Qeshm Island hosted the vice president for science and technology affairs to inaugurate the construction of “the specialized tower of marine industries and sciences of Qeshm” so that specialized bio and marine technologies could improve knowledge-based production by relying on innovation, creative human resources, and land advantages.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, attended the meeting of “evaluation of investment capacities in Qeshm” during his travel to Qeshm Island on April 23^rd, 2019.

In this meeting, which was attended by the governor of Hormozgan, head of the Free Zone of Qeshm, and a number of investors and technology activists, Sattari talked about the importance of flourishing of knowledge-based production and sympathy on creating a suitable innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Booming the “Ecosystem”, Necessity of “Production Flourishing”

Emphasizing that the flourishing of production is realized by products of companies, Sattari reminded: if we want to produce Iranian products for people and supply the needs of the society, it should be carried out with the help of knowledge-based companies and startups.

Sattari explained that cooperation and interaction must be established between parks and entrepreneurs in the knowledge-based path, asserting: the local research and technology fund is one of the major factors for development of ecosystem of entrepreneurship. The creative and entrepreneurial youth that are attracted from the capital or other countries in this area are like valuable model of improvement and pave the way for the presence and maintenance of these individuals at larger dimensions.

The vice president for science and technology affairs explained the importance of attention to local capacities for making the production development tangible, adding: one of the serious potentials of Qeshm is biotechnology, especially marine biotechnology. Production in this field has been invested in and the path is growing. In the world, this issue has had a good development, and Iran is moving along the leading countries in maritime technology.

According to Sattari, Hormozgan University has also taken this course, and the boom of knowledge-based companies and the strengthening of the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation in Qeshm Free Zone is a priority issue with the help of the Island Science and Technology Park and the infrastructure facilities to be allocated to this theme.

Empathy for Flourishing Innovation

The president of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter pointed out 80-90 thousand billion tomans brought by more than 4300 knowledge-based companies in the past year.

The vice president for science and technology affairs explained the innovative capacities of Hormozgan province and many works performed in this area, continuing: marine biotech will first be supported and strengthened, as well as infrastructural and legal issues, in order to come to the forefront of this ecosystem. All the actors must come to an understanding and this development must come from their heart.

Qeshm Island, Host of “Specialized Tower of Marine Industries and Sciences”

The vice president for science and technology affairs inaugurated the construction of tower of marine industries and sciences of Qeshm Island.

The process of construction of this tower was started in the presence of the vice president for science and technology affairs, the governor of Hormozgan, and head of the Free Zone of Qeshm.

This tower, which will be constructed with the cooperation of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs and Free Zone of Qeshm, is the technology hub of the country in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

The specialized tower of marine industries and sciences of Qeshm will support successful startups that need facilities for semi-mass production.

This tower is supposed to host knowledge-based companies and startups related to marine sciences and technologies and improve technological production.