NoPa Matchmaking Event in Rio de Janeiro: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

The NoPa Matchmaking Event in Rio de Janeiro on "Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency" facilitated new cooperation between more than 70 Brazilian and German participants from the academic, public, private and civil society sector.

The participants successfully used the three days event to establish research partnerships between German and Brazilian universities, research institutes and companies in order to develop joint applications for the NoPa call for research proposals as well as for other funding programs beyond the NoPa call. Through the organization of group or individual meetings and round table discussions the NoPa Matchmaking event encouraged a productive dialogue between researchers, research funders, representatives of companies, political decision-makers and representatives from civil society in order to intensify the links between the demand and the supply of research results.

NoPa - "New Partnerships - Linking Academic and Technical Cooperation between Brazil and Germany" is a contribution of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to the 2010-2011 Brazil – Germany Year of Science, Technology and Innovation and is being implemented from 2010 to 2013 by CAPES, GIZ and DAAD together with DCTEC/MRE.

More details about NoPa are available here:

 NoPa - New Partnerships: Context, Objectives and Lines of Action

The Matchmaking Event in Rio de Janeiro

Program

June 7th - 1st Day

Moderator: Leandro Lamas Valarelli

All Day: Poster Session and Information Fair

08h00 – 09h00    Registration

09h00 – 09h40    Welcome and presentation of the NoPa project and call

09h40 – 10h00    Coffee break

10h00 – 11h45    Individual Matchmaking

11h45 – 14h00    Lunch / Individual Matchmaking

14h00 – 14h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Alexandre Francisco Maia Bueno (Superintendente de Tecnologia e Alternativas Energéticas / CEMIG): "CEMIG/ANEEL - Programa de P&D"

14h30 – 15h30    Individual Matchmaking / Poster Session

15h30 – 16h00    Coffee break

16h00 – 16h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Nadine Schneider (CIM): "The Returning Experts Program"

16h30 – 17h00    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Maria de Fátima Battaglin / Luis Felipe Grochocki (CAPES): "CAPES Funding Programs"

17h00 – 17h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Gudrun Chazotte / Christian Müller (DAAD): "DAAD Funding Programs"

17h30 – 18h00    Closing Session

June 8th - 2nd Day

Moderator: Leandro Lamas Valarelli

All Day: Poster Session and Information Fair

09h00 – 09h15    Presentation of the agenda  

09h15 – 10h45    Roundtable: Research for Sustainable Development - How to apply applied research?

Participants: GIZ, University São Paulo and Cologne University of Applied Sciences

10h45 – 11h00    Coffee Break
11h00 – 11h30    Closing Session and Evaluation

11h30 – 12h00    Panel presentation:

Dietrich Halm (DFG): "DFG Funding for International Research Collaborations - Instruments and Experiences"

12h00 – 12h30    Panel presentation:

Gudrun Chazotte (DAAD): "Further funding programs - BMBF & European Union"

12h30 – 14h00    Lunch

14h00 – 14h30    Individual Matchmaking / parallel event:

Amaro Pereira (Programa de Planejamento Energético / COPPE): "COPPE/UFRJ - Strategies to promote renewable energy in Brazil"

14h30 – 18h00    Individual Matchmaking (including Coffee Break: 15h30 - 16h00)

June 9th - 3rd Day

09h00 – 16h00    Technical visit: Eletrobras Electric Energy Research Center (CEPEL)

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