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Preliminary Program

   Date: 16 November 2009
   Venue: BNDES Auditorium, Avenida Chile 100 S1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

9.00h  Registration
9.30 - 10.00h  Opening Ceremony: Luiz A Elias (Vice-minister of S&T), Fernando Perini (IDRC), João Sabóia (IE/UFRJ, Brazil),
 José Cassiolato (RedeSist, Brazil)
10.00 – 13.00h Session I: National Systems of Innovation of China and South Africa: findings of the BRICS Project

Chair: Luiz Antonio Elias - Vice-minister of S&T
Speakers: Liu Xielin (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Rasigan Maharajh (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)
Discussants: Rodrigo Loures (President of FIEPR – Industrial Federation of Paraná), Carlos Gadelha (Vice-President – Fiocruz – Oswaldo Cruz Foundation)
Lunch
14.30h - 17.00h Session II: National Systems of Innovation of Russia, India and Brazil: findings of the BRICS Project
Chair:  Virgínia Vitorino (European Union)
Speakers:  Alexander Sokolov – (Moscow School of Economics, Russia), KJ Joseph (Centre for Development Studies, India) and D. Abrol (NISTADS, India); José Cassiolato(RedeSist, IE/UFRJ, Brazil)

Coffee Break

17.30h - 18.45h Session II: National Systems of Innovation of Russia, India and Brazil: findings of the BRICS Project
Chair: Virgínia Vitorino (European Union)
Discussants: A Barros Castro (BNDES), Luiz Martins (IE/UFRJ, Brazil), Carlos Arruda (Fundação DOM CABRAL)
18.45h  Launching of the book “Brics and Development Alternatives: Innovation Systems and Policies”- Virgínia Vitorino (European Union) José Cassiolato (RedeSist, IE/UFRJ, Brazil)

 

 
  Date: 17 November 2009 
  Venue:   BNDES Auditorium, Avenida Chile 100 S1, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil                                                                                                                             
9.30 - 11.30h Session III: Impacts of the Global Crisis on Systems of Innovation of BRICS

Chair: Luciano Coutinho – President of BNDES

Speakers: Liu Xielin (Chinese Academy of Science, China); Alexander Sokolov (Moscow School of Economics, Russia); KJ Joseph (Centre for Development Studies, India);Rasigan Maharajh and Mario Scerri (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa), José Cassiolato (RedeSist/UFRJ, Brazil)

Discussants: Luiz Fernandes (President of Finep, Ministry of S&T), Célio Hiratuka (IE/UNICAMP, Brazil)
11.30 – 11.45h       Coffee
 
11.45 - 13.30h Session IV: A New Research Agenda to BRICS: Sustainability. The Innovative South and the Role of Local Systems of Innovation
Chair: Helena Lastres (BNDES, Brazil)
Speakers: Liu Xielin (Chinese Academy of Science, China); KJ Joseph (Centre for Development Studies, India) and D. Abrol (NISTADS, India); Rasigan Maharajh and Michael Kahn (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa); Maria Clara Soares (RedeSist/UFRJ, Brazil)
Discussants: Antonio Carlos Galvão (CGEE), Ana Arroio (Princeton University)
13.30 Closing session: Fernando Perini (IDRC), José Cassiolato (Brazil), Maria da Graça Fonseca (IE/UFRJ), KJ Joseph (Centre for Development Studies, India), Liu Xielin(Chinese Academy of Science, China); Alexander Sokolov (Moscow School of Economics, Russia); Rasigan Maharajh (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)