br-us innovation summit

2ª CONFERÊNCIA DE INOVAÇÃO BRASIL- EUA 2010 US-BRAZIL INNOVATION SUMMIT

SEPTEMBER, 20-21, 2010GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

WASHINGTON, D.C

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EVENT SUMMARY


Organizers

Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI)

Competitive Brazil Movement (MBC)

Council on Competitiveness (CoC)

Georgetown University



The 2nd U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit—organized by the Council on Competitiveness, the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement (Movimento Brasil

Competitivo/MBC), and the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (AgênciaBrasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial/ABDI)—will take place at Georgetown

University on September 20-21, 2010.

Target-audience

300 C-Suite private sector and Government leaders

from both countries.

CEOs

Government leaders

States Secretaries

Research leaders

Business directors



Date and Venue

SEPTEMBER, 20-21, 2010.

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER

WASHINGTON, D.C.


Goals

The Summit will bring together 300 C-suite leaders from industry, academia and the public sector from across the Western Hemisphere’s two largest economies to:

Highlight and strengthen the concrete partnerships that have emerged from the 1st U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit in 2007 and ten U.S.-Brazil Innovation Learning Laboratories held in both nations in 2008 and 2009.

Launch a strategic, innovation-centric, economic development dialogue for leaders in both nations that can serve as a model for the Western Hemisphere and around the world.

Focus a distinctive network of leaders on creating new, bi-national partnerships to address the grand challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The Summit agenda will center on:

Meeting global demand for energy, which will increase by nearly 50 percent in 20 years, while balancing the need for sustainable growth and use of other critical resources, like water;

Supporting the bioscience spectrum—from agriculture to biofuels to health care—in a world that will need a doubling of food production in 50 years;

Building smart infrastructure—from transportation and logistics networks to broadband to the “cloud”—and the range of policies necessary to support innovation;

Cultivating smart places—creating regions of innovation in a world in which, by 2050, more than two-thirds of the population will live in cities; and

Fostering the platform for the most innovative mix of manufacturing and services that will create the most value for society—the new firms, industries and jobs that will define prosperity in the decades to come.



AGENDA



SEPTEMBER 20 | MONDAY

LENGHT ACTIVITIES: INNOVATION ROUNDTABLES

2.00p*4.00p

1 Accelerating Innovation: Tech Transfer & Commercialization

2 Law & Development

3 Brazil Diaspora

4 Business/Tech Roundtable – New Materials

5 Business/Tech Roundtable - Waste Solid Management

6 Business/Tech Roundtable – Energy

7 Business/Tech Roundtable – Smart Grids

8 Inovation Financing

6.00p * 7.00p Welcome Reception

7.00p* 9.00p Dinner

AGENDA


SEPTEMBER 21 | TUESDAY

LENGHT ACTIVITIES

7.30a to 8.00a Good Morning -- Registration and Networking

8.00a to 8.30a 1 Opening Remarks

8.30a to 9.15a 2 Where We Have Been & Where We Are Going

9.15a to 10.45a 3Energy and Water Are Everything: How Do We Meet Global Demand and Manage Critical Resources?

10.45a to 11.15a Break

11.15a to 12.15a 4 Hunger and Health: How Do We Feed the World and Innovate at the Frontier of Biosciences?

12.30p to 1.30p Luncheon Keynote

1.45p to 2.45p 5 Smart Infrastructure for Innovation: What Is in the 21st Century Toolbox?

2.45p to 3.15p 6 Leadership Dialogue

3.15p to 3.45p Break

3.45p to 4.45p 7 Smart Places: How Do We Foster Creativity and Innovation in a World of Rapid Urbanization?

4.45p to 5.45p 8Making Things: What Does Manufacturing Look Like in the 21st Century – and How Can the United States and Brazil Lead?

5.45p to 6.00p 9 Closing Remarks and Next Steps

Steering Committee

The Steering Committee aims to ensure the involvement of

Brazilian and U.S. private and government leaders at the

conference, promoting visibility of the event in both countries,

and guiding its organizing process.

Its formation is composed only by invited members of private

organizations, academic and government from both

countries.


STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Reginaldo Arcuri, President, ABDI,

Erik Camarano, President, MBC

Welber Barral, Secretary of Foreign Trade, MDIC ( Ministry of

Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil)

Wilson Ferreira, President, CPFL Energy

James Pessoa, President and CEO, VSE (Vale Energy Solutions)

Ricardo Felizzola, President, Teikon; Vice President Altus; Vice President

and Coordinator of the Innovation and technology council, FIERGS

Roberto dos Reis Alvarez, Manager of International Affairs, ABDI

Samuel Allen, Chairman and CEO, Deere & Company

Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness

Chad Evans, Senior Vice President, Council on Competitiveness

Dan E. Arvizu, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Lee McIntire, Chairman and CEO, CH2M HILL,

Representative from ABDI, Georgetown University and Council on

Competitiveness


Brazil Lounge

Living space;

Presentation of Brazil at the Summit;

Decorated with Brazilian solutions and innovations

All event participants will enjoy the dependencies, such as workrooms, meeting rooms, media room, bar (which will be served typical snacks and drinks) and Internet services during the two day event.


Brazil-US Innovation Dialogue


Brazil-US Innovation Dialogue

•2007 US-Brazil Innovation Summit

•2008 / 2009 - Series of Innovation Learning Laboratories across Brazil and

the United States

•2010 US-Brazil Innovation Summit


BRAZIL-EUA INNOVATION DIALOGUE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The collaboration among the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI), the Brazil Competitive Movement (MBC) and the Council on Competitiveness (CoC) was consolidated in 2007 during the 1st Innovation Summit US-Brazil, in Brasília, as a result of the partnership between the CoC and the MBC in 2004 to carry out benchmarking on issues related to competitiveness.

Given the strong network constructed by the three Institutions in their own environment (CEOs, directors of research institutes, high-ranking government) the purpose of the partnership between ABDI, CoC and MBC is:

• to provide mutual visibility and opportunities for businesses in both countries;

• to identify and to promote the implementation of innovation projects with the participation of organizations from both countries;

• to create opportunities to exchange information and ideas, in order to identify and disseminate good practices and develop networks of personal / professional relationship.

Innovation Learning Laboratories



INNOVATION LEARNING LABORATORIES:

MAIN OBJECTIVES: Produce a set of recommendations for the public and private sectors;Identify and promote new partnerships, projects, technical cooperation and bilateral businessTARGET:Leaders from industry, government and academia from both countriesBetween 50 and 80 participants per eventORGANIZATION:MBC-ABDI-CoC

Support from local partners

2008 | Brasília and Washington, DCTalent, Infrastructure Investment and Innovation

2009 | Porto Alegre (FIERGS), 22-23 AprilKnowledge Frontier, investment in R & D andTalent

2009| Chicago (UIUC), 12-13 May Knowledge Frontier, investment in R & D andTalent

2009| São Paulo (FGV-SP), 13-15 JulyTechnology Transfer, Entrepreneurship andMoving Ideas from the Lab to the Market

2009| Silicon Valley, California (WS), 5-7 AugustTechnology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and Moving Ideas from the Lab to the Market

2009| Rio de Janeiro (Finep), 19-21 August Increasing Capacity for Innovation to promote Competitiveness and Prosperity.

2009| Golden, Colorado (NREL), 09-11 September Increasing Capacity for Innovation to promote Competitiveness and Prosperity.

2009| Belo Horizonte (FDC), 13-20 November Local and Regional Hubs of Innovation inEconomics and Global competitiveness

Innovation Learning Laboratories Results:

Three initiatives resulted from the seven Laboratories that took place in 2009. They are under negotiation and among business

partners and governmental organizations of both countries, namely:

1. Collaboration in Smart Grids -Demonstration Project - Renewable Energies

and Intelligent Networks

2. Collaboration in Co-incubation

3. Clean Tech Open Brazil

Contact

CONCIL ON COMPETITIVENESSCouncil on Competitiveness1500 K Street, NW, Suite 850Washington, DC 20005T 202 682 4292F 202 682 5150Chad Evans [email protected]

ABDISBN Quadra 1 - Bloco B - Ed. CNC - 14º andarCEP: 70041 902 - Brasília DF - BrazilTEL: +55 61 3962.8700/ 3962.8600FAX: +55 61 3962.8715Carolina Aichinger [email protected] or [email protected]


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