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Topic:Innovation
The world is becoming ever more interconnected and competitive. Internationally, comparative advantage between countries and companies are continually realigning; the number of key players in the global economy is dramatically expanding; new ways of creating value as well as designing and providing services are being developed. Innovation remains the central component for any country or business to succeed in this environment.
As Brazil seeks to solidify its position as an emerging economic power, policymakers, business leaders and scholars are focusing on how the country can better employ a coherent and robust national innovation strategy to diversify the country’s economy and achieve higher, sustainable levels of growth.
In order to assess new and persistent challenges Brazil faces in harnessing this tool and creating the necessary policies and business climate that will spur innovation, the Brazil Institute has sponsored a series of events and publications to advance research and dialogue on the issue of innovation.
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News
Special Reports
Brazil's Innovation Challenge
On June 27, 2007, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Brazil
Institute and the Program on Science, Technology, America and the Global Economy (STAGE) convened a group of business leaders, prominent scholars and an influential government official in the first installment of a series of innovation conferences in order to address the growing impact of innovation on Brazil’s economy and assess how the country’s Intellectual Property (IP) system is evolving to meet these new business needs. This report summarizes the events of the conference. Click here to download this publication.
Brazil's Innovation Challenge: Public Policies and Business Strategies
Over the past year the Brazil Institute and the Program on Science, Technology, America and the Global Economy (STAGE) have jointly sponsored a series of events to advance research and dialogue on critical economic issues, focusing particularly on the roles of innovation. This 16-page report assesses how better public policies can create incentives and foster the necessary environment that will support companies in their effort to turn ideas into competitive products and services. Click here to download this publication.
The Challenge of Innovation in Brazil: Innovation Strategies in Seven Countries
Hosted and co-sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Studies (IEA) of the University of São Paulo on April 25, 2008, the third installment of the Brazil Institute’s innovation conferences featured a keynote address by the General Coordinator of the Mobilização Brasileira para a Inovação (Mobit – Brazilian Innovation Mobilization) study and the Observatory for Innovation and Competitiveness, Glauco Arbix. This report synthesizes the findings of the Mobit study and the proceedings from the seminar. Click here to download this publication.
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Events
Innovation in Brazil: Public Policy Challenges and Business Opportunities
Thursday, July 31 2008, 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Ricardo Sennes, Professor of International Relations at Pontificia Universidade Catolica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Director and Partner of Prospectiva International;
Roberto Castello Branco, Former Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization and Consultant at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa);
Kátia Ramos Moreira Leite, Partner of Group Genoa Biotecnologia and President of Scientific and Technical Genoa Group Board;
Diógenes Feldhaus, Director of Partnerships of the State University of Campinas Innovation Agency (Inova Unicamp);
Stephen Merrill (Commentator), Executive Director of the National Academies of Science’s Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP);
Michael Ryan (Commentator), Director of Creative and Innovative Economy Center and Professor at George Washington University;
Rahim Rezaie (Commentator), PhD Candidate, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University of Toronto; Co-author of recent Nature Biotechnology article, "Brazilian health biotech: Fostering crosstalk between public and private sectors"
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The Challenge of Innovation in Brazil: Innovation Strategies in Seven Countries
Friday, April 25 2008, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
This event was held at USP in São Paulo, Brazil
Reginaldo Arcuri, President of the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development; Glauco Arbix, General Coordinator of the Innovation Observatory;
Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of São Paulo's FAPESP;
Mario Salerno, Professor at USP's Polytechnic School and Executive Coordinator of the Competition and Competitiveness Observatory; and
David Kupfer (Invited), Professor at the Economics Institute of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and Coordinator of the Industry and Competitiveness Group.
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Brazil's Innovation Challenge: Public Policies and Business Strategies
Thursday, November 08 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
This event took place in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz, Scientific Director, Research Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP);
Sérgio Risola, General Coordinator, University of São Paulo Technogical Enterprises Incubator Center (CIETEC–USP);
Ricardo Camargo Mendes, Executive Director, Prospective International Consulting;
Stephen Merrill, Executive Director, United States National Academy of Science’s Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy;
Maurício Mendonça, Executive Director of the Industrial Competitiveness Unit of CNI;
Kent Hughes, Director, Program on Science, Technology, America and the Global Economy of the Woodrow Wilson Center;
Fernando Reinach, Executive Director, Votorantim New Ventures;
Carlos Américo Pacheco, Assistant Secretary for Development of São Paulo;
Sonia Tuccori, R&D Manager, Natura;
Alexander Triebnigg, Presidente, Novartis Brasil;
Mauro Assano, Executive Manager of Research, IBM (to be confirmed);
Luiz Henrique Braido, Professor, Getúlio Vargas Foundation;
Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
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Innovation Policies and Business Strategies in Brazil
Wednesday, June 27 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Jorge Ávila, President, National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI);
Jose Goldemberg, Professor, Univesidade de São Paulo;
Rob Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation;
Chris Hill, Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University;
Ricardo Camargo Mendes, Executive Director, Prospectiva Consulting;
William Marandola, Executive Manager, Coinfar;
Flavio Grynszpan, Consultant and former CEO, Motorola Brazil
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