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IFIA President Confers

IFIA Gold Medal to

Winfried Sturm

IFIA President, Mr. Alireza Rastegar, awarded
IFIA Gold Medal to Mr. Winfried Sturm, the
Manager of IFIA Youth Network and Interna-
tional Ambassador of Science and Education
during Seoul International Invention Fair
(SIIF) 2017 in order to appreciate the intel-
lectual endeavors he has undertaken to rec-
ognize and promote creativity among young
students.

Aiming for consistent strengthening and de-
velopment among adolescents, Mr. Sturm
has organized several workshops in schools
in such countries as Germany, India, South
Korea, Iran, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Turkey,
and Ireland.

He says: “For over 40 years I’ve been involved the box, they should be permitted to make mistakes so
with nature-scientific school-activities. That’s that the self-consciousness can be well promoted. He
why I know the importance of an early edu- believes “Inexperience is a creative source that needs
cation in Science, Technology, Engineering to be used as child-limitless potential“.
and Math (STEM). All these 4 fields of activity
are the fundamentals for every nation’s fu- His special focus is to build a bridge between world-
ture worldwide. We need engineers who are wide nations and their youth to overcome barriers of
able to use their brain capability to create in- different culture, religion and education, to share our
novative inventions”. world in a peaceful life to overcome the worldwide
challenges.
Mr. Sturm holds the conviction that creativ-
ity is an inborn talent which needs to be rec- Mr. Winfried Sturm is valuable asset for IFIA due to his
ognized, developed, and nurtured through unconditional supports to foster invention and inno-
proper education at an early age. The stu- vation among the young inventors around the world
dents should be encouraged to think outside which is IFIA’s main mission.

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