Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovao

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Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Mission
SPIs mission is to provide high quality
consulting services in the project management and
training areas, which foster innovation and
promote international opportunities wherever
appropriate, such mission will be accomplished
through the creation of strategic partnerships
and collaborations.
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Position

Industrial and Financial Companies
National Institutions (Public Private)
Scientific and Technological Institutions
International Organizations
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Activities / Services
Consulting
Training
R D
E-Business
International
Entrepreneurship
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Activities / Services
Consulting
SPI Consulting can help clients navigate through
the rapidly changing world of opportunities with
a focus on delivering tangible results. SPI
Consulting is a provider of services worldwide in
a full spectrum of fields and sectors.
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Activities / Services
Training
SPI Training can conduct and manage training
needs with regard to industry-required skills.
SPI Training applies when appropriate innovative
pedagogical tools, such as e-Learning, that
foster effective training cultures in client
enterprises.
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Activities / Services
R D
SPI RD provides the European Union and national
organizations high quality project management
services in the research and development areas,
thus allowing SPI to remain at the forefront of
innovation and assist clients in developing and
managing innovative activities.
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Activities / Services
E-Business
SPI e-Business allows clients to continually
leverage available information technology towards
successfully fulfilling their goals with respect
to business performance and personnel growth.
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Activities / Services
Entrepreneurship
SPI Entrepreneurship provides clients leading
high quality business incubation and
entrepreneurship services with the expertise
required to implement successful business
incubators and to foster entrepreneurial activity.
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Activities / Services
International
SPI International provides a global perspective
to the SPI services with the ability to assist
clients in reaching new international markets,
partners or collaborators, to support business
needs.
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
Examples of projects

• InnoChina
• Macautech - Macautech Incubator implementation
  strategy
• Definition of a business strategy and
  identification of business opportunities in the
  biotechnology sector.

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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
InnoChina

• Fostering international collaborations in
  innovative ST research between China and the
  Member States of the European Union, including
  the detailed study and analysis of China's
  policies, support structures and training
  programmes in this area and the assessment of
  their compatibility with those of Europe.

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Macautech - Macautech Incubator implementation
strategy

• Development of a strategy for the implementation
  of an Incubator Centre in Macau (Macautech),
  including the selection criteria,
  infrastructure, services and human resources,
  alliance development, growth strategy and
  financial analysis.

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Definition of a business strategy and
identification of business opportunities in the
biotechnology sector

• Definition of a business strategy and
  identification of business opportunities in the
  biotechnology sector through the identification
  of major trends and opportunities, with a focus
  on the realities of the USA and Europe markets,
  the definition of potential strategies for new
  business opportunities and the establishment of
  contacts between the Dare Group and American and
  European entities within the biotechnology sector.

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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
SPI Staff

• Prof. Augusto Medina SPI President
• Ms. Sara Medina Economic Consultant (SPI
  Porto)
• Mr. Wu Bin SPI Chief Representative Officer in
  China
• Mr. Huang Can Business Consultant (SPI Porto
  and Beijing)
• Mr. Miguel Taborda Research Consultant (SPI
  Porto)

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Prof. Augusto Medina
Background
Prof. Medina is an experienced consultant and
academic. He has directed numerous private and
public sector projects, and has special interest
in business development, promotion of innovation,
international development, creation of strategic
partnerships, technology transfer and human
relation issues. Professor Medina has directed
all of SPIs work since its inception in 1996.
This work includes research and development,
innovation, training, e-business and
entrepreneurial projects in Portugal and Western
Europe, as well as in Asia, Africa, the USA and
South America. Professor Medina received his
doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the
University of Birmingham, UK in 1976. In addition
to his commercial experience, he has extensive
academic experience and is currently Professor of
Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto,
Portugal. He is also an Honorary Doctor at the
Moscow State Academy of Applied Biotechnology,
Russia, has received ICEF Achievement Award in
Industrial and Academic Food Engineering in 1997
and was awarded the Chevalier de lOrdre National
du Mérite from the President of the French
Republic in 1995.
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Ms. Sara Medina
Background
Sara Medina is an economic consultant for SPI
(Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação), having
advised different private sector and public
sector clients in a range of industries. Sara
has a Bachelors degree in Food Engineering from
the College of Biotechnology in Portugal, a
European Masters degree in Food Studies from 5
major European Universities and a Ph.D. degree in
Food and Resource Economics from the University
of Florida, USA. Apart from her academic
background, where she had the opportunity of
developing expertise in areas of food processing
and technology, econometrics, marketing and
strategy, she has worked for two years with
Accenture in the consulting area. She has
consulted on different projects where she
developed marketing and industrial strategies for
a number of distribution and manufacturing
companies in the agro - food sector. Sara
published a number of scientific papers in
international journals and presented at various
international conferences around the world.
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Mr. Wu Bin
Background
Wu Bin is a marketing consultant with SPI China,
helping European companies to enter the Chinese
market, covering a broad range of products in
sectors such as Textile, Food and Beverages and
Equipment Goods. Wu Bin is SPI Chief
Representative Officer in China. Some of the
services he has provided include marketing
studies for bridging Chinese partners and
assisting in all visits and eventual business
cooperation, assisting in two missions organized
by CEFAMOL to visit Chinese mould companies for
the impending cooperation through either direct
investing in China or technical cooperation. Wu
Bin has a Bachelors Degree from the University of
International Business Economics in Beijing,
with a major in Economics. He has worked in ICEP
(Portuguese Commercial Office) in Beijing for 6
years, successfully selling numerous Portuguese
products in the Chinese market.
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Mr. Huang Can
Background
Huang Can is a business consultant with SPI, with
a strong emphasis on business in the China
market. Huang has a Bachelor degree in
Economics and a Masters degree in Food Science
from the Renmin University of China, Beijing,
China. He is currently studying for a Ph.D.
degree in Innovation Management in University of
Aveiro, Portugal. Huang cooperates with SPI since
1999, first as an intern before helping SPI to
set up their Beijing office in 2002. He has been
a key member of the SPI China business since
2002. Previous to working with SPI, he worked as
a journalist, editor and marketing manager in for
an IT magazine in Business News International,
Beijing (a US media group in Beijing, China). He
also worked as an English teacher in Shi Li
School, a private foreign language school in
Beijing. Huang has developed knowledge in the
fields of packaging, environmental protection,
genetically modified food commercialisation,
technological barriers to international trade,
Chinese IT industry sector technology and
strategy, and international innovation
benchmarking practice.
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Mr. Miguel Taborda
Background
Miguel Taborda is a research consultant focused
on international markets, having participated in
different national and international projects.
Mr. Taborda is involved in projects for
Portuguese companies interested in initiating or
strengthening international activities. Miguel
Taborda has a Bachelors degree in International
Relations from Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa in
Portugal. Apart from his academic background,
where he worked with Association Internationale
des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et
Commerciales (AIESEC) in international student
exchange, Miguel has experience in the IT sector,
where he conducted market research and developed
new business opportunities for a Portuguese
company.
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SPI - Your Partner for Innovation
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