International Workshop
"Strategic Innovation policy and structural
change in a context of growth and crisis"
13 -15 september 2011

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Inauguration 09h – 09h30

Fernando Sandroni (FIRJAN)
Adilson de Oliveira (College of High Studies of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Carlos Frederico Leão Rocha (Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/ IE-UFRJ)
José Eduardo Cassiolato (Research Network on Local Productive and Innovative Systems – RedeSist/ IE-UFRJ)

Opening Lecture
09h30 – 10h

Aloizio de Oliveira Mercadante (Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation - MCTI)

Plenary 1
10h – 13h

Financial Crisis and the Impacts on Global Production Structure: what role for Brazil?
Coordinator: Maria Lúcia Falcón (Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management-MPOG)
Participants: François Chesnais (Université Paris XIII, França); Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães (High Representative of Mercosul) ; Mario Scerri (Tshwane University of Tecnology); Luís Manuel Rebelo Fernandes (Institute of International Relations – PUC/RIO)
Industry´s Discussant: Fernando Sandroni (FIRJAN-CET)

13h – 14h

Lunch

Parallel Sessions

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Place: Rooms 1 - 2

Thematic Sessions
1 e 2
14h – 15h45

Biotechnology innovation: main challenges for public policy and for business strategies
Coordinator: Katia Aguiar (Bio-Rio Foundation)
Participants: Luigi Orsenigo (Università Bocconi); Maria da Graça Derengowski Fonseca (IE/UFRJ).
Industry´s  Discussant: Antônio Paes de Carvalho (Extracta Moléculas Naturais S/A)

Policy and Perspectives for Nanotechnology in Brazil
Coordinator: Francine Barbosa Silva (MCTI)
Participants: Noela Invernizzi (Latin American Nanotechnology & Society Network - ReLANS); Paulo Roberto Martins (RENANOSOMA).
Industry´s Discussant: Lélia Maria Ximenes Lowe (CENPES/ PDEDS/QM - PETROBRAS)

15h45 - 16h

Coffee Break

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Plenary 2
16h - 18h30

Local productive systems, territory and policies for production and innovation
Coordinator: Helena Maria Martins Lastres (Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES)
Participants: Judith Sutz (Universidad de la Republica Uruguay), Sérgio Duarte de Castro (Ministry of Regional integration-MIR), Francisco de Assis Costa (Institute of Applied Economic Research - IPEA); Paulo Fernando de Moura Bezerra Cavalcanti Filho (Federal University of Paraíba - UFPB),
Industry´s  Discussant: Alberto Eduardo B. Freitag (IEL); Ana Carolina Machado Arroio (FIRJAN-DIM/GDI).

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Plenary 3
09h30 - 12h

Development and sustainability: a new productive paradigm?
Coordinator: Mariano Francisco Laplane (CGEE)
Participants: Rasigan Maharajh (Tshwane University of Tecnology); Ricardo Abramovay (USP); Maria do Perpétuo Socorro Rodrigues Chaves (UFAM); Carlos Eduardo Frickmann Young (IE-UFRJ).
Industry´s  Discussant: Paulo Furio (SENAI/RJ)

12h - 14h

Lunch

Parallel Sessions

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Place: Rooms 1 - 2

Thematic Sessions
  3 e 4
14h - 16h

The challenge of renewable energies: a debate about innovation policies
Coordinator: Gabriela Podcameni (RedeSist)
Participants: Gordon Mackerron (University of Sussex); Célio Bermann (USP).
Industry´s  Discussant: Maurício Moszkowicz (MPX Energia)

Innovation policies in the Defense Industrial Complex
Coordinator: Priscila Koeller (IBGE)
Participants: Claude Serfati (Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines); Luiz Martins de Melo (UFRJ).
Industry´s  Discussant: Rex Nazaré Alves (FAPERJ)

16h – 16h15

Coffee Break

Parallel Sessions

Place: FIRJAN Auditorium

Place: Rooms 1 - 2

Thematic Sessions
  5 e 6
16h15 – 18h15

ICTs: new strategies to value generation
Coordinator: Márcio Wohlers de Almeida (DISET/IPEA)
Participants: Martin Fransman (University of Edinburgh); Marina Honorio de Souza Szapiro (IE-UFRJ).
Industry´s  Discussant: Fernando Nery (Módulo Security Solutions S/A)

Innovation Policy in the Health Industrial Complex
Coordinator: Maria Clara Soares (RedeSist)
Participants: Luigi Orsenigo (Università Bocconi); José Maldonado (Fiocruz)
Industry´s  Discussant: Nelson Brasil de Oliveira (ABIFINA)