On Wednesday, 27 July, 2022, a meeting was held between the Intellectual Property Associations of the World Invention and the Festival of Young Thinkers and Scientists, with the presence of Mr. Dr. Khosravi (Head of the Middle East Section of the VIPA), Mr. Dr. Mudab (Executive Director of the Festival), Ms. Dr. Mohammadi Panah (Secretary of the International Committee), and Mr. Engineer Salimi (Executive Director of the Khayyam Festival).
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Mudab provided a brief explanation about the cooperation and participation of universities and leading organizations in the field of science and technology with the festival.
Next, Engineer Salimi provided explanations about the Khayyam Festival and the activities carried out in this festival, including: exemption from military service, introduction to growth centers and free placement of the winners of this festival, introduction to executive institutions, awarding international awards, and introduction to commercialization funds. He then reminded that Dr. Khosravi has been appointed as the Head of the Middle East Section of the VIPA.
Then, Dr. Khosravi introduced the World Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA) as follows:
WIPA aims to promote invention and innovation. The Middle East Regional Office was also established to increase unity and focus on new members. This office is more active in East Asia because the Middle East, as a developing region, needs more attention, and in this regard, a regional office has been established in Turkey.
In order to increase the efficiency of this group, it has increased its focus on the process of training and providing services to member countries, monitoring their activities, attracting members and regional policy.
This group also has missions. Including:
1- Providing services such as consulting on effective communications, patenting and intellectual property related to inventions for members
2- Participation of members as well as university representatives in practical seminars (domestic and international)
3- Interaction and cooperation between member organizations, inventors and manufacturers to strengthen multilateral relations
4- Establishing research centers with the aim of training and holding international forums
The head of the Middle East Office of VIPA finally noted:
Through this complex, young and talented inventors benefit from the expertise of trainers and as a result, their talents flourish.
Dr. Mohammadi Panah presented his request to introduce international judges and international speakers for the closing day.
Finally, Dr. Khosravi announced his agreement to cooperate and interact with the Festival of Young Thinkers and Scientists and announced his proposal to introduce a representative to the VIPA complex in line with the activities of the above complex.