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iCAN 2024 was hosted virtually

on August 24 in Toronto, Canada
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The 9 annual edition of the International applicants who failed to maintain consistent
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Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, communication via email with the iCAN Team
iCAN 2024 was held virtually in Toronto, Canada. (including the Management and Coordination
This was the 5 years in which the event was of the Registrar) were also removed from
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held virtually. The competition progressed in the competition for maintaining a long-term
two stages: (1) The Preliminaries and (2) The incomplete status on their submissions.
Finals. The Finals: Applicants who met the essential
The Preliminaries: The Preliminaries were requirements of the Preliminaries qualified to
open for a six-month period (January 15 – July proceed to the Finals, where they were asked to
15), during which applicants were required to submit a video presentation of their nominated
complete and submit their application forms innovations.
via email. This stage served as the initial phase These videos were subject to further
for applicants to qualify for the competition examination and review by the Jury during
and advance to the Finals. All applications the selection process for the Finals Award
were thoroughly reviewed by the Organizing Winners. The Finals Awards featured several
Committee and Jury Members to verify the prestigious honors, including the Grand Prize,
legitimacy of the presented entries (including Semi-Grand Prize, Best Invention Awards
inventions, innovative products, and scientific (across various categories), Canadian Special
research projects) and to ensure they met the Awards (presented by the host organizations:
qualification criteria for the competition. Once ICO, TISIAS, and Inventors Circle), and
applications passed the initial review, the ideas International Special Awards sponsored by
were evaluated based on written descriptions, official delegations participating in iCAN 2024.
images, and/or other external links and media On August 24 , the following were uploaded to
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sources. the official iCAN 2024 website for “The Finals”:
The Organizing Committee and Jury reviewed • iCAN 2024 “The Finals” Award Winners
IFIA Magazine September 2024 Finals, of which 326 proceeded to compete. Howard A. Lim (HOW Creative)
a total of 756 applications from 50 countries Announcement (by List)
and regions, qualifying 596 entries for the • iCAN 2024 Keynote Speaker Presentation by

The Jury examined the written descriptions • iCAN 2024 “The Finals” Movie Showcase
and visual data provided in the application • iCAN 2024 Official Catalogue Online
forms to nominate Gold, Silver, and Bronze
Medal winners, determining which entries All video submissions from the Finalists
were thoroughly examined by the Organizing
would proceed to the Finals.
proposals Committee, Jury, and International Delegation
containing unacceptable themes or hazardous Leaders to select the Finals Award winners.
content were filtered out and disqualified These videos were also used to create the
the
during
Preliminaries.
56 Incomplete applications or Additionally, iCAN 2024 “The Finals” Movie, featuring