The world of invention is waiting excitedly for the start of this year's iENA, because it will be the event at which over 800 inventions from from throughout the world will be presented to the public for the very first time; the inventions will be celebrating their world premiere at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. It is an important forum for enabling free inventors to get in contact with licensees and exploiters from all over the world. On the first two days, the fair will be open to trade visitors only (registration necessary), while on the weekend  the general public will get a chance to view the latest inventions, thus giving exhibitors their first taste of feedback as to how consumers feel about their ideas.

The range of the presented inventions spans from high-tech inventions to low-tech inventions and encompasses above all developments and innovations from the areas of electrical engineering, electronics and solar technology, power engineering, mechanical engineering, environmental protection, safety technology and alarm systems, medical technology/ medicine, communication technology/ computer technology, agriculture and forestry, the construction industry, housekeeping and nutrition, games and sport, and traffic engineering.