Warsaw, October 2010

IFIA Executive Committee meeting 2010 was organized in Warsaw,  Poland on 21 October 2010. The following agenda was proposed and approved:

Agenda

1. Opening of the session
2. Circumstances and IFIA
3. Modernize IFIA leadership forming of the IFIA Board of Directors
4. Proposal for new ExCo
5. Preparation of GA in Nuremberg
6. Others
7. Closing of the session

1. Opening of the session

The following Executive Committee members were present and the meeting was officially opened by IFIA President, Mr. Vedres:

1. Adam Rylski, Poland
2. Alireza Rastegar, Iran
3. Fuad A. Al-Awwad – Saudi Arabia
4. Hussein Hujic, BIH
5. Lennart Nilsson, Sweden
6. Pavao Havlicek, Croatia
7. Vladimir Petriasov, Russia

2. Circumstances and IFIA

In year 2010 the most important external circumstance for the IFIA was the EU commission’s decision about the realization of Community Patent (CP). The fast realization of CP is the interest of all inventors and innovation. Husein Hujic proposed to prepare declaration about the CP to be approved by the General Assembly. This proposal was unanimously approved.

3. Modernize IFIA leadership forming of the IFIA Board of Directors

The IFIA is more than forty years old organization. The new challenges wants new answers and to modernize the IFIA structure. Therefore in conformity with our Statutes Article 11.4 and 11.5 a Board of Directors will be organized in part of Secretariat of IFIA according to the fellows:

The IFIA Board of Directors is part of Secretariat of IFIA consisting of three directors and IFIA President as chairman of this board. Its mission is to guide and to assist the work of IFIA. Some particular action of director is done by President’s request. The accommodation and travel, etc costs of director’s works are covered by IFIA budget.
Nomination of directors is within the competence of the IFIA President. The mandate of directors is two years period (2011 – 2012).

Nomination of directors:

1. Havlicek, Pavao
2. Hujic, Husein
3. Rylski, Adam

This proposal was unanimously approved.

4. Proposal for new ExCo

1. Mr. Choi Jong-hyug Korea Rep.
2. Mr. Alireza Rastegar, Iran
3. Mr. Augustine S. H. Ong, Malaysia
4. Mr. Yang, Yifeng, China
5. Ms. Ana Hafner, Slovenia
6. Mr. Khaled Naswan dr. Yemen
7. Mr. Idrissa Hassane Souley, Niger,
8. Mr. Joel Shaka Momodu, Nigeria
9. Mr. Lennart Nilson, Sweden
10. Mr. Fuad A. Al-Awwad, Saudi Arabia
11. Mr. Octavian Plesa, Romania
12. Mr. Bela Boros, Australia.
13. Mr. Virgilio Malang, Philipines
14. Mr. Vladimir Petriasov, Russia
15. Mr. Janos Szöllösy, Hungary

This proposal was unanimously approved.

5. Preparation of GA in Nuremberg

The common proposal of the ExCo members who were present concerning the form of the GA in Nuremberg. The chairman of the GA in Nuremberg would be Pavao Havlicek and his assistant of chairing were Adam Rylski and Husein Hujic. This proposal was unanimously approved.

6.  Others

Stig Lasses provided information about the work of Technology Transfer Center and the forthcoming events in Sweden. The President provided report about the expulsion of Samir Hanooni Yemen exhibitor on IWIS because he informed the Arabic media that he was the winner of the WIPO Gold Medal and the EU Gold Medal in Budapest at GENIUS 2009 International Invention Fair. However, the winner of the WIPO Gold Medal on GENIUS 2009 was Khaled Nashwan dr. (Yemen).

7. Closing of the session

The President closed the ExCo meeting.