The CSE was pleased to host and make a presentation to an Iranian trade visit delegation including IRICA the Informatic Companies Association, MAGFA the Information Technology Development Center and 20 of the largest IT companies.

Apart from a presentation by the CSE on its role in assisting software organisations develop their capabilities, presentations were delivered by 6 Irish software companies on their own products. These companies and their products included:

• Textus - Mobile ticketing
• AERinformatics - Jet engine maintenance planning
• MoneyPoint - Cash processing
• Rockall Technologies - Loan security management
• Epionet - Application development platform based on service oriented architectures
• Clintech - Patient oriented clinical information systems

The trade mission was associated with the visit of Mr Jahangaard, the Special Envoy of the President for the development of e-government and the ICT industry, Mr Ganbari the Deputy Minister for ICT and Mr Afkhami-rad the Deputy Minister for Industry & Mines.

The trade visit was successfully co-ordinated my Nick Marmion and Maebh Maguire of the Dubai office of Enterprise Ireland.

Iran is the industrial hub of its region and is undergoing major economic development including a significant investment in IT. The visit to Ireland of this trade mission is a further reinforcement of the interest of Iran in the Irish software sector. Almost 60 Irish companies met with the Iranian companies over a 2-day period. Feedback was very positive from organisations from both countries. A number of significant projects are likely to come about as result of this visit.

The CSE has been working with organisations in Iran since 2001 and is pleased to be of assistance to any company wishing to do business there.

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