Inaugural Symposium "Carnegie Mellon Portugal: An Entrepreneurial University-Industry Ecosystem in ICT"

Date: Monday, January 21, 2013
Venue: Amphitheater VA4 at the Civil Pavilion, Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Portugal (Alameda Campus; http://www.ist.utl.pt/en/about-IST/location/)
Registration Form: http://tinyurl.com/9wfox49

Agenda

09:30 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee and Registration

10:00 – 11:15 Opening Session

                        Welcome:
                        António Cruz Serra, Rector, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

                        Chairs:
                        José Marques dos Santos, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
                        Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and Rector of the Universidade do Porto
                        James H. Garrett Jr., Dean of the College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

                        Roadmap for Phase II:
                        “ICT Portugal: An Entrepreneurial Research Initiative”
                        João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program

                        Keynote:
                        Duplex Characteristics of Shared Vision and Understanding in the
                        Research Business
                        Sir John O’Reilly, Chairman of the External Review Committee of the
                        Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and Vice-Chancellor of the Cranfield University

                        Miguel Seabra, President, Foundation for Science and Technology
                        Leonor Parreira, Secretary of State for Science 

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11:15 – 11:30 Coffee-Break with Demos and Posters
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11:30 – 13:00 Towards an Environment for Creative Science and High-Growth Ventures

                        Chair: Luigia Aiello, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”
                        Moderator: João Barros, Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto
                        Speakers:
                        João Gabriel Silva, Rector, Universidade de Coimbra
                        Francisco Veloso, Dean, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
                        Rogério Carapuça, Chairman, Novabase
                        Priya Narasimhan, Carnegie Mellon University
                        José Epifânio da Franca, Chairman and CEO, Portugal Ventures
                        Paulo Marques, CTO, Feedzai

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13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
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14:00 – 15:00 Case Studies of Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives

                        Moderator: Ed Schlesinger, Carnegie Mellon University
                        Speakers:
                        João Paulo Cunha, Faculdade de Engenharia of the Universidade do Porto
                        Frank Pfenning, Carnegie Mellon University
                        João Paulo Costeira, Instituto Superior Técnico of the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
                        David Garlan, Carnegie Mellon University

15:00 – 16:30 Engaging Sessions

I) Bridging Science and Market	II) Building and Exploiting Test Beds	III) Fostering Inter-Disciplinary Research
Coordinator and Rapporteur:Mário Zenha-Rela, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra Pedro Oliveira, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics Hugo Vieira, Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa Bernardo Motta, Founder and Manager, Observit Pedro Ferreira, Carnegie Mellon University José Mendonça, President, INESC Porto	Coordinator and Rapporteur:Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University Manuela Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University Rui Avelãs Nunes, Critical Software Rui Meireles, Ph.D. Student in Computer Science (Universidade do Porto and Carnegie Mellon University) Michel Ferreira, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Paulo Ferrão, Director, MIT Portugal Program	Coordinator and Rapporteur: Nuno Nunes, Universidade da Madeira Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University José Carlos Gonçalves, CEO, Logica Iberia* Ana Venâncio, Alumna in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship (Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Católica-Lisbon, and Carnegie Mellon University) Maria Gil, Managing Director, Novabase Capital Valentina Nisi, Universidade da Madeira Nuno Correia, Director, UT Austin Portugal Program

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16:30 – 16:45 Coffee-Break
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16:45 – 17:30 Wrap-up of the Engaging Sessions

                        Chairs: Joel Moses, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and
                        Tariq Durrani, University of Strathclyde
                        Rapporteurs:
                        Nuno Nunes, Universidade da Madeira
                        Peter Steenkiste, Carnegie Mellon University
                        Mário Zenha-Rela, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade de Coimbra

17:30 – 18:00 Closing Session                        

                        Arlindo Oliveira, President, Instituto Superior Técnico of the
                        Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
                        Sir John O’Reilly, Chairman of the External Review Committee of the
                        Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program and Vice-Chancellor of the Cranfield University
                        José M.F. Moura, Director at CMU, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
                        João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
                        Carlos Oliveira, Secretary of State for Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness
                        and Innovation*

*To Be Confirmed

_________If you are planning to attend this event we would like to recommend a hotel in the area:
    Holiday Inn Lisboa    Avenida António José de Almeida, 28-A
    1000-044 Lisboa

All guests should make their own hotel reservations by January 10th, 2013 using the following emails: Clara Ferreira clara@grupo-continental.com or Cristina Silva csilva@grupo-continental.com. When making the reservation the guests should mention: "USA CMU PORTUGAL" After January 10th, the availability and rates are subject to change.

About Lisbon: http://www.visitlisboa.com/Home_UK.aspx .
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For more information, please send an email to news@cmuportugal.org or call to the ICTI@Portugal Office (+351) 222 094 065.