Focus Group Learning Trip to Brazil

02.02.2012

5-10 February 2012, Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro

Summary

The one-year Focus Group aims to boost understanding of how to manage R&D and innovation as global, increasingly "open" activities, specifically to address opportunities provided by an emerging economy like Brazil which is enjoying significant economic growth rates.

The Learning Trip to Brazil will take place in early 2012 (February 5th - February 10th) where all participants of the Focus Group will visit 11 organizations, including R&D centres, institutes and universities. The intention is not only to focus on classical multinational companies actively investing in R&D in Brazil, but also looking at that country's own multinational companies who are extending their R&D network into their respective international markets.

To make the learning trip a useful experience, the group will meet people on the spot and share the lessons they have learned in their current situation. Each evening a special session to evaluate the observations of the day is scheduled.

Draft learning trip itinerary is available  Here

Issues addressed

• Identify the specificities of Brazilian R&D environment
• Explore the role of the Government and its programmes to enhance innovation and business expenditure on R&D in Brazil
• Highlight the good practices and explore the situations and the types of company for which such practices are most relevant
• Explore issues such as partnerships, intellectual property, management of the decentralised R&D facilities, connections between different R&D centres, etc.
• Human factor in innovation and the global acquisition of top talents in research

Target Audience

All Focus Group Participants

Chairman

Prof. Dr. Dietmar Theis, formerly Siemens, honorary professor at Technical Univ. Munich

To Register

To participate to the Focus Group programme, please see the general programme and registration form below:

 Programme and Registration Form for Focus Group