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2016/09/23
ISTT’s Director of International Affairs was Selected as an International Board Member of IASP
The director of Isfahan Science and Technology Town’s International and Scientific Cooperation department, Mozhgan Yazdianpour was selected to become a board member of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation, during the 2016 IASP world conference.
At present Mozhgan Yazdianpour is also the director of international affairs at UNESCO’s category II center at ISTT, Isfahan Regional Center for Technology Incubator and Science Park Development (IRIS), where she has influenced the dissemination of knowledge and information throughout the region.
Having been the spearhead of ISTT’s international programs for the past two decades, and with the active and influential role that ISTT plays in IASP, it was decided that such an appointment would be appropriate and beneficial.
IASP is the most celebrated science park association in the world, and Ms. Yazdianpour is the first Iranian lady to assume such a position within this organization. She will be a member of the board of IASP for the next two years.
IASP also appointed other board members from Russia, Uruguay, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France, the U.S. and Nigeria at the same time.
About IRIS
Isfahan Regional Center for Technology Incubators and Science Park Development was established in Isfahan in May 2010 according to an agreement between Islamic Republic of Iran and UNESCO. Isfahan Science and Technology Town (ISTT) is the host for this regional center.
