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iENA 2017 tional strong potential for innovations to the fair. To support this partnership, the Malaysian ambassador
visited the iENA fair on the last day and was impressed by the innovative power of the iENA. The ambassador
was also pleased about the outstanding awards for the Malaysian innovations.
Writes a The inventors and start-ups also benefited from consulting services offered during specialist presentations

New Chapter and forum programs by Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), OPEV (Austrian Association of Innovators,

Patent holders and Inventors) and VDI.
of Success For the first time in years, representatives of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy were pres-

Stories ent at the iENA and provided information on the WIPANO subsidiary program, which is pointing out what

financing options and support there are.

The International Invention Fair iENA 2017
in Nuremberg unveiled 850 inventions from
31 countries enabling the participants to ex-
change knowledge, license negotiations and had the opportunity to initiate first contract and licensing
turn their innovations into success stories. negotiations.
Over 11.000 visitors visited iENA 2017 express-
ing their excitement at such outstanding dis- A distinguishing feature of this year’s iENA was the par-
play of world inventions. ticipation of a new group of visitors from the Association
of German Engineers (VDI) thanks to the partnership es-
Another highlight of iENA 2017 was the active tablished between VDI and iENA which helped to promote
presence of a plenty of entrepreneurs and in- offers and potentials for inventors.
vestors visiting the exhibition in the search for
new ideas and technologies. Several inventors Malaysia, as partner of the iENA 2017, brought an addi-

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