Aeronautics Innovation Roundtables:
Uncertainty, Globalization and Skills



23 July 2015

Theme
Challenges in Innovation Studies: lessons from the analysis of aeronautic industries

Venue
IST Lisboa, PT

Local organizers
Manuel Heitor, IN+/IST Lisbon
Joana Mendonça, IN+/IST Lisbon

14 September 2015

Theme
Technical change in aeronautics: learning from comparative studies

Venue
ITA, S Jose dos Campos, BR

Local organizers
Ligia Urbina, ITA, BR


20 June 2015

Theme
Looking at new technologies: from 3D printing to additive manufacturing and advanced robotics

Venue
Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy, Pittsburg, USA

Local organizers
Erica Flusch, EPP/Carnegie Mellon

24 February 2015

Theme
Challenges in engineering design for complex engineering systems in Aeronautics: looking at case studies

Organized together with "MIT Portugal Engineering Design Roundtables"

Venue
IST Lisboa, PT

Local organizers
Manuel Heitor, IN+/IST Lisbon
Elsa Henriques, IDMEC, IST Lisbon
Joana Mendonça, IN+/IST Lisbon

16 January 2015

Theme
Fostering Global Supply Networks – the case of Portugal

Venue
INESC TEC, Porto, PT

Local organizers
Ana Barros, INESC TEC; Univ. of Porto
Joana Mendonça, IN+/IST Lisbon


The Aeronautics Innovation Roundtables aim to exchange ideas between industry, academia, experts and policy makers on critical issues to foster innovation in aeronautics. They address the emerging context of uncertainty in industrial development at a global level, with emphasis given to the development of skills and related opportunities for new entrepreneurial activities and other challenges faced by modern aeronautics.