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Welcome to the 3rd infoDev Global Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship and National Seminar on Science Parks and Business Incubation
Innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) are the structural axes of a development agenda capable of coping with the challenges of the new world context and expectations of a more sustainable and cohesive society. It is a moment for setting out solutions that are, at one and the same time, daring and sensible for I&E’s contribution to this international effort, as well as for determining the means required to make it operational.
With this objective in mind, two very significant events are planned: the infoDev Global Forum on Business Incubation and the National Seminar on Technological Parks and Business Incubators. In the period extending from October 26 to 30, 2009, the city of Florianópolis (SC) will be the world capital of I&E, receiving approximately one thousand leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and scholars from various parts of the world.
Cooperation – the very reason for being of the global I&E movement – has facilitated a conjugation of efforts on the part of the Information for Development Program, a World Bank initiative, the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Association of Entities Fostering Innovative Undertakings (Anprotec) and the Brazilian Service of Support to Micro and Small Businesses (Sebrae).
The overriding theme of Innovation and Entrepreneuriship for Development will guide the process of reflection among the participants in these events. The Global Forum will be charged with proposing a participative vision of business in the interest of world development, and the National Seminar will seek ways of transforming innovative micro and small businesses into sources of economic and social leverage, always under the prism of investment and internationalization.
The objective of the events is to discuss policies targeted at innovation, identifying the principal mechanisms for fostering and strengthening public- private partnerships; the role of business incubators in the development of such sectors as agribusiness and clean energy; the types of investment that can and are being made in new innovative companies; internationalization strategies that stimulate cooperation among innovative undertakings; and the attractiveness of technology parks for public and private investment.
The scenario for these two complementary events is one of the 10 most dynamic cities in the world, according to Newsweek magazine. Florianópolis has gained notoriety as it simultaneously brings together technology, industry and tourism. These characteristics have given the capital of Santa Catarina a well deserved reputation as the “Brazilian Silicon Valley”.
Presentations will be available soon.
