Panel # 4 Alternative solutions

Having determined the state of Science and Technology in Colombia, as well as the areas in which Colombia would be the most competitive, the natural question follows: what are the mechanisms needed to promote this development?. This panel will emphasize on proposing creative and concrete solutions to existing problems. The focus will be on solutions that can be carried out given the current state of resources in Colombia.
 

Date/Time: Saturday, November 19th. 1:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.
Location: Harvard, Lowell Lecture Hall (map)

 

Full Program
Panel IV Innovative solutions
 Advancing innovation through the Business Incubators initiative
Dario Montoya, General Director of the National Education Service, SENA
New research possibilities from health care provider consolidation
Carlos Palacino, President of Saludcoop Group
“From competitive advantages to sustainable advantages ”
Andrés Lopez, Management Program at ICESI University
"MIT OpenCourseWare: a new model for open sharing"
Jon Paul Potts, Communications Manager of MIT OpenCourseWare
"SHARE Boston - A Tailor-Made Consulate for New England"
Remo Steinmetz, Program manager at the Swiss House for Academic Research and
Education
“Technological advance through offsets on military purchases”
Ricardo Ariza, Justice and Security Directorate at the National Planning Department
“Collection systems – Transmilenio mass transit system”
Jorge Cortázar, Member of the board at Angelcom
"Personal Fabrication and Online Sourcing"
Jorge Andrés Barrera, Engineering Director of Formulatrix
Technological Development Center for the Applied Sciences
Juan Manuel Lesmes, Executive Director for the Federation of Metalmechanics
Industries, ANDI