iENA 2019

iENA 2019 was held from October 30 to November 3, 2019. Nearly 800 inventions from 32 countries around the world, especially industrialized countries have participated in this version of the expo, and less than the third of the inventions won medals. The Lebanese booth had a special attention, where he was visited by the President of IFIA, the President of the German Inventors Association, and the President of the European Inventors Association, as well as many heads of delegations, visitors, and interested people who expressed their admiration in the level of the Lebanese inventors. The President of the exhibition also singled out the Lebanese delegation for its professionalism on the stage at the beginning of the closing ceremony in German and English.

The first gold medal and the European Association of Inventors Award have been won by “Smart Family Doctor” the invention of Omar Abi Aad, Patricia Bark, Yvana Moawad and Anthony Al Hoyeik, under the supervision of Mr. Sadek Bark from the school “Notre Dame du Jamhour”. The second gold medal and the best invention award from IFIA have been won by “plastic eco tiles” the invention of Reem Barakat and Mariana Zein under the supervision of Mr Thoualfekar Nasrallah from “Karama Secondary School – Amal Educational Institutions”. The third gold medal has been won by “pesticides: alternatives and effectiveness” the innovation of Zainab Abdel Sater and Zahraa Srour under the supervision of Ms. Nada Hamade from “Al-Batoul High School”.

The silver medal and the Russian Ministry of Science and Technology Award have been won by “Smart Green House” the invention of Lara Skaiki, Mohamed Taleb, and William Salame under the supervision of Mr. Antoine Abi Tayeh from “Cadmous College”.

The first bronze medal and the Polish Society of Inventors Award have been won by “AstroPhysics” the innovation of Joelle Tarabay under the supervision of Ms. Hala El Ghossainy from “Al Marj High School”. While the second bronze medal and the medal of the German Inventors Association have been won by “Styrolime” the project of Ahmed Rashidi under the supervision of Ms. Nemat Al-Khalil from “Al-Makassed School”. The third bronze medal, in addition to a certificate of appreciation from the Portuguese Association of Inventors, went to “Digital Scientist” the invention of Ali Reda Lezaik under the supervision of Mr. Mahmoud Ezzedine from “Al-Mustapha High School”.

In addition, in iENA 2019 many prizes have been given to other inventions from different countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia. Two prizes were presented on stage, one in the name of NASR and was awarded by MS Ninette Kamel and Mr. Mohamad Koubeissy to Dr. Hamidollad Afrasiabian and Mr.Vahid Afrasiabian for their invention “Herbal compound extract for the resolving inflammation and treatment fatty liver by Nanomedicine technology”, the other in the name of IFIA FPME and was awarded by Mr. Chouaib to Nikitin Alexey and Alekhin Alexandr for their invention “Technology of tension-free hernioplasty”.