PAPS FORUM VII (2006)
Program
March 18, 2006
| 8:30am | Registration |
| 9:00am | Welcoming Remarks John Lie, Dean of International Area Studies , UC Berkeley Elvira Callapez, West Coast Chapter Director, PAPS Michael Machado, State Senator, California Tiago Fleming Outeiro, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, President of the Executive Committee, PAPS |
| 9:30am – 11:00am | Session 1 – Fostering S&T networks: challenges for Portugal Which challenges and opportunities for science and knowledge networking? How far can thematic S&T networks complement existing disciplinary R&D and sustain new forms of knowledge production? Jose Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology and Superior Education, Portuguese Government Francisco Veloso, Assistant Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University Rodrigo Costa, Portugal Telecom Moderator: Fatima Campos Ferreira, RTP |
| 11:00am – 11:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30am – 1:00pm | Session 2 – The role of S&T in entrepreneurship Priority areas for R&D. How are Portuguese companies connecting with the US? What is missing? How can Portuguese companies get the most out of these networks? Case studies. Examples of emerging networks. Antonio Carrapatoso, President, Vodafone Portugal Helder Antunes, Cisco Joao Vicente Ribeiro, President, PME Investmentos Simon Mercer, Microsoft Moderator – Telmo Valido, Project Leader, The Boston Consulting Group and Chairman, PAPS |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm – 3:30pm | Breakout Sessions: Creation and Development of Networks of S&T Session 3a – Networks in the Life Sciences Alcino Silva, Professor of Neurobiology, UCLA Ana Paula Amorim, Director, Department of Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship, TecMinho Ana Sebastiao, President, Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Neuroscience Network Cynthia Kenyon, Professor, UCSF Jose Carlos Principe, Director, Computational and Neuroengineering Laboratory , University of Florida Pedro Pissarra, CEO, Biotecnol Moderator: Duarte Barral, Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Vice-President, PAPS Session 3b – Sustainable cities and the environment Arpad Horvath, Director, The Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing, Chris Hendrickson, Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Engineering and Research, and Co-Director of the Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University Francisco Nunes Correia, Minister of the Environment, Portuguese Government Moderator: Pedro Santos Vieira, Vice-President, PAPS |
| 3:30pm – 4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:00pm – 4:15pm | Breakout session reports The moderator from each break-out session presents a brief summary and take-away points from the discussions |
| 4:15pm – 6:30pm | Session 4 – Strategizing S&T across the Atlantic How can S&T networks between Portugal and the US contribute for the scientific development in Portugal? Role for postgraduate students in the US and in Portugal. Carlos Zorrinho, National Coordinator of the Lisbon Strategy, Portuguese Government Joao Sentieiro, President, Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal Sydney Brenner*, Professor, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Jaime Quesado, POSC Moderator: Tiago Outeiro, PAPS *Nobel Laureate |
| 7:00pm | Dinner Keynote Speaker: Leonor Beleza, President, Fundação Champalimaud |
March 19, 2006
| 8:00am – 10:00am | General Meeting General meeting of PAPS, financial and activities report of last mandate and election of a new Executive Committee |
| 10:00am – 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30am – 12:30pm | Session V. Implementation and Opportunities Current opportunities in academia and industry. Promoting the exchange of knowledge through the networks, making them useful. Alexandre Quintanilha, Director, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) Antonio Cunha, Professor, University of Minho Fernando Ramoa Ribeiro, Professor, IST Lino Fernandes, President, Innovation Agency (AdI) Joao Fugas, CUF Moderator – Fatima Campos Ferreira, RTP |
Details
Date
March 17th/18th, 2006
Title
Fruitful Connections Across the Atlantic: Science And Technology Networks
City
Berkeley, CA, USA
Venue
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Website
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