On the first Saptech Technological Event (2020), Parviz Karami stated: experts with 5,000 companies are well positioned to launch their 90,000 billion marketplace, along with 6,000 startups in different areas of advanced technology.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the first round of Saptech was held this morning in the presence of the CEO of Saptech, the head and members of Spare Part Association and knowledge-based companies. During the event, Parviz Karami, the secretary of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter, pointed out that the wish of opening the doors of the automotive industry market to knowledge-based companies, asserting: we have always wished our scholars to find an effective place and capabilities in the automotive industry.

He added: until a few years ago, if we were talking about scientists, it was incomprehensible to society to say what you are looking for in this new ecosystem. However, today, this technology and innovation ecosystem has taken its place in the country and introduced itself to society and has been able to showcase its power in this ecosystem.

The advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs continued: if the society was familiarized with the components of technology and innovation ecosystem at the level of universities, technology parks and growth centers four years ago, good players have been added to the field and have played a role in society, including CVs, innovation funds, innovation centers, accelerators, and innovation factories and have established their position well and have shown their potential to the community.

Karami pointed out the existence of five thousand knowledge-based companies in the country, asserting: these companies have been able to properly show their abilities along with six thousand active startups in various fields of advanced technologies.

He continued: large companies and structures were formed in the country before the Islamic Revolution, which may have failed to produce two or three more vaccines during these years. However, in recent years, knowledge-based companies have been formed and have been able to produce different vaccines in the human, animal and poultry fields.

The secretary of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter mentioned: all of these Iranian manufactured drugs have received standard manufacturing and approval from domestic and even international centers. The platform can also be formed with the presence of 800 knowledge-based companies in the field of automotive industry and auto parts, and contribute to the national production process and self-sufficiency.

He marked: it has always been a question for me why the country"s auto industry cannot achieve its original quality. Iran"s automotive industry is the eighth largest in the world.

Karami also emphasized: the actions performed by Saptech Co. are an effective and important step toward automotive self-efficiency and R&D, and the Vice-Presidency has proven that it supports great work in the field by supporting several national macro plans with Irankhodro Industrial Group.

The advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs expressed: about 1000 creative knowledge-based companies exist in the field of cultural industries and they can help the industry in the field of reviving creative and large companies active in the field of interior and exterior design of cars.

Karami talked about the joint work of the Vice-Presidency with corporate and pioneer assembly, adding: the Vice-Presidency has entered the field of large companies through pioneer assembly program. In addition, it has aimed to invite large companies, such as Irankhodro, which has the ability to produce, increase occupations and improve export, and support small knowledge-based companies in a joint cooperation platform.

The secretary of the knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter added: to date, knowledge-based companies have created 300,000 direct jobs, and the turnover of these companies was 90 thousand billion Tomans last year.

The advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs pointed out the return of elites, emigration and brain drain, affirming: there is no brain drain in the country. Brain drain is a fake term used by enemies of countries to confront politically.

Karami mentioned that the source of one of the fake news stated: in 2009, the IMF reported that Iran was ranked first in terms of brain drain. Meanwhile, the bank has published no such report and the global bank has no responsibility to provide a report on emigration. This misconception was spread by a person named Abbas Milani and has been cited several times in the social media.

Karami continued: Iran was never ranked below 20 in this area. Unfortunately, this has sometimes been mistakenly and largely false about our country and it has been pretended that our country is at the top of countries where its elites want to migrate abroad.

He pointed out the issue of exit of students from the country, adding: the issue of brain drain and rotation is needed for training in new science in the country. Unfortunately, we are weak in sending students to other countries in this area. Iranian students once constituted the largest student colony in the United States. However, this has now been reversed and the number of Iranian students is the lowest among international students. The number of Iranian students is the lowest among international students and Iran is lower than Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Korea.

It is worth noting that the first Saptech event was held February 8^th-9^th, 2020 with the goal of introducing technological needs of automotive spare parts.