iNNOV8 at the Annual OTT Conference, Barcelona 

iNNOV8 was accepted and featured in the Open Think Tank Directory, a global database of policy research organizations managed by OTT earlier in 2024. As a result, iNNOV8 was invited to participate in OTT’s annual conference for Think Tanks, which was held in Barcelona, Spain, this year.  

On May 21, 2024, iNNOV8’s Director, Imad Farhadi, participated in the three-day conference attended by representatives from over 150 Think Tanks from around the world. iNNOV8 was the only Think Tank from Iraq to take part in the conference.   

At the OTT Conference 2024, questions like what communities do think tanks belong to? How can Think Tanks contribute to their communities? And how can they build trust, engage and collaborate with them? Were addressed.  

The role of Think Tanks in a year of elections, and with the backsliding of democracy were the focal points of discussions of the panels.  

iNNOV8 was able to establish a strong base with the international Think Tankers and many venues of future cooperation and collaborations were discussed with various global partners.