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
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 |
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I nnovation and Entrepreneurship in ICT in Portugal Rogério Carapuça, Chairman, Novabase / Board of Directors, CMU Portugal Program |
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inRes: A “Soft Take-off” Program for ICT Entrepreneurs João Claro, National Director, CMU Portugal Program |
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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 |
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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 |
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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