The 2nd U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit was organized to take place on September 20-21, 2010 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The summit aimed to bring together 300 leaders from industry, academia, and government from the U.S. and Brazil to strengthen partnerships and launch new collaborations around innovation to address challenges in areas like energy, agriculture, infrastructure, and manufacturing. The event included roundtable discussions, keynote speeches, and networking opportunities over the course of two days.

1. 2ª CONFERÊNCIA DE INOVAÇÃO BRASIL- EUA
2010 US-BRAZIL INNOVATION SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER, 20-21, 2010
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D.C
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2. EVENT SUMMARY
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3. Organizers
Brazilian Agency
for Industrial
Development
(ABDI)
Competitive
Brazil
Movement
(MBC)
Council on
Competitiveness
(CoC) The 2nd U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit—organized by the Council on
Competitiveness, the Brazilian Competitiveness Movement (Movimento Brasil
Georgetown Competitivo/MBC), and the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (Agência
University Brasileira de Desenvolvimento Industrial/ABDI)—will take place at Georgetown
University on September 20-21, 2010.
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4. Target-audience
300 C-Suite private sector and Government leaders
from both countries.
 CEOs
 Government leaders
 States Secretaries
 Research leaders
 Business directors
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5. Date and Venue
SEPTEMBER, 20-21, 2010.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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6. Goals
The Summit will bring together 300 C-suite leaders from industry, academia and the public sector from across
the Western Hemisphere’s two largest economies to:
 Highlight and strengthen the concrete partnerships that have emerged from the 1st U.S.-Brazil Innovation
Summit in 2007 and ten U.S.-Brazil Innovation Learning Laboratories held in both nations in 2008 and
2009.
 Launch a strategic, innovation-centric, economic development dialogue for leaders in both nations that
can serve as a model for the Western Hemisphere and around the world.
 Focus a distinctive network of leaders on creating new, bi-national partnerships to address the grand
challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. The Summit agenda will center on:
 Meeting global demand for energy, which will increase by nearly 50 percent in 20 years, while balancing
the need for sustainable growth and use of other critical resources, like water;
 Supporting the bioscience spectrum—from agriculture to biofuels to health care—in a world that will
need a doubling of food production in 50 years;
 Building smart infrastructure—from transportation and logistics networks to broadband to the “cloud”—
and the range of policies necessary to support innovation;
 Cultivating smart places—creating regions of innovation in a world in which, by 2050, more than two-
thirds of the population will live in cities; and
 Fostering the platform for the most innovative mix of manufacturing and services that will create the
most value for society—the new firms, industries and jobs that will define prosperity in the decades to
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7. AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 20 | MONDAY
LENGHT ACTIVITIES: INNOVATION ROUNDTABLES
1 Accelerating Innovation: Tech Transfer & Commercialization
2 Law & Development
3 Brazil Diaspora
4 Business/Tech Roundtable – New Materials
2.00p*4.00p
5 Business/Tech Roundtable - Waste Solid Management
6 Business/Tech Roundtable – Energy
7 Business/Tech Roundtable – Smart Grids
8 Inovation Financing
6.00p * 7.00p Welcome Reception
7.00p* 9.00p Dinner
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8. AGENDA
SEPTEMBER 21 | TUESDAY
LENGHT ACTIVITIES
7.30a to 8.00a Good Morning -- Registration and Networking
8.00a to 8.30a 1 Opening Remarks
8.30a to 9.15a 2 Where We Have Been & Where We Are Going
Energy and Water Are Everything: How Do We Meet Global Demand and Manage Critical
9.15a to 10.45a 3
Resources?
10.45a to 11.15a Break
11.15a to 12.15a 4 Hunger and Health: How Do We Feed the World and Innovate at the Frontier of Biosciences?
12.30p to 1.30p Luncheon Keynote
1.45p to 2.45p 5 Smart Infrastructure for Innovation: What Is in the 21st Century Toolbox?
2.45p to 3.15p 6 Leadership Dialogue
3.15p to 3.45p Break
3.45p to 4.45p 7 Smart Places: How Do We Foster Creativity and Innovation in a World of Rapid Urbanization?
Making Things: What Does Manufacturing Look Like in the 21st Century – and How Can the United
4.45p to 5.45p 8
States and Brazil Lead?
5.45p to 6.00p 9 Closing Remarks and Next Steps
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9. Steering Committee
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 The Steering Committee aims to
ensure the involvement of
Reginaldo Arcuri, President, ABDI,
Brazilian and U.S. private and
Erik Camarano, President, MBC
Welber Barral, Secretary of Foreign Trade, MDIC ( Ministry of
government leaders at the
Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil) conference, promoting visibility
Wilson Ferreira, President, CPFL Energy of the event in both countries,
James Pessoa, President and CEO, VSE (Vale Energy Solutions) and guiding its organizing
Ricardo Felizzola, President, Teikon; Vice President Altus; Vice President process.
and Coordinator of the Innovation and technology council, FIERGS
 Its formation is composed only
Roberto dos Reis Alvarez, Manager of International Affairs, ABDI
by invited members of private
Samuel Allen, Chairman and CEO, Deere & Company
Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
organizations, academic and
Chad Evans, Senior Vice President, Council on Competitiveness
government from both
Dan E. Arvizu, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory countries.
Lee McIntire, Chairman and CEO, CH2M HILL,
Representative from ABDI, Georgetown University and Council on
Competitiveness
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10. Brazil Lounge
 Living space;
 Presentation of Brazil at the Summit;
 Decorated with Brazilian solutions and innovations
 All event participants will enjoy the dependencies, such as workrooms,
meeting rooms, media room, bar (which will be served typical snacks and
drinks) and Internet services during the two day event.
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11. Brazil-US Innovation Dialogue
BRAZIL-EUA INNOVATION DIALOGUE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Brazil-US Innovation Dialogue
The collaboration among the Brazilian Agency for Industrial •2007 US-Brazil Innovation Summit
Development (ABDI), the Brazil Competitive Movement (MBC) and the
Council on Competitiveness (CoC) was consolidated in 2007 during the
1st Innovation Summit US-Brazil, in Brasília, as a result of the •2008 / 2009 - Series of Innovation
partnership between the CoC and the MBC in 2004 to carry out Learning Laboratories across Brazil and
benchmarking on issues related to competitiveness.
the United States
Given the strong network constructed by the three Institutions in their
own environment (CEOs, directors of research institutes, high-ranking •2010 US-Brazil Innovation Summit
government) the purpose of the partnership between ABDI, CoC and
MBC is:
• to provide mutual visibility and opportunities for businesses in both
countries;
• to identify and to promote the implementation of innovation projects
with the participation of organizations from both countries;
• to create opportunities to exchange information and ideas, in order to
identify and disseminate good practices and develop networks of
personal / professional relationship.
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12. Innovation Learning Laboratories
INNOVATION LEARNING LABORATORIES: Innovation Learning
MAIN OBJECTIVES: Laboratories Results:
Produce a set of recommendations for the public and
private sectors;
Identify and promote new partnerships, projects,
technical cooperation and bilateral business Three initiatives resulted from the seven
TARGET: Laboratories that took place in 2009. They
Leaders from industry, government and academia from are under negotiation and among business
both countries
Between 50 and 80 participants per event partners and governmental organizations of
ORGANIZATION: both countries, namely:
MBC-ABDI-CoC
Support from local partners 1. Collaboration in Smart Grids -
Demonstration Project - Renewable Energies
and Intelligent Networks
2009| Silicon Valley, California (WS), 5-7
2008 | Brasília and Washington, DC 2. Collaboration in Co-incubation
August
Talent, Infrastructure Investment and
Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and
Innovation
Moving Ideas from the Lab to the Market 3. Clean Tech Open Brazil
2009 | Porto Alegre (FIERGS), 22-23 April 2009| Rio de Janeiro (Finep), 19-21 August
Knowledge Frontier, investment in R & D and Increasing Capacity for Innovation to promote
Talent Competitiveness and Prosperity.
2009| Chicago (UIUC), 12-13 May
2009| Golden, Colorado (NREL), 09-11
Knowledge Frontier, investment in R & D and
September
Talent
Increasing Capacity for Innovation to promote
Competitiveness and Prosperity.
2009| São Paulo (FGV-SP), 13-15 July
Technology Transfer, Entrepreneurship and 2009| Belo Horizonte (FDC), 13-20 November
Moving Ideas from the Lab to the Market Local and Regional Hubs of Innovation in
Economics and Global competitiveness
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13. Contact
ABDI
SBN Quadra 1 - Bloco B - Ed. CNC - 14º andar
CEP: 70041 902 - Brasília DF - Brazil
TEL: +55 61 3962.8700/ 3962.8600
FAX: +55 61 3962.8715
Carolina Aichinger carolina.aichinger@abdi.com.br or
conferencia.inovacao@abdi.com.br
CONCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS
Council on Competitiveness
1500 K Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20005
T 202 682 4292
F 202 682 5150
Chad Evans
CEvans@compete.org
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