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ICAN 2023 WAS HELD ON AUGUST 26 ,
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ABIPIR ARE HELPING TO MODEL VIRTUALLY IN TORONTO, CANADA

THE INNOVATORS OF THE FUTURE. International Invention And Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN

2023 Report
The 8 annual edition of the International Invention Innovation Competition in
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Canada, iCAN 2023, was held virtually in Toronto, Canada. This was the 3 rd
year in which the event was held virtually. The competition progressed in two
stages: (1) The Preliminaries and (2) The Finals.
The Preliminaries: The Preliminaries was open for six months, from January
15 to July 15, where applicants were required to complete and submit their
application forms by email. The preliminary was the initial stage for the ap-
plicants to qualify for the competition and proceed to the Finals. All applica-
tions were reviewed by the Organizing Committee and jury Members to verify
the legitimacy of presented entries (inventions, innovative products, scientific
research projects, etc.) and to check if the nature of ideas met the qualifica-
tion protocols for entering the competition. Once applications pass the initial
checks, the ideas are then evaluated through word descriptions, images, and/
or other external links and media sources.
For six months, the Organizing Committee and jury reviewed a total of 621
applications from 50 countries and qualified 491 applications to proceed to
the Finals, of which 246 applications competed in the Finals. The jury exam-
ined the written descriptions and visual data provided in the application forms
to nominate the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal Winners and to proceed them
to the Finals.
Any incomplete applications or proposals with unacceptable contents/themes
of hazardous means were initially filtered out and disqualified from the Pre-
liminaries. Applicants who failed to maintain consistent email communication
with the iCAN Team (Management & Coordination of the Registrar) were also
eliminated from the competition roster for holding a long-term incomplete
status for their submissions.
The Finals: Applicants who have fulfilled the essential requirements of the
Preliminaries were qualified to proceed to the Finals, where they were asked to
submit a video presentation of their nominated innovations for further exam-
ination and review by the Jury for the selection process of the Finals Award IFIA Magazine Septeber 2023
Winners. The Finals Awards featured the Grand Prize, Semi-Grand Prize, Best
Invention Awards (Various Categories), Canadian Special Awards by the host
organizations (ICO, TISIAS & Inventors Circle), and International Special Awards
sponsored by official delegations allocated in iCAN 2023.

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