The 9th international meeting of international directors and deputies of universities, higher education and research centers, and science and technology parks was held on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Elm-O-San’at university of Iran. The first roundtable on "The process of international scientific cooperation; Challenges and Opportunities" attended by Dr. Ataullah Kuhian, Deputy Director of the International Center for Scientific Collaboration, Dr. Shahriarshah Hosseini, Deputy Director of international affairs of Elm-O-San’at university, Dr. Mohammad Bagher Ghahremani, Deputy Director of international affairs of Tehran university, Dr. Massoud Sadri Nasab, Director of international of scientific cooperation of studies, Dr Pericher Hahnachi, Director of International Scientific Collaboration of Alzahra University, spoke on "Opportunities, Challenges and Recommendations for the Recruitment of International Students". Then, the special "International Cooperation on Academic Opportunities" roundtable was held, with the presence and speeches of Dr. Hossein Salar Amoli, Deputy Minister of International Affairs and Head of the Center for International Scientific Collaboration of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, and Ambassadors from Austria, Turkey and representatives of Australian embassies, India and Russia, were invited. The ceremony was followed by a presentation of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology from the universities, higher education and research centers and selected science and technology parks in the field of scientific and technological cooperation and the presentation of the table with the attendance and speeches of Dr. Mansour Gholami.