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IFIA
Executive Community meeting
April 3, 2008 -
Palexpo, Geneva
Report
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Drawing by Christian Indus (Germany)
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Agenda, decisions and documents
1.
Calling of the ExCo members, and adopt the agenda
ExCo members who were presented: Husein
Hujic, Fan
Mingyi, Gérard A.
de Villeroche, Joachim Bader, Myocho Kan (the representative of Agustine
Ong, MINDS) Wouter
Pijzel, dr. Mohamed Al-Fawzan and András Vedres
Number of total votes: 8 from 11 - this meeting was a quorum
Agenda:
1./ Report of IFIA president
2./ Report of IFIA finance
3./ Preparation of IFIA GA
in Suzhou (Report of Suzhou delegation)
4./ Working program 2008
5./ Others
This Agenda had
been adopted
1./ Report of IFIA president > >
> here
Debate:
Gérard A.
de Villeroche expressed thanks to the President his work.
This report had
been adopted
2./ Report of IFIA
finance > > > here
Debate:
Wouter
Pijzel expressed that the content (incomes and expenses) is OK, the
form of this report is different from the usual IFIA form. He took
to send this usual form to the President to prepare the IFIA
finance report on that form. The new approval will be on the
General Assembly 2008.
The Pijzel's
proposal had been adopted.
3./ Preparation of IFIA GA in
Suzhou (Report of Suzhou delegation)
Fan Mingyi
outlined the IFIA main Jubilee program in China.
Parts of the
project:
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6th
International Exhibition Inventions new Techniques and Products
16-19 October
(Suzhou)
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IFIA Jubilee
Celebration 17 October
(Suzhou)
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IFIA Conference 18 October
(Suzhou)
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IFIA General
Assembly 18
October (Suzhou)
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Youth
Innovation Base, Opening Ceremony 20
October (Sanghay)
Support for
IFIA members from the organizers:
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Full equipped
booths, total 1000 square meters
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2 double
rooms/IFIA delegation
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Reduced hotel
accommodation, 40 USD/room
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500 USD fly
ticket compensation/IFIA delegation from least developed countries NEW!
(according to
the UN
list dated 2008; 49 countries)
Deadlines:
Booth
reservation - Deadline: 15 July
Information about presenting invention - Deadline: 15 August
Hotel
reservation - Deadline: 31 August
Suzhou
delegation leader provided information about the city (with video
film).
The IFIA ExCo had
adopted this project
4./ Working
program 2008
The President
proposed the IFIA Work in the
Jubilee Year 2008
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Ladies event -
Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition (8-10 May,
Seoul)
Ladies’ inventions only! Free booth, USD1000 fly ticket
compensation, free double room/delegation
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USA -
Invention Exposure (13-14 June,
Redwood Falls MN, US)
Free booth
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Cheminvent Conference
and IWIS 08 International Invention Exhibition – Chemical
inventions (4-5 July, Warsaw)
Free participation on conference and free booth
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Central Europe
- Intern. Fair of Inventions New Ideas, Products and New
Technologies (16-21 September,
Zagreb) Free
collective booth
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New Time
International Invention Exhibition, (23-27 September,
Sebastopol, Ukraine)
Free booth
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I’NOV Festival
(10-13 October, Mérignac, France) Free booth
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Inventor Festival
- Main Jubilee event and General Assembly
- International Exhibitions Inventions New Techniques and Products
(16-20 October, Suzhou)
Free booth, 2 free double room/delegation, fly ticket compensation
USD500 for least developed country/delegation
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West Europe –
60th IENA and IFIA 40th Jubilee (30
October – 2 November, Nuremberg)
Reduction of booth rental fee, free conference participation
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Asia - Seoul
International Invention Fair (11-15 December,
Seoul) Free booth
Debate:
Wouter
Pijzel expressed 9 events are too many, he proposed to reduced 2
events no more. Husin Hujic said that the great serious of
international invention events are the best tool of
commercialization of invention. The opinion of others were same.
The IFIA ExCo had
adopted this project, 9 official IFIA Jubilee events.
5./ Others
The IFIA
president informed the ExCo about the preparation of International
Order of Merit. The first awarding will be held on Inventor
Festival (Suzhou). He proposed the "Commander degree" to Farag
Moussa.
The IFIA ExCo had
adopted this proposal
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