The team of Iranian researchers won a gold medal in the Invention Expo for Smart Sport Tourism with Marketing UAVs, which was held in Dubai from December 7-9.

With the support of the World Invention Intellectual Property Organization (WIIPA), the event was held in the eight fields of energy, medicine, information technology, aerospace, chemistry, physics, marketing and advertising, and art, IRIB reported.

More than 150 designs, inventions, and ideas were presented from 21 countries, including Iran, Germany, Croatia, Romania, South Korea, Singapore, England, Indonesia, China, and Poland.

The Iranian team consisted of tourism and tourism management students from Tehran and Shiraz universities.

Reza Heydari, Amirhossein Payandeh, Saman Keivannia, Mostafa Raftari, Amir Arghvan, and Amirhossein Lotfi, were the members of the Iranian team.

Their design is called “Smart Sport Tourism with Marketing UAVs” which uses a combination of aerospace sciences and technologies, tourism, and artificial intelligence.

The idea of Iranian researchers has been designed and tested in regard to the restrictions on access to sports tourism destinations and different sports events in the world due to economic, political, physical, and health restrictions.

It was evaluated by the jury of the festival in terms of innovation, practicality, design, affordability, social and economic effects, and market opportunities.

Thanks to being recognized as the best in its group, the design received the gold medal in the international competition.

Dubai Invention Expo

DIS, International Invention Show 2023, provides a business platform for inventors, manufacturers, and dealers to present their latest products and innovations and exchange information. For this occasion, delegations from more than 32 countries came to Dubai to present their patented inventions and new ideas, the competition brings together many participants and inventions in many diverse areas.

The renowned international contest is first and foremost a propitious place for professional exchanges where partners and contacts mingle in a convivial and positive atmosphere.

At DIS, excellence in innovation is highlighted through the Invention & Innovation Award, it brings recognition to the best inventions, innovations, and trade, adding onto its merit is supported by many international delegates.

This event offers a platform for innovation, a professional meeting place that gathers different players from the world of innovation, research, development, and financing, it covers areas such as energy, medicine, information technology, aerospace, biochemistry, and many more.

Developing AI on the agenda

President Ebrahim Raisi has issued an executive order for the establishment of the ‘National Steering Committee and the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center’.

Creating a complete and stable chain of ideas to market in AI, benefiting from AI for the economic progress of the country, planning to achieve a leading and sustainable position among the countries of the world, as well as identifying and nurturing talents in the field of AI are among the most important tasks of the national AI center, IRNA reported.

“Iran ranks 17th in artificial intelligence in terms of scientific production and publication of articles in the world, while ranks 78th in terms of its application in the world,” Rouhollah Dehqani-Firouzabadi, Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-based Economy, has said.

The Vice Presidency has prepared three comprehensive plans to develop artificial intelligence in different sectors.

Currently, artificial intelligence is the first priority for the development of technology and is pursued with three programs, IRNA quoted Firouzabadi as saying

Artificial intelligence is a comprehensive technology and affects all other areas of technology, he highlighted.

“The plans in the field of artificial intelligence include scientific development programs that are mostly pursued in universities. The second plan is technology development programs that are pursued in companies that work in the field of artificial intelligence. And the third plan is the creation of a national technology hub in the field of artificial intelligence.” /T.T/