Innovations and inventions at the iENA 2015

May 27, 2015

iENA 2015, international trade fair "Ideas – Inventions – New products", takes place in the Nuremburg Exhibition Center from October 29 to November 1, 2015. This year, new exciting ideas are also coming from Poland – partner to iENA 2015. An innovation seminar and symposium round off what the trade fair has to offer. Running in parallel with iENA, the START Messe (October 31 and November 1) provides information and contacts for people wanting to start their own businesses

Creative ideas, smart inventions and technical innovations attract a trade public from more than 40 countries (2014) to the Nuremburg Exhibition Center. For 67 years now, iENA has been the international hub for marketing inventions: Companies, technical colleges, research facilities and inventors use iENA to engage in fruitful dialog with one another. The summit conference of the International Invention Fair 2014 in South Korea sets the course for iENA 2015. In addition to iENA, those responsible for inventor trade fairs from Malaysia, the US, Switzerland and Korea participated to exchange experience, kick off collaborative activities and define quality parameters for inventors trade fairs.

iENA 2015 enjoys a growing level of internationality

After the success of previous years, various joint national contributions have already registered for iENA 2015, for instance, Iran. Last year, inventors from 30 countries presented about 700 inventions at the trade fair. This year, the degree of internationality will be further expanded: For the very first time, Poland partners with iENA. The Department for Trade and Investments of the Polish Embassy in Berlin presented inventions and innovative solutions from scientific research institutes, innovative companies and individual researchers from Poland. For many years now, the Nuremburg trade fair has been a permanent part of the agenda in the exhibition calendar of Polish researchers and developers.

27 exhibitors from Poland participated in the iENA

National and international inventors associations and initiatives, for example the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA) and the Querdenker Stiftung, will boost our exhibition activities this year. In addition to focusing on promoting creative skill sets and capabilities, the Initiative Querdenker will also focus on networking: Querdenker helps inventors when forming inventor clubs, independent of any particular organization, and provides them with a contact forum at the exhibition. Youths can learn from their peers at workshops and presentations – and teachers obtain tips on how to support students when it comes to brainstorming.

The iENA innovation seminar (October 30) and the iENA symposium (October 31) represent the technical highlights of the inventors trade fair. For 2015 the innovation seminar has the title "Innovation management strategies – generating and implementing new products and processes". IHKs, technical colleges and representatives from business are there to provide the appropriate information. The iENA symposium carries on with the seminar topic and focuses on "With the idea to success – invent and become a company".

START – the trade fair for people wanting to start a company – ideally supplements iENA

The START Messe (October 31 and November 1, 2015) involves itself with forming a company, financing, succession and franchising. It is coupled with iENA, therefore supplementing the information provided for inventors and people wishing to start their own company.

The iENA 2015, international trade fair "Ideas – Inventions – New products" is open for the trade public only on October 29 and 30. At the weekend (October 31 and November 1), visitors also have the opportunity of visiting the inventors trade fair along with the Consumenta which runs in parallel. Additional information is available at www.iena.de