It is with pleasure that we wish to announce that SIRIM Berhad has been appointed by the Malaysian Government to organise courses under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP). Under the MTCP for the year 2010, SIRIM Berhad is offering four international training programmes under the MCTP as follows:

Technology Cooperation Office (TCO) of Iran has the pleasure to announce that they will be organizing a workshop on Commercialization of Hi-Tech Products this coming May 2010.

The two-day workshop will be held in Tehran and the topics of the conference will be covering several important aspects of commercialization such as:

-Fundamentals of commercialization (idea to market)
-Historical trend
-Risk analysis in commercialization
-Assessment on commerciability
-Best practices/success stories
-Medium and high-tech commercialization
-Impact of global commercialization: best practices
-The role of branding in commercialization
-How to promote hi-tech commercialization at global level for developing countries
-The role of Special Free Zones in facilitating hi-tech commercialization
-The role of techno-parks, incubators, VCs (Venture Capitals) in facilitating hi-tech commercialization
-The role of governments in facilitating high-tech commercialization

Members interested in participating as speakers are invited to contact directly:-

Ms. Maryam Shaeri
International Coordinator
Technology Cooperation Office
No. 96 Sattar Khan Ave,
Habibullah St,
Soroush (1), Tehran
Iran
Tel: +9821 61002464
Fax: +9821 61006100
Email: mshaeri@tco.ir OR internationaltco@tco.ir
Website: www.tco.ir

The Centre for International Scientific Study and Collaboration (CISSC) and IROST Institute of Advanced Technology is co-organising a workshop/conference on "Application of Synchrotron Light in Life Sciences and Nanotechnology" on February 22-24, 2010 in Tehran, I.R. Iran. This workshop mainly aims at enriching the interested audience with new information about various potential applications of SR methods in life science, nanotechnology, biotechnology and industrial and biological spectrum.

CISSC and IROST are highly pleased to invite four resource persons specialised in the subjects mentioned in the attached brochure and are ready to sponsor all expenses related to their travel and attendance in the workshop including a round trip economy class ticket, accommodation and daily allowance as per UN rate. The topics of the first day of the workshop are undertaken by Iranian resource persons and nominated resource persons from Australia, South Korea, China, South Africa and other developing and developed countries are invited to cover the topics mentioned in the attached programme. Qualified speakers are invited to provide their curriculum vitae at the earliest time possible.

Applications are to be made through the following website: http://www.iransesame.ir

The Biotechnology Development Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to announce that Iran Bio-Tech 2010 which was scheduled to be held in Tehran from February 16th to 18th, 2010 is postponed to April 13th to 15th due to unavoidable circumstances.

The exhibition is a great opportunity for companies or industries to break into the Iranian market by collaborating with Iranian companies. Potential companies are invited to apply to participate in this exhibition.

The Centre is sponsoring one qualified exhibitor from Malaysia to participate in this exhibition.

For more information and the application form, kindly click HERE.

The Biotechnology Development Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran is pleased to call for participation in the First Iranian Biotechnology Exhibition of 2010 titled "Iran Bio-Tech 2010". This exhibition is sponsored by the Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) Regional Centre for Science and Technology Transfer (RCSTT) and will be held in Tehran from February 16 to 18, 2010.

The Centre is highly pleased to fully sponsor one qualified exhibitor from Malaysia to participate in this exhibition. The participant may be a company or from an industry that is able to interact with other participating companies from the region including more than 150 Iranian companies to develop new joint venture or investment, joint marketing of products, etc. Potential companies for this programme are invited to apply to participate in this exhibition.

For more information and the application form, kindly click HERE.