IP Asia Forum
Business of IP Asia Forum was held during December 3-4 , 2015 convening world-class IP authorities, innovators from international brands and many high-profile leaders for groundbreaking discussion on the global IP infrastructure as well as trading opportunities and challenges facing the business world.
Globalization of IP trade together with increasing IP supply and demand in Asia has created a growing need for regional IP intermediaries to perform multiple roles such as being an IP management hub, marketing and sourcing platform as well as providing various supporting services.
IFIA President, Alireza Rastegar, IFIA Strategic Planning and Coordination Manager, Masoud Shafaghi together with Husein Vazei, IFIA Executive Committee member were officially invited by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to participate in the opening ceremony.
Mr. Rastegar organized a seminar during BIP on “A Journey to Success” in order to familiarize the participants, mostly the inventors, with the steps required to be successful from idea development to its commercialization.
The exhibition zone of BIP Asia facilitated networking activities and information-sharing among industry players, a series of networking events including business matching services offered ample opportunities for participants to establish new business contacts.
At the end of BIP, IFIA and HKTDC conceded to cooperate in the organization of next year event.
Concurrent with the BIP, InnoDesignTech Expo was organized by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and co-organized by Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks as well as Hong Kong Design Centre. InnoDesignTech Expo is a world-class exposition of innovations, presenting the latest practical technologies and design solutions to help trading, manufacturing and service sector to enhance their capacity to supply world markets.
The HKTDC InnoDesignTech Expo (IDT Expo) is a unique one-stop platform for creative and technology professionals to meet with enterprises looking to enhance their competitiveness and find business partners for the new opportunities emerging in Asia.