4th Day	Thursday, August 31
8:00-8:30	COFFEE
8:30-10:15	24 - Plenary Session Topic: New Perspectives in Technology Investment Chairpersons: Luc Menard, Renault - BR Eduardo Sciarra, Secretary for Industry - BR Invited Speakers: Jean Guinet, OECD "FDI, Economic Growth and the New Economy" Richard Locke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA "Fostering Entreperneurship in the Globalizing Economy" B. Petrazzini, International Telecommunications Union; ARG "Perspectives for Telecom in Latin America: towards a new economy" Discussant: C. Stolp, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
10:15-10:45	COFFEE
10:45-12:45	25 - SYMPOSIUM - III Topic: Measurement of Industrial Innovation in Latin America Chairpersons: P. Conceição, IST, PT D. Hamdani, Statistics Canada, CA Invited Speakers: R. Quadros and A. Furtado, UNICAMP - BR T. Andreassi and R. Sbragia, Universidade de São Paulo, BR G. Lugones, ARG Octavio Rios, CONACYT - MX J. Jaramillo, Colombia Discussants: G Sirilli, ISRTI-CNR, IT D. Guellec, OECD
	26 - Workshop: Institutions and Networks for the Learning Society Chairpersons and Discussants: José Cassiolato, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK D. Archibugi; ISRDS-National Research Council, IT Networks, national innovation systems and self-organisation P. Saviotti The nature of the networks of Innovation and Technological information diffusion in a region in the initial stages of industrial development D. E. do Nascimento Passive and Active National Learning Systems - A Framework to Understand Technical Change in Late Industrializing Economies and Some Evidences from a Comparative Study of Brazil and South Korea E. B. Viotti Innovation Policies in the knowledge Era H. M.M. Lastres and J. E. Cassiolato The Age of Knowledge and the Growing Relevance of Human and Social Capital A. J. de Hoyos Guevara and V. C. Dib
	27 - Industrial and Trade Policies Chairpersons and Discussants: A. Ibarra, ITESM, MX Jean Guinet, OECD Export Growth and Path-Dependence: The Locking-in of Innovations in the Software Industry A. P. D'Costa Technological Capability in the Telecommunications Industry in Brazil: Development and Impacts of the Structural Reform in the 90s M. H. S. Szapiro Global Product Development: Some Case Studies in the Brazilian Automotive and Telecommunication Industries A. V. C. Dias and S. V. R. Galina Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights and Technological Capability in Developing Countries - The Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Plants Industry P. Reddy Analysis and Design of Regulatory Regimes for Utility Sectors: the Possible Contribution of Gaming-Simulation M. de Jong, M. Kuit and I. Mayer Economics of unbundling the local loop through provision of DSL A. S Kelkar
	28 - Managing Innovative Firms Chairpersons and Discussants: M. Spinosa, CITS, Paraná, BR J Wiggins, Austin Technology Incubator, IC2 Institute, Austin, USA Self-organizing Enterprises R. Bauer and T. M. Barbosa de Macedo A Knowledge Theory of the Firm and the Meaning of Organizational Boundaries F. M. Santos Isomorphism and the Limits of Normalization F. C. Vasconcelos and I. F. Vasconcelos Barriers and Facilitators to Knowledge Capture and Transfer in Project-Based Firms J. Hall , K. Williams and J. Sapsed From Integrated Systems to Serviçes: Building Capabilities in Complex Product Systems A. Davies Evolution of Financing of NTBVs in India -Towards sustainable Development V. Kumar and P K Jain
12:45-2:15	LUNCH
2:15-3:30	29 - Plenary Session Topic:Learning Networks and the New Economy Chairpersons and Discussants: Lelio Fellows Filho, R&D Council, BR R. Locke, Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA Invited Speakers: Leslie Young, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CH "Institutions and Knowledge networks: the chinese experience "
3:30-4:00	COFFEE
4:00-6:00	30 - Workshop: INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS: CASE STUDIES IN BRAZIL AND PARANÁ Chairpersons and discussants: C. Quandt, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR, BR Scott Tiffin, IRDC, Canada Beyond the National: Regional or Local Innovation Systems António José Junqueira Botelho Does Social Capital Determine Innovation? To What Extent? R. Landry, N. Amara and M. Lamari An Analysis of the Supply and Demand of Specialized Technical Services in Londrina Envisaging the Strengthening of the Technological Competencies and Structuring a Regional Innovation System Mauro Ruiz , Paulo Oliveira, Rosa Alves, João M. Guimarães and José Tadeu Felismino The Emergence of an Innovation Cluster in the Power Energy Sector: the Case of LACTEC in Paraná, Brazil Mauricio Aguiar Serra Competitiveness of Local Enterprises in the Automotive Chain of Paraná - Brazil Fernanda De Negri, Ricardo D. Torres and Hermílio Santos
	31 - Workshop: Towards a Research and Educational Agenda on Technology Policy and Management Chairpersons and Discussants: D. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA M. V. Heitor, Instituto Superior Técnico, PT D. Hastings Technolgy, Management and Policy: the MIT experience on research, teaching and organization E. Paté-Cornell Managing Technology in the Information Age: The New Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University M. Weijnen Technolgy, Management and Policy: the experience of Delft R. Quadros Technolgy, Management and Policy at UNICAMP M. Lima and F. Dolabela Enterpreneurship Learning in Brazilian Institutions of Higher Education P. Conceição and M. V. Heitor Towards a University Agenda on Engineering Policy and the Management of Technology
	32 - Innovation in Traditional and Mature Industries Chairpersons and Discussants: F. Veloso, MIT, USA D. Hamdani, Stats Canada, CA New products development in product-oriented SMEs M. G. Guedes Challenges for the New Northeastern Shoewear Productive Chain M. Y. Une and V. Prochnik Information Technology: Subcontracting of Development Processes F. C. de Oliveira and C. A. P. Neiva Santos Innovation in Mature Industries: The case of Brasilata S. A Metallic Packaging J. C. Barbieri and A. C. Teixeira Alvares
	33 - Knowledge Networks Chairpersons and Discussants: A. Angelo, Angelou Economic Advisors Inc., USA Network Building Between Research Institutions and Small & Medium Enterprises(SMEs): Dynamics of Innovation network Building and Implications for a Policy option J. Kim The emergence and development of systems of innovation: the role of technological capabilities E. Dantas Joint Product Development and Cooperation in Networks in Brazil and UK: Marrying Internationalization of Knowledge and Regional Development A. Faria Principles for the design of management control systems in knowledge networks: Experiences Involving the European Technology J.C. Fernandez de Arroyable and N. Arranz Peña Knowledge is Power! Is Passing on Knowledge a Loss of Power? Social Success Factors of Knowledge Networks in Research and Development A. Michalski Lessons in knowledge creation, information sharing and relationship maintenance: Opportunities and obstacles in establishing links with regional SME development projects and international mentoring institutions J. Nordskog and J. Burtner
6:00-7:30	34 - Closing Session Closing Remarks: R. Wahrhaftig, Paraná Secretary of State for Science, Techn. and Higher Education, BR D. Gibson, IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, USA C. Stolp, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA M. Heitor, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IST, PT
7:30	closure of last conference day

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