NEWS FROM THE PARK

The Newsletter of the Science Park at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
is a monthly publication which circulates information about the major activities
undertaken at the institution as well as events of interest.

ART
THE PARK OPENS SHORT CIRCUIT GALLERY OF PUBLIC ART
AND TURNS ITSELF INTO AN OPEN DOOR MUSEUM

On September 21, the UFRJ Science Park opens the Short Circuit Gallery of Public
Art, a partnership of the institution with the School of Fine Art (EBA/UFRJ) and
Vallourec. Within the 350 thousand square meters of the Park, 16 art works of
professors and students from EBA and of both nationally and internationally
renowned artists such Miguel Gontijo, Gilberto Lustosa, Paulo Laender, among
others will be exhibited. The idea of the Project is to turn the Park into an area of
experimentation of art combined with technology and innovation. Besides these
works, the gallery will hold 24 sculptures from the exhibition Memories of the River
Dolphin (Memrias do Boto) and a pavilion with interventions created by the School
of Architecture and Landscaping (FAU/UFRJ). The gallery will be permanently
opened to the public and admissions will be free.

MOVEMENT
THE PARK PARTICIPATES IN THE REACT, RIO!, MOVEMENT TO
HELP RIO OVERCOME THE CRISIS

The UFRJ Science Park participated in React, Rio!, a movement promoted by O

Globo and Extra newspapers to select proposals that can help the city to overcome
the crisis. The Parks CEO, Jos Carlos Pinto, was one of the experts invited for a
seminar promoted by the institutions to discuss how innovation might help to make
the city resume its growth process. With the title Sustainable Growth in the
Economy of Knowledge", the lecture delivered by Jos Carlos brought up reflections
upon Rios vocation for being a creative, innovative and entrepreneurial center and
how the lack of investments and fiscal limitations became barriers for the
development of these sectors.

NEWCOMERS
FIVE NEW STARTUPS BECOME PART OF COPPE/UFRJ
BUSINESS INCUBATOR

The Coppe/UFRJ Business Incubator announced that five new companies have
joined and it houses now a total of 28 resident startups. The companies were
selected in a tender launched in February, 2017 and will be incubated for a period of
three years, which could be extended for two years. The companies will have access
to physical and technological infrastructure as well as to training and consulting on
the feasibility of their businesses. The selected startups were: Green Ant (solutions
for the management of electrical energy); USSV (development of autonomous
vessels for offshore, hydroelectric, research and defense industries); Laboratrio de
Longevidade (Longevity Laboratory; a platform that helps managers deal with
challenges of longevity)); WESPA (an intelligent system for monitoring and security),
and Pea Preo (a platform that connects vehicle maintenance and servicing to
available services by means of a device installed in the cars).

LEARN MORE
Donation On August 30, the Park promoted the third edition of a program
called Parque Sangue Bom (Good Blood Park), which corresponds to a partnership
between Hemorio and Coppetec Foundation for stimulating blood donation. A total of
62 units of blood were collected.

Press Despite its scientific development, Brazil occupies 69th ranking place in
innovation among 141 countries. Why doesnt Brazil improve if it is common
knowledge that societies only achieve social and economic justice when they
promote the generation of goods and products that are based on knowledge? The
CEO of UFRJ Science Park, Jos Carlos Pinto has published a news article on that
matter in Valor Econnimo and has been interviewed by Canal Futura. Click here to
read the article and here to watch the video of Canal Futura.

Events at the Park -

The Dawning of the Hydrogen Energy in the World Economy September
18 at 10 am in the auditorium of the UFRJ Science Park. Lecture on the
Economy of Hydrogen organized by the Laboratory of Hydrogen of
COPPE/UFRJ. Keynote speakers are Tim Karlsson, executive diretor of
International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy and
Mauricio Tolmasquim, Professor of the Energy Planning Program of
COPPE /UFRJ and former president of the Empresa de Pesquisa
Energtica (EPE, Company of Energy Research). To enroll, send an
email to renata@parque.ufrj.br.
Capitalization of startups September 27 at 1:30 pm in the auditorium of the
UFRJ Science Park. The event will present modes of capitalization for
startups that include investment risk, bank credit, Corporate Venture
programs and other currently available funding programs. More
information can be found here www.parque.ufrj.b as of September 15.