PAPS FORUM X (2009)

Program

April 18, 2009

8:30 am Registration/Breakfast
9:00 am Welcoming Remarks
João Cruz – President PAPS
9:30 am Session 1 – Key Note Speaker 1
“The Changing Face of Neuroscience” by António Damásio
David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience
Director, Brain and Creativity Institute University of Southern California
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Session 2 – “New Challenges for the Future”
Rui Grilo – Deputy Coordinator of the Portuguese Technological Plan
Torben Rankine – Country Manager, Leadership Business Consulting
Paulo Tabuada – Cyber-Physical Systems Laboratory, UCLA
Francisco Veloso – Technology & Entrepeneurship, Carnegie Mellon University
Moderator: Vitor Gonçalves – International Correspondent in Washington, RTP
12:45 pm Lunch
2:15 pm Session 3 – Key Note Speaker 2
“The Challenges of Going Global” by José F. P. dos Santos
Professor of Practice in Global Management – INSEAD (Fontainebleau)
Professor Catedrático Convidado – UCP (Porto)
3:15 pm Coffee Break
4:45 pm Session 5 – “Networking and the role of Social Networks” 
Tiago Carvalho – Papaformigas
Rossana Henriques – Vice-President PAPS
Raquel Oliveira – President PARSUK
Angela Simões – Executive Committee PALCUS
Moderator: Bárbara de Oliveira Pinto – International Correspondent in Los Angeles, RTP
6:30 pm Closing Remarks
7:00 pm Cocktail/Dinner –  Key Note Speaker 4
António Murta – Vice-President of Retail Services at Wipro

April 19, 2009

8:30 – 10:30 am PAPS General Meeting

Details

Date
April 18-19, 2009

Title
The Next Step: New Challenges for the Future

City
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Venue
Jules Stein Auditorium, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Website
n/a

Editions

Sponsors

– Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
– EDP Renewables
– Leadership Business Consulting
– Fundação Luso-América
– Wipro
– Plano Tecnológico Inovar Portugal
– Dish Network
– BES
– McKinsey & Company