TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran and Uzbekistan will establish a joint technology park in the city of Samarkand focusing on health, digital economy, and cultural industries.

A delegation from Uzbekistan will meet representatives of some Iranian knowledge-based companies on Saturday, January 6, in Tehran to discuss and negotiate further issues.

Uzbekistan planning to boost tech co-op with Iran

Nasriev Fariddin Badriddinovich, ambassador of Uzbekistan to Iran, visited achievements of Iranian knowledge-based companies in the 11th exhibition of Iranian-made laboratory equipment and materials, Iran Lab Expo 2024, on Thursday.

“Last year (2023), our trade with Iran in various fields of technology was about 500 million dollars. We’re planning to increase it to 1 billion dollars,” IRNA quoted Badriddinovich as saying.

He went on to say that Uzbekistan gives priority to agriculture and textiles for technological cooperation with Iran.

In October 2023, Vice President for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani-Firouzabadi traveled to Tashkent to discuss developing technological cooperation with Uzbekistan’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation Ibrahim Abdurakhmanov.

Dehqani-Firouzabadi was invited to attend the International Inno-week 2023, IRNA reported.

He was also scheduled to meet Uzbekistan’s industry minister.

Apart from visiting the exhibition in which 25 Iranian knowledge-based companies were taking part, Dehqani Firouzabadi planned to visit the Iran House of Innovation and Technology in Tashkent, laying the groundwork for concluding several technology contracts and expanding knowledge-based exports.

iHiT in Tashkent

On June 18, 2023, the Iran House of Innovation and Technology (iHiT) in the city of Tashkent was inaugurated, aimed at introducing knowledge-based, technological, and creative products of Iran to Uzbekistan, and facilitating scientific interactions and cooperation between the two countries, IRNA reported.

The private sector invested about $4 million to establish the iHiT Tashkent.

The two sides signed a technological cooperation agreement worth $10 million in the field of energy under the support of the house of innovation and technology.

Exporting technological products of Iranian knowledge-based companies is one of the important and key programs of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, and in this regard over the past years, with the support of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, the Iranian houses of innovation have been set up in several countries to develop the global market for knowledge-based products.

These centers have already been set up in countries such as Russia, Turkey, China, Syria, Kenya, Armenia, and Iraq.

By supporting innovative ideas, and holding technological and innovative events, the centers will be a platform for the development and promotion of Iranian knowledge-based companies, startups, and creative industries.

Iran Lab Expo 2024

The 11th exhibition of Iranian-made laboratory equipment and materials named ‘IRAN LAB EXPO 2024’ opened in Tehran on Tuesday and will wrap up today, January 5.

Supported by the Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, the international exhibition is showcasing 10,500 innovative products, IRNA reported.

A total of 366 technological companies are presenting their latest technological achievements, laboratory equipment, and advanced testing.

Moreover, some nine technological products of knowledge-based companies are unveiled during the exhibition.

The 2024 exhibition of Iranian-made laboratory equipment and materials will display Iran-made products in 14 thematic sections including “Oil and Petrochemical”; “Electricity”;  “Electronics and Software”; “Civil and Construction”, “Mechanics”; “Chemistry and Metallurgy”; “Agriculture and Environment”; “Basic Physics”; “General Laboratory Equipment”;  “Laboratory materials”; “Medical engineering and biomaterials”; “Industrial test equipment”; “Calibration services” and “Educational and laboratory equipment for schools” are among different sections of the technological exhibition.