Conference News
DECEMBER 3, 2020
- Speech En. Mehdi masoumi
- Expert panel government approach to the corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic;investigating technological solutions
- Speech Dr. Mohammad Reza arasti
- Expert panel Endowment and knowledge -base Ecosystem: Technology Development or Productivity Enhancement
- Expert panel Technological Cooperation of Knowledge-based Companies with Universities and Research Institutes
- Expert panel innovation ,the key driver for creative industries
- Speech prof. Mammo muchie
- Speech Mr.Navi Radjou
- Speech En. Farzin Fardis
- Speech Dr.seyed soroush ghazinoori
- Speech mitra aminlou
The second day of the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation began with a keynote speech made by Mehdi Masoumi, the founder of Telavang Company. In his speech, titled “The power of waves contributing to the growth: the case of Telanag Company”, Mehdi talked about his experience in entering the poultry industry and the challenges he and his team were faced with.
He mentioned some of the achievements related to continuous innovation which resulted in development and growth in their company, including successful benchmarking in the poultry industry, branding and marking the eggs, and using GIS to improve sales of eggs. He emphasized the importance of foresight, innovation, and providing sufficient infrastructure to quickly respond to the challenges and many turbulences in the poultry industry.
On the second day of the 10th International Conference, IRAMOT hosted an expert panel on “Facing Covid-19 Using Technological Solutions”. In the beginning of the session, some national-level after-crisis proceedings as well as some fundamental obstacles for preventive actions were reviewed; for instance lack of trans-multy-itra-disciplinary approach on Iranian administrative atmosphere. This point also was raised that shortsightedness facing Corona, might oblige countries to lose the control of the future. Cooperation between frontline institutions (in the technological issues) was mentioned as the bright-side of the crisis-management and lack of data exchange pointed out as a cause of unfulfilling role of ICTs facing the crisis. In the end, the huge potential of public engagement, contributory role of NGOs and crucial impression of anticipating finance issues, were discussed.
Dr. Mohammadreza Arasti, the faculty member of the Graduate School of Management and Economics at Sharif University of Technology, delivered an attractive lecture on what Sharif University of Technology is pursuing in order to make a transition in uncertainties.
As a keynote speaker in the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation, he expressed the necessity for universities to be adapted to the turbulences and high importance of strategic planning in turbulences and uncertainties, while he was setting out four major industrial revolutions. He then shed light on Industry 4.0 and the path for universities related to this new trend.
He finished his speech by clarifying the differences between value chain and value network as well as introducing 4 megatrends in education affecting universities. This talk was followed by a Q&A session.
The fifth expert panel, hosted by IRAMOT’s 10th international Conference on the second day of the event, was titled as “Endowment as an institution for the knowledge-based ecosystem”. It was discussed that investments, specially endowed ones, do not tolerate the venturous spirit of investing on the innovation ecosystems, with unpredictable low return rates. Panelists also brought the mental model of donors and their preferences, which may confront the essence of innovation. They also mentioned some actions due to institutionalizing endowments in the innovation ecosystem and knowledge-based society.
An expert panel, discussing technological cooperation between KBE and universities, was held on the second and the last day of IRAMOT’s 10th International Conference. The fourth generation of universities, technology brokers, interpreters (whose job is translating university and industry’s needs for one another), and facilitators were brought up as necessary institutions for linking two aforementioned parties. Complementary qualifications of universities and knowledge-based economies were discussed as well; mentioning the importance of gradual transmitting academic expertise to entrepreneurship and vice versa and also significant impression of continuity, rehearsing, and modifying the experiences.
The expert panel, discussing the “Innovation as a key driver for creative industries”, was held on the second day of the IRAMOT’s 10th International Conference. It was review that how the frontier of economics and culture, are moving towards each other and bring the great potential for advances on Iranian the creative industries, as well as some obstacles including passive approaches in nurturing these industries such as unfulfilling training and educating programs. The other proposed topic was the intellectual property concerns; raising debates on the protecting creative products in the market and the regulation requirements of the industry. Multi-stakeholder nature of creative economic activities, leading to some conflicts of interest, alongside the absence of professional guilds and communities, was also discussed. University-industry and public-private cooperation, as well as considering international markets, was mentioned as some worth-taking efforts.
On the second day of the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation, Professor Mammo Muchie, DST/NRF Research Professor on STI4D at the Tshwane University of Technology, talked about the management of innovation in the face of crisis.
As an African faculty member, he referred to some major crises in Africa which have not yet been responded to. He believed that the local knowledge of Africans can serve as a solution for many challenges and crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, faced by Africans.
Mammo also put a high value on redefining the innovation concept in response to the global challenges, especially in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era. He finally mentioned the role of innovation and entrepreneurship systems in the development of societies like the countries in Africa.
Navi Radjou, innovation and leadership thinker and advisor, delivered his clear and concise speech on “Frugal Economy” and how it can lead to growth in various countries ranging from underdeveloped to developed countries.
This TED speaker introduced three pillars of a frugal economy, including B2B sharing, distributed supply chains, and triple regeneration. Navi said that these three main elements would help businesses share their tangible and intangible resources, reduce the distance between production and consumption, and contribute to the environment.
As a Thinker50 Innovation Award winner, he tried to clarify all these critical elements in a frugal economy with attractive and real examples and cases around the world. This lecture in the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation was followed by a Q&A session.
The last keynote speech on the second day of the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation was delivered by Farzin Fardis, the Vice President of Innovation Economy and Digital Transformation Commission, Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture, on “Imposed Innovation”.
He talked about this kind of innovation as an inevitable issue caused by wars or any kind of restrictions. Farzin said that these issues would make the businesses innovate. He then mentioned the reasons for innovation development as well as four types of innovation.
This lecture was followed by a Q&A session on what measures could be taken in Iran to take advantage of imposed innovation.
Closing ceremony of The 14th National and 10th International IRAMOT Conference was held on Thursday Dec 3rd 2020. Dr Soroush Ghazinoori started his speech with explaining the significance of the theme of the conference, “Innovation management in the face of crisis”, which is amplified by the restricted international relations and economic sanctions. Chairman of Iranian Association for Management of Technology and Innovation, then mentioned the prior importance of the health conditions over the arrangements for the event, which lead to withdrawal of hybrid arrangements, making the conference an entirely online gathering.
He also illustrated the position of the IRAMOT as an admitted community, which for the last two days hosted valuable expert panels, rich keynote speeches and state-of-the-are paper presentations, conforming its annual ritual. Dr Ghazinoori then declared that IRAMOT is a median institution, considered as a focal platform for managers, policy-makers, academicians, students and other fond participants, who is welcoming brilliant ideas from all aspiring enthusiasts across the technology and innovation ecosystem.
He ended his points by expressing his gratitude to all involved partners, in particular the enthusiastic executive board, who managed to hold the fully online conference and could set an example for adapting a maiden adjustments as response to external strains
Executive Committee Chairperson of the IRAMOT, Ms. Mitra Aminlou, delivered a speech in the end of the two-day conference of the 10th International Conference of IRAMOT. She first talked about the dilemma of holding online event; missing a face-to-face networking opportunity while rising the number of audience as well as major opportunity to straightforwardly invite international outstanding scholars and Iranian experts living abroad. Ms. Aminlou also mentioned the initiative of case-writing sessions alongside the oral paper presentations, as a successful novel idea helping Iranian innovative enterprises document and share their experiences.
Then she formally announced stablishing of the Industry Working-group, alongside other three working-groups, with the ultimate goal of helping industry with its innovative needs by interconnecting industries and experts. As the forthcoming schedule for the IRAMOT, Ms. Aminlou raising some thoughtful viewpoints and emphasized on the context-building as opposed to role-playing, including engaging more industry practitioners and more inclusion of professional parties.
In the end, she thanked IRAMOT’s board of directors, INIF and NRISP as the hosts of the event, and wholehearted persistent efforts of the executive team and their noteworthy accountability.
DECEMBER 2, 2020
- Speech Dr. Manouchehr Manteghi
- Speech Dr.Marina Ranga
- Speech Dr. shahab javanmardi
- Speech Dr. Rabert Phaal
- Speech Dr.Stenius
- Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke
- Expert Panel the role of banking industry in developing innovation ecosystem
- Speech simone corsi
- Expert panel Advances in Iranian Biotechnology Industry and Crisis
- Speech En mahmood reza merati
- Expert panel Mechanism for Promoting Technological Cooperation between large companies snd Knowledge-based firms
- Speech Dr. Rouhollah Dehghani Firoozabadi
- Keynote Speech- Mr Darioush Rafinejad
The opening ceremony of The 10th International and The 14th National IRAMoT Conference began. The welcome speech, presente by The Scientific Committee Chairman of The Conference, Prof. Dr. Manouchehr Manteghi, pointed the burden of the business sector in the global uncertain environment. Dr Manteghi also brought up the significant upraising quantity and quality of the receiving papers, including those with industrial case studies.
The 14th IRAMOT Conference, which is known as one of the biggest gathering events for Iranian Technology and Innovation scholars and practitioners, is held as a virtual gathering due to the Covid-19 crises. It includes keynote speeches, workshops and panels; covering variety of industries including banking, biotechnology, social innovation, creative industries, as well as UI collaboration debates. It’s worth mentioning that the number of participators is significantly more than prior events, as expected.
Dr. Marina Ranga, the Policy officer of the European Commission Joint Research Centre Seville, Spain and Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Warsaw, Poland delivered a remarkable presentation on “Supporting regional innovation and technology development through Smart Specialisation”. During her speech, Dr. Ranga, spoke about the lessons learned from the implementation of European Commission Project which develops a Research and Innovation strategy for Smart Specialisation Strategy (RIS3) in Europe. Dr. Ranga defined Smart specialisation as an innovative approach that aims to boost growth and jobs in Europe, by enabling each region to identify and develop its own competitive advantages. Then she explained about the Smart Specialisation Platform (S3P) which assists Member States and regions to develop, implement and review their Smart Specialisation Strategies. At the end Dr. Ranga raised a question of whether the EU S3 experience can inspire innovation policy in Iran.
- On the first day of the two-day event on the IRAMOT conference, CEO of the Fanap, gave a keynote speech sharing his experience on implementing innovation in the banking industry. He brought up the crucial task of the innovation in industries with the highest confrontation with everyday lives of citizens, in the chaotic situations and environments. Mr Javanmardi believes that the banking industry should be considered as a substantial executive infrastructure for the Iranian National Innovation Systems.
- Professor Doctor Robert Phaal, the prominent scholar in the technology road mapping, currently Director of Research at Department of Engineering in University of Cambridge (STIM, CUED), elaborated developing a roadmap while timing is uncertain and unpredictable circumstance.
- He also mentioned the UNIDO’s road-mapping projects concerning Ebola virus epidemic on 2014, as an instance of rad-mapping on unstable times. Exposing this experience, he believes, can be of help for government strategies and planning efforts; since countries are facing somehow analogous standpoints.
CEO and Chairperson of the Board of Reddal Inc., Pen Stenius, delivered a speech about the “Next excellence level and the role of universal alliances on technology development” during the IRAMOT’s 10th International conference Bringing up the effects of Covid-19 Crisis on economic and technological trends, he discussed its impacts on lifestyle and status quo. He also discussed Iranian potential policies facing Covid-19 Crisis.
Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor of Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Surrey Business School (UK) and visiting professor at ESADE Business School delivered a remarkable presentation on ‘Digital technologies, business model innovation & innovation ecosystem management’. Mr. Vanhaverbeke examined the three industries of energy, healthcare, and precision agriculture to explore new forms of collaboration in the innovation ecosystem of these sectors. During his speech, he divided digital technologies into two categories: 1. Traditional digital technologies (such as Uber and Airbnb) 2. New digital technologies (such as Phillips, etc.) and explained the differences between the two structures. He also spoke in detail about the characteristics and complexities of the structure of the innovation ecosystem influenced by new digital technologies, citing real-life examples and projects, and also enumerated the implications of business process changes. Ultimately, he proposed some solutions for managing traditional innovation ecosystems (unipolar ecosystem management) and new innovation ecosystems (multipolar ecosystem management).
The first discussion panel, titled as “Banking Industry as a Developing Organ on Innovation Ecosystem” was conducted on the IRAMOT’s 10th International and 14th National Conference. Low risk-taking and high formality in the banking industry were mentioned as hindering qualities for taking innovative activities. In contrast, it was brought up that banking sector contains large enterprises which are capable of confronting complexity.
Dr Simone Corsi, Lecturer in International Business, Strategy and Innovation at Loughborough University, gave an informative speech on “Lessons learned from England-leading programs on R&D partnership with China”. He emphasized on the topic of the UI collaboration as a lever to face Covid-19 Crisis and brought some case examples about the partnering British SMEs with Chinese Companies lead by Lancaster University and financed by British Government. This online speech was followed by a Q&A session in the end.
Panel discussion session, titled as “Iranian biotechnology advances in chaotic environments” was held on the first day of the 10th International IRAMOT Conference. According to the discussions, the power of sanctions, which is an imposed hindering barrier for the medicine industry and its knowledge-based companies, has not stopped the advances in Iranian biotechnology industry. Confronting structural and functional points of interest, was another topic raised during this session. Some current issues of debate among practitioners were also brought up; including launching biotechnological products, their legislations concerns, etc.
On the first day of the IRAMOT’s 10th International Conference, Mr Merati, as a keynote speaker, shared his experiences on “Balanced Management of Innovation”. As a managing skill, he discussed that technology and research are not the only input for innovation and balancing soft skills, such as quality control, safety, purchases, CRM, etc, are all required.
The third discussion session on the first day of the IRAMOT’s 10th International Conference, was entitled “Collaborations among industries and knowledge-based enterprises” and brought up some debates about some complementary qualities that each party may provide for the other. It was also disused the prior question that if large companies are interested in partnering with small and medium-sized enterprises. Some challenges on bonding and engaging two parties were also mentioned; for instance mutual trust, legislations, financing, infrastructures such as insurance etc.
Dr Dehghani Firouzabadi, Vise-president for Research, Technology and Innovation at Iranian Azad University, gave a speech on the first day of IRAMOT’s annual conference. He brought the concern of empty-handed innovation and the crucial significance of serving small and family businesses.
Keynote speaker of The 14th National and 10th International Conference, also mentioned the urge to reducing supervising role of universities and value them more as facilitators; as a transforming step towards diminishing the authority of the government of managing universities.
Dr Darioush Rafinehad, gave a speech on the “Innovation in the face of Covid-19 and climate change crisis” Lecturer in Presidio Graduate School during the IRAMOT’s 10th International Conference. He raised some facts about how Covid-19 crises affects the poor more than the rest, and about the sources and the consequences of climate change. The opportunities for innovation, in particular circular economy, was an option for governments to put their effort on. He also mentioned the significant role of the engaged institutions to work as a system, facilitating each other.
Workshops News
The first online workshop in the 10th International Conference on Management of Technology and Innovation was held on 28th November, 2020 by Iranian Association for Management of Technology and Innovation (IRAMOT).
Meysam Zargarpour, a startup mentor and the instructor of the workshop, discussed the major mistakes made by innovators in designing and implementing their business models. Meysam said “One of the main parts of a successful business model is paying attention to the customers, knowing their attributes and figuring out their real needs”. “Instead of a complete recognition of customers, most of the businesses emphasize on their value proposition excessively in the first place, which leads to complexity and ambiguity in their development path” he added.
This workshop was ended by presenting some case studies in IT and Health-care industries. The attendees were also actively interacting and contributing to the workshop.
To participate in the conference and the workshops, visit the conference website.
www.conference.iramot.ir
Conference News
The 14th National Conference and the 10th International Conference “Technology Management and Innovation” with the focus on “Innovation in Environmental Turbulence” will be held online on 12 and 13 Azar 1399.
Exportna: This year’s conference will feature lectures by the most prominent international professors in the field of technology management and innovation. Also in this event, we will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in different sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
Technology Management and Innovation Conference will be held on 12 and 13 Azar · EXPORTNA
The 14th National Conference and the 10th International Conference “Technology Management and Innovation” with the focus on “Innovation in Environmental Turbulence” will be held online on 12 and 13 Azar 1399.
Nupana : This year’s conference will feature lectures by the most prominent international professors in the field of technology management and innovation. Also in this event, we will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in different sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
Technology Management and Innovation Conference will be held on 12 and 13 Azar | نوپانا (nopana.ir)
According to Mehr News Agency , the conference, which is organized by the Technology and Innovation Management Association with the support of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund and the Scientific Policy Research Center, will be accompanied by lectures by international professors in the field of technology and innovation management.
This event will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in various sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is dedicated to presenting the experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
The educational programs of this conference will be held virtually from December 8 to 11 with the presence of Iranian teachers inside and outside the country, including practical topics.
Technology Management and Innovation Conference to be held (tejaratonline.ir)
This event will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in various sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is dedicated to presenting the experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
The educational programs of this conference will be held virtually from December 8 to 11 with the presence of Iranian teachers inside and outside the country, including practical topics.
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Technology Management and Innovation Conference to be held – Istna (ictna.ir)
The News analysis of radar economist quoted by Mehr news agency, the conference organized by the Association of Management of Technology and Innovation and supported by the Innovation and Development Fund and the Research Center for Science Policy held a lecture in the International field of technology management and innovation will be.
This event will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in various sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is dedicated to presenting the experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
The educational programs of this conference will be held virtually from December 8 to 11 with the presence of Iranian teachers inside and outside the country, including practical topics.
Technology and Innovation Management Conference Held – (radareghtesad.ir)
The 14th National Conference and the 10th International Conference on Technology Management and Innovation with a focus on innovation in environmental turbulence will be held online on December 12 and 13.
The conference, organized by the Technology and Innovation Management Association with the support of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund and the Science Policy Research Center, will be accompanied by lectures by international professors in the field of technology and innovation management.
This event will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in various sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is dedicated to presenting the experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
According to Mehr News Agency , the conference, which is organized by the Technology and Innovation Management Association with the support of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund and the Scientific Policy Research Center, will be accompanied by lectures by international professors in the field of technology and innovation management.
This event will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in various sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is dedicated to presenting the experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
According to the Public Relations of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund, the 10th International Conference and the 14th National Conference on Technology and Innovation Management will be held online on 12 and 13 Azar.
According to this report, in order to maximize the use of the power and expertise of the technology management network, the conference workshops will be held in a separate section from December 8 to 11 in two shifts, in the morning and in the afternoon. The deadline for knowledge-based companies to register and attend these workshops is December 28th of this year.
According to the ICT era, this year’s conference will be accompanied by lectures by the most prominent international professors in the field of technology management and innovation. Also in this event, we will witness the presence of leading managers of domestic industries along with specialized meetings in different sectors of the industry with the presence of experts from various perspectives.
The special part of the conference is the presentation of experiences of innovation management in crisis situations by Iranian innovative companies and organizations.
It is worth mentioning that the educational programs of the conference will be held virtually on December 28-29 with the presence of Iranian teachers inside and outside the country, including practical topics.
The National Conference on Technology Management and Innovation will be held online on December 4 and 5, and the Innovation and Prosperity Fund supports knowledge-based companies interested in attending the conference workshops up to 70%.
According to ISNA, the 10th International Conference and the 4th National Conference on Technology Management and Innovation will be held online on December 4 and 5, and in order to maximize the use of the power and expertise of the Technology Management Network, the conference workshops will be held in a separate section in It will be held from December 8 to 11 in two shifts, in the morning and in the afternoon.
Conference time: December 2-3 , 2020
Speakers
Navi Radjou
Innovation & leadership thinker/advisor
TED Speaker | Thinkers50 Innovation Award Winner
Per Stenius
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Reddal Inc.
Robert Phaal
Director of Research, Centre for Technology Management, Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
Dariush Rafinejad
Consulting Associate Professor at the Management Science & Engineering Department at Stanford
Dr. Marina Ranga
Policy officer at the European Commission Joint Research Centre Seville, Spain and Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke
Professor of Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Surrey Business School (UK) and visiting professor at ESADE Business School
Prof. Mammo Muchie
A DST-NRF research chair in Innovation Studies at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology
Dr. Simone Corsi
Lecturer in International Business, Strategy and Innovation at Loughborough University and senior researcher at GLORAD
Eng Mehdi Masoumi
Founder of Telawang Company
Dr. Shahab Javanmardi
Managing Director of Pasargad Arian Information and Communication Technology Company
Eng Mahmoud Reza Merati
Co-founder and Deputy Managing Director for Technical Affairs of Poyandegan Rah-e Saadat Company
Dr. Mohammad Arasti
Faculty member of the Faculty of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology
Eng Farzin Fardiss
Vice Chairman of the Commission for Digital Innovation and Transformation Economy, Managing Director of Pars Samanatagh Tehran Trading Group
Dr. Rouhollah Dehghani
Vice Chancellor for Technology, Islamic Azad University
Support by National Informatics Corporation (NIC)
Knowledge based Institutions & Companies Center, Vice Presidency for Science and Technology
Iranian Society for Manufacturers and Exporters of Medical Biotech Products
Technology Studies Institute, Islamic Republic of Iran Presidency
headquarters for knowledge-based economy and soft and creative industries
Iran National Innovation Fund, Islamic Republic of Iran Presidency
Technology Studies Institute, Islamic Republic of Iran Presidency
Workshops
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Workshop: Rescuing businesses in crisis through social innovation
workshop: Innovative Enterpreneurship Financing In Iran
workshop: The 4 Lenses of Innovation (A Powerful Tool for Creative Thinking)
workshop: Intellectual property,creative industries & entrepreneurial strategies
workshop:Observation and Meaning Finding Techniques for Design Thinking
workshop: Growth and innovation centers and accelerators atructure and activities
Researcher in United Nations university
workshop: Enhancing the Social Impact of Innovation
Co-founder of 10amPodcast
workshop : Common mistakes in designing business models of innovative firms
Conference Archive 2019
December 17 and 18, 2019 – Tehran, Shahid Beheshti University International Conference Center
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