The HiTech 2018 Program will have its final session on July 3 at Porto Business School starting at 2:00 p.m.

In this session, the 11 projects that participate in HiTech will pitch their tech-based business ideas to the audience. Each project is based on an innovative technology, developed by a research group, from Portuguese R&D institutions, that, over a period of four months, was supported by the HiSeedTech team, business mentors and management students in the development of a business case.

HiTech closing session program

14:00 Reception

14:30 Welcome
Ramon O'Callaghan, Porto Business School
António Brandão de Vasconcelos, HiSeedTech

14:50 Innovating from Science
Pedro Vilarinho, HiSeedTech

15:10 Projects presentation
Plastics-4B - Upgrading biomedical devices for better health
AntiBioCoat - Anti-adhesive Biopolymer Coating for medical devices
2Resource - Recovering Water, creating Resources to build
UNI.Value - High-quality sea urchins for gourmet food
Targ.Tex - Targeted Therapeutics
PPK - Tackling neurodegenerative diseases by improving protein aggregation detection

16:00 HiSurprise

16:10 Projects presentation
GlycoDiagnostic - Diagnostic Test for Stomach Cancer
GlassLink - Self-adhesive dynamic smart film
SensiNOV - Your product, your way
Aqua in Silico - Improving wastewater treatment plant efficiency
OncoAdvanC+ - Advancing colorectal cancer therapeutics

16:50 Coffee-break and networking

17:30 Round table: “Science and technology-driven innovation"
Marta Cerejo, FCT Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Nuno Azevedo, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Nuno Silva, Efacec
Steve Markham, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and North Carolina State University
Tiago Monteiro Brandão, Super Bock Group
Moderator: Cristina Simões, HiSeedTech

18:30 Closing session
Maria Fernanda Rollo, Secretary of State of Science, Technology and Higher Education

About HiTech:

HiTech is a Training Program that provides skills to researchers and management students in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, by supporting them to translate their cutting-edge technology and scientific discoveries into high-growth business opportunities.

The program run in two different location (Porto Business School & Nova School of Business & Economics) and with the support of faculty from the Universities of Brown, North Carolina State, and Rutgers.

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