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gration approach between Palexpo and IFIA garding the establishment of a second
during these years, I believe that awesome headquarters office in California, United
collaboration can create new opportunities States, and the election of the First Deputy
for inventors all around the world. President, which was eventually approved
The brilliant collaboration demonstrates dis- by the assembly.
cussing the valuable subject matter, the lat- During the meeting, the activity reports of
est deserved innovations, and the chance for various IFIA departments were presented
important industry professionals to network by their respective managers. Mr. Rastegar
in the common ecosystem. proposed the establishment of a regional
Mr. David Taji-Farouki, IFIA Senior Advisor, office of the Federation in Kuwait, which
discussed the progress of the Federation was approved by the General Assembly.
over the past eight years, including its re- In addition, Mr. Alireza Rastegar has ap-
markable growth in membership, the unveil- pointed four new vice presidents with the
ing of over 40 projects, and collaboration following details:
with IFIA members. 1- Mr. John Calvert from USA
Mr. Yo Tae Soo, Vice President of the Korea 2- Dr. Michal Szota from Poland
Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), deliv- 3- Mrs. Elinora Inga Sigurdardottir from Ice-
ered a speech on KIPA’s activities in South land IFIA Magazine Septeber 2023
Korea and their joint projects with IFIA. 4- Mr. Zoran Barisic from Croatia
The President of the Federation requested 5- Mr. Winfried Sturm from Germany
the General Assembly to approve amend- Furthermore, twenty-five countries were
ments to the Federation’s constitution re- elected by the General Assembly as mem-

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