3rd infoDev Global Forum on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Program Overview | Speaker Profiles | Description for Training Sessions | Description for Breakout Sessions | Entrance to Brazil
DAY 1 - MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 |
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Themes /Activities |
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8:30 – 12:30 |
Concurrent Sessions - Training |
| 1. Marketing Trainer: Steve Giddings 2. Virtual Services Trainer: Julian Webb 3. Establishing a Mentoring Program Trainers: Mark Rice and Jill Sawers 4. Financing Incubators and Incubator Clients Trainers: Augusto Medina and Heinz Fiedler 5. Incubation Process Trainers: Cesar Yamal and Stefan Schandera 6. Technology Commercialization Trainer: Mustapha Mezghani 7. IFC’s SME Toolkit - Building the Capacity of Small Business Trainer: Vincent Akue 8. Access to Finance for SMEs Trainers: Susana Garcia Robles and Marcelo Camargo |
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12:30 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 – 18:00 |
Concurrent Sessions - Training |
| 1. Marketing Trainer: Steve Giddings 2. Virtual Services Trainer: Julian Webb 3. Establishing a Mentoring Program Trainers: Mark Rice and Jill Sawers 4. Financing Incubators and Incubator Clients Trainers: Augusto Medina and Heinz Fiedler 5. Incubation Process Trainers: Cesar Yamal and Stefan Schandera 6. Technology Commercialization Trainer: Mustapha Mezghani 7. IFC’s SME Toolkit - Building the Capacity of Small Business Trainer: Vincent Akue 8. Access to Finance for SMEs Trainers: Susana Garcia Robles and Marcelo Camargo |
DAY 2 - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 |
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Hour |
Themes /Activities |
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8:30 – 12:30 |
Concurrent Sessions - Training |
| 1. Marketing Trainer: Steve Giddings 2. Virtual Services Trainer: Julian Webb 3. Establishing a Mentoring Program Trainers: Mark Rice and Jill Sawers 4. Financing Incubators and Incubator Clients Trainers: Augusto Medina and Heinz Fiedler 5. Incubation Process Trainers: Cesar Yamal and Stefan Schandera 6. Technology Commercialization Trainer: Mustapha Mezghani 7. IFC’s SME Toolkit - Building the Capacity of Small Business Trainer: Vincent Akue 8. Access to Finance for SMEs Trainers: Susana Garcia Robles and Marcelo Camargo |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:45 | Plenary 1 - Innovation & Entrepreneurship as Strategies for Transformation and Growth Speakers: Luiz Henrique da Silveira - Governor of Santa Catarina State, Brazil David Martin - CEO Mosaic Collateral Asset Management (M-CAM), USA Moderator: Mohsen Khalil - Director of ICT, The World Bank |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Coffee Poster - Networking |
| 16:15 - 18:00 | Plenary 2 - Emerging Economies Roundtable Speakers: Eduardo Costa, Director of Innovation of Research and Project Financing (FINEP), Brazil Harkesh Kumur Mittal, Advisor for Department of Science & Technology, India Boni Mehlomakulu, CEO of the South Africa Bureau of Standards, South Africa Moderator: Makhtar Diop - Country Director, The World Bank Brazil |
| 19:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| 20:00 | Cocktail Reception |
DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 |
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Hour |
Themes /Activities |
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8:30 – 10:15 |
Plenary 3 - Innovation: from Concept to Commercialization to Internationalization Speakers: Alessandro Teixeira - President of Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (APEX-Brasil) and World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), Brazil Samer Al-Jabari, CEO Focus Solution, Jordan Boroffice Olusimbo, Director National Board Technology Innovation, Nigeria Serene Ho, Deputy Director Business Development of Infocomm Development Authorities International (IDA), Singapore Moderator: Eduardo Costa, Director Innovation of Research and Project Financing (FINEP), Brazil |
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10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee Poster / Networking |
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10:45 – 12:30 |
Plenary 4 - Bridging the Financing and Investment Gap Speakers: Susana Garcia-Robles - Senior Investment Officer of IDB, USA Alaya Bettaieb, Director of Arab Academic Technology Transfer Project, Tunisia Marcelo Lebendiker, President\Director of Parque Tech, Costa Rica Omer Oz - Advisor of Bahrain Development Bank, Bahrain Moderator: Carlos Alberto dos Santos - Director of Finance for Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE), Brazil |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:45 |
Innovative and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Plenary 5A - Clean Technology Speakers: Oren Pinsky - Director of Stratus Group, Brazil Andrea Arriagada - General Manager GeoCiclos, Chile Tapani Kaskeala - Vice President of Finpro Project Advisory Services, Finland Seth Ayers, ICT Policy Specialist, The World Bank Moderator: Kent Lupberger - Senior Manager of ICT, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Plenary 5B - Habitats for Sustainable Innovation - New Challenges Mauricio Guedes, Vice-President of International Association of Science Parks (IASP), Brazil William F Miller, Co-director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program Stanford University, USA Patrick Valverde, General Director of Toulon Var Technologies and Vice-President responsible for international areas of Retis Innovation, France Moderator: Ronaldo Mota, Secretary for Innovation and Technology Development of Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil |
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15:45 – 16:15 |
Coffee Poster / Networking |
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16:15 – 18:00 |
Strategic drivers for regional development Plenary 6 A - Sustainable Agriculture and Food Production Speakers: Kiran K. Sharma, Head of Agribusiness INCRISAT, India Ganga Vidya Narayanan, Coordinator of Rural Knowledge Movement from Swaminathan Research Foundation, India Jayesh Ravjee, Senior Manager of Incubation SEDA, South Africa Theresa Arek, Managing Director Pacific Spices, Papua New Guinea Mariana Magalhaes Campos , Specialist in Innovation and Business Incubation of Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Brazil Moderator: Paulo César R C Alvim, Manager for Agriculture of Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (SEBRAE), Brazil Plenary 6 B - Mobile Enabled Solutions Speakers: Andre Averbug, Co-founder & CEO of PV Inova, Brazil Roberto Rittes, Director of Oi Paggo, Brazil Danco Dimkov, Director of Advert SMS, Macedonia Decio Farias, Manager of Microsoft Mobility Product, Brazil Moderator: Valerie D’Costa, Program Manager of infoDev, The World Bank |
DAY 4 - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 |
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Themes /Activities |
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8:30 - 10:15 |
Break-out Sessions | 1. Business Incubation & Women Entrepreneurs Panelists:Zamira Akbagysheva - Mbarou Mbaye - A.P. Aruna - Noelia de Leon Moderator: Heinz Fiedler |
| 2. Business Incubation & Youth Entrepreneurs Panelists: Radu Big - Philip Hostert Spark -Dean Krstevski - Alexey Leontiev - Steliana Economu Moderator: Stefan Schandera |
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| 3. High Growth ICT Enterprise Incubation Panelists: Jeff Milanette - Robynne Erwin - Wissam Rabadi - Sebastián Melín Moderator: Cesar Yammal |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Poster / Networking | |
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10:45 - 12:30 |
Break-out Sessions | 4. Virtual Incubation & Innovation Networks Panelists: Inna Gagauz - Jay Ball - Michi Barcelon - Paul Basil - John Dada Moderator: Steve Giddings |
| 5. Co-Incubation – Focus Group Panelists: Ellen Olafsen - Julian Webb |
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| 6. Global Innovation Commons – Focus Group Panelists: David Martin - Anthony Lambkin |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 – 15:45 |
Platforms for development Plenary 7A - Sustainable Business Incubation Models Speakers: Allon Raiz, CEO of Raiz Corporation, South Africa Rina Pridor, Founder and Director of Israeli Progam of Tchnologica Incubators, Israel Carlos Alberto Schneider, President of Certi Foundation, Brazil Pham Mihn Tuan - Director CRC-TOPIC of Business Incubator Hanoi University Tech, Vietnam Moderator: Ilari Lindy, Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland Plenary 7B - Science and Tecnology Parks: The New Frontier Speakers: Randeep Sudan - Lead Specialist ICT Policy of IFC\The World Bank Anthony Knopp, Senior Industrial Liaison Officer of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA Valery Tsepkalo, Director of Belarus Hi-Tech Park, Belarus Moderator: Jose Eduardo Fiates, President IASP-Latin American and Director of Certi Foundation, Brazil Plenary 7C - Developing Clusters of Innovation Speakers: Juliano Tubino, Director of Microsoft for Local Software Economy, Brazil Wang Zhen - Assistant Director of Shanghai Technology Innovation Center, China Bagrat Yengibaryan - Director of Enterprise Incubation Foundation, Armenia Moderator: Roberto dos Reis Alvarez, Project Manager of Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI), Brazil |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Coffee Poster / Networking | |
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16:15 - 17:30 |
Closing Ceremony | |
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20:30 - 22:30 |
Farewell Dinner (Dress: Loungue Suit) | |
DAY 5 - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 |
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Themes /Activities |
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9:00 – 13:00 |
Site Visits to Parks and Incubators (Part 1)1 - Softville - Joinville 2 - Instituto GENE - Blumenau 3 - Sapien Parque \ ParqTec Alfa \ CELTA \ ACATE \ MIDI Tecnológico \ Fundação CERTI \ UFSC Laboratories |
8:30 - 12:30 Concurrent Training (English language - without simultaneous translation) 1. Marketing Trainer: Steve Giddings 2. Virtual Services Trainer: Julian Webb 3. Establishing a Mentoring Program Trainers: Mark Rice and Jill Sawers 4. Financing Incubators and Incubator Clients Trainers: Augusto Medina and Heinz Fiedler 5. Incubation Process Trainers: Cesar Yamal and Stefan Schandera 6. Technology Commercialization Trainer: Mustapha Mezghani 7. IFC’s SME Toolkit - Building the Capacity of Small Business Trainer: Vincent Akue |
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14:00 – 18:00 |
Site Visits to Parks and Incubators (Part 2) | |
