▪ II HCP Annual Conference ▪ Strengthening the competitiveness of the Portuguese health cluster: New paradigms. Better opportunities. 30 November 2011 | Taguspark (Oeiras) 09:00 Registration 09:30 Conference opening ▪ Luís Portela | President, Health Cluster Portugal ▪ Fernando Leal da Costa | Secretary of State Assistant to the Minister for Health 09:45 Keynote address: “Portugal and the challenges of the EU and the globalization” ▪ João Salgueiro | Economist 10:15 Roundtable “Access to financing and business models for companies in the health sector” ▪ Moderator: Álvaro Almeida | Professor, Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto ▪ Keynote speaker: António Murta | President, Pathena ▪ João Barroca | General Manager, Bayer Portugal ▪ Joaquim Sérvulo Rodrigues | CEO, Espírito Santo Ventures ▪ Nuno Arantes Oliveira | CEO, Alfama; Member of the Board, HCP; President, P-Bio ▪ Pedro de Noronha Pissarra | President and CEO, Biotecnol 11:30 Coffee break 12:00 Roundtable “Opportunities in the 7th Framework Programme (and upcoming Programmes) for the health sector” ▪ Moderator: José Mário Leite | President, ALIA; President, NCURA Int. Region; Deputy Director, IGC ▪ Keynote speaker: Cornelis Vis | Policy Adviser, European Commission – BEPA ▪ Frank Heemskerk | CEO, RIMS – Research & Innovation Management Services ▪ Hicham Abghay | Healthcare Sector Group coordinator, Enterprise Europe Network ▪ Joana Camilo | National Contact Point – Health, Gabinete de Promoção do 7.º PQ de I&DT ▪ Stéphane Hogan | Head of Unit, Horizontal Aspects, Health, DG Research and Innovation, EC 1/2 Co-financed by: ▪ II HCP Annual Conference ▪ Strengthening the competitiveness of the Portuguese health cluster: New paradigms. Better opportunities. 30 November 2011 | Taguspark (Oeiras) 13:15 Lunch 14:30 Opening ▪ Carlos Oliveira | Secretary of State for Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Innovation 15:00 Roundtable “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer. The relationships between Academia and Industry, and between SMEs and large companies” ▪ Moderator: Peter Villax | Administrator, Hovione; Member of the Board, HCP ▪ Keynote speaker: Simcha Jong | Professor, University College London ▪ Edward Gates | Chairman, Wolf Greenfield ▪ Elvira Garcia-Hernando | General Manager, Lilly Portugal ▪ John R. Kettman | Director, Radix BioSolutions; Professor, Univ. Texas Southwestern Medical Center ▪ José Manuel Mendonça | President, INESC Porto ▪ Sérgio Simões | Vice-President, Bluepharma 17:00 Closing session More information at www.healthportugal.com 2/2 Co-financed by: