Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) has participated in the ENRICH in the USA final meeting that took place at the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce between 9th and 10th November 2023.

SPI had a strong presence at the Smart City Expo World Congress – the largest event in the smart cities’ domain that catalyses collaboration among leaders in pioneering companies, governments, and organisations.

Raquel Silva participated in the EHHUR – Eyes Hearts Hands, Urban Revolution, General Assembly, held on the 11th and 12th of October 2023 in Rome, Italy.

In a notable presence at the Aquatech 2023 Fair in Amsterdam, SPI showcased the Intellectual Property Southeast Asia (IP SEA) Helpdesk from November 6th to 9th

Bratislava was the home to SPADE’s latest consortium meeting, from November 2nd to November 3rd. BAVENIR, as one of the project partners, hosted this meeting.

Igor Lopes and Septian Setiawan represented SPI as the leader of WP6 in the recent Consortium Meeting & General Assembly held in Girona, Spain, from October 27th to October 28th, 2023. The main focus of the meeting was to ensure that the project stays in line with the deducted objectives to enhance the management of Rare Tumour

Join us for the “European SMEs Internalisation and IP in Indonesia” webinar, hosted by SPI on behalf of the South-East Asia IP SME Helpdesk, and Câmara do Comércio e Indústria Indonesia Portugal (the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Indonesia Portugal).

Dr. Sara Medina from Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), in representation of the EU SME Centre, an EU-funded initiative created to provide free first-line services to small and medium-sized businesses from EU Member States and SMP-participating countries, in which SPI is a partner, attended the Understanding China event, that took place on the 24th and 25th of October in the Hotel Renaissance in Brussels.

Raquel Silva and Ricardo Oliveira recently participated in the AtlantECO General Assembly, which took place from October 3rd to 9th in Florianopolis, Brazil. AtlantECO is a Horizon 2020 project initiated in 2020 and set to continue until 2025.

SPI, a consortium member of ENRICH in LAC, participated in the week-long Innovation Tour in Brazil from September 25th to 29th. SPI, was represented by Consultants Igor Lopes and Ivan Sá Vieira, and actively participated in all activities, including the “Internationalisation Session for SMEs”

As a GeneBEcon consortium member, SPI participated in the GeneBEcon Consortium Meeting from October 4th to 5th, 2023 and was part of the organising team for the Science-Policy Symposium, which took place on 6th October, 2023.

SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (https://www.spi.pt/en/) and ENRICH in China (https://china.enrichcentres.eu/) were represented by Francisco Rocha at the 2023 European Event of this initiative, jointly organized by the Secretariat of World Young Scientist Summit (WYSS) and Association of Chinese-European Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ACEIE).

The Portuguese Society for Innovation (SPI) organized, in collaboration with the other partners of the MAIA project, the 2nd Policy Roundtable of the project, titled ” Transborder Collaboration: Fostering knowledge exchange and innovation for climate adaptation action”. The event was part of the Side Events during the European Regions

SPI was present at Pollutec 2023 in Lyon, representing the Southeast Asia Intellectual Property (SEA IP) Helpdesk.

As a partner of the Regions4Climate (R4C) project, SPI attended the European Urban Resilience Forum (EURESFO), which took place at the Nova School of Business and Economics in Cascais, Portugal, from the 18th to the 20th of October, 2023. R4C was one of the co-organisers of this year’s 10th-anniversary edition that gathered resilience-makers, innovators, providers, and supporters to help shape a resilience transformation in Europe.

In a remarkable display of dedication to promoting intellectual property (IP) management in Southeast Asia, Andre Almeida from SPI, presented the Southeast Asia Intellectual Property (SEA IP) Helpdesk services at this year’s Alimentaria FoodTech event in Barcelona.

Douglas Thompson and Susana Seabra participated in the BIC Africa Ethiopia Boot Camp, held on the 19th and 20th of Sep 2023 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

Every electric or electronic product and battery not collected represents a missed opportunity. The materials in the WEEE that are not collected will not be available for manufacturing new products. New materials may have to be mined instead, which is a lot more damaging for biodiversity and the environment at large

Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) proudly took part in the highly anticipated PERISCOPE Final Conference, a pivotal event held on September 8th at the prestigious Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. SPI’s invaluable contribution to the event was highlighted as it played a pivotal role in organising this significant gathering.

In a remarkable showcase of collaborative efforts within the realm of pandemic response and research, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), leading Work Package 14 – Outreach and Dissemination in the PERISCOPE project, attended the Sister Project Event held on September 7, 2023, at the Fondation Universitaire Stichting in Brussels, Belgium.

SPI, as a member of the organizing team, SPI actively participated in the Final Conference of the “ENergyTRANsitions from Coal and Carbon: Effects on Societies” (ENTRANCES), which took place on September 5th and 6th in Brussels, Belgium.

From the 10th to the 14th of July, in Accra, Ghana, SPI led a workshop with 30 selected Entrepreneurship Hubs and other stakeholders to discuss the development of Ghana’s National Entrepreneurship

From July 9th to July 14th, Dr. Sara Medina, representing the ENRICH in China Team, embarked on a fruitful visit to Suzhou and Wuxi, graciously invited by the Netherlands Innovation Centre.

The CommuniCity Porto Training Workshop took place at the Porto Innovation Hub from the 27th to the 29th of June. Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação – SPI was at the event as the leader of the communications task at WP6.

From the 27th to the 29th of June, Andréia Santos, Luma Vasconcelos, João Barata and Douglas Thompson represented Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação – SPI in the kick-off meeting of the NATURELAB project, at LNEC’s facilities, in Lisbon, Portugal. NATURELAB is a Research and Innovation

SPI and Coventry University are thrilled to announce their collaboration for the highly esteemed Erasmus Young Entrepreneur (EYE) Global Programme in Singapore, this partnership aims to encourage and support business collaboration between aspiring entrepreneurs in Europe and seasoned entrepreneurs in Singapore.

The EU SME Centre, in collaboration with AICEP, recently organized a webinar titled “How Portuguese SMEs Can Export to the Chinese Market.” Held on 21 June, the event aimed to equip Portuguese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the knowledge and tools necessary to export their business to China.

The EiA Center has been developed within the framework of the “ENRICH in Africa (EiA)” project funded by the EU’s “Framework Programme” Horizon 2020, predecessor to the current “Horizon Europe” Framework Programme, the largest funding initiative for Research and Innovation in the world.

SPI was very happy to host Dr. Tom Fleming, director of TFCC, on the 27th of June at our Porto office.

SPI has attended the recent RESPONSE Consortium Meeting that took place from 6th to 8th June 2023 in city of Turku, Finland.

SPI as the leader of WP1, attended the recent Consortium Meeting & General Assembly held in Reykjavik, Iceland from June 13th to June 15th, 2023. The meeting focused on various topics related to sustainable energy

The European Business and Innovation Network (EBN) Congress 2023 kicked off on June 14th, bringing together leaders and innovators from across Europe to discuss and address the challenges posed by uncertain times.

While offering many opportunities, the Chinese market may seem daunting at first to SMEs due to its vast size, language barrier and complex market access regulations. On 21 June, the EU SME Centre is organising, in collaboration

Funded by the European Union, under its Horizon 2020 programme, ENRICH in Africa (https://enrich-in-africa-project.eu/) is a project designed to bring together core stakeholders from Europe and Africa in order to support

We are excited to shine a spotlight on the impactful SARASWATI 2.0 meeting held in Delft, Netherlands, from May 30th to June 1st. This significant gathering brought together experts and stakeholders from Europe and India to advance sustainable wastewater treatment solutions for India

Funded by the European Union, under its Horizon 2020 programme, ENRICH in Africa is a project designed to bring together core stakeholders from Europe and Africa in order to support and strengthen the innovation ecosystem in both regions.

SPI was in New Delhi from May 9th-12th for a full week of successful meetings with Indian Organizations, under the scope of MSCAdvocacy project.
During the mission in New Delhi, the SPI team, composed of the International Consultants André Almeida and Mariana Neves

EU SMEs! Do you want to grow your business and make it flourish in Malaysia?
Are you approaching the Malaysian market for the first time or thinking about expanding your existing business

Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação had prominent participation at the ENRICH in LAC Consortium meeting in Rome, held between the 10th and 11th of May at the Temple University Rome Campus. ENRICH in LAC is a Horizon 2020 funded project.

SPI has recently completed a successful mission to Singapore as part of the EYE Global program from May 2nd to May 6th, in collaboration with the consortium leader, EBN. During the trip, Andre Almeida and Jiawei Wang from SPI, along with Livia Marcantonio and Joanna Abi Abdallah representing EBN

The 2023 EARMA Conference (https://earma.org/conferences/earma-conference-prague-2023/) took
place in Prague, Czech Republic from April 24th to April 26th 2023. It provided 3 days of dynamic
networking,

SPI- – Sociedade Portuguesa da Inovação attended the “Business Forum of Lixia District, Jinan in Lisbon”, an event organized by the Portuguese-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC) in
collaboration with the Association of

On the 20th and 21st of April EU Startups hosted the 2023 edition of EU-Startups Summit (https://www.eustartups.
com/eu-startups-summit-2023/), in Barcelona

The Portugal-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCILC), with the support of its vice-president, Haitong Bank, and in partnership with EU SME Centre, is pleased to announce the Workshop “Practical Guidance to Green

“BLIST” (Boosting incLusion of Students In research acTivities) is an ERASMUS+ project,
selected under Key Action 2, Cooperation Partnerships, with the aim to increase the
participation of students in scientific research

On the 19th and 20th of April 2023, SPI-Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação attended the Hannover Messe in Hannover, Germany. The Hannover Messe is an important international platform with focus on industrial transformation. The event offers a broad range of industry sectors, such as industrial IT, subcontracting, R&D, energy, automation, and engineering.

Within the framework of the ENRICH in Africa programme, a one-week learning expedition to Porto, Portugal will be offered. Learning expeditions are an essential part of ENRICH in Africa as they bring

EU SME Centre (https://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/) is a European Union initiative that provides a comprehensive range of hands-on support services to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), getting them ready to do business

On the 28th, 29th and 30th of March, SPI participated in several events related to the Horizon 2020 URBAN GreenUP project, in Valladolid, Spain. A consortium meeting, where the work done on each Work Package was discussed,

On the 29th March, SPI took part on the event “TECH4INNOV: The Present and the Future of Innovation in Portugal”, that took place at Sta. Maria da Feira. The event itself was a technological exhibition of Research, Development and Innovation (R&D + I)

On the 13th and 14th of March, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the kick-off meeting of the GlycanTrigger project – Glycans as master triggers of health to intestinal inflammation transition. The kick-off meeting took place at Fundação Engenheiro António de Almeida in Porto, Portugal.

On the 6th to 8th of March 2023, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, as one of the implementing partners of the EURAXESS Worldwide initiative, participated in the EURAXESS WW 2023 Training event in Brussels, Belgium. Represented by Dr. Andréia Santos,

The Gender STI project is a Horizon 2020 research project that analyses the participation of women in science, technology, and innovation (STI) dialogues between Europe and third countries. The project focuses on three key areas: gender equality in scientific careers

On 14-16 March, SPI joined with BIC Africa in association with UNIDO in the Somali Boot Camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for participants from Somali business incubators.

Last week Sara Medina represented SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação and Chambers of Commerce and Industry Indonesia – Portugal at 2º International Forum of Bilateral Chambers of Commerce

On March 3rd and 4th, SPI participated in the kick-off meeting of the Preventable project, held at i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health from the University of Porto

On 9th March, SPI participated in the final review meeting of the PoliRural project, represented by Sofia Cunha and Thiago Mendes. PoliRural is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to understanding

SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, was invited for the AAAS conference 2023 held on 3rd March 2023 at Washington Convention Center. AAAS is a boldly inclusive, mobilized, and global scientific community that ignites, enables,

On March 13th and 14th, SPI participated in the 5th Steering Committee of the AANChOR project (All-Atlantic Cooperation for Ocean Research and Innovation). The meeting, held at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, was attended by several

On 27 and 28 February, the final meeting of the EU-LAC RESINFRA Project was held in the city of Madrid, Spain. The facilities of the Ministry of Science and Innovation, hosted the consortium, which presented the conclusions, results and delivered

EU SME Centre is an initiative of the European Commission that provides a comprehensive range of hands-on support services to European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) helping them in doing business in China.

On 1st March, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the 1st GeneBEcon Systems Mapping Workshop represented by Raquel Almeida and Diana Sousa. The event took place in Brussels, Belgium.

Besides the plenary meetings, the agenda of the event included several parallel work sessions, the Stakeholder Forum and the International Advisory Board meeting.

The Regions for Climate (R4C) project funded by the #HorizonEurope aims to collaboratively develop and demonstrate a socially-just transition to climate resilience.

EYE Global is an exchange programme, which gives experienced entrepreneurs the opportunity to collaborate with new or aspiring entrepreneurs from the European Union and the UK.

O PDAI é uma iniciativa da Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Econômico do Distrito Federal (SDE-DF) que visa dinamizar a economia do Distrito Federal – Brasil, de modo a transformá-lo numa área de relevância nacional para atração de investimentos produtivos, tendo em consideração o conjunto de projetos e ações relacionados a quatro eixos: Ambiente de Negócios, Infraestrutura, Vocação Econômica e Normas Distritais.

To facilitate the access of the Portuguese industry of Manufacturing Technologies to the Indonesian market, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI) conducted the study for PRODUTECH to analyse the business landscape and legal framework of Indonesia.

SPI sincerely wishes you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

SARASWATI 2.0 project, is jointly funded by the #HorizonEurope and by the Department of Science and Technology (DST)/Department of Biotechnology(DBT), Government of India.

Between 29th November and 2nd December SPI took part in the INNOVAZUL event held in Cadiz, Spain.

Can built spaces be sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful all at the same time? The answer is yes. The EU-funded project Eyes Hearts Hands Urban Revolution (EHHUR) will make this possible.

On the 6th of December, SPI organized a hybrid workshop at iParque – Parque Tecnológico de Coimbra, in partnership with the ambassadors of the H2020 project ENRICH in the USA, the company Systemic.

On 30th November, ECONUTRI had its kick-off meeting in the beautiful city of Athens. The KOM was organized by the project coordinator the Agricultural University of Athens. The meeting marked the official start of this project.

On the 24th and 25th November 2022, Andréia Santos and Caique Neves, as representatives of SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, participated in the event Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030: an Atlantic-Arctic Lighthouse.

On the 23rd and 24th of November, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the kick-off meeting of the new Horizon Europe project, BlueMissionAA project

From the 15th to the 18th of November, SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação participated in the 6th Meeting of the i2LATAM Management Team in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina.

EEHUUR (https://www.living-future.eu/ehhur/) project supports cities and vulnerable residents in transforming their built environment and will develop and test a co-designed methodological structure to support cities in their built environment transformation by using already existing good practices and complementing

On November 23, 2022 ENRICH in the USA will host a webinar on “Funding opportunities for the internationalisation of European businesses in the USA”. The webinar will provide companies, clusters and researchers

Within the context of the Private Sector Development in Ethiopia (PSDE) project, funded by the German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH – GIZ), SPI has developed a couple of workshops in Addis Ababa.

SPADE, the multi-purpose physical-cyber agri-forest drones ecosystem for governance and environmental observation project, is funded by Horizon Europe (EU).

NGI Enrichers, the new Next Generation Internet Transatlantic Fellowship program funded by Horizon Europe (EU), supports the development of NGI technologies, services and standards that are needed for democratised and human-centred internet.

ENRICH in the USA (European Network of Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs) supports European research and innovation actors looking to expand and strengthen their collaboration and commercialization with the USA

On the 4th, 5th and 6th of October, SPI participated in the 11th Consortium Meeting of the Horizon 2020 URBAN GreenUP project, in Liverpool, UK.

Andréia Santos, Senior Consultant, represented SPI – Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação at the 4th Consortium Meeting of the SYNERGY project, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal.

Between the 29th and 30th of September, within the scope of the project “Izmir NIC – Network and Innovation Center”, SPI participated in several virtual and also physical meetings in Lisbon.

SPI attended the Kick-off (KO) Meeting of the MAIA (Maximising Impact and Accessibility of European Climate Research) project on 26th – 27th September.

The speakers of this 3rd session were Monique Kwachou (Better Breed Cameroon / University of the Free State), Simone Andersson (WEEE Centre) and Tania Tena Pérez (Fundación Mujeres por Africa).

The meeting focused on the presentation and discussion of project final results and overall impact, including a WP status update.

On the 14th of September, the Honorable Consul General of Luxembourg in São Paulo, Brazil, Jan Eichbaum, visited SPI’s office in Porto. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the prospects that some Brazilian institutions and companies have to expand their work to Europe.

The seminar, which occurred between September 14th and September 23rd , was attended by leaders of government and consular institutions from China, Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries and Timor-Leste (PALOP-TL).

On September 19, 2022, the SPI office in the city of Porto was pleased to receive the representatives of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ-Brazil), Felipe Silva and Fernando Serva,

On the 7th, 8th and 9th of September, at Tilburg University, Netherlands, it was held the Kick-off (KO) Meeting of the project BOLSTER (Bridging Organizations and marginalized communities for Local Sustainablity Transitions in EuRope, an Horizon Europe project whose objective

ENRICH in Africa launches its first Learning Expedition. Join us in an immersive 5-day learning journey in Lisbon.

The BOLSTER project (Bridging Organizations and marginalized communities for Local Sustainability Transitions in EuRope) is ready to have its Kick-off (KO) Meeting that will be held between the 7th and the 9th of September in Tilburg, Netherlands, at the facilities of the project coordinator, the Tilburg University.

Aiming to expand its business activity to projects related to health, SPI has sought to strengthen its cooperation network and collaborate with different research institutions on the international and national context, such as the i3S.

On 4 August 2022, SPI received a visit from a delegation of Brazilian entrepreneurs who are members of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a global leadership community of chief executives with over 30,000 members in 130 countries.

Between the 20th and 22nd of August, the Second General Assembly of the EU-LAC RESINFRA project was held in Montevideo, Uruguay. This meeting was an important milestone for the project, as it allowed to discuss the objectives for the coming months, specifically the publication

FIN (https://finbrasil.com.br/) is a series of global networking events motivated by the desire to establish international interaction and cooperation. The objective of the latest event in Brasil, which took place between

Powered by the EU|BIC community, the 2022 EBN Congress (https://www.ebncongress.eu/) gathered 300 corporate leaders, senior-level government officials, business incubation executives, and innovative experts – in person