A memorandum of understanding is signed between Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, and Anooshiravan Mohseni Bandpey, the mayor of Tehran, to create Tehran Pardis innovation region, which is aimed to advance the Islamic Iran’s technology.

The third smart city innovation and technology center was opened in district 10 of Tehran to take another step toward accelerating the pace of moving toward a smart Tehran.

The patent office of the Vice-Presidency has supported the registry of 96 inventions in valid foreign offices. In this act, more than 90% of inventions will be supported for registry in foreign offices.

The legal vice president issued the executive instructions for registering the conversion of commercial companies after approval. Confirmation of this guideline will remove production barriers, and supporting and developing businesses in knowledge-based and startup companies is another goal of the instructions.

In order to develop marketing and sales of knowledge-based products, various services in the field of marketing are provided by the knowledge-based companies center. A large online conference will be held to familiarize knowledge-based companies with these services and strengthen their scientific foundations in the business sector of these companies.

“Recognizing and analyzing the discourse and behavior of Iranian society in the corona crisis” is the title of a national call to study and analyze the discourse and mentality of the Iranian society in corona crisis and help design the next stages to pass this stage.

Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, appreciated the new view of the province toward investment in the ideas of the youth and new businesses during his trip to Fars Province, stating: the formation of the ecosystem of technology and innovation has had many achievements, which we have witnessed in the Corona Crisis, and knowledge-based activists have taken good steps to combat the disease, from making diagnostic kits to disinfectants.

Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, started his first provincial trip in the year of “production leap” from the southern part of the country and entered Fars Province this morning to assess and observe the operations performed to develop the innovation and technology ecosystem in the province.

The international caricature competition entitled “We Defeat Coronavirus” is an event that will be held with the support of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter in order to use the effective tool of art along with the activities of the activists in the innovation and technology ecosystem to defeat corona.

“NBIC Startups” has reached its fourth round in order to improve the development of startup businesses. In total, 61 prioritized areas are considered in the call to accelerate the pace of meeting the country’s needs in this field.