The IdeaSpring event is organized by the MIT-Portugal Program ? Bioengineering focus area and is integrated in the Innovation Teams project.

The aim of the event is to make public several BioTechnologies with promising economic value developed in the main Portuguese research centres, promoting the interaction between inventors, students, potential investors and other entities interested in the subject of Bioentrepreneurhip.

It is expected that, through a better mutual understanding of the relevant players in the field and the public presentation of BioTechnologies, new partnerships will be established that can contribute to create economic value.

The event, besides short oral presentations of the BioTechnologies submitted, will have sessions with international entrepreneurs and the presentation of the prizes attributed to the Technologies considered the most promising and innovative.

Details on the registration and the preliminary program can be found at:

Organization:

MIT ? Portugal ? BIO-Teams Project

Duarte Miguel Prazeres ? Dep. Engenharia Química e Biológica do Instituto Superior Técnico

Isabel Rocha ? Dep. Engenharia Biológica da Universidade do Minho

Luís Lages ? Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Pedro Saraiva ? Dep. Engenharia Química da Universidade de Coimbra