PAPS FORUM VIII (2007)
Program
March 24, 2007
| 8:30am | Registration/Breakfast |
| 9:30am | Welcoming Remarks Duarte Barra, President of PAPS João de Vallêra, Portuguese Ambassador in the USA |
| 9:45am | Opening session Alexandre Quintanilha, Chair, Council of Associated Labs |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am | Session 2: Science & Technology Alexandre Quintanilha, Chair, Council of Associated Labs João Sentieiro, President, Foundation for Science and Technology José Moura, Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University Tiago Outeiro, Vice-President, International Forum of Portuguese Researchers Moderator: Fátima Campos Ferreira, Journalist, RTP |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm | Breakout sessions: Session 3a Life Sciences Interest Group: From North to South, where to go? Career opportunities in Portugal Carlos Faro, Professor, Biocant Park, University of Coimbra Cláudio Sunkel, Professor, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Porto Guy Villax, CEO and Member of the Board of HOVIONE Moderator: Pedro Castelo Branco, Director, PAPS Life Sciences Interest Group Session 3b MBA Interest Group: Private Equity & Venture Capital Funding New Ideas – The Birth of an Industry in Portugal Current status of Private Equity/Venture Capital in Portugal, Opportunities for growth and development João Arantes e Oliveira, CEO, ES Capital João Carreira, CEO, Critical Links João Trigo da Roza, President, Portuguese Association of Business Angels Stephan Morais, CEO, Tema Innovation; Design Moderator: João Rodrigo Santos, ’06 MBA, Harvard Business School |
| 4:00pm | Coffee Break |
| 5:00pm | Session IV: Innovation & Entrepreneurship João Paulo Girbal, General Manager, Mobile & Embedded Devices, Microsoft Corporation Jorge Guimarães, CEO, Alert Life Sciences Computing Luís Cabral, Professor, New York University Moderator: Jaime Fidalgo, Journalist, Público |
| 7:00pm | Dinner Keynote speaker: António Coutinho, Professor and Director, Gulbenkian Science Institute |
March 25, 2007
| 8:30am | PAPS General Meeting / Election of the New PAPS Management |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00am | Session 5 – Roundtable to discuss a draft document with main conclusions Moderator: Telmo Valido, Director, PAPS Portugal |
| 12:30pm | Closing Remarks |
Details
Date
March 24th/25th, 2007
Title
A Roadmap for Portugal: Science, Technology and Innovation
City
New York City, NY, USA
Venue
Columbia University, NY, USA
Website
n/a
Editions
Sponsors
– Fundação Luso-Americana
– Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
– Fundação Champalimaud
– Alert
– EDP
– Microsoft
– Hovione
– TAP Portugal
– ICEP Portugal