Event News

IST is hosting a series of training sessions (sessões de formação) on Patents. These sessions are being organized by the IST Technology Transfer Office in a partnership with INPI, and are on subjects such as biotechnology and intelectual property, among others. Further information and the calendar are available here (in Portuguese). The next sessions are scheduled for June 9th.

E3 is a 1-day forum organized by MIT Portugal students seeking to add value to knowledge through the creation of synergies between academia, industry, entrepreneurs and policy makers. It will take place at Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, in Lisbon, on the 30th of June. Daniela Couto, a Bioengineering PhD student at IST, is one of the organizers, and talked to us about the event. Further details are available at the website www.e3forum.org.

Dear all,

We are delighted to announce that Richard Saul Wurman - founder of TED Conferences and TED MED - will be joining us at the E3 Forum. This is a unique opportunity to think out of the box with one of the most well known motivational speakers of our time. Now it is time for you to join us at e3forum.org and grab this opportunity. Please find more information about Mr. Wurman here.

We have also confirmed the following speakers: Paul Stein (Rolls Royce), Zeinal Bava (Portugal Telecom), José Salcedo (Multiwave Photonics), Claúdia Ranito (MedBone), Mackey Craven (Bessemer Venture Partners), and Tony Knopp (MIT Industrial Liaison Office).

The E3 Forum website and Facebook page were launched early this week. Remember that the forum is FREE for all students and MIT Portugal students also have free accommodation and transportation (within Portugal) to Lisbon. Prizes will be awarded for the best posters in each "focus area" - call for posters will start next week.

Stay tuned for exciting updates in the next couple of days!

What - E3 Forum
When - 30 June 2011
Where - FCT UNL (Caparica)
Registration - on the website starting soon;
Website - e3forum.org
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/ForumE3

Do you want to help organize the event? Just send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and join the team! You are more than welcome!

Join us at Facebook and spread the word!

The E3 Forum Organization

The XII edition of the annual PAPS Forum will be taking place in New York at the NYU Langone Medical Center on April 16 and 17 this year.

In the dawn of this new decade Portugal faces a critical moment in its path to strive forward. Harvesting the Globalized Portuguese Talent abroad, over the next few years, will play a fundamental role on successfully overcoming this challenge.

As such, the PAPS Executive Committee proposes to its members to go and take part on a series of exciting panel sessions, namely "Portuguese Science: The Way Forward", "Impact of the Diaspora on the Portuguese Economy" and "Portugal: The Brand", backed up with prominent leaders from several fields of the globalized Portuguese Academia, Industry and Society. Please check the Program page for more information.

On Sunday morning the PAPS General Assembly will take place, electing a new team that will lead PAPS during the next year.

Your ideas, critical thinking and insight are of upmost importance for the success of this project. PAPS looks forward to welcoming you to New York City!

Registration Deadline: March 26, 2011

Travel Expenses Support: from 100 to 1000 miles up to $100, more than 1000 miles up to $250. At this moment only the first 50 Regular Members will receive support. PAPS will make an effort to extend this support to more members, pending on sponsors.

For more information and registration visit:  http://www.papsonline.org/forum2011