The U.S. based Iranian Academic Association (IAA) held a two-day seminar in Tehran on May 21 - 22, 2002. The seminar focused on regional trade and management issues. Some of the topics discussed at the seminar included "intra-regional trade in Middle East, its potential for growth and contribution to economic development, economics of scale and agglomeration & regional growth, enhancement of Iran's regional cooperation, management in large organization, issues in providing technical & managerial services for large organization, human resources utilization in project management, effectiveness and efficiency in project management and implementation: theory of Constraint and SWOT Analysis, Stability of organizational behavior: A Cusp-Catastrophe Model, R & D management at a modern chemical industry, crisis management and strategic leadership. IAA members attended the fourth Iran Petrochemical Forum and toured NPC projects being constructed at Petzone, in Mahshahr.Meanwhile, they met with Petroleum Minister as well as NPC Preseident and reviewed areas of possible cooperation.