From 24 to 26 September 2019, Skopje will host “INOVAMAK”, the International Fair of Patents, Inventions, Innovations and New Technologies organized by the National Association of Inventors of Macedonia – NAIM.
The event, now in its third edition, will give space to the inventions of hundreds of exhibitors from 20 countries around the world. The 2019 edition aims to repeat the success of 2018 when 102 patents and prototypes were presented during the three days of the fair. Among the projects on display last year were an adaptive modular support for hip prostheses designed by inventors Dan and Daniela Tarniță, an artificial system for the forearm created by Prof. Cosmin Berceanu using intelligent materials and an innovative spherical hinge elbow prosthesis invented by Dr. Cristian Boborelu of the Clinical Hospital of Craiova.
Once again this year, the pavilions of Dom na ARM will host inventions of all kinds and prototypes from all fields of research: from precision mechanics to construction, from medicine to urban planning. The organizers have in fact anticipated that there will be projects on display concerning the propulsion systems of airliners, domestic air conditioning, camping tents and even street cleaning. A large space will also be reserved for medicine and biomedical engineering, with the presentation of innovative prostheses for the knee and elbow, a medical device to determine the level of glucose in the blood from the breath and new tools for dentistry.
The most innovative inventions and the most original patents will be awarded with gold, silver and bronze medals. As every year, the awards will be dedicated to the Serbian physicist and chemist Mihajlo Pupin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, and will be awarded by a jury composed of the heads of the National Association of Investigators of Macedonia. INOVAMAK is organized by the National Association of Inventors of Macedonia (NAIM), equal member of IFIA and legitimate representative of Macedonia to the International Federation of Inventor Associations. It is no coincidence that IFIA is the main partner of the International Fair of Patents, Inventions, Innovations and New Technologies in Skopje. The Fair is also supported by the Macedonian Ministry of Defence, National Innovation Funds, the State Industrial Property Authority, the National Electricity Company (ELEM) and several private companies.
Further information on INOVAMAK is available on the official website of the event.