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inRes Closing Session: Crossing Borders in Technology Entrepreneurship

inRes Closing Session
“Crossing Borders in Technology Entrepreneurship”
Date: December 3 rd , 2015
Schedule: 1:30pm (registration) to 6:30pm
Venue: Room 2, Culturgest, Lisboa
Registration: here
Newsletter: here

inRes Closing Session 2015
The Closing Session of the 2015 Edition of inRes, will bring together researchers, entrepreneurs, business executives, and investors, among others, under the topic “Crossing Borders in Technology Entrepreneurship”.

This will be an excellent opportunity to get to know more about this pioneering initiative that enables entrepreneurs to embrace an enriching journey shared between Portugal and the United States! In 2015, the teams have had the opportunity to be exposed to the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems of Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, and the Silicon Valley!

Caixa Capital will host this year’s event, and the program will include a keynote speech, presentations from the teams, and a roundtable.

Preliminary Agenda

1:30pm Registration
2:00pm Opening Session
Welcome Words
Stephan Morais, Executive Director, Caixa Capital
Emir Sirage, Coordinator of the Technology Office, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
I nnovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT in Portugal
Rogério Carapuça, Chairman, Novabase / Board of Directors, CMU Portugal Program
inRes: A “Soft Take-off” Program for ICT Entrepreneurs
João Claro, National Director, CMU Portugal Program
3:00pm inRes Teams: Outcomes and Insights
inRes 2015
AdaptTech – Frederico Carpinteiro
Playsketch – Pedro Santa
Sceelix – Francisco Rebello de Andrade
Scraim – Pedro Castro Henriques
inRes 2014
AddVolt – Bruno Azevedo
Displr – Rui José
Followprice – Gonçalo Mendes
Xhockware – David Sobrinho
4:10pm Coffee, Networking & Exhibition
4:40pm Keynote Address
Nuno Miller, Head of Digital Channels, SONAE | European CIO of the year 2014, by CIONET
5:20pm Roundtable
João Claro, National Director, CMU Portugal Program (moderator)
Nuno Miller, Head of Digital Channels, SONAE
Kit Needham, Associate Director, Project Olympus, CMU
Reed McManigle, Senior Manager, CTTEC, CMU
Stephan Morais, Executive Director, Caixa Capital
6:30pm Closing Remarks
João Claro, National Director, CMU Portugal Program

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inRes 2015
Launched in 2014 by the CMU Portugal Program, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese funding agency), inRes is a very early stage acceleration program for Portuguese entrepreneurial teams working in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that push them past their comfort zones, and requires them to work at a steep pace, cope with high levels of uncertainty, and constantly reach out for contacts to further build and validate their business projects. inRes is based on the Lean LaunchPad method. inRes provides a training period in Portugal, followed by a seven-week structured immersion period in Pittsburgh, in the U.S., anchored at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). inRes is organized by the CMU Portugal Program, in cooperation with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Caixa Capital, Pittsburgh Regional Alliance (PRA), UTEN Portugal, and INESC TEC. inres@cmuportugal.org