According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Hesam Zand Hesami, Director general of the office of innovation and business, pointed out the current expectations from the carpet association, expressing: the most important goal of forming this association was increasing the penetration coefficient of technology in art, specifically the carpet industry, in a way that we could improve the global market share and position of this art-industry with the use of technologies while maintaining the originality and identity of Iranian carpet art.

Director general of the office of innovation and business regarded the drawing and pathology of the carpet industry"s value chain and providing solutions based on the development and penetration of technology and utilizing the country"s scientific and technological capacities as the main function of the carpet center.

Zand Hesami continued: the scope of carpet center programs is not conducting research, nor pursuing guild affairs. The main programs of the association should not interfere with the duties and missions of other existing organizations and organizations. It is expected that this association pay attention to the marketing of traditional and new designs by using the current scientific and technological capacities of the country, especially the knowledge-based companies, to present innovation in the design, production and distribution.

Zand Hesami talked about the necessity of presence of all key players of the field in the association, asserting: all active players in this field, including researchers and academics, industrial producers, sellers and exporters and top brands must have a mutual cooperation in the association.

It is notable that the knowledge, industry and market cooperation associations work with the cooperation and presence of representatives from the main pillars of knowledge-based economy, including academic and research associations, professional centers, firms, technology and innovation applicants and representatives of government and government sectors in the form of a non-governmental and non-profit institute by the approval and monitoring of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs.

According to this report, the first meeting of the members of the board of directors of the association of knowledge, industry and carpet market was held, which was started by presenting a report on the process of holding elections and covered the expression of opinions and expectations.