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	We need to create real market places for R&D activities outside the university laboratories and research centers for more interaction with the industrial sector. The MIA competition is a first-of-a-kind program on a pan-Arab level that will create such possibilities. Not only will it help university students and researchers to market their findings and develop their entrepreneurial skills, but it will also create awareness of and build trust in the ability of Arab technology experts to answer local technological and development challenges
		Dr. Abdalla A. Alnajjar President, Arab Science & Technology Foundation (ASTF)

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About MIA

Overview

"Made in the Arab World" (MIA) is a competition that aims at extracting innovations in the Arab World by channeling research in Arab universities towards solving real technological or scientific problems in the Arab region to foster business-oriented results & new product development with significant market value.

The MIA competition is a pilot project for Industry-University Linkage (IUL) all over the Arab world, and shall be assisting in developing the entrepreneurial skills of the program participants as well as recognizing innovative and outstanding technology business ideas.

The MIA finals event is the outcome of a series of national competitions in different Arab countries. The winners from these national competitions shall be competing on a pan Arab level in Egypt in November 2009.