XIX Brazilian National Seminar on Science Parks and Business Incubation
Program Overview | Call for Papers | Speaker Profiles | Entrance to Brazil
DAY 1 - Monday, October 26th |
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8:30 - |
Parallel Training |
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| 1 - Strategies for international cooperation Speakers: Vinicius Lages, Mauricio Schneck and Paulo C G Egler |
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| 2 - Valuation for innovative technology Speakers: Luis Afonso Bermudez and Rosangela Ribeiro (CDT\UnB) |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 18:00 |
Parallel Workshops (Part 1) |
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| Theme 1: How to set up a Reference Center to Support New Business (CERNE) | Theme 2: Science parks: public policy, investment attraction and development strategies - why Reasons and Motivations to invest in Science Parks Coordinator: Jose Eduardo Fiates, CERTI Foundation, Brazil |
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DAY 2 - Tuesday, October 27th |
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8:30 - 12:30 |
Parallel Workshops (Part 2) |
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Theme 1: How to set up a Reference Center to Support New Business (CERNE)
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Theme 2: Science parks: public policy, investment attraction and development strategies - how |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 - 15:45 | Plenary 1: Innovation & Entrepreneurship as Strategies for Transformation and Growth Speakers: Luiz Henrique da Silveira - Governor State of Santa Catarina, 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 19:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 20:00 | Cocktail Reception | |
DAY 3 - Wednesday, October 28th |
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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 of Focus Solution, Jordania 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 of Innovation of Research and Project Financing (FINEP), Brazil |
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10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Poster | |
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10:45 - 12:30 |
Plenary 4 - Bridging the Financing and Investment Gap Speakers: Susana Garcia-Robles - Senior Investment Oficer IDB, USA Alaya Bettaieb, Director of Arab Academic Technology Transfer Project, Tunisia Marcelo Lebendiker, Director of Parque Tech, Costa Rica Osmer Oz, Advisor of Bahrain Develpment 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 |
Plenary 5A - Clean Technology Speakers: Oren Pinsky - Director of Stratus Group, Brazil Andrea Arriagada - General Manager of 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 for ICT, IFC Plenary 5B - Habitats for Sustainable Innovation: New Challenges Speakers: Mauricio Guedes, Vice-President of International Association of Science Parks (IASP), Brazil William F Miller, Co-director of Innovation Program Stanford University, USA Patrick Valverde, General Director of Toulon Var Technologes and Vice President for Innovation Areas of Retis Innovaion, France Moderator: Ronaldo Mota, Secretary for Innovation and Technolgy Development of Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Coffee Poster |
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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 PV Inova, Brazil Roberto Rittes, Director Oi Paggo, Brazil Danco Dimkov, Director of Advert SMS, Macedonia Decio Farias, Manager for Microsoft Mobility Product, Brazil Moderator: Valerie D’Costa, Program Manager infoDev, The World Bank |
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18:30 |
General Assembly - Anprotec | |
DAY 4 – Thursday, October 29th |
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8:30 - 10:30 |
Parallel Technical Sessions | Parallel Session 1 - Entrepreneurship and innovation Parallel Session 2 - Enterprises oriented towards local and sector development Parallel Session 3 - Enterprises oriented towards intensive use of technology Parallel Session 4 - Habitats for sustainable innovation |
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10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Poster | |
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11:00 - 12:30 |
Parallel Technical Sessions | Parallel Session 1 - Entrepreneurship and innovation Parallel Session 2 - Enterprises oriented towards local and sector development Parallel Session 3 - Enterprises oriented towards intensive use of technology Parallel Session 4 - Habitats for sustainable innovation |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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14:00 - 15:45 |
Platforms for regional 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 for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland Plenary 7B - Science and Tecnology Parks: The New Frontier Speakers: Randeep Sudan - Lead Specialist ICT Policy, The World Bank Anthony Knopp, Senior Industrial Liaison Officer, 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, Manager of International Relations of Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI), Brazil |
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15:45 - 16:15 |
Coffee Poster | |
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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 30th |
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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 |
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