Expo Ideas, sponsored by the Instituto Dominicano de Tecnología Industrial (Indotec) opened registrations for the II Fair of Ideas and Inventions. The fair will take place 10-15 April at Indotec. Cash prices totaling RD$200,000 in five categories are set aside. 130 proposals and 105 inventors presented their ideas in the first Expo Ideas held in 1997. In 1998, Indotec sent three of the winners to the First World Inventors Olympics held in Budapest, Hungary with the participation of 35 countries. The DR was only Latin American country to participate. Two of the three Dominicans, Rafael Ben and Hector Antigua, won a silver medal each.
