Skopje hosts Third International Patent, Innovation and New Technologies Fair INOVAMAK 2019. Organizer of the fair is National Association of Inventors of Macedonia (NAIM). Sub-organizers are Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Fund for Innovation and Technological Development, and sponsors were Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Education and Science, State Office of Industrial Property (SOIP), Macedonian Power Plants and Paneks – Skopje.
  The following countries presented their inventions at this fair: PR China, Russian Federation, India, Canada, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, R. Macedonia. Serbia, Egypt, Taiwan, Iran, Serbia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Austria, and the host country Republic of Northern Macedonia with about a hundred inventions.
  At the opening ceremony of the fair, after the welcoming address by Mr. Mirko Uzelac – President of NAIM, the participants welcomed Mr. Husein Hujic – Director General of IFIA (World Federation of Inventor Associations), prof. dr. Xuan Zengpei – Vice President of the Inventors’ Union of the People’s Republic of China and UN Representative, prof. Dr. Winfried Sturm – President of the German Inventors’ Association and also the Ambassador of STEM – Education and Manager of the IFIA Young Innovators Network, Mr. Mirko Mitic – Regional Representative of Moscow ARCHIMED CLUB for the Balkans, prof. Dr. Yevgeny Nikolaevich Bogdanov – Representative of the Russian Federation, Head of Information of the Moscow Volgate University and City Representative, B.Sc. Eng. Predrag Kovac – Representative of the Republic of Macedonia Czech and coordinator of the Czech Inventors’ Union for the Balkans, mr. Matija геugec – Secretary General of the Association of Inventors of the Republic of Macedonia Croatia and B.Sc. Eng. Svetlana Dasic – Vice President of the Inventors’ Union of Belgrade, Serbia. On this occasion, all the representatives of the foreign delegations congratulated NAIM President Mr. Mirko Uzelac on his 40th anniversary since the submission of his first patent application in 1979 and wished him a lot of success in the field of innovation and promotion. the invention of the world. Also for the advancement of the invention, high acknowledgments were given to Mr. NAIM’s Secretary. Vladimir Filevski by: prof. Prof. Dr. Yuan Shengpei, prof. Prof. Dr. Winfried Sturm, prof. Dr. Evgeniy Nikolaevich Bogdanov and Mr. Matija Shugets.
  After this part of the opening ceremony of INOVAMAK 2019 welcoming speeches were given by: prof. Prof. Radmil Polenakovikj, Ph.D., Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UKIM, Skopje; Goran Gerasimovski Deputy Director of SOIP and Ms. Neda Ikonomova from FITR.
  The opening ceremony is completed with several music tracks performed by prominent Macedonian violinist Plamenka Trajkovska, a member of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Members of the evaluation committee
Husein Hujic, Director General of IFI
Prof. Dr. Radmil Polenakovic Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Dip.el.ing Ali Asani SOIP
Double.ing Svetlana Dasic Vice President of the Belgrade Inventors’ Union
Dipl.ing Slobodanka Trajkovska SOIP
Dip.ing Irena Daneva SOIP
  After years of neglecting this noble and sublime activity, the invention of Macedonia slowly but surely begins to return to the big door. Of course, NAIM has been a big contributor to this, which in a very short period of time has been able to unite Macedonian inventors, providing them with direct assistance, ranging from free patent applications to overseas presentation of their patents at a number of internationally recognized fairs, which of course is made possible by NAIM’s full membership in IFIA (International Federation of Inventor Associations), its membership in the Moscow Archimedes Club and the Indochinese CIIS Association. NAIM continues to join new international organizations that bring together inventors with the sole purpose of providing its members with broad communication and patent enforcement.
  The presence of a large number of foreign delegations at INOVAMAK 2019 is proof of the great reputation that NAIM has gained for a very short period since its inception in 2016.
   NAIM will continue with its noble and sublime mission of advancing Macedonian invention.