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| IFIA Magazine - March 2022

IFIA-ABIPIR LATIN

AMERICA OFFICE OPENED

A PRESENTATION IN INDIA

It was officially launched by the President of IFIA, Dr. Alireza Rastegar, the
Indian representation of the Latin American office of the International Feder-
ation of Inventors Associations – IFIA, and the International Innovative Brazil
Inventors, Scientists and Entrepreneurs Association – ABIPIR (IFIA/ ABIPIR
LATAM - Chapter India).
The initiative’s main objective is to expand the action of the Latin American of-
fice of IFIA/ABIPIR located in Foz do Iguaçu City – Brazil, strengthen relations
with inventors, startups, academic-scientific community, and Governments of
Brazil and India that already have a relationship of historical friendship, institu-
tionalized by being part of the same BRICS economic bloc.
The intention is to implement partnerships and businesses, allowing coop-
eration and exchanges between higher education institutions of scientific re-
search and innovation environments such as business incubators and accel-
erators, facilitating the commercialization of inventions and solutions created
by startups between the 2 countries, and organizing online and presential
events together.

The founder and President of ABIPIR and Director of IFIA in Latin America, Dr.
Marcelo Vivacqua, thanked Mr. Anand Kanan, CEO of for his trust and part-
nership, the unconditional opinion of the President of the Indian Association
of Inventors, Dr. Aynampudi Subbarao, and the President of IFIA, Mr. Alireza
Rastegar.
Dr. Marcelo highlighted the exceptional work that has been developed under
President Alireza Rastegar’s administration over the past few years, having
transformed IFIA into an organization known and respected as the most im-
portant in the innovation ecosystem in the world by organizing and support-
ing the most impactful initiatives linked to inventors, scientists, and entrepre-
neurs.

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