[NYTr] Congress for Planners, Inventors, Designers Opens in Havana Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 16:34:03 -0500 (CDT) Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit ["innovators and rationalists" is difficult to translate into English. It seems to comprise inventors, as well as engineers, industrial designers, and city planners, among other specialties.] Prensa Latina, Havana http://www.plenglish.com Innovators Congress Takes Off Havana, Oct 3 (Prensa Latina) More than 300 delegates to the VI Congress of the National Association of Innovators and Rationalists (ANIR) repare to take part in the event that will be held in Havana s EXPOCUBA fairgrounds today and tomorrow. Jose Suarez Bravo, ANIR president, told the press that everything is ready for the meeting after two Forums of Science and Technology where innovators and rationalists presented important solutions to problems of production and services. He explained that this congress will analyze the work of the more than 400,000 members grouped in 22,000 base organizations in different sectors of the economy. Suarez Bravo informed that some of the subjects to be debated are the role of its members in the defense of the country, economic development of the nation and priority programs of the Revolution as well as energy savings, especially using batteries. A broad process of base assemblies and four national workshops were the steps taken just before the congress. These covered subjects of production, manufacturing spare parts, equipment maintenance and incentive system, among others. * ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us Our main website: http://www.blythe.org List Archives: http://blythe-systems.com/pipermail/nytr/ Subscribe: http://blythe-systems.com/mailman/listinfo/nytr =================================================================