“Westa” open innovation center is opened in the presence of the vice president for science and technology affairs at Imam Khomeini higher education center with the goal of improving the technological, entrepreneurial, knowledge-based and new businesses and developing the agriculture ecosystem.

According to the information center of national elites foundation, Imam Khomeini higher education center hosted Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, and Azizollah Shahbazi, the governor of Alborz, to open the Westa open innovation center along with the Fajr Decade.

The Ecosystem Is Boosted

The vice president for science and technology affairs considered the booming of accelerators and innovation centers an important step toward the improvement of the innovation ecosystem.

Sattari pointed out the support of accelerators and innovation centers with the goal of flourishing knowledge-based and startup businesses, expressing: we support this type of view and thoughts in the Vice-Presidency and are prepared to deal with the challenges and barriers to the development of the innovation ecosystem.

Sattari talked about the necessity of spiritual support to help the innovation ecosystem, asserting: the fact that ministries, universities and industries of the country have been opened to innovative ideas and creative youth is a valuable issue and lays the foundation for economic transformation in the country.

Efficient and Product-based Research Is the Result of the Role-playing of the Private Sector

According to the president of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter, competitive and efficient product comes from research funded by the private sector and government funding should focus on knowledge-based border research. The government should pave the way for private-sector investment in product-oriented and efficient research.

A Foundation for Development of Agricultural Technologies

Westa open innovation center has been established with goals such as developing interdisciplinary technologies in agriculture, promoting technology in agriculture, using interdisciplinary technologies in agricultural development, turning knowledge into technology, directing research topics proportional to country’s needs, modeling the cultivation and production of medical plants, turning agriculture into profitable businesses and developing agriculture at a small scale with a high efficiency.