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IFIA

& HKTDC Co-Sponsor

Inventors to Attend

SmartBiz Expo

The HKTDC SmartBiz Expo 2017
took place from 6 to 8 December
2017 in Hong Kong Convention and
Exhibition Center. IFIA has been co-
operating with HKTDC for the last
three years in the organization of
“The Envision Lot”, one of the high-
lights of SmartBiz Expo, to feature
global inventions and gather new
inventive concepts and prototypes
from inventors from around world.

This year, IFIA and HKTDC co-
sponsored the representation of
10 inventions from Russian Federa- IFIA President, Alireza Rastegar was invited to deliver the opening re-
tion, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, marks. He stated “SmartBiz Expo has provided an excellent opportunity
Australia, Iceland, Croatia and In- both for the providers and the seekers of innovative technologies to
dia. “The Envision Lot” provided a become familiar with the new trends in this field and to recognize the
golden opportunity for inventors needs of societies". Then he added "Networking for International Inven-
to reach out to potential investors, tors program is definitely one of the best events for creating a network
meet with manufacturers, seek op- between these two groups of people who can exchange their ideas and
portunities to commercialize their license or commercialize the inventions. The final aim of every inventor is
inventions, and publicize the inven- to commercialize the inventions or innovations and this is an outstand-
tions to visitors from worldwide. ing chance for the innovators to produce or market their fruits of mind”.

As agreed between IFIA and HK-
TDC, a program titled “Networking
for International Inventors” was or-
ganized on December 7 in Smart
Lab B gathering inventors and po-
tential investors to exchange ideas
and explore the chances of com-
mercialization.

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