Presentation session of the Project Do IT
Development and Operation of Translational Research ▪ HCP Flagship Project
19 September 2012 | Casa da Música | Porto
09:30 General Meeting of the Do IT Consortium
Sharing best practices and boosting partnerships between Portuguese and Dutch
companies and R&D institutions in the area of translational research
PUBLIC SESSION
14:00 Registration
14:30 Opening
▪ Isabel Furtado | Executive Board Director, Têxtil Manuel Gonçalves
▪ Manuel Sobrinho Simões | Vice-President, Health Cluster Portugal
14:40 Best practices in Academia-Industry-Government partnerships: examples from the
Dutch life sciences and health sector
▪ Annemiek Verkamman | Managing Director, BioFarmind; Former Program Director, LSH
15:05 Translating scientific knowledge into new products: the case studies of
Drug Discovery Factory and Skyline Diagnostics
▪ Henk Viëtor | Managing Director, Drug Discovery Factory; CEO, Skyline Diagnostics
15:30 Opportunities in FP7 and Horizon 2020 for the Health sector
▪ Joana Camilo | National Contact Point – Health, GPPQ - FP7 Promotion Office
15:40 Boosting the Portuguese participation in FP7 and Horizon 2020: HCP’s actions
▪ Joaquim Cunha | Executive Director, Health Cluster Portugal
15:55 Networking coffee break
16:25 Do IT – Development and Operation of Translational Research
▪ Miguel Castelo Branco | Universidade de Coimbra
▪ Miguel Castanho | Instituto de Medicina Molecular
▪ João Cerqueira | Universidade do Minho
▪ José Carlos Machado | IPATIMUP
17:25 Closing (musical moment)
Co-organized with:
Co-financed by:
Do IT Consortium
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