Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop
Date: June 20, 2013
Place: Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisbon, Portugal
Organized by: Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, funded by FCT
Registration Form: http://tinyurl.com/k649lco
Open Call for the Pitch Coaching Session: https://cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4660
This half-day event (13:00 – 18:00) will combine a Pitch Coaching Session with Case Studies on “Multiple Paths for Technology Commercialization,” and will finish with a roundtable about “The Life of IP.” The goal of the event is to join our community to discuss different potential commercialization pathways, to provide an overview of different types of support for knowledge transfer in Portugal and at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as to provide an overview of the IP lifecycle.
Agenda
12:30 – 13:00 Registration
13:00 – 14:00 ICT Networking Lunch
[Number of participants is limited]
14:00 – 14:15 Reception and Welcome Session
João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
14:15 – 15:15 Pitch Coaching Session “Product Idea”
(Call for students and faculty members; 5’ pitch + 5’ discussion)
15:15 – 16:15 Case Studies “Multiple Paths for Technology Commercialization
Moderator: João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
Speakers:
Susana Sargento, co-founder, Veniam
Hugo Gamboa, CEO, Plux
Reed McManigle, Manager for Business Development and Licensing, CTTEC, CMU
Paulo Marques, Chief Technology Office, Feedzai
Pedro Araújo, CEO, ACSystems
16:15 – 16:45 Coffee-Break & Networking
16:45 – 17:45 Roundtable “The Life of IP”
Moderator: José Maria Maurício, Member of the Directive Council, INPI
Speakers:
Maria Oliveira, Director, Universidade do Porto Innovation (UPIN)
Reed McManigle, Manager for Business Development and Licensing, CTTEC, CMU
Luis Joaquim, Manager of Product Development Area, Critical Software
17:45 – 18:00 Closing Session
João Claro, National Director, Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program
If you have questions, please send an email to: event@cmuportugal.org .