SECOND INSME ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING“Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”
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 of the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay. Participants (also in the picture) at this session were: Mr. Aleardo Furlani, Chief Executive Officer of INVENT SAS and INNOVA SPA (Italy); Mr. Ivan Martinez from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), coordinator of Europe for the European Commission Project UNIND-LAM; Mr. Hernan Bacarini from the National University of Lujan (Argentina), coordinator of MERCOSUR for the European Commission Project UNIND-LAM; Mr. Jorge Yutronic Fernandez, Executive Director of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDEF), Chile.&title=“Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”','popup_gall','650','550'))
, Senior Economist at Mercosur Consulting Group Ltd. (Argentina) moderated discussions. Participants at this session were (in the picture, from the left): Mr. Leonardo Loureiro from Tizone - Technology Development Community (Uruguay); Mr. Thomas Andersson, President of the International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise Development (IKED) amd INSME Vice - President; Mr. Paulo César Rezende de Carvalho Alvim, Manager of the Innovation and Technology Access Unit of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (SEBRAE) and Mr. Martin Izarra, Director-General of Brapenta Eletronica, Brazil.&title=“Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”','popup_gall','650','550'))
 and INSME Board Member. Talking about “The Role of the Intermediaries in Bridging the Knowledge Gap” were (also in the picture from the left): Mr. Afif Barhoumi, ARCEIT Program Coordinator and Investment Promotion Expert of the UNIDO-ITPO Bahrain; Mr. Iñigo Segura Díaz de Espada, General Manager of the Spanish Federation of Innovation and Technology Organisations (FEDIT) and INSME Association Board Member; Mr. Jorge Ruibal, Manager of Research, Development & Production, Forbel, Uruguay; Ms. Mercedes Ines Carazo, National Coordinator of the Technological Innovation Centers Network (CITEs), Ministry of Production, Peru.&title=“Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”','popup_gall','650','550'))
, INSME Full Member. Talking about spin-offs were Mr. Dick van Barneveld and Mr. Jaap van Tilburg (both on Mr. Furlani’s right), the first one President of Top Spin International (The Netherlands) and the second one Chairman of Top Spin International and Senior Consultant at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Sitting on Mr. Furlani’s left are: Mr. Christian Saublens, Director of European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA); Mr. Esteban Cassin, Coordinator of the Programme for Incubators, Poles and Technology Parks of the Secretariat of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (SECYT) of the Argentinean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and also Member of the UNIND-LAM Project (Argentina); Mr. Alberto Giecco, Vocal of the Promotion for Industry Development Committee of CYTED (Ibero-American Program for Science and Technology), Spain.&title=“Boosting Innovation by Bridging the Knowledge Gap: a Developer-User Approach”','popup_gall','650','550'))
