Innovation in Brazil: Public Policies and Business Strategies
Event will be held in São Paulo, Brazil.Ambassador Sérgio Amaral, Director of the Center for American Studies at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP); Paulo Sotero, director, Brazil Institute; Ricardo Sennes, Professor of International Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica in São Paulo and Associate Director, Prospectiva Consultants; Carlos Américo Pacheco, Professor, Economics Institute of UNICAMP; Francisco Higa, Professor of Administration, FAAP
Overview
The Center for American Studies at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Center Brazil Institute, and Prospectiva Consultants present "Innovation in Brazil: Public Policies and Business Strategies." The event marks the conclusion of a series of seminars on innovation that have been held during the past two years in Washington and São Paulo.
Ricardo Sennes, professor at Pontifícia Universidade Católica – São Paulo and Associate Director at Prospectiva Consultants, will discuss his recent work and incorporate both public policies and business strategies in an effort to address the challenges of innovation in Brazil. Following presentations by Sennes and professor Carlos Américo Pacheco (UNICAMP) on recent advances in the field of innovation in Brazil, specialists will offer comments and propose some ideas for establishing a comprehensive Brazilian innovation agenda.
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Brazil Institute
The Brazil Institute—the only country-specific policy institution focused on Brazil in Washington—works to foster understanding of Brazil’s complex reality and to support more consequential relations between Brazilian and US institutions in all sectors. The Brazil Institute plays this role by producing independent research and programs that bridge the gap between scholarship and policy, and by serving as a crossroads for leading policymakers, scholars and private sector representatives who are committed to addressing Brazil’s challenges and opportunities. Read more
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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