2011
SUMMARY
Industrial Cooperation between Brazil and
Sweden is the topic of a seminar
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Links with the industry
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Business incubation and bilateral
initiatives
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Industry and research in the health sector
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Investments in the World Cup and the
Olympics
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Conclusions of the laboratory
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“ABDI and VINNOVA have been very
successful in finding ways to stimulate
concrete and practical cooperation
in research and innovation through
delegation visits, innovation laboratories,
support for different projects, in short,
they are constantly seeking concrete
ways to strengthen this cooperation”
_ Sylvia Schwaag Serger
Executive Director International
Strategy and Networks - Vinnova
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INDUSTRY INNOVATION
INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN BRAZIL
AND SWEDEN IS THE TOPIC OF A SEMINAR
During the 2nd Innovation Learning Laboratory promoted by the Brazilian Agency for
Industrial Development (ABDI) and the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA),
representatives of the two countries discussed possibilities for new industrial projects
The large number of seats in the comfortable auditorium had to be increased time and again
since the start of the seminar, given the interest aroused by the debates of the 2nd BrazilSweden Innovation Learning Laboratory, which took place on April 8 at the Technology Park
of São José dos Campos, in São Paulo, Brazil. Altogether, some 150 representatives of industry
and government, universities and incubators, as well as specialists from different areas came
together to identify opportunities for new joint projects and show that the partnership
has already yielded results. The event was promoted by the Brazilian Agency for Industrial
Development (ABDI) and the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA).
The first edition of the laboratory was held in May 2010. On the occasion, topics such as
transport and energy, co-incubation and internationalization of companies were discussed.
The aim of this second laboratory was to report the experiences that have materialized since
then in these areas and what more can be done jointly by Brazil and Sweden. The two countries
have a longstanding partnership. According to the Sweden-Brazil Chamber of Commerce, it
all started with the delivery of the first telephone by Ericsson in 1891. And even the monarchy
of the Scandinavian country is related to the Brazilian people. Queen Silvia, married to King
Carl Gustaf of Sweden, was born to a Brazilian mother, speaks fluent Portuguese and is always
visiting Brazil because of her engagement in social projects.
Currently, innovation is on the agenda of this bilateral cooperation. In 1986 the two countries
signed the Agreement on Economic, Industrial and Technological Cooperation. In 2009 came
the Additional Protocol on Cooperation in High Innovative Industrial Technology, whose
Article 3 on the Bilateral Working Group establishes that ABDI is a partner on the Brazilian
side. Since then, ABDI and VINNOVA have coordinated this process. One of the activities is
precisely events like the innovation learning laboratories.
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“The country has made progress in
biotechnology, nanotechnology, bio-ethanol,
and communication and information
technologies, which are areas of great interest to
us. A good example of this collaboration is the
Sweden-Brazil Research and Innovation Center
opened in São Bernardo do Campo to help
identify and support opportunities for bilateral
cooperation in cutting-edge technology for a
sustainable society.”
_Mikael Ståhl
Counsellor - Embassy of Sweden
The first day of debates began with Clayton
Campanhola, director of ABDI, welcoming Brazilian
and Swedish participants. He then gave the floor to
Mikael Ståhl, first secretary of the Swedish Embassy
in Brazil, who made a brief summary of what has
already been achieved in terms of cooperation
between the two countries. One example is the
collaboration between Brazilian and Swedish
universities, which resulted in the establishment
of research and development center in Brazil.
“The country has made progress in biotechnology,
nanotechnology, bio-ethanol, and communication
and information technologies, which are areas
of great interest to us. A good example of this
collaboration is the Sweden-Brazil Research and
Innovation Center opened in São Bernardo do
Campo to help identify and support opportunities
for bilateral cooperation in cutting-edge technology
for a sustainable society,” said Ståhl.
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According to the secretary, the technology center
will be both a channel to create opportunities for
partnerships and an exchange network among
research, development and innovation institutions,
corporations, universities and governments. “I hope
that as collaboration between researchers and
entrepreneurs grows, there will be an increase in
the flow of investment and bilateral trade between
the two countries. Another expected result is the
introduction of new and innovative products in the
world market. I believe the event will lead to good
and fruitful discussions that will certainly result in
successful projects and products,” added Ståhl.
Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Executive Director of
Networks and International Strategy, said that
meetings like this are important to strengthen
the ties between the two countries. “ABDI and
VINNOVA have been very successful in finding ways
INDUSTRY INNOVATION
to stimulate concrete and practical cooperation
in research and innovation through delegation
visits, innovation laboratories, support for different
projects, in short, they are constantly seeking
concrete ways to strengthen this cooperation”.
Paulo Goulart de Miranda, Planning Director of
the Technological Park of São José dos Campos
recalled that the institution’s relationship with the
Swedish had begun with the visit of King Carl Gustaf
and Queen Silvia to São José dos Campos a few
months earlier. According to him, the partnership is
bound to be successful. “Sweden excels in quality,
and this is of great interest to the Technology Park,
whose goals are innovation and entrepreneurship,”
he added.
Innovation agents from Brazil and Sweden assessed the existing experiences and
discussed the future of collaboration between the two countries.
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“Brazil has evolved a lot and accumulated economic,
human and research resources that allow the country
to establish new avenues for trade relations with the
world in general and Sweden in particular.”
_Roberto dos Reis Alvarez
International Affairs Manager - ABDI
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LINKS WITH THE
INDUSTRY
The first panel highlighted the technology projects applicable to the industry, technology
parks and their advantages. The first speaker was Roberto Alvarez, Manager of International
Affairs of ABDI. After explaining the dynamics of the event - a moderate discussion divided
into four panels and with the participation of all - he presented a brief history of the relations
between the two countries in the field of innovation.
According to Alvarez, Brazil has evolved a lot and accumulated economic, human and research
resources that allow the country to establish new avenues for trade relations with the world
in general and Sweden in particular. “That’s exactly why we are here today at the Technology
Park of São José dos Campos. A good example of the partnerships already established is the
partnership between Vale Soluções em Energia (Vale Energy Solutions) with the Swedish Scania
for the development, production and marketing of ethanol engines and their applications. (See
box - pag. 18 - for more information on the project). After this brief introduction, Alvarez gave
the floor to Ciro Vasquez, manager of the Brazil-Sweden Bilateral Cooperation at VINNOVA. He
talked about the outlook on the Swedish side in relation to Brazil and what his delegation had
done during the previous week. “We visited the Institute Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Certi Foundation, the institute’s technology park, and
Anprotec (National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises). All this resulted
in good contacts. We see great opportunities for positive collaboration as well as challenges
in terms of high technology in the areas of transport, security and logistics systems. Our goal
is to connect researchers, institutions, governments and companies in Brazil and Sweden to
implement collaborations and find out what people need,” he concluded.
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Next, Sylvia Schwaag Serger said the session would
allow sufficient time for reviewing concrete examples
of cooperation between Sweden and Brazil, and
how it can advance.” I think everyone here agrees
that strengthening collaboration between the two
countries in the fields of science, technology and
innovation will be extremely important for both,
not only with respect to their competitiveness and
future well-being, but also for facing challenges
together. And how do we do this? We do not know
yet, but that’s why we call this seminar a learning
laboratory,” said Sylvia.
Pontus De Laval, Saab’s CTO, talked about a recently
established research and development center. “We
could have set up a closed laboratory to use the
knowledge generated in Brazil, but thought we’d do
it little different. We already had good experiences
in Sweden in more open arenas in terms of ideas
for innovation. So, based on the experience of one
of the science parks in Gothenburg, we brought
together all those interested in specific research
areas. And not just companies and universities, but
government agencies and authorities as well,” said
De Laval.
Elso Alberti Junior, Program Director of Vale
Soluções em Energia (VSE) described the profile of
the company, which was created by Vale, Brazil’s
largest mining company, and considered one of
the most effective projects in the partnership with
Sweden (see box, pag. 18). Alberti Junior recalled
that achieving the established goals required
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Alberti Junior, Program director of Vale Soluções em Energia (VSE)
pointed out the importance of discussing cooperation among
Brazilian industries.
developing electric and thermal energy generation
systems, which involves, according to him,
technology, skilled professionals and cooperation.
Alberti Junior went on to provide some data
explaining the importance of discussing cooperation
between Brazilian industries. According to him,
Brazil ranks 11th worldwide in scientific publications
(2.4% of all papers published in the world) and 24th
in patent applications (0.25% of the global total).
Five of the largest universities in the country, all
of them in São Paulo, like University of São Paulo
(USP), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP),
São Paulo State University (UNESP), State University
of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Federal University of
São Carlos (UFSCar) generated about 800 patents
between 2008 and 2010, 57.7% of which in
partnership with industry.
He further reminded that in 2009 the country had
about 5,000 masters and doctoral students in
science and about 6 million university students, of
which only 420,000 in engineering. “We have good
tools to support R&D and knowledge generation
in Brazil for cooperation between universities
and industries. We have the Innovation Law or Lei
do Bem (Fiscal Incentive Benefits in exchange
for Technological Innovation), a productive
development policy, in addition to FINEP (Brazilian
Agency for the Financing of Studies and Projects),
which increased its budget from R$100 million
in 2000 to R$3 billion in 2010,” explained Alberti.
He also mentioned the partnerships already
underway between Brazil and Sweden. One of
such partnerships is the training of specialists at
the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA)
in the area of internal combustion engines and
gas turbines, a cooperation agreement with the
Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEM) to promote
specialized education, besides collaborations
with corporations. One example is the agreement
signed with Scania in 2009 for the development of
commercial ethanol engines without additives, with
performance comparable to diesel engines and
very low emissions of organic carbon.
Another example of concrete action was highlighted
by Professor Antonio Ferreira da Silva from the
Department of Physics of the Federal University of
Bahia (UFBA), which has a traditional cooperation
with Sweden in academic research. “UFBA has
an exchange agreement with the Swedish Royal
Institute of Technology. This has increased mutual
collaboration in the field of photodynamic therapy
and its clinical applications, such as the treatment
of tumor cells, for example. In addition, UFBA has
close cooperation programs with the Uppsala
Innovation Centre, primarily for the development
of new materials and sensors for smart windows,
among others,” said Silva. As a visiting professor
in summer programs, he has already been to
Uppsala and said that the visit was very important
for his activities in the Northeast, where he works
with strategic technologies for the region such as
ceramics, nanotechnology, health and agriculture.
“We want to continue this successful cooperation
in other areas. We are already seeking to develop
a new type of solar cell in Bahia, for example,” he
concluded.
José Fiates, director of Certi Foundation and Sapiens
Park, in Florianópolis, explained that the foundation
has an international business office to support its
cooperation activities, business incubation and
science park. For him, it is best to develop projects
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of aerostructures and project management, also
talked about cooperation between industry and
research. He mentioned the barriers that Brazil
still needs to overcome. “These are technical
details related to security requirements, size of
files and other IT challenges such as databases
with optimized process flows, paperless design.
This requires permanent secure communication at
all levels,” said the professor, who also highlighted
a number of projects Akaer has been developing.
“The idea is to use the Brazilian industrial base for a
new business model. Today, we know we have many
gaps which we are trying to fill, besides creating
a new model of decentralized production. But to
do that we need a strong and unified online global
management system connected to our partners in
Brazil and around the world so that we’ll know what
is happening every day on both sides,” he said.
Pontus De Laval, CTO of Saab
before bringing companies into the technology
parks. To justify his point of view, he mentioned
the partnership between Certi and Phillips. “We
don’t have a Phillips unit in our park, but rather a
research project with a three-year platform that will
ultimately generate a new type of cooperation that
will be both better structured and more solid. This
project was fostered by funds from BNDES through
its Technology Fund (Funtec).
Finally, Per-Arne Eriksson, Director of Product
Development at Scania Latin America, spoke about
ongoing plans. “Many of you may not know, but we
are already selling ethanol-powered buses in the
country to an operator in São Paulo. We have also
been carrying out other field tests on trucks with
this type of fuel in Brazil for two years, with success.
In relation to the Scania-Valley cooperation, we are
already working on a cooperation that includes
VINNOVA in the next generation of ethanol and gas
engines,” said Eriksson.
Fernando Coelho Ferraz, chief engineer of Akaer, an
engineering firm specializing in the development
Professor Carlos Pereira, from the Federal University
of Rio Grande do Sul, in turn, drew attention to an
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issue to be resolved with regard to partnerships
and research. “I’m worried about the lack of
synchronization in respect to research funding,
since there are more resources than can be used,
and also the lack of qualified engineers in the
country,” he said. He added that not only the UFRGS,
but other universities in Brazil as well often seek
internships abroad. “This is very interesting for
companies, but today it is easier to get internships
in France and Germany than in Sweden. I believe it is
important to establish formal agreements with the
country. I understand that the mobility of students
is not a specific mission of VINNOVA or ABDI, but
the concept of education in innovation should be
incorporated,” he said.
“It is best to develop
projects before bringing
companies into the
technology parks.”
_José Fiates
Director - Sapiens Park
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ENTREVISTA | CIRO VASQUEZ e SYLVIA SCHAAG SERGER
Interview with Ciro Vasquez, manager of the Brazil-Sweden Bilateral Cooperation
at VINNOVA and Sylvia Schwaag Serge, Executive Director of Networks and
International Strategy of VINNOVA (Swedish Agency for Innovation)
What were your impressions of the laboratory?
CIRO VASQUEZ: Very good!
SYLVIA SCHWAAG SERGER: I was impressed with the level of
attendance in terms of both the large number of participants
(reflecting significant interest in the event and the topics
covered) and their competence and experience. The discussions
were very interesting, with active participation of a large number
of professionals, showing that Sweden and Brazil have many
common interests in innovation processes and policies and that
there is potential for sharing experiences and developing joint
work on specific topics and projects.
How do you believe the event will contribute to
building a solid communication and collaboration
bridge between the two countries?
Ciro Vasquez, manager of the Brazil-Sweden
Bilateral Cooperation at VINNOVA
CIRO VASQUEZ: I think it is already happening! We have concrete examples of collaborations and initiatives
resulting from these laboratories and initiatives.
SYLVIA SCHWAAG SERGER: An important role of the event was to establish and strengthen contacts and
interfaces between key actors from both Sweden and Brazil, including corporations, universities and the
public sector. I believe this laboratory as well as the previous one represents a valuable contribution to
create networks between Swedish and Brazilian innovation systems. We hope that the contacts established
will lead to concrete cooperation projects in innovation between the two countries
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How did you see the participation of Brazilians in the laboratory?
Ciro Vasquez: Very active and interested, with qualified and engaged participants.
SYLVIA SCHWAAG SERGER: I found the number of high-level participants impressive and large, with valuable
insights on innovation processes, experience in cooperation with Sweden, useful suggestions on how to
strengthen collaboration on innovation between Sweden and Brazil. Many of the Brazilian participants
combined significant international experience with excellent academic or corporate results, making a
strong impression. The event and the excellent participation of Brazilians allowed Swedish participants to
learn a lot about Brazil during the meeting, as well as to establish strategic contacts for future cooperation.
What are your general perceptions of the event? Have any future agreements and new
collaborations been already agreed upon?
CIRO VASQUEZ: We are studying several possibilities, but nothing happens so fast. I have no doubt, however,
that we will see concrete results in the near future!
SYLVIA SCHWAAG SERGER: The laboratory is an excellent
opportunity and the ideal environment to strengthen cooperation
between Sweden and Brazil in cutting-edge technology and
innovation. We appreciate the excellent collaboration with our
partner, ABDI, which was vital to the success of the event. The
next Innovation Laboratory is scheduled to take place in Sweden
in the fall of 2011.
Sylvia Schwaag Serge, director of
International Collaboration & Networks of
VINNOVA
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COOPERATION
R&D Center in São Paulo
During the Laboratory, Pontus De Laval, CTO of Saab, announced that the first research and development
(R&D) center of the Swedish company in Brazil would be opened in São Bernardo do Campo (SP) in May.
“We have 15 companies and universities participating in the project. Our goal is to open the unit with at
least 20 partners,” he said. According to De Laval, Saab’s initiative aims to focus on both knowledge - in the
form of research - and business. The R& D center for Brazil was developed from a model used in Sweden,
based on cooperation among industry, academia and government. “The idea is to establish the unit, identify
the needs of Brazilian society and develop solutions based on this diagnosis,” he added. Areas of research
include defense, security, transport, logistics, energy and environment. The estimated investment to fund
the projects is $50 million.
Greener Fuel
Another example of cooperation between Sweden and Brazil is that of Sweden’s Scania, which also has an
R&D center in Brazil through the partnership with Brazil’s Vale Soluções em Energia (VSE). The goal is to
enable the use of commercial ethanol engines without additives for trucks and buses, with performance
comparable to diesel engines and low emissions of organic carbon. The Director of Scania Latin America,
Per-Arne Ericksson said that Brazil is the world’s best market for the company. “We are already selling our
first ethanol-powered buses to São Paulo and planning a new generation of ethanol- and gas-powered
engines,” he said.
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BUSINESS INCUBATION AND
BILATERAL INITIATIVES
The second panel of the day resumed a topic that had been widely debated in the 1st
Learning Laboratory held in May 2010: the possibility of joint projects for the co- incubation of
companies – i.e., the use of services and facilities available in incubators and technology parks
in Sweden and Brazil. In this regard, the two countries have different performances. While
Sweden is a global leader in innovation and has successfully implemented technology parks
and business incubators, Brazil has experienced a significant expansion of these ‘innovation
environments’ in the last decade alone.
Roberto Alvarez, manager of International Affairs of ABDI opened the debates by reminding
participants that the potential for soft-landing was one of the topics to be addressed during
the panel. The first participant to speak was Paul Goulart Miranda, director of the Technology
Park of São José dos Campos. “We still have no real experience in soft-landing, but we have
many companies ready to leave the country and not knowing what to do. Soft-landing is
something that requires, above all, a state of readiness and preparedness by both sides, i.e.,
the applicant company and the receiving company,” warned Miranda, who does not believe
this is an easy process. According to him, there are few Brazilian institutions able to do softlanding, despite having a level of maturity sufficient to achieve this goal. The reasons, he said,
would lie in the ability of the park or incubator to provide means of access to new markets by
companies wishing to go abroad. “That’s why this model is very successful in the United States,
which is a very market-oriented country. In Europe I believe that the Scandinavian countries
are ahead, more than Spain, Portugal and Italy,” he said. Another thing also needed for softlanding, according to Miranda, is a reciprocal commitment from both sides.
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Paulo Goulart de Miranda, director of the Technology
Park of São José dos Campos
Then the director of the Technology Park led
participants in a visit to the institution (see box, pag.
24). Next, Sten Gunnar Johansson, CEO of Mjärdevi
Science Park in Linköping, Sweden, highlighted the
importance of venues like technology parks to the
economy of a country.
For Johansson, technology parks and incubators
are excellent tools for universities, industry, trade
and companies. With regard to internationalization,
Johansson said that Sweden is not a large country
and, therefore, Swedish companies are international
from the outset - since there is no way to grow
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otherwise. “We have been working with soft-landing
for at least 15 years in our park, with the displacement
of about 15 companies, some successful, others
less so. Those that have not faired so well were
not prepared for the phase of internationalization.
And I believe that the responsibility for preparing
the company is in ours, as incubation managers,”
he said. For him, small and medium Brazilian
companies have the potential for developing softlanding by partnering with large companies. “If we
look at Swedish companies operating in Brazil so far,
we see that most are large companies. In addition,
we Swedes need to understand that Brazil is not
limited to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. We traveled
in the country during this week and, just to give an
example, Porto Alegre is twice the size of Sweden.
Why don’t we think about that city? I think we have
a lot of homework to do,” he said. Finally, Johansson
also underlined another key aspect for a good
partnership between companies: building a climate
of trust among stakeholders, so as to couple the
creativity of Brazilians with the innovation capacity
of Swedes - which will, according to him, lead to an
environment conducive to mutual cooperation.
Guilherme Ary Plonsky, president of the National
Association of Entities Promoting Innovative
Enterprises (Anprotec), recalled that there are
incubators and technology parks with different levels
of strategic influence in Brazil. “I think one of the
processes to be considered is bilateral cooperation
(country A and country B, as in the case of Brazil
and Sweden), and the other is at the regional and
We still have no real experience in soft-landing,
but we have many companies ready to leave
the country and not knowing what to do.
Soft-landing is something that requires, above
all, a state of readiness and preparedness by
both sides, i.e., the applicant company and the
receiving company.”
_Paulo Goulart de Miranda
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with the Brazilian Space Agency to try to develop,
with incubators like Incubaer already working in the
sector, forms of connection in the space business
sector,” said Plonsky.
“We established our International Innovation Center two years
ago, with the aim to encourage innovation in Paraná”, said
Wikings Machado, director of the Federation of Industries of the
State of Paraná (Fiep).
national level,” he said. For him, it is necessary to
evaluate the size of each market. “In Europe, if you
are in Portugal and cross the border into Spain and
from there on to France, for example, it will take you
just over half an hour - less than it would take you
go from here, São Jose dos Campos, to São Paulo
(especially during rush hours). So for us, the issue
of internationalization is more complicated because
even in relation to neighboring countries there
are problems of distance, mobility and cultural
differences,” he added. To meet such challenges
Plonsky said that it is necessary to evaluate
the conditions from the industry standpoint. An
example is the European Space Incubators Network,
which brings together 30 incubators, 15 countries,
500 companies, besides the European Business
Innovation Network (EBINet).”We were deeply
inspired by this model and based on it we talked
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Another example of a project already underway
was mentioned by Wikings Machado, director of
the Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná
(Fiep), which is preparing to establish an incubation
and technology center in the state. “We established
our International Innovation Center two years ago,
with the aim to encourage innovation in Paraná.
The goal was to bring together in one single place
everything a company needs to be innovative.
The answer we found was that innovation is
represented by values added, and therefore it would
be necessary to do something that added value to
someone, somewhere, sometime,” said Machado.
For Guilherme Ary Plonsky, president of the National Association of
Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises (Anprotec), “the issue of
internationalization is more complicated because even in relation
to neighboring countries there are problems of distance, mobility
and cultural differences.”
According to him, in order to do that a company
needs to have access to capital, good knowledge of
its target market as well as to master its technology,
be entrepreneurial, prioritize innovation and worry
about its own design. “We work in a 30,000-sq.
meter area in Curitiba, where we’ve gathered
several organizations that support innovation, such
as Endeavour, an American NGO, GCI and Design
Center, and we are there to support the companies
in other areas. I think we have a very interesting
environment and it would be great if we could have
an incubator there, so as to increase our service
supply in a subsidized way,” he said. Among the
plans for the innovation center, Machado said there
are 10 companies to be incubated, six of them in the
resident incubation program, i.e, with facilities and
equipment available to them. Four will be virtual
incubators, meaning they will not be physically
there but will have access to all services offered by
the International Innovation Center.
The technology park of São José dos Campos receives the visit of participants in the Brazil-Sweden Laboratory
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IN LOCO
Technology Park of São José dos Campos
During the visit to the Technology Park of São José dos Campos, participants were divided into two groups to
tour the facilities. The institute is located in a of 30,000-sq meter building, spread over a 188,000-sq. meter
area along Via Dutra, 12 km from São José dos Campos. The mission of the technology park is to promote
interaction between research and teaching institutions, businesses, governments and development and
investment entities, always focusing on technological innovation, creating new technology companies,
improving industrial competitiveness, revitalizing local and regional economies and generating new jobs. In
the coming years, the park is expected to grow through partnerships in areas such as aeronautics, space,
defense, energy and environment. An estimated 20,000 new specialized job openings should be created.
The technology park of São José dos Campos was born of a partnership between the Municipal Government and the State Government
of São Paulo and houses research and development centers, universities, incubators, industries and technology-based companies
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INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH
IN THE HEALTH SECTOR
If on the one hand the provision of health services is a challenge for the countries, on the other
it creates opportunities for new technologies and businesses to emerge. While Sweden is a
leader in technological development in the fields of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment,
Brazil has endeavored to develop its industrial complex. The Ministry of Health has begun to
invest in the area and designed a new legal and institutional framework to support innovation
and improve local technologies.
The third panel began with Jorge Eduardo Oliveira, who worked in the VINNOVA-ABDI
cooperation in Sweden and is currently General Coordinator of Medical Equipment for the
Ministry of Health in Brazil. To explain the importance of a discussion on the development
of technologies in the industry, Oliveira provided some data on the health system in the
country. According to him, since 2007 the Ministry of Health has given greater considered
to the possibilities of scientific innovation in the country. “The idea was to show the market
that there are a large number of services to be provided in examinations and procedures
maintained by the State, since 70% of the population depend on public health services,” he
said. In all, according to Oliveira, there are about 6,000 hospitals in the country, 64,000 basic
healthcare units and 12 million hospitalizations annually, with approximately 300 million
laboratory tests performed each year. “We are working with several partners, holding public
hearings and bids for research into and development of innovations with specific funding and
grants,” he said. Another paradigm that has been broken was the state production of drugs and
pharmaceuticals, which was lagging behind compared to modern production standards. Since
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then, as Oliveira put it, the Ministry of Health has
produced a list of strategic pharmaceuticals and
medical equipment of high added value that have
become a priority. For an initiative like this, R$50
million have been invested in R&D and innovation
as well as in fostering product development. The
production of pharmaceuticals and the production
infrastructure, in turn, required an investment of
$300 million over five years. The idea now, according
to Oliveira, is to negotiate technology transfer and
agreements specifying product purchases and
royalties.” In relation to the private sector, we are
working towards a regulatory model of preference,
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which was established by law last year, under which
a spread of up to 25% can be paid for products
developed and manufactured in the country. In
this context, we believe that we are in a position to
establish technological cooperation, “he concluded.
Vicente Barbosa, from the Brazilian Association of
Medical, Dental, Hospital and Laboratory Equipment
& Supplies (Abimo) presented suggestions for
businesses that could generate partnerships with
the Swedes. One of the examples mentioned
by Barbosa is the discussion, with Ericsson, of
bioengineering solutions for the manufacture
of artificial organs. He also recalled that the
association is greatly interested in nanotechnology.
“Brazil has shown a talent to absorb new
technologies and is a country that seeks social
equality,” said Barbosa. Last year the organization
created the Innovation Award in Health, to reward
companies introducing innovations in processes,
products or services. “Brazilian entrepreneurs are
very receptive to innovations. We hope thereby
to improve the quality of life of patients and the
competitiveness of products. The introduction of
innovative mechanisms brings benefits to patients
and contributes to developing the medical supply
and equipment industry,” he said.
Barbosa also believes that policies to encourage
research and development in the health sector make
the domestic industry more competitive. However,
he said, there are still obstacles to overcome. “We
must continue to fight the bureaucratic barriers
that hinder Brazilian companies. We can not wait
a year for health authorities to approve a product
or medical equipment, or wait, because of the law,
six months for the import of scientific products to
be authorized,” said Oliveira. He also highlighted
areas where Abimo can collaborate with the BrazilSweden partnership, such as flexible companies,
reliable partners, a large buying market and
domestic public investments in the form of tax
benefits.
Finally, Barbosa also presented a partnership
between Lifemed, a company he also works for,
Fiocruz and the Federal University of Rio Grande do
Sul. The result was the production of reagents for
the detection of bacteria and viruses, in addition to
some drugs. According to him, Fiocruz’ structure is
similar to that of the Karolinska Institutet Science
Park in Sweden. “To diversify our portfolio we also
have a unit that develops monitors for multiple
paramedic uses, a telemetry system for medical
applications, and other systems for cardiovascular
applications – an effort started eight years ago,” he
said.
Professor Icaro dos Santos from the University of
Brasilia (UnB) said that he has been working with
research in the field of biomedical engineering for
over 15 years and that only about 10 years ago
financial investment stopped being a problem.
According to him, since then it has been possible
to develop an idea, design a project, submit it to
a government agency and, if it’s approved, get the
money. “Currently, we are also succeeding in getting
funding from the industry to develop specific
solutions,” said Santos.
The next speaker was Märit Johansson, CEO of
the Science Park of the Karolinska Institutet (KI)
in Sweden, who introduced the institution, which
conducts research mainly in medical and diagnostics
technology. She said KI is considered the largest
medical school in the country and currently counts
on 57 companies (20,000-sq meter campus), 600
research centers and 1,300 researchers. “Sweden
is a very small country. So we know each other
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In Sweden, more than 1,200 projects
or inventions have been evaluated by
the innovation system and 30 license
agreements were closed.”
_Märit Johansson
personally and this allows us to work together. So
far, more than 1,200 projects or inventions have
been evaluated by the innovation system and 30
license agreements closed, “she said. The institute
also has other projects underway in the areas of
oncology and dermatology.
The next speaker, Gilberto Rigobello, director of
Spin - Serviços em Projetos de Inovação (Services
in Innovation Projects) explained that the company
works on a volunteer basis with a group that assists
children with cancer at a hospital in São José dos
Campos. The goal of Spin in this partnership is to
get funding for the project, which the company is
seeking to get from the Foundation for Research
Support of São Paulo (FAPESP) and FINEP. “We have
entered into partnerships with some specialists
from the United States, Germany and Japan. I would
like then to invite Swedish specialists to participate,”
said Rigobello. Wikings Machado, from FIEP asked
to make one last comment on a topic raised by
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Märit Johansson with respect to financing, venture
capital and seed money. Machado said the venture
capital (VC) industry in Brazil keeps on growing and
that the Brazilian Forum on Venture Capital & Seed
Money, a national event, was going to be held the
following week in São Paulo. “Industry figures are
impressive. There are currently $10 billion available
for investment and the number of investment funds
is doubling almost every second in the country, “he
said.
Leandro de Lemos, manager of Tecnopuc - Science
and Technology Park of PUC in Rio Grande do Sul
also talked about the possibility for interaction
in the area of health. He said that the space is
characterized as a “cluster” in the area of health.
“Tecnopuc is an important project and in the future
it should be the most important technology park
in Latin America because we have a huge physical
area near Porto Alegre, with the engagement of
almost 100 companies,” he said.
VINNOVA
Swedish innovation
VINNOVA was established in January 2001 and is linked to the Swedish Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and
Communications. Its goal is to increase the competitiveness of Swedish researchers and companies. The
agency also has the mission to promote sustainable growth in Sweden, support and finance research and
develop efficient innovation systems. To this end, it receives 220 million euros a year for new projects as
well as for projects already in progress. But as VINNOVA often requires co-financing for all projects, the
annual investment can total as much as 440 million euros.
An important part of the agency’s activities is to enhance cooperation between companies, universities,
research institutes and other organizations in the Swedish innovation system. All programs are continually
monitored and evaluated after completion. To explain the long-term impacts of its activities, reviews are
also carried out on a regular basis. In all, 200 professionals work in the company’s units in Stockholm and
Brussels.
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Março
INVESTMENTS IN THE
WORLD UP AND THE
OLYMPICS
The World Cup in 2014 and 2016 Olympics, both to be held in Brazil will require a host of new
solutions. Besides investment in stadiums, urban infrastructure in general and anything else
that involves preparing for the games, there’s the fact that the event can be a showcase for
new technologies. In a short period of time Brazil increased the use of information technology,
which included broadband and social networks. And today Portuguese is the second most
popular language on twitter.
In this scenario, the market opens up for IT solutions, social networks and interactive media. It
is possible to develop ways for spectators to narrate and comment on the games, connected
with friends and relatives around the world. It is based on these possibilities that Project 14
Bis has been developed. In this last panel of the laboratory, participants presented their ideas
on how to use the games to develop and give visibility to new technologies and businesses
and discuss how Brazil and Sweden can promote connections between their companies and
research centers.
Professor Reginaldo Arcuri, from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), former president
of ABDI, explained that the idea of Project 14 Bis emerged still during the South Africa World
Cup in 2010. Finep launched a program called 2014 Bis, building upon the image and name
of the 14 Bis, the first airplane to fly over Paris in 1906. The slogan of the initiative was also
inspired by the plane and its creator, the Brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont: “To delight, surprise
and move the world in 2014.” “The idea is to show that Brazil is not made only of natural
beauty, but also that as a developing country it can be in the forefront in terms of some types
of innovation,” said Arcuri.
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Next José Fiates, director of Innovation at Certi
Foundation and the Sapiens Park, in Florianópolis,
reinforced what Arcuri had said to be the goal of
the project - to create a legacy in the country in
terms of innovation and creativity. Although it
was created by FINEP, Project 14 Bis has several
partners in the federal government such as the
Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Development,
Industry and Foreign Trade, as well as government
agencies, universities and corporations (one of
such partners in Certi Foundation). He said the
amounts currently under discussion exceed $100
billion, to be invested mostly in infrastructure,
stadiums, mobility, transport and communications.
“Ten priority areas have been defined, such as social
networking, education, entrepreneurship, cleantech,
smart cities, marketing, media, universal design, and
management and governance of all this. An action
plan has been defined in each area to encourage
partnerships, projects and their development. In
terms of infrastructure, some investments are
being encouraged for the purpose of aggregating
technology. BNDES, for example, is offering better
interest rates and payment terms for those who build
hotels using green technology,” said Fiat. According
to him, a workshop with Brazilian and multinational
companies with branches in Brazil was held after the
2010 World Cup in South Africa, to close a general
plan, later on, with the participation of all the parties
involved. “We will soon be launching an innovation
portal to offer possible partnerships between the
institutions involved. Finep, in particular, is working
to promote initiatives through targeted funding,
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Jackson De Toni, planning manager of
Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI)
with investments of about R$120 million last year
and over R$100 million this year for innovation and
technology projects involving the tournaments.
More than 100 projects have been submitted to
date, of which 60 have been pre-selected,” he said.
Another aspect highlighted by Fiates was the
incentive for cooperation projects between
universities and corporations targeting the market.
In this regard plans are underway for the creation
of LabShowroom, a kind of headquarters where the
ideas for the project will be showcased.
“We believe there will be opportunities for companies
of all sizes, from the manufacture of components
and devices to the development of technologies for
wireless communications, 3G and 4G technologies,
network sharing, video for the internet, mobile
payments, multi-channel advertising tools in mobiles,
TV and the internet and solutions for digital security
among others.”
_ Marcos Vinicius de Souza
Director of the Innovation Promotion Department
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
For Marcos Vinicius de Souza, Director of Innovation
of the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign
Trade (MDIC), Brazil has two major challenges to
overcome in the next two years. “One of them is
the fact that we have 12 World Cup host cities,
including Porto Alegre and Manaus, located in
the geographical extremes of the country. To
overcome these challenges the government has
set up a working group to coordinate efforts,
bringing together federal ministries and agencies
such as BNDES and FINEP, among others. This
group is divided into 12 subgroups, among which
are tourism, security, stadiums and transport,” said
Souza. For him, there are three levels of business
opportunities for the two sporting events. One
is the direct level, which involves infrastructure,
transport and stadiums and is directly managed
by large consortia. The other is the indirect
level, which includes consumer services such as
communications, food and hospitality, among
others. Finally, the third level, according to Souza, is
related to demonstration opportunities such as the
cosmetics and fashion, crafts, and traditional food
and beverage industries, for example. “We want all
of them to present innovation as a main component;
we do not want them to just sell their products. They
all face some kind of difficulty we have to deal with,
but I would like to highlight the area of information
and communication technology (ICT). An estimated
$3.3 billion should be invested in ICT alone for the
World Cup and the Olympics,” he said. One of the
trends in ICT mentioned by Souza is the concept of
“anywhere, anytime”, with an emphasis on mobile
communication and the internet. To justify the focus
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on the area, he mentioned some of the industry’s
figures: revenues for mobile phone operators in
Brazil totaled $2 billion in 2008 and are expected
to reach $8.9 billion in 2014 (with smart phones
accounting for 30% of this amount).
Another challenge will be to bring broadband to
all regions in the country, providing the service to
low-income consumers, who today still lack access
to it. According to Souza, $13 billion are expected
to be invested to this end. “We believe there will
be opportunities for companies of all sizes, from
the manufacture of components and devices to
the development of technologies for wireless
communications, 3G and 4G technologies, network
sharing, video for the internet, mobile payments,
“An estimated $3.3 billion should be invested in ICT alone for the
World Cup and the Olympics”, said Marcos Vinicius de Souza,
Director of Innovation of the Ministry of Development, Industry
and Foreign Trade (MDIC)
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multi-channel advertising tools in mobiles, TV
and the internet and solutions for digital security
among others,” he said. “We are also anticipating
developments in 3D technologies and holography,
but we do not know if they will be mature enough.
We will have many solutions for touch screen
panels, and to manage it all we need really robust
business intelligence systems for the companies.
Thus, we imagine that the software industry will
grow substantially to manage it all anywhere,
anytime,” he said.
The third trend mentioned by Souza was the
green IT concept. This means that for the ICT
sector the equipment should be more efficient
with lower emissions of pollutants. “To this end,
specific solutions should be designed such as more
efficient data centers and more economical and
effective media centers, with great opportunities for
manufacturers of servers and data storage systems.
We also anticipate substantial developments in the
area of virtual reality. Our crystal ball predicts the
opportunities financed by BNDES and FINEP that
will emerge. Our message is that we will try to do
as much as possible here in Brazil, but we know we
can not do everything. Therefore, we’ll need a lot of
outside help,” he said.
Then it was Hans Moller’s, CEO of Ideon Science
Park, turn to speak. He said that Ideon, founded
in 1983 is part of the history of the development
of the mobile phone. The first company to settle
on the site was Ericsson, which with a group of 12
“Brazil is not made only of
natural beauty. As a developing
country it can be in the forefront
in terms of some types of
innovation.”
_Reginaldo Arcuri
Teacher - University of
Juiz de Fora
engineers developed a phone that could be carried
in the pocket. “That small group today is a team
of approximately 6,000 professionals in the city
of Lund alone, the Park headquarters, working on
mobile phones and related applications, and in the
development of hardware and software platforms
for the technology”, he said. Currently the park has
over 500 member companies in Lund developing
mobile applications. There are also facilities in
Stockholm, with over a thousand companies, and in
other locations in Sweden. “I think we can say that
Sweden is famous for developing mobile phones.
So, based on this project and the opportunities
described, I have a proposal to make. When
thinking about mobile phones and smart phones
we can say that today they are many things: a
wallet, TV, radio, identity card, driver’s license, i.e.,
almost anything. My idea is to replace tickets by
the mobile phone and develop services with the
device, for both during the event (like when buying
something to eat, photographing the match) and
in pre-event services - when buying tickets, for
example, the phone goes along, loaded with various
types of applications, information about the teams,
communication with other players,” said Moller.
However, according to the CEO of Ideon, the key
to this innovation is not in the government agents
and researchers gathered in the laboratory. “These
activities can be carried out by young people 15
to 18 years old. Therefore, a proposal would be to
connect students (young Swedes and Brazilians)
who, along with the technicians would work on new
ideas for all these fantastic things to be created,”
he said.
Carl Wickman, director of the ICT Services Division
at VINNOVA believes that Swedish companies
could be involved in infrastructure as well. “I know
that Ericsson was involved in the last World Cup.
When looking at the side of innovation, with the
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“Depending on the location of the
spectator in the stadium, it would
be possible to obtain different
services such as information on
various aspects of the competition.
This is an exciting future!”
_Carl Wickman
Director of the ICT Services
Division - VINNOVA
excellent predictions of the ‘crystal ball’ about what
the world will be like when these predictions come
true, I believe that sensors and other items will
be useful not only for the matches but for other
applications as well,” he said. Another issue raised
by Wickman was the possibility of developing a
positioning service. “Depending on the location of
the spectator in the stadium, it would be possible
to obtain different services such as information
on various aspects of the competition. This is an
exciting future,” he said. A project already developed
by VINNOVA, he added, is a positioning service in
real time – which, however, is not intended for big
competitions - and that can be sized for any event.
“You can get all the information by mobile phone
in real time, like finding out where your friends are
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and what is happening in other arenas,” explained
the director, who made one more suggestion:
a system to locate all players on the field all the
time, and that would serve to build statistical tables
about what each athlete does.” This product is very
successful and has been exported to over 100
countries. And it can also be used in combination
with social networking,” he suggested.
With regard to the collaboration of VINNOVA,
Wickman noted that the agency could identify
Swedish funding sources and receive appropriate
proposals, since this type of collaboration is
in tune with the purposes of the institution. “I
hope that Sweden will participate in this exciting
project, because there are great opportunities,” he
concluded.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE
LABORATORY
After the fourth and final panel, Roberto Alvarez, Manager of International Affairs of ABDI
summarized some of the main ideas and business opportunities discussed throughout the
day. He said most of the opportunities identified were in the energy sector and especially in
the health industrial complex, soft-landing opportunities and co-incubation of companies.
Alvarez also pointed out that ABDI had received an offer from the Ministry of Health for a joint
project. “We too have learned a lot about the ICT sector by hearing Marcos Vinicius talk about
items that will be developed for both sporting events - the World Cup and the Olympics - and
Project 14 Bis”, he said.
The manager of ABDI also highlighted two cases in progress, such as those of Scania / VSE
and Saab, the latter referring to the company’s initiative to establish a research center in the
country. Alvarez also underlined the academic connections and their relations to industry, the
exchange of students. “Bringing together students from both countries is something that we
had not thought about yet,” he said.
In the first panel on technology projects for industrial purposes, the most important point to
Alvarez was the issue of aligning interests and tools. In the second panel on bilateral initiatives,
he highlighted innovation environments such as business incubators and technology parks. For
Alvarez, the discussion resulted in four essential conditions. First, the need for readiness and
preparedness, since innovation environments need to be ready and prepared. Second, parks
and incubators should be agents of connection to establish relationships with large companies.
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In terms of value creation, an afterthought raised
by Wikings Machado, which Alvarez believes to be
closely linked to readiness and preparedness, is the
development of a system that includes relationships
and services. “This last idea is linked to an important
concept that we should all keep in mind: there are
many opportunities, but it is difficult to achieve
results. It’s difficult to make things happen, but
with a pool of talents one can succeed,” said the
manager of ABDI, who also highlighted the market
issue. “And not only the domestic market, which
should be used to develop solutions that can be
applied in other countries,” he recalled.
As for the third panel, which addressed the area
of health, Roberto Alvarez believes that its most
important aspect was the need for systematized
processes. “We should work together, the Ministry
of Health, VINNOVA and ABDI, and the Ministry of
Development, Industry and Foreign Trade should
also be brought in. The ministry has played a major
role in attracting foreign R&D into Brazil and I think
we can and should work together. After all, the
combination of continued processes and funding
are key items in view of the many opportunities
available,” he said. Eduardo Jorge, representing
the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign
Trade said the ministry is willing to study the cofinancing of initiatives for developing the health
industrial complex,” he said. He also reminded
the Swedes that the venture capital industry has
grown more than 50% a year in the country over
the past 6 years.
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At the end of the event, Alvarez highlighted the points to be
worked on: the development of a process to support ideas to be
transformed into projects, the mapping of funding possibilities, the
continuity of the dialogue and the systematization and distribution
of information on what was done and discussed so far.
Regarding the last session on Project 14 Bis and
opportunities for the World Cup and the Olympics,
Alvarez said that for him, the focus was on creativity.
“Something essential in any process is training
and putting talented young people in the same
environment to create solutions and generate
innovations. I think Ideon is working on it: creative
solutions,” he said.
With respect to the next steps, Alvarez stressed
four points on which there was consensus among
participants in the Innovation Learning Laboratory
and that should be addressed in the near future.
The first point is the need to develop reference and
work processes to guide participants in the BrazilSweden dialogue on innovation. One of the ideas
discussed concerns setting up a reference process
informing Brazilian and Swedish researchers,
executives and entrepreneurs of the instruments
available to support bilateral innovation projects
at each phase - from basic research to market
launch. Along the same line, the group discussed
the development of a work process to guide
participants on how ABDI, VINNOVA and public
partners on both sides can foster the structuring
and implementation of bilateral innovation projects,
from the emergence of ideas to the possible
implementation of such projects. Second, ABDI and
VINNOVA will study ways to foster the development
of innovation projects by supporting exchange
visits and connections between companies and
research institutions. The third point is the need
not only to continue promoting connections with
Brazilian and Swedish organizations but also to
work on the design of possible new instruments
to specifically support bilateral projects. Finally,
to systematize information on initiatives already
developed and ideas for projects presented and
discussed, thus giving visibility to opportunities
and the work done - reports on the two Innovation
Learning Laboratories held in 2010 and 2011 will
be published shortly.Among Serger’s suggestions
is the need for everyone to stay focused and
have concrete goals, both in the laboratories and
in the choice of topics of common interest and
benefits. She also highlighted the issue of the
early involvement of partnerships and the need for
synchronization between the countries. “What also
impresses me a lot, when you look at the levels of
readiness and preparedness for internationalization
is that there are major differences between the two
cultures. And that is why something that should be
necessary is to remember that if the Swedes want
to do soft-landings in Brazil, they have to become
familiarized with the local prerequisites”, she said.
For Serger, especially in relation to the World Cup
and the Olympics, the focus should be on seeking
synchronization, encouraging students and being
very concrete. “I think this shows what I believe
can be done in the 3rd Innovation Laboratory that
scheduled to place the next fall in Sweden”, she
concluded.
“There is a wide range of opportunities that were here identified and commented over
the day. Turning them into concrete projects will require a lot of effort and the continuity
of the dialogue. Our challenge is to turn ideas into action and results. We can combine
resources and capabilities from the two countries to do so.”
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Lista de Participantes
ABDI
Adriane Aragão
Bianca Schnaider Smolarek
Carlos Nogueira
Clayton Campanhola
Eduardo Rodrigues de Rezende
Jackson D Toni
Joana Wightman
Patricia Lima Favaretto
Patricia Vicentini
Roberto Alvarez
Wilker Ribeiro Filho
Brazilian Association of the Industry of Medical,
Dental, Hospital and Laboratory Articles and
Equipment - ABIMO
Franco Pallamolla
Vicente Barbosa
AGENDE Guarulhos
Devanildo Damião
Paulo Gonçalves
National Association of Entities Promoting
Innovative Enterprises - ANPROTEC
Guilherme Ary Plonski
Akaer Engineering
Cesar Augusto da Silva
Fernando Ferraz
CEMIG
Anderson Fleming de Souza
Allagi - Open Innovation Services
Régis Assao
Brazilian Ministry of Health
Eduardo Jorge Valadares Oliveira
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Brazilian Development Bnak - BNDES
Flávia Kickinger
Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and
Foreign Trade
Marcos Vinicius de Souza
CERTI Foundation
José Eduardo Azevedo Fiates
City Hall of São Carlos
Marcos A. Martinelli
City Hall of São José dos Campos
Claudio Maia
Data Chassi
Lars Birging
IACIT Technological Solutions
Pérsio V. S. Abrahão
Eletrobras
Janio Itiro Akamatsu
IDEABANK
Ricardo Horiuchi
EMBRAER
Francisco de Assis Ferreira Gomes Filho
Ideon Science Park
Hans Möller
Federal University of Bahia
Antonio Ferreira da Silva
IMS Solutions
Carlos Alberto Giglio
Martinus C. W. Bakhuizen
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Reginaldo Arcuri
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Carlos Eduardo Pereira
Federal University of Tajubá
Elzo Alves Aranha
Federal University of the ABC
Eduardo Gueron
Inotech - Innovation and Technology
Rene Nardi
Institute for Technological Research - IPT
Eduardo Valle
Karolinska Science Park
Märit Johansson
Mecano-científica Industry
Lucas Canello Franceschini
Federation of Industries of the State of Paraná FIEP
Wikings Marcelo Machado
Mjärdevi Science Park
Sten Gunnar Johansson
Homine Informatics
Gilberto Trivelato
National Institute for Space Research - INPE
Adalberto Pacífico Comiran
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Norrköping Science Park
Åke Rolf
Mikael Stahl
Odebrecht Defense and Technology
Antonio Claudio Sondermann Frega
Swedish-Brazilian Research and Innovation Centre
- CISB
Bruno Rondani
Pontifical University of Rio Grande do Sul
Leandro Antonio de Lemos
University of Brasilia
Rosangela Medeiros
RPI - Paulista Network for Innovation
Altair Emboava
University of Brasilia
Egmar Rocha
Higor Santana
SAAB
Anders Hagg
Pontus de Laval
University of São Paulo
Peterson F. da Silva
Mario Sergio Salerno
SALT - Sea & Limno Technology Environmental
Consultancy
Daniel Ruffato
Uppsala Innovation Centre
Per Bengtsson
Scania Latin America
Per-Arne Eriksson
Vale Energy Solutions
Elso Alberti
Marcelo Sáfadi Alvares
Science Park of São José dos Campos
Paulo C. Goulart de Miranda
SPIN - Consultancy in Innovation Projects
Gilberto Rigobello
SwedchamBrazil
Jonas Lindstrom
Swedish Embassy in Brazil
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Västerås Science Park
Peter Lundström
VINNOVA
Carl Wickman
Ciro Vasquez
Sylvia Schwaag Serger