Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival 9 - 11 May 2015 11th Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival TEHRAN—IRAN Introduction SUPPORTED BY: ISTT & IRIS SHEIKH-BAHAI FESTIVAL Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival is to foster the culture of creativity, innovation and technopreneurship, Isfahan Science &Technology Town (ISTT) is pleased to host the 11th Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival. The festival is also supported by IRIS, category 2 center of UNESCO for Incubators and Science and Technology Parks development. The Festival will be held in Tehran, the capital city of Iran, this year for the first time ever in the history of the festival. and to identify and encourage technopreneurs through out the world. The Festival encompasses all technopreneurial fields including technical and engineering, hygienic and medicine, basic sciences, agriculture, humanities, culture and art, services, etc. May 9 —11, 2015 Tehran, IRAN FESTIVAL OBJECTIVES x Foster the culture of creativity, innovation and technopreneurship x Identify and encourage Iranian technopreneurs through out the world x Encourage, introduce and praise the superior technopreneurs in society x To enhance cooperation between technopreneurs and investors as well as introduce new technologies and innovated ideas to investors and visitors. Highlights on this year event Importance of the Event The Sheikh-Bahai Festival is the most important event in the field of entrepreneurship/technopreneurship in the region. This festival is a place where technology holders/owners of ideas and investors meet each other, introduce their novel ideas and innovative technologies, show their potentials and interests, and participate in the sideline exhibition and workshops in an interactive atmosphere. VIP Guests The top governmental authorities and officials as well as representatives from international organizations are our very important persons proudly will join us and give some speech during the event. Supporters SHTF is hosted and organized by Isfahan Science & Technology Town (ISTT), Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT), Isfahan Regional Center for Technology Incubators & Science Parks Development (IRIS) (under the auspices of UNESCO), as well as UNESCO. Location According to the strategy of festival for this year, the event of 2015 will be held in Tehran, capital city of Iran. SHTF was used to be held in the city of Isfahan since its first round in 2005 until the last year event. The place of this year event will be in I.R. Iran International Conference Center, Tehran, to encourage attendance of more innovative k-based companies, major industries, high-ranking officials and more importantly the international participants. Technological Exhibition An exhibition will be held to represent technopreneurs’ achievements from different fields of activities & technologies at the sideline of the festival. This exhibition is a very good and suitable platform for foreign companies to explore and achieve the big Iranian market. Business Match Meeting SHTF has had a very good experience in business matching and roundtables for technology holders and investors during the past years. This section is one of the most interactive parts of the event in which many investors meet with owners of ideas, technologies and/or products and sign cooperation agreement. The Festival Structure The structure of the Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival is based on two general sections, Competition and Non-competition. Identifying the best technopreneurs, the best business planners, and the best technopreneur sponsors will be carried out in the competition section. The non-competition section includes Exhibition, Idea Exchange Market and Training Seminars/Workshops. Competition section x x x The best Business Planners The best Technopreneurs The best Technopreneur Investors Non-Competition section x x x Exhibition Idea Exchange Training Seminars and workshops Non-Competition section Exhibition An exhibition will be held to represent the technopreneurs’ achievements at the sideline of the 11th SheikhBahai Technopreneurship Festival. The technopreneurial innovations and achievements are to be showcased in this exhibition. The exhibition will be held in the city of Tehran on 9th to 11th of May 2015. The booths will be designed by space frames and they will be well equipped with necessary equipment. Besides, the technopreneurial innovations will be represented at this exhibition, the major industries in the country, knowledge-based companies in STPs, private companies and R&D units from Iran and other countries will also be represented at this exhibition, where they can meet their partners and can be visited by a significant number of technical visitors who are their potential customers as well. The exhibitors can enjoy and explore the big Iranian market. Idea Exchange and Business Matching The idea exchange market has been held for 10 rounds during the years 2004 to 2014 at the sideline of the festival. The 11th festival in 2015 also will enjoy an idea exchange market in which technopreneurs and business planners meet each other and investigate possible ways of cooperation. In technology bourse market the investors, business planners, technopreneurs, and owners of the new technology-based ideas come together and negotiate on the ways of commercializing the existing technology-based businesses (semi-industrial/pilot plans) or creation of new knowledge-based businesses. The companies can also meet with their partners and investigate possible ways of cooperation. Training Seminars and Workshops In order to disseminate and develop the culture of technopreneurship and to increase general skills in technopreneurship as well as promoting skills of technopreneurs and Science and Technology Parks and Incubators’ managers, one or two training seminars will be organized during the Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival with national and international skillful and experienced instructors. The instructors will be outstanding international STP experts. The participants are also from different countries. The title of the workshop and the name of the speakers will be announced soon. This year`s workshop will mostly focus on Commercialization of Technology and methods of attracting investors for companies. Festival Schedule First Day: 9:00 May 9th, 2015 10:00 Exhibition Opening Ceremony 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 Exhibition Lunch Time Exhibition Idea Exchange & Business Matching Lunch Time Idea Exchange & Business Matching Business Planners - Final Judgment Lunch Time Business Planners - Final Judgment Lunch Time Technopreneurship - Final Judgment (Only for members) Technopreneurship - Final Judgment (Only for members) International Training workshop Lunch Time (Only for members) (Only for members) International Training workshop Lunch Time Second Day: 9:00 IRIS Board Meeting (Only for members) May 10th, 2015 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 Exhibition Lunch Time Exhibition Idea Exchange & Business Matching Lunch Time Idea Exchange & Business Matching Business Planners - Final Judgment Lunch Time (Only for members) Technopreneurship - Final Judgment (Only for members) International Training workshop Third Day: 9:00 19:00 17:00 19:00 Scientific Council Pitching Competition Lunch Time 18:00 (Only for Members) Lunch Time May 11th, 2015 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 Exhibition Lunch Time Exhibition Idea Exchange & Business Matching Lunch Time Idea Exchange & Business Matching 16:00 17:00 18:00 Closing Ceremony Workshop Titles: Day I: “ Commercialization of innovations through Science and Technology Parks” , “ How to interact with investors on commercialization of innovations?” Day II: “STPs Development and Management, and the case of China” 19:00 Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival Address: Sheikh-Bahai Technopreneurship Festival Secretariat, Isfahan Science & Technology Town (ISTT), Isfahan University of Technology Blvd., Isfahan, IRAN - P.O.BOX: 84155/666 Telephone: +98 31 33860619 Fax: +98 31 33871750 Email: [email protected]
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