Iran’s world-renowned Sharif University has announced plans to host the “1st National Conference on Animation, Games, Knowledge, Global Production and Trade” to help boost the country’s animation industry. According to the public relations department of the Iranian Video Games Foundation, the “1st National Conference on Animation, Games, Knowledge, Global Production and Trade” would be held in mid-May to help highlight humanitarian and Islamic values as well as to laud the culture of sacrifice and martyrdom in the Iranian animation industry. The conference also seeks to discover talents in the field and help gain support for the knowledge-based institutions across the country, as well as to honor the pioneering artists of the field. The latest achievements in the field of animation are also planned to be unveiled during the conference.