ENRICH Innovation Station (Podcast) – Don’t miss it!

22-Oct-2020

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The ENRICH Innovation Station Podcast is an initiative of  ENRICH in Brazil and the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP), with the objective of highlighting the priorities and mutual challenges of Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) between the European Union and Brazil.

The ENRICH Innovation Station is available to users on the Spotify platform and on the YouTube channels of Confap and ENRICH in Brazil.
 

1 – “POST-COVID-19 EU RECOVERY STRATEGIES: GREEN AND DIGITAL APPROACHES.“ (PT)

Guests: Fábio Guedes Gomes – President of the Brazilian National Council of State Funding Agencies (CONFAP) and the Alagoas State Research Support Foundation (Fapeal) and Ignácio Ybáñez – European Union’s Ambassador to Brazil.
 

2 – “EU-BRAZIL COOPERATION IN WATER RESOURCES & SANITATION, IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF COVID-19.” (ENG)

Guests: Oscar Cordeiro Netto – Director of the Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA); and Dominique Darmendrail – Water JPI Coordinator for the French National Research Funding Agency (ANR).
 

3 –  “THE IMPORTANCE OF R&I FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMAZON.“ (PT)

Guests: Mary de Fátima Guedes – President of Fapeap and North Regional Director of CONFAP; Márcia Perales Mendes – President of the Amazonas State Research Support Foundation (Fapeam); and Ignacio Ybáñez – European Union’s Ambassador to Brazil.

 

4 – “SOCIAL INNOVATION AND BIOECONOMICS IN THE AMAZON.” (ENG)

Guests: Gil Vieira, Forest Engineer at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon – INPA; Franciele Lima de Oliveira – Natura’s Innovation Manager and Director of Enrich in Brazil; and Stefan Agne – Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation in Brazil.

5 – “DIGITAL STRATEGIES, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PERSPECTIVES FOR POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY.” (PT)

Guests: Domingos Vieira, President of the Goiás Research Foundation (Fapeg); and Carlos Oliveira, Minister-Counselor for Digital Transformation, of the European Union Delegation in Brazil.

6 – “SUSTAINABLE CITIES; NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS AND POST-PANDEMIC SCENARIOS.” (PT)

Guests: Marco Antônio Costa Júnior, President of the Federal District Research Support Foundation – FAPDF; Tiago Freitas, Policy Analyst at the General Directorate for Research & Innovation – DG RTD, of the European Commission; and Marco Aurélio Lobo, Coordinator of the Innovation Observatory for Sustainable Cities – OICS, of the Strategic Studies Management Center – CGEE.

7 – “COVID-19 IMPACTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS AND FOOD SECURITY” (ENG)

Guests: Silvio Crestana, Senior Scientist and Former President of Embrapa – Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation; and Matteo Vittuari, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Food Policies at the University of Bologna (UNIBO).

8 – “BRAZIL’S COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (ERC)” (PT)

Guests: Prof. Odir Dellagostin – President of the National Council for State Research Support Foundations (Confap) and the Rio Grande do Sul Research Support Foundation (Fapergs), Ignacio Ybáñez – Ambassador of the European Union to Brazil; Prof. Evaldo Vilela – President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq); and Prof.ª Maria Zaira Turchi – Director of Institutional Cooperation of CNPq.

The four guests talk about the important cooperation agreement between Brazil and the European Commission / European Research Council (ERC), signed in 2016, and about the Call ERC-CONFAP-CNPq 2020, recently launched, for doctoral researchers linked to research institutions. Brazilian research teams integrate teams of Principal Investigators with projects funded by the ERC. Learn more about the Call: http://bit.ly/Chamada-CONFAP-CNPq-ERC-2020

9 – “INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS IN POST-PANDEMIC SCENARIOS” (ENG)

Guests: Luis Fernando Machado – Head of the Technological Promotion Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil; Leonardo Piccinetti – CEO of Europe for Business Ltd.; Prof. Luiz Márcio Spinosa – Director of Science, Technology and Innovation at the Araucária Foundation to Support Scientific and Technological Development in the State of Paraná (FA); and Eduardo Felipe Matias – Partner at NELM Advogados and Vice President of the Startup Commission of OAB-SP.

10 – “RESEARCH & INNOVATION IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC” (ENG) 

Guests: Prof. Jerson Lima Silva – President of the Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); Eduardo Zancul, Assistant Research and Innovation Coordinator at the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP); and Stéphane Hogan, Head of the Engagement and Communication Sector at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) in Brussels.

More episodes are coming – stay tuned and follow us on Spotify!