According to the public relations and information center of the presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs, visiting technology units settled in science and technology parks of Semnan located in Shahrud, Soorena Sattari, presidency vice president for science and technology affairs said on this issue that the science and technology park shouldn’t consider itself a sole physical place in the corner of a city: The science and technology park has to affect the whole province’s system through software. This is happened when the secretary of state understands that the province’s problems are resolved here and the head of the university creates occupation from here and participates in economy to the extent that the university’s maximum income earned from here.

He carried on: As the vice presidency for science and technology affairs, we are ready to seek this issue in any way possible. We will have unison to figure out how university can be shaped by these missions. However, the science and technology park should be apple of people’s eye. In this case, this place can be considered as the real science and technology park.

Benchmarking from Successful Entrepreneurship Ecosystems

Sattari mentioned: A great occurrence has happened since 2011. The very issue that almost 160 knowledge-based companies are working in this town is considerable. This should happen in each town proportional to that town. If the entrepreneurship ecosystem development path is managed in some points of the country correctly, the suitable benchmarking will happen and will attract other points of the country.

Mentioning successful universities as some patterns, Head of the knowledge-based economy culture-making headquarter said: The vice presidency for science affairs always provides new services to companies and idea-owners in knowledge-based fields. The Efflorescence and Innovation Fund’s role in provincial development is important as well.

According to the presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs, the technology research funds are not expected to lend money. The efflorescence and innovation fund should take a new approach to invest and provide special guaranty for performance and other fields and help the knowledge-based companies.

Stating that avoiding lending money is the new serious issue of the efflorescence and innovation fund, Sattari added: If the companies’ guaranty issue can be solved properly, there will be no need for lending money as good communicative lines have been created in banks today. We should kindle a light in a path in which banks cannot move so that banks get interested in working in this field.

Using Urban Obsolete Spaces, the Technology Development Path

The presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs emphasized on this issue that the vice presidency for science affairs’ budget has been considered for technology solely and said: If the obsolete spaces especially interurban spaces are allocated to this field, this vice presidency will establish a center for developing technology and entrepreneurship there.

He considered this approach necessary for science and technology parks as well and said: People should be acquainted with science and technology parks’ activity and sense it of close. For example, activity of companies settled in this park, facilities provided to these companies, service provided to people by these companies and so on should be sensed by the society.

70-Percent Increment in Science and Technology Parks’ Budget should Bring Double Benefit

The presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs said: The vice presidency for science and technology affairs is ready to cooperate with science and technology parks in fields such as commercialization, holding entrepreneurship events and start-ups.

He pointed out: The next year budget of science and technology parks has increased by 70 percent which is considerable. Although I think this increment is not enough yet, it is a great step. This asset should be duplicated.

Sattari visited technology units settles in science and technology parks campus of Semnan including incubators and technology units settled in as well as the Nou Amuz scientific-recreational park, the laboratory complex of the science and technology park of Semnan and the Idea Pardazan Pishro Marlic company located in Shahrud in this one-day trip and then departed to Semnan.

Visiting a Knowledge-Based Unit in Semnan

The presidency vice presidency for science and technology affairs visited the Chloran chemical production company producing D crystal compounds needed by various industries in his trip to Semnan. Sattari was informed about demands and concerns of this knowledge-based unit’s activists as well as their latest achievements.

This knowledge-based unit has a laboratory cooperating the National Accreditation Center of Iran which works in the field of examining and period testing the Cholera tanks and cylinders and obtaining mandatory and encouraging standards and health license for all products.

Sattari went to Semnan University with Dr. Rouhani.

The president is going to give lecture among academics of this university.