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March 2019 March IFIA Magazine TABLE OF CONTENTS IFIA Magazine March 2019 - No. 8 3. IFIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018 ORGANIZED ON SEP 14 IN FOSHAN, CHINA 5. ALIREZA RASTEGAR IS RE-ELECTED AS IFIA PRESIDENT FOR 2018-2022 7. IFIA PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR GREETINGS 9. IFIA NEWLY-ELECTED EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Executive Editor : 11. YOUNG INVENTORS WITH GREAT POTENTIAL AT IENA 2018 Laleh ARAB JOUNEGHANI 15. WOMEN & WORK PRIZE FOR FEMALE INVENTORS 17. IFIA BECOMES AN OFFICIAL PARTNER OF VAULTITUDE Editorial Assistant : 19. IFIA & HKTDC SIGN MOU: AN SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY Hossein VAEZI ASHTIANI 21. IFIA & KEPCO EXTEND BILATERAL COLLABORATION Masoud SHAFAGHI 23. IFIA & PALEXPO FORM STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR SVIIF 25. MACAO INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION & INVENTION EXPO Graphic Designer : 27. KOREA INTERNATIONAL YOUTH OLYMPIAD 2018 Roya ATHARI ESFAHANI 29. THE HIGHEST RECORD OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES IN ICAN 2018 31. 52 COUNTRIES SHOWCASE 4,000 INVENTIONS IN IEI & WIIF 2018 33. THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL YOUNG INVENTORS AWARD 35. INOVAMAK 2018 ATTRACTS THE PARTICIPATION OF 20 COUNTRIES 37. TAIWAN INNOTECH EXPO 2018 CONCLUDES WITH SUCCESS 39. 384 INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES SHOWCASED IN ISIF’18 41. GRAND PRIZE OF 3000 EUROS AWARDED IN LET’S CHALLENGE 2018 43. THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL MINOX 2018 EXHIBITION 45. IWIS 2018: SHOWCASING 400 INNOVATIONS FROM 25 STATES 49. IFIA’S 7TH WORLD COMPETITION OF CHEMICAL INVENTIONS 51. ARCA & AGRO ARCA 2018: POLISRH WINS THE GRAND PRIX 53. ABIPIR & IFIA HOLD NASA SPACE APPS CHALLENGE 55. VIETNAM NATIONAL INNOVATION CONTEST FOR YOUTH & CHILDREN 57. BIXPO 2018 SETS THE HIGHEST RECORD OF VISITORS 59. THE 2018 IENA CELEBRATES ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY 61. THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION & INVENTION COMPETITION 63. SMARTBIZ EXPO 2018 ATTRACTS 520 EXHIBITORS FROM 40 COUNTRIES 65. IIDC ATTRACTS 300 INTERNATIONAL INVENTORS TO HONG KONG 67. 606 INVENTIONS FROM 33 COUNTRIES FEATURED IN SIIF 2018 69. IFIA EXTENDS GREETINGS ON CHINESE NEW YEAR 2019 71. OVER 50,000$ CASH PRIZE AWARDED IN IIFME 2019 73. THAILAND INVENTOR’S DAY & IPITEX 2019 75. MDO FROM LESOTHO JOINS IFIA Full MEMBERS 77. SMART CARE TECH FROM SUDAN JOINS IFIA FULL MEMBERS 79. A NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION FROM MOROCCO JOINS IFIA MEMBERS 81. BOLIVIA, AZERBAIJAN & YEMEN JOIN IFIA FULL MEMBERS 83. COMPRESSED AIR HYBRID DRIVE ROBOT WINS IFIA AWARD IN IEI 2018 Publisher : 84. IFIA BEST INVENTION MEDAL WINNERS IN IEI & WIIF 2018 International Federation of 85. IFIA MEDAL WINNER IN SVIIF 2018 Inventors' Associations - IFIA 87. THE OUTSTANDING HONOR FOR WORLDWIDE ENGAGEMENT 89. KAT THE BUILDER: CAN SHE DO IT? YES SHE CAN! 91. IFIA BEST INVENTION MEDAL WINNERS March 2019 March IFIA Magazine 2019 March IFIA Magazine IFIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2018 ORGANIZED ON SEP 14 IN FOSHAN, CHINA IFIA General Assembly 2018, hosted by China Association of Inventions, was organized on Friday, 14th September in Foshan, China from 10 am to 12 pm with the participation of 38 delegates of IFIA members. Before the meeting started, Mr. Zengpei Xuan, CAI Deputy Director welcomed the participants both to the IEI & WIIF 2018 and to Foshan city and wished them an enjoyable time. Afterwards, Mr. Raymond Yip, HKTDC Deputy Executive Director who was invited to attend the event as a distinguished guest, delivered a short speech presenting the platform titled “AsiaIP Exchange”, a free online intellectual properties trading platform and database connecting users to the global IP players Then, IFIA President, Alireza Rastegar, welcomed the participating members and thanked CAI for Mr. Husein Hujic, Mr. Zoran Barisic and Mr. Michal Szota chaired the meeting and counted the votes. Finally, hosting the General Assembly announcing the official opening of the event. it was announced that Mr. Alireza Rastegar gained 38 votes against 5 votes earned by Mr. Al Naimi and Mr. Rastegar was re-elected for IFIA Presidency for the next four year mandate 2018-2022. IFIA activity report covering the period from 2014 to 2018 was presented informing the members about the projects undertaken to boost IFIA’s performance in the area of commercialization, pat- After that, 25 nominees for IFIA Executive Committee were presented and General Assembly members ent protection, and promotion of clean technologies. It gained the approval of General Assembly were requested to elect 21 members and cast their votes in the ballot box to act according to IFIA Statutes. members while appreciating the initiatives taken by IFIA President to develop IFIA at an interna- tional level. IFIA Directors counted the votes and it was announced that out of the 25 candidates, four of them namely Mr. Lukas, Zmeskal from Czech Republic, Ms. Teriza J. Ridha from Iraq, Mr. Jalal Alnakasah from Libya and Next, the financial report of 2017 and 2018 was provided by IFIA Treasurer and approved by the Mr. Fernandez Lopes from Portugal were not admitted as IFIA Executive Committee members for the pe- General Assembly members. riod of 2018-2020. As proposed by Mr. Hussein Hujic, IFIA Director, slight modifications were applied on IFIA Statutes Lastly, IFIA President appointed Mr. Yu Huarong, CAI Executive Vice President & Secretary General as one of article one both in English and French versions. the directors. Following that, the nominees for IFIA presidency were introduced and the General Assembly members were requested to cast their votes in the ballot box to act according to IFIA Statutes. The meeting was concluded as IFIA President conferred Executive Committee membership certificate to The candidates were Adnan Al Ramazani Al Naimi and Alireza Rastegar Abbasalizadeh. the members. 3 4 March 2019 March IFIA Magazine 2019 March IFIA Magazine IFIA President’s Message upon the occasion of his re-election: I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the voters of the 35th General Assembly for re-electing me as the IFIA President. I am honored and humbled that you have placed your trust in me. With your trust, I will work tirelessly to help address challenges the inventors face and to secure lasting and mean- ingful improvements in the situation of inventors. Again, I thank you for the opportunity to serve. ALIREZA RASTEGAR IS RE-ELECTED AS IFIA PRESIDENT FOR 2018-2022 Mr. Alireza Rastegar was re-elected as IFIA President for the next four year mandate of 2018-2022 during the 35th session of IFIA General Assembly, hosted by China Association of Inventions, organized on 14th Sep- tember in Foshan, China from 10 am to 12 pm with the participation of the majority of delegates. The nominees for IFIA presidency were introduced and the General Assembly members were demanded to cast their votes in the ballot box to act according to IFIA Statutes. The candidates were: • Adnan Al Ramazani Al Naimi • Alireza Rastegar Abbasalizadeh Mr. Husein Hujic, Mr. Zoran Barisic and Mr. Michal Szota chaired the meeting and counted the votes. Finally, it was announced that Mr. Alireza Rastegar gained 38 votes against 5 votes earned by Mr. Al Naimi. 5 6 March 2019 March IFIA Magazine 2019 March IFIA Magazine IFIA PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR GREETINGS As 2018 draws to a close echoing the dawn of the New Year, I wish you a prosper- ous, successful, healthy and innovative year filled with groundbreaking discoveries and events. I would like to use this opportunity and thank you one by one for your excellent collaboration, efficient communication and effective participation in all of the IFIA events and meetings which contributed to fruitful results and strengthened the existing relationships. I am honored and grateful to have the opportunity of leading this international organization relying on your brilliant insights and profound experience. In 2018, many new members joined IFIA family and most of the old members reac- tivated their membership in IFIA which testifies to the international scope of IFIA’s activities and its widespread popularity and fame. I am certain that the new members will join us to move IFIA forward and attain our shared mission of disseminating the culture of invention and innovation besides building fraternity which is of highest importance to us. We must stay mindful of the responsibility we have to contribute to the welfare of society, to come up with cutting-edge solutions toward the existing ecological problems, and to eradicate poverty by innovation. I would humbly seek your full cooperation and whole-hearted support for the re- invigoration of IFIA. 7 8 March 2019 March IFIA Magazine 2019 March IFIA Magazine IFIA Newly-elected Executive Committee Members are: • Mladen Karic, Bosnia & Herzegovina • Radwan Chouaib, Lebanon • Marcelo Vivacqua, Brazil • Majid Elbouazzaoui, Morocco • Zengpei Xuan, China • Agnieszka Mikolajska, Poland • Zoran Barisic, Croatia • Adnan Al Naimi, Qatar • Vivi Aakjaer, Denmark • Andrei Victor Sandu, Romania • Mahmoud Hafez, Egypt • Dmitry Zezyulin, Russia • Winfried Sturm, Germany • Cenneth Lindkvist, Sweden • Aynampudi Subbarao, India • Shin K-young ho, South Korea • Megaria Augstina, Indonesia • Gaelle Grosjean, Switzerland • Hosein Vaezi Ashtiani, Iran • Koray Sahin, Turkey • John Calvert, USA IFIA NEWLY-ELECTED Mr. Husein Hujic, Mr. Zoran Barisic and Mr. Michal EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Szota chaired the meeting and counted the votes. Then, it was announced that out of the 25 can- MEMBERS didates, four of them namely Mr. Lukas Zmeskal from Czech Republic, Ms. Teriza J. Ridha from Iraq, During IFIA’s General Assembly organized on Sep- Mr. Jalal Alnakasah from Libya and Mr. Fernandez tember 14th, 2018 in Foshan, China and hosted by Lopes from Portugal were not admitted as IFIA China Association of Inventions (CAI), 25 nominees Executive Committee members for the period of for IFIA Executive Committee were presented for 2018-2020. the 2018-2020 term and the General Assembly members were demanded to elect 21 members Afterwards, IFIA President, Mr. Alireza Rastegar and cast their votes in the ballot box to act accord- awarded the certificates of membership to the ing to IFIA Statutes. newly elected members.