Inaugural Symposium "Carnegie Mellon Portugal: An Entrepreneurial University-Industry Ecosystem in ICT"

We are pleased to announce that the Secretary of State for Science has confirmed her presence, as have the President of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, the Rectors of the University of Coimbra, Porto and Técnica de Lisboa, the members of the External Review Committee, and the Chairman of Novabase.

Program highlights include:

• Public Presentation of the Roadmap for Phase II “ICT Portugal: An Entrepreneurial Research Initiative”;

• Roundtable on “Towards an Environment for Creative Science and High-Growth Ventures";

• Case Studies and Engaging Sessions on strategic areas for Phase II: Entrepreneurial Research Initiatives, Bridging Science and Market, Building and Exploiting Test Beds, Fostering Inter-Disciplinary Research;

• Talks by Carnegie Mellon Portugal faculty, researchers, dual degree students, alumni, and industrial affiliates;

• Demo and Poster Session;

• Networking opportunities for faculty, researchers, students, alumni, and industrial affiliates.

The full program is available at:

http://www.cmuportugal.org/tiercontent.aspx?id=4466
 
Please do register at http://tinyurl.com/9wfox49  (no later than January 16).