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benefits include international visibility and the headquarters of the Latin American Of-
credibility provided by IFIA, as well as the fice of IFIA-ABIPIR in Latin America, located
potential for connections between startups in the modern and innovative premises of
that can lead to commercial partnerships, the Commercial Association of Foz do Ig-
investor meetings, and customer interac- uassu – ACIFI.
tions.
The event was coordinated by Mrs. Taius- Attention startups, please note that the IFIA
ka Villa de Lima, a competent entrepreneur Startup Global Connection Program will be
and investor in startups. It featured lectures, launched in August. During this time, a pub-
technical panels, innovation shows, and pre- lic call will be published, containing a form
sentations of startup pitches. You can learn where startups can enter their data and
more about the event on its website: www. apply to become members of the program.
summit.iguassuvalley.com.br By joining the program, startups will have
On this occasion, Director Dr. Marcelo Vivac- the opportunity to benefit from the afore-
qua represented President Alireza Rastegar mentioned connections, as well as receive
and presented commendations of merit to an IFIA certificate. This certificate will serve
Director Mariângela Lückimann, recognizing as a seal, facilitating the search for invest-
her tireless work as the head of the Lat- ments and partnerships. The best part is
in American Office of IFIA-ABIPIR. She has that all of this is available at no cost.
undertaken numerous significant activities In addition to Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua and
related to the local Innovation Ecosystem, Mariângela Lückmann, Mr. Anand Kanan
such as the Applied Science, Inventions, In- from India is another member of the Pro-
novations, and Business Fair – InnovaCities, gram’s Board of Experts.
among others. President Alireza personally Before August arrives, we encourage you to
handed over the commendations during the visit the Program page on the IFIA website IFIA Magazine Septeber 2023
IFIA General Assembly held in Geneva, Swit- to learn more about this innovative initia-
zerland. Mr. Celso Luckmann, the Director of tive. It will undoubtedly revolutionize the way
Administration at ABIPIR, also participated in startups interact with each other and create
the event. To close the agenda, we visited their international projection.

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