More than 160 inventors representing 30 countries have arrived in Kuwait for the 8th International Invention Fair of the Middle East.
The conference launched on Monday and will continue through Nov. 19.
"For the first time we have participants from six continents participating in the Invention Fair. In the past, we were paying for the inventors to participate, and since the last two years, the inventors are paying to participate. This Fair has become the second biggest fair for inventions in the world after the Geneva Fair, and the biggest in the region," said Ahmad Al-Manfouhi, chairman of Kuwait Science Club, according to Kuwait Times.
"This is the first year the inventions will be manufactured – and ready for sell and display. For the first time, all displayed inventions will be new, and there will be duplicated inventions. Furthermore, all inventors will have their inventions registered – with patent rights."
The Kuwait Science Club hosts the event annually in collaboration with the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. The fair endeavors to not only display but also market the inventions exhibited.
"Through this fair, we aim to support and help the inventors to sell their inventions and make people benefit from them. For this reason we have invited many people to attend and meet the inventors to see the inventions and get live demonstration," Manfouhi said.
Substantial prizes are also up for grabs during the event, awarded by a panel of international experts.
"The KSC will present 15 thousand dollars; the Organizing Committee -10 thousand dollars; GCC Patents Office Prize of Saudi Riyal – 50 thousand dollars; Geneva Fair Prize – $5000; prize of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS) – $5000; Gulf Inventors Prize – $1000 and four prizes presented by the World Intellectual Property Organization," said Dr Khalid Al-Fadhel, head of the Science Committee.
Let's see what exciting new technologies are revealed this week.