FIRJAN actions to foster

Innovation in Rio de Janeiro

GNO – INNOVATION OFFICEMARCH 2018

ABOUT US SISTEMA FIRJAN

STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2025

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

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ABOUT US INNOVATION OFFICE

It is the strategic planning aiming to increase the competitiveness of RJ`s

industry in the next 10 years

Innovation Roadshow

INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM - RJ

Public

Funding

Agencies

Public

Universities

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67Private

Universities

Technological

Parks

Government agencies

FAPERJFINEPBNDES

Government agencies

National Innovation Funds

i. The Brazilian Innovation Agency -

FINEP credit mechanisms.

ii. the Science and Technology Sector

Funds

iii. the "Good Law" (which grants tax

breaks to companies that invest in

research and development)

iv. the non-reimbursable innovation

funding (TECNOVA)

FINEP

National Innovation Funds

An important center for teaching and

engineering research in Latin America.

The Federal University of Rio de

Janeiro, which has 12 postgraduate

programs (masters and doctorates),

has already trained more than 11,000

masters and 5000 doctors and today

has a faculty of 320 full-time doctors,

2,600 students and 350 employees,

including researchers and staff

technical and administrative. It has 116

modern laboratories, which form the

largest laboratory complex in the

country in engineering.

Public Universities

The city of Rio de Janeiro is home to

Research Centers of Excellence such

as CENPES Petrobras in the

Technology Park of the Federal

Univesity of Rio de Janeiro, where

research centers of companies from all

over the world, such as

Schlumberger, FMC, Siemens,

Halliburton, Baker Hughes, EMC2

and GE.

Technological Parks

The Catholic University of Rio de

Janeiro is also notable for its

postgraduate courses in science and

engineering, especially computer

science, mechanical engineering -

maximum concept seven in

Coordination for the Improvement of

Higher Education Personnel

(CAPES), electrical engineering and

civil engineering (concept six),

Mathematics, Chemistry and

Physics (concept five).

10

Private Universities

Most Valuable

Enterprise Companies

Venture Capital and Seed CapitalVenture Capital and Seed Capital

Venture Capital and Seed CapitalStartups movement

Energy Start

The Innovation

Triple HelixGovernment

HR Training

R & DServices

Production

Commercialization

Export

* Innovation Act – Lei 10.973/2004

e Lei do Bem – Lei 11.196/2005

$ (contracts and

royalties)

CompaniesUniversities and

Research

Institutes

Policy

Funding

PRÉ-ACELERA

Pré Acelera is a program that aims to bring innovative projects from Lab to Market.

Projects come from SENAI Projetos Integradores, an innovation challenge in which SENAI

students bring innovative ideas to solve challenges from the industry.

Pré Acelera is aligned with Mapa de Desenvolvimento (FIRJAN Strategic

Plan), working to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in Rio de Janeiro,

preparing students to be part in the new developing innovation environment:

a world of growing startups, new business models, accelerators and

coworking spaces.

Launching: December 5th

SENAI FABLAB

Workplace Adaptation and Professional

Qualification of Persons with Disabilities. The

project provided for the qualification of people

with special needs in the field of aviation

mechanics on SENAI Petropolis and workplace

adaptation with the workplace safety engineers

of SESI-RJ. Of the 16 students who graduated

from the course in 2011, 12 are employed.

Investment: 128,000 USD

Workplace Adaptation

GE Celma

FIRJAN actions to foster

Innovation in Rio de Janeiro

GNO – INNOVATION OFFICEMARCH 2018