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) |
| 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) |