The Presence Of The Founder Of The Startup Panotech At A Special Meeting For Innovators And Technologists

in line with the challenges of innovation and technology, a special meeting of innovators was held in cooperation with the special task force for the development of nanotechnology at the institute of energy science and technology of sharif university of technology, and ended with the introduction of the winners of the two successful challenges. the special meeting of innovators, with the participation of participants in the innovation and technology challenges, nanotechnology exchange agents, and nano industry ambassadors, was held at the institute of energy science and technology of sharif university of technology on march 6, 2017; the meeting was organized in five areas: a review of the innovation challenges held so far, an introduction to the support and facilitation processes of the nano task force in relation to innovation challenges, an introduction to the approaches and activities of business angels (well-thought investors), and a review of the successful experience of a technology group in the innovation challenge and attracting capital and support. at this meeting, the final winners of the two challenges of producing sustainable grease-repellent nanocoatings on metal or glass surfaces and the challenge of increasing the shelf life of agricultural products were introduced and honored with cash prizes and support facilities.

in the first part of the program, dr. asadifard, director of the industry and market working group of the nano headquarters, introduced the nano headquarters' support and facilitation processes related to innovation challenges.

in the first panel of this meeting, dr. malekifar (ceo of the institute of industry and technology and head of the ichallenge secretariat), dr. kalantari nejad (ceo of the innovators of convergent cognitive, biological, information and nano technologies company (shazan)), eng. ali rasouli (founder and head of capital provision of the startup panotech) and eng. dostkam (director of nanotechnology business development in the field of medicine and health of the industry and market working group of the special headquarters for the development of nanotechnology) discussed the successful experience of the panotech technology team with the presence of the founder and investor of this startup.
in the second panel, which was held with the presence of dr. najimi (secretary of the industry and market working group of the nano headquarters), engineer karimi (director of the innovation factory), dr. bitab (ceo of the nano capital fund), and dr. shafaei (responsible for acceptance and evaluation of roshd sharif), the factors of success and failure of nanotechnology startups were examined. also, in the fourth part of the meeting, engineer zourmand (ceo of yaiko engineering company and member of karaya investor), introduced the approaches and activities of business angels (well-thought investors).