General information | Session Topics | Confirmed speakers | Planning Committee | Science Entrepreneurship Short Course
Sunday, Sept. 28
| 7:00pm | Welcome Reception |
| 8:00pm | Opening Remarks
Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, FAPESP; Joe Niemela, ICTP; Bo Hammer, AIP |
| 8:20pm | “Is Your Electron Out-of-Round?” Eric Cornell, National Institute of Standards and Technology & University of Colorado |
Monday, Sept. 29
Medical Sciences Auditorium (FCM) UNICAMP
| 9:00am | IPF Introduction Newton Frateschi, UNICAMP |
| Trends in Industrial Physics in Emerging Economies This session will explore topics from a policy and technical perspective during this survey of how physical scientists contribute to economic development, and respond to the combined opportunities and challenges encountered in emerging economies. |
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| 9:15am | “Innovation with Social Responsibility: Combining Necessity with Opportunity,” Vanderlei Bagnato, IFSC-USP |
| 9:45am | “Microsoft Research’s Strategy for Cooperative R&D in Brazil and Latin America” Daron Green, Microsoft Research |
| 10:45am | “The Challenge of Innovation: The Knowledge Revolution in Brazilian Companies” Renato Cruz, O Estado de Sao Paolo |
| 11:15am | Break |
| 11:45am | “Emerging Trends in Growth Markets” Caroline Taylor, University of Bath/UC Berkeley |
| Physics and Diplomacy | |
| 12:15pm | “The Role of Science and Scientists in Advising Governments, Advancing Diplomacy, and Contributing to Sustainability” William Colglazier, former Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State |
| 12:45pm | Panel Discussion |
| 1:15pm | Lunch |
| Innovation in a Global Company This session will feature companies that have a global market place and that do R&D globally. The speakers will illustrate how the physical sciences contribute to a range of innovations and products, leading to regional economic growth and opportunities for scientists from those regions. |
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| 2:30pm | “Research and Development: Vital to Agilent’s Success” Darlene Solomon, Agilent Technologies |
| 3:00pm | “Physical Sciences Research at IBM: Still at the Cutting Edge” Thomas Theis, IBM |
| 3:30pm | “New Business Models for Growth Markets: Enabling the Transformation in Telecommunications Market” Harmeet Singh, Tejas Networks |
| 4:00pm | “Growing Fast and Becoming Resilient to Natural Catastrophes and Climate Change in Latin America: The Role of Physical Scientists in the Re/Insurance Industry” Nidia Martinez, SwissRe |
| 4:30pm | Break |
| The Entrepreneurial Professor I This session, and session II on this topic, will feature current or former university professors from around the world who have started their own companies. |
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| 4:30pm | “The Challenges of a Healthcare Biotech Company in Brazil: Recepta's Case” José Fernando Perez, Biopharma Recepta & George Washington University |
| 5:00pm | “Inexpensive, Efficient Approaches for Energy Storage” Amy Prieto, Prieto Battery, Inc. & Colorado State University |
| 5:30pm | “Challenges in Biometrics” Iron Daher, Griaule Biometrics |
| 6:00pm | Panel Discussion |
| 6:30pm | Conference Dinner, Restaurante Táboa das Marés |
Tuesday, Sept. 30
Medical Sciences Auditorium (FCM) UNICAMP
| Physics in the Brazilian Economy This session will focus on companies with a Brazilian presence that are thriving due in part to the contributions of physical scientists. |
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| 9:00am | “Optronics for Agriculture; Case of AgriOS” Jarbas Caiado de Castro Neto, Instituo de Física de São Carlos |
| 9:30am | “Setting-up an Industrial Research Group in Brazil” Claudius Feger, IBM Brazil |
| 10:00am | “The Brazilian Tropical Agriculture: Competetiveness and Sustainability Based on Science and Innovation” Silvio Crestana, Former president of EMBRAPA |
| 10:30am | “Padtec: A Brazilian Experience from Basic Theory to the Market” Jorge Salomão Pereira, Padtec |
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Field Experience |
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| 11:00am |
Participants will choose from one of the following four tours to visit local companies: Companies within Campinas:
São José do Campos:
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| 7:00pm | Reception and Conference Dinner, Estância Grill |
Wednesday, Oct. 1
Medical Sciences Auditorium (FCM) UNICAMP
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Physics in the Oil Field |
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| 9:00am | “Physics Research, Development and Innovation in Oil Field NMR” Tito Bonagamba, Instituo de Física de São Carlos |
| 9:30am | “An Example of Innovation Driven by Scientific Research” Martin Hürliman, Schlumberger |
| 10:00am | Panel Discussion |
| 10:15am | Break |
| Global Industrial Physics This session will illustrate the diversity of applications and industries in which physical sciences play a major role in the successes of a range of companies. |
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| 10:45am | “Capacitor Technology for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators” Mark Viste, Medtronic |
| 11:15am | “NMR Applications in Oil Exploration” Austin Boyd, Schlumberger |
| 11:45am | “Talk Title TBA” Speaker TBD, Intel Capital |
| 12:15pm | Panel Discussion |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| The Entrepreneurial Professor II This session continues the presentations by current or former university professors from around the world who have started their own companies. |
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| 2:00pm | “Founding Galileoscope LLC: A Venture to Improve Science Education Worldwide” Douglas Arion, Galileoscope LLC and Carthage College |
| 2:30pm | “A Challenge from Oil & Gas Industry: Robust In-Line Multi-Phase Flow Metering” Daniel Pusiol, Spinlock and the University of Mendoza |
| 3:00pm | “Nanophotonics Enabling Low Cost Sensing” Simarjeet Saini, Altanet Communications and the University of Waterloo |
| 3:30pm | “Clean Gas Innovation: Nanocatalysts and Low Temperature Plasma Reactors to Neutralize Greenhouse Gases” Guilherme Gonçalves, Limpgas Tecnologia |
| 4:00pm | Panel Discussion |
| 4:30pm | Break |
| Brazil-US Scientific Partnerships | |
| 4:45pm | “Brazilian Research Partnerships with the US Office of Naval Research and Other US Government agencies” Augustus Vogel, US Office of Naval Research |
| 5:15pm | Concluding remarks, with transition to Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course |
| 7:00pm | Cocktail Reception and Conference Banquet, Espaço Terrazza “Physics in Brazil, Development and Partnership with Industries” Ricardo Galvão, President, Brazilian Physics Society |
Thursday, Oct. 2
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course - Day 1
Physics Institute Auditorium
| 8:30am | Registration |
| 9:00am |
Introduction |
| 9:20am | Welcome Comments Joe Niemela, International Center for Theoretical Physics |
| 9:45am | Entrepreneurship: Motivations and Mission Hands-on Session: Develop goals/mission/mantra for business concept |
| 10:30am | Break |
| 11:00am | Product Lifecycle Hands-on Session: Identify the state of the industry and products of interest, and identify areas of improvement/need for development. |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm | Ideation and Creativity Hands-on Session: Methods of formal lateral thinking will be presented and groups will ideate new product ideas. Methods of evaluating/ranking ideas will be presented and utilized to select optimum concepts. |
| 4:00pm | Break |
| 4:30pm | Summary of Day One Group discussion of key concepts and approaches – Q and A session. |
| 5:00pm | Social Hour |
| 6:00pm |
Entrepreneurship in Brazil: Panel Discussion of Successful Brazilian Entrepreneurs |
| 7:00pm | Dinner |
Friday, Oct. 3
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Short Course - Day 2
Physics Institute Auditorium
| 8:30am | Registration |
| 9:00am | Introduction Douglas Arion, Carthage College |
| 9:15am | Intellectual Property “Protecting Ideas for Commercialization,” Sergio Medeiros, INPI |
| 10:30am | Break |
| 11:00am |
Finance |
| 12:00pm |
Small Business Funding in Brazil |
| 12:30pm | Lunch |
| 2:00pm |
Business Plans and Strategic Planning |
| 3:00pm | Break |
| 3:30pm |
Business Plan Preparation |
| 4:30pm | Summary of Day Two Group discussions on key concepts. Hand out and collect evaluations – Q&A |
| 5:00pm | Adjourn |
Field trip information
The field experience provides an opportunity for the participant to visit research labs at UNICAMP, and other research/development institutions in the area. In addition to that, the program includes visits to companies that have succesfully delivered high-value products based on advanced technological/scientific development.
| Schedule | Route 1 - Embraer |
| 11:00 | Bus leaves Campinas to Embraer (2 hours travel to São José dos Campos) |
| 14:00 | Check-in Presentation (Embraer, Products and Technology) Visit to a jet final assembly line http://www.embraer.com |
| 16:30 | Bus leaves to Campinas |
| Schedule | Route 2 - CPqD and LNLS |
| 13:00 | Bus leaves to CPqD |
| 13:30 | Check-in Overview of CPqD technology center (inclusind PadTec and BrPhotonics) Lab tour - Optical Communications Lab - Wireless Lab - PadTec www.cpqd.com www.padtec.com |
| 15:30 | Bus leaves to LNLS |
| 16:00 | Check-in LNLS overview - Challenges in developing advanced instrumentation locally Syncrontron Lab tour http://lnls.cnpem.br |
| 18:00 | Bus leaves to Hotel |
| Schedule | Route 3 - Amyris and Phys. Inst. at Unicamp |
| 13:00 | Bus leaves to Amyris |
| 13:30 | Check-in Overview of Amyris, its technology and operations in Brazil Pilot plant tour www.amyris.com |
| 15:30 | Bus leaves to UNICAMP |
| 16:00 | Check-in Overview of the Physics Institute Lab tour - Optical Communications lab - Devices Research lab - Bio-photonics lab - Ultrafast phenomena lab - Materials and Low Temperatures lab http://portal.ifi.unicamp.br/en/ |
| 18:00 | Bus leaves to Hotel |
| Schedule | Route 4 - Embrapa |
| 13:00 | Bus leaves to Embrapa Monitoramento via Satélite |
| 13:30 | Check-in Presentation Embrapa Satellite Group Tour https://www.embrapa.br/en/monitoramento-por-satelite |
| 15:30 | Bus leaves to Embrapa Informática/Unicamp |
| 16:00 | Check-in Presentation Embrapa Informática Group Tour www.cnptia.embrapa.br |
| 18:00 | Bus leaves to Hotel |