PAPS FORUM XII (2011)
Program
April 16, 2011
| 8:30 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Welcoming Remarks Rogério Candeias | PAPS President Maria Amélia Paiva | Newark Portuguese General Consul |
| 9:15 am | Special Session 1 Ricardo Marvão | Beta-i Co-Founder, Evolve CEO & Co-Founder “The Beta-i Association“ |
| 9:30 am | Special Session 2 Izabella Zandberg | Project Manager, EURAXESS Links USA “The EURAXESS Portal – A One-Stop Resource on Research Opportunities in Europe” |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am | Session 1 – Portuguese Science: The Way Forward Moderator: Pedro Conceição, Chief-Economist, Regional Bureau for Africa, UNDP Rosália Vargas | President of Ciência Viva Centers João Caraça | Director of the Science Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Aires Soares | Head Science Counselor at the EU Delegation in Washington, DC Jonathan Davies | Research Associate at the LLE, University of Rochester |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Session 2 – Impact of the Diaspora on the Portuguese Economy Moderator: Mário Crespo, SIC António Simões | HSBC, Global Head of Strategy António Câmara | YDreams, CEO José Graça Medeiros | MCG – Mind for Metal, Executive Director João Metelo | Horizon Wind Energy (EDP Renewables Group), CFO |
| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break |
| 4:30 pm | Session 3 – Portugal: The Brand Moderator: Onésimo T. de Almeida, Professor at Brown University Rui Boavista Marques | AICEP New York Director André da Loba | Illustrator Carlos Coelho | Ivity Brand Corp Founder and CEO |
| 6:30 pm | Closing Session Manuel Heitor | Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education |
| 7:15 pm | Closing Remarks |
| 7:30 pm | Cocktail NYU Langone Medical Center Smilow Lobby |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner NYU Langone Medical Center Faculty Dining Room Keynote Speaker: Maria João Valente Rosa | Pordata Director Award Ceremony: PAPS-LBC Leadership Award 2010 by Torben Rankine, LBC |
April 17, 2011
| 8:30am | Breakfast and Travel Expenses Support processing [Lecture Hall F] |
| 9:00am | PAPS General Assembly Meeting / Election of the new PAPS Executive Committee, Presiding Board of the General Assembly and Audit Committee |
| 11:00am | Conclusion of the XII PAPS Forum |
Details
Date
April 16-17, 2011
Title
Harvesting the Globalized Portuguese Talent
City
New York City, NY, USA
Venue
Schwartz Lecture Hall F at the NYU Langone Medical Centre, New York, NY, USA
Website
n/a
Editions
Sponsors
– Presidência da República Portuguesa
– Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
– Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
– FCT, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
– MCTES, Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
– EDP, Energias de Portugal
– Ciência Viva, Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica
– TAP Portugal
– MIT Portugal
– IPFN, Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear
– Multiwave
– Banco Espírito Santo
– NZYTech, Genes & Enzymes
– Vista Alegre