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• 60 applications, involving 230 professionals, researchers and students submitted
• Early stage ventures come from Portugal, Belgium, Spain, UK, USA and Argentina
• Semi-finalists to be announced June 30

Lisbon, June 3, 2011 - Registration for the second edition of the largest competition of technology-based entrepreneurship in Portugal, the ISCTE-IUL MIT-Portugal Venture Competition, ended on 30 May. 60 applications were submitted that, in total, involve 230 professionals, researchers and students from Portugal and also, for the first time, Belgium, Spain, UK, USA and Argentina, increasing the impact of competition internationally.

Winners and participants of the €1 MM ISCTE-IUL / MIT Portugal Venture Competition spent a networking-packed week in April participating in eTeams III @MIT: an excursion into the MIT innovation ecosystem.  This is the third educational boot camp of the inaugural Venture Competition.  The founders of Around Knowledge, Waydip, Plux, Weadapt, Acellera Therapeutics, and Cell2B were joined by ISCTE-IUL’s Dean for International Affairs, Professor José Paulo Esperança, ISCTE-IUL’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship project director, Gonçalo Amorim, University of Minho’s Vice Rector, Professor Manuel Mota, a visitor at MIT under the auspices of MIT Portugal and a Fulbright Fellowship, José Estabil, IEI Project Director, and Erin Linsky Graeber, Program Manager.

Tangible outcomes from the visit were observed in the connections to potential partners (clinical and industrial) in the US, the Cambridge Innovation Center’s generous offer to host the teams for up to a month, the large number of potential business contacts and peer advisors that the teams developed, and invitations to move forward on joint proposals with MIT faculty and/or entrepreneurs.

Dear all,

Registration has started for the E3 Forum [June 30 at FCT-UNL and Pavilhão do Conhecimento]. Please go to our webpage and register for FREE. Remember that space is limited. Grab this unique opportunity to see Richard Wurman, Paul Stein, Claúdia Ranito, Zeinal Bava, Mackey Craven and all other speakers!

We have launched the main program, and the parallel sessions will be launched soon. Last minute confirmations are still under way and new speakers will be announced in the next few days.

E3 CGD Poster Award

This award will distinguish the best poster in each of the 4 tracks with a €500 prize, sponsored by Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Submit your abstract now, following the detailed instructions here. Please note there is a limited number of posters available.

For more information about the poster submission please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

What - E3 Forum 

When - 30 June 2011

Where - FCT UNL (Caparica) and Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Lisbon)

Remember – FREE for students; transportation and accommodation is also free for MIT Portugal Program students.

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