2017
International Warsaw Invention Show: in the Main Hall of the Warsaw University of Technol-
ogy. As in previous years, the event was organized by
the Association of Polish Inventors and Innovators in
cooperation with the Polish Patent Office and the
Warsaw University of Technology.

Once again, the exhibition IWIS 2017 was held under
the auspices of the Republic of Polish Andrzej Duda.
Among the patronage of this year’s show were the
Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Inter-
national Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA),
the European Association of Inventors (AEI), the Pol-
ish Federation of Engineering Associations, Polish
Chamber of Chemical Industry, the Main Council of
the Research Institutes RGiB and the Marshal of the
Mazowieckie Voivodeship in Warsaw Adam Struzik.
ish science and techniques to create the oppor-
IWIS is Poland’s largest international exhibition dedi- tunity at establishment of commercial contracts
cated to the promotion of invention and innovation. by Polish inventors, and the ability to implement
During the 11th edition solutions from 32 countries innovations to the industry, which can affect the
including Romania, Malaysia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croa- growth of competitiveness of the Polish econo-
tia, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Iran, Taiwan, Thailand, my.
United Arab Emirates, and China were featured. Pol-
ish inventors showcased 138 solutions in various
fields of science which together with foreign inven-
tors made up more than 400 solutions. They are a re-
view of technical achievements some of which have
found their place in the industry and partly awaiting
implementation.

Thanks to the financial support of the Ministry of Sci-
ence and Higher Education, the Association of Pol-
ish Inventors and Innovators had the opportunity to
organize this year’s exhibition IWIS which exhibited
innovative products and technologies from about 50
polish units of science (research institutes, colleges
and universities).

The main task of IWIS is to help in presenting Polish
and foreign entrepreneurs the achievements of Pol-

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