VP: Techmarts Pave Way for Governance

Thanks to their familiarity with industry and technology, Techmarts brokers can be the link between industry and technology, Vice President for Science and Technology Roohollah Dehqani said.

Dehqani’s meeting with techmarts brokers and managers in Iran International Exhibitions.

Referring to the importance of brokerages in the knowledge-based economy, he said that in terms of skills, brokers are superior to some knowledge-based companies because they deal with several skills and act interdisciplinary.

In addition to having the knowledge of technology, brokers must also be proficient in business and negotiation, he added.

Knowledge-based companies produce technology that can be presented to market, and here the importance of brokers who understand the language of knowledge-based and understand the language of the industry as mediators.

Meanwhile, Secretary of Iran national techmart Mohammad Saleh Khaleghi said that the network includes regional technology market brokers, technological product market development brokers, need identification and problem-solving brokers, specialized market technology brokers and capital attraction brokers as part of Iran's National Market Technology Trade Network.

He added that Iran National Techmart has 31,812 users and based on the new information, there are 1,437 companies, 14,319 products, and 896 requests for it.

Referring to the number contracts since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year, he said: In the development of the market, 58 contracts worth 93 billion Tomans have been signed in the field of meeting needs, 20 contracts worth 15 billion Tomans, and 12 contracts worth 83 billion Tomans have been signed in the field of investment.