T4EU Science Café on Innovation

Shaping the future of R&D, tech transfer, and entrepreneurship

14 May 2025 | Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto

About

The 4th edition of this extraordinary event is dedicated to discussing innovation and its impact on the industry, focused on the challenges associated with connecting ongoing R&D with innovative solutions for the industry and how technology transfer activities and entrepreneurship initiatives can contribute.

The T4EU Science Café on Innovation will promote the debate among
• CELINE ABECASIS-MOEDAS (Pro-Rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• GUIDO BORTOLUZZI (Full Professor of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Economics, Trieste University)
• moderated by RICARDO SIMÕES (Head of Innovation, The Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission)

The T4EU Science Café will take place within the Faculty of Biotechnology’s Annual Innovation Day, which is an event that brings together business leaders, innovation agents, startups and researchers with the aim of boosting economic development and strengthening the competitiveness of companies. The Faculty of Biotechnology of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and the CBQF (Centre of Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry), with their long history of collaboration with industry, are the starting point for discussing how universities can be a driver of innovation, accelerating the transfer of knowledge to companies.

Register for the T4EU Science Café by clicking here.

The event will be broadcast live by Universidade Católica Portuguesa via T4EU’s YouTube.