News & Events
Up one levelFramie startup app available on the market
The Framie application, developed by the startup with the same name, was officially launched on the App Store.
NEXT-NET is the new European project in the area of supply chains
NEXT-NET, a new European project with the collaboration of INESC TEC, began on the 12th of October, in Brussels.
Startup supported by INESC TEC among the best in the world
Framie, a startup created within the scope of the master’s degree in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship of the faculties of Engineering and Economics of the University of Porto with the support of the 1st edition of the Startup Porto Accelerator, reached the final of the University Startup World Cup, a world competition for university startups.
Lecture with Alan Arger at INESC TEC
North-American researcher Alan Arger came to INESC TEC on the 26th May to give a lecture entitled “Production frontiers and economic tradeoffs for ecological restoration of fire adapted forests in the western US”.
Enterprise Europe Network at INESC TEC with new projects
INESC TEC, through its Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), positioned itself again as a host organisation of the Enterprise Europe Network, the biggest international network dedicated to supporting internationalization of SME with a high innovation potential.
INESC TEC supports the mission of Portuguese automotive companies at PSA Peugeot - Citröen
INESC TEC, through its Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), which is responsible for the internal coordination of the Enterprise Europe Network, supported the participation of a group of Portuguese companies from the automobile industry, on 17 March, in an Info Day organised by the PSA Peugeot - Citröen unit in Trnava, Slovakia, together with the Slovak Business Agency and the French-Slovak Chamber of Commerce.
Anje and INESC TEC launch start-up business accelerator (Jornal de Negócios)
The National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) has launched a business acceleration project in partnership with INESC TEC.
INESC TEC organises event on Intellectual Property Management
On September 30, INESC TEC hosted the workshop "IP Management with a special focus on Horizon 2020", an initiative on Intellectual Property Management. The event was organised by the Enterprise Europe Network, with INESC TEC as partner.
INESC TEC researcher joins Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals
Catarina Maia, head of INESC TEC’s Technology Licensing Office (SAL) and researcher at the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), was invited to join the Professional Development Committee of the Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals, or ASTP-Proton, the European association of professionals working in the field of knowledge transfer between universities and industry.
“Father” of Open Innovation in Porto
Henry Chesbrough, who is considered the “father” of the concept of “Open Innovation”, has given a lecture at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), on 15 June.
INESC TEC and Enterprise Europe Network organise workshop on project management practices
INESC TEC, partner of the Enterprise Europe Network, has hosted a workshop on the principles of agile methodologies, which took place on 28 January.
INESC TEC co-organises event in Hannover
INESC TEC’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) is co-organising a Future Match brokerage event, which will take place between 14 and 18 March in Hannover, as part of CeBIT. Registrations are open until 29 February.
INESC TEC co-organises event in Luxembourg as part of Enterprise Europe Network
The 2015 Manufuture (B2B Brokerage Event of the Enterprise Europe Network) is co-organised by INESC TEC, partner of the Network, and will take place between 23 and 24 November in Luxemburg. Registrations (free of charge) are open until 20 November.
Portuguese researcher wins award for best PhD thesis
For the first time ever, a Portuguese researcher has won the award for the best PhD thesis in the world in the area of entrepreneurship. The winner is Sérgio Costa, researcher at the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (INESC TEC).
Best PhD dissertation in the world belongs to Portuguese researcher
Entrepreneurship. This is the first time that a Portuguese researcher receives this award. Sérgio Costa conducted a study on changes in business models.
Spin-offs should interact with clients as soon as possible (Canal Superior)
Sérgio Costa, researcher at INESC TEC, won the Heizer Award 2015, one of the most important awards in the area of entrepreneurship, with a study where he defends that the best strategy for spin-offs to succeed is an early interaction with clients.
Paper by INESC TEC researchers is mandatory reading at MIT
João Claro, researcher at the Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) and member of the Board of INESC TEC, and Abílio Pacheco, also researcher at CITE, are co-authors of the paper “Forest fire management to avoid unintended consequences: A case study of Portugal using system Dynamics”, which is, since 2013, mandatory reading in the subject “Introduction to System Dynamics”, at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
INESC TEC researcher is finalist in the Academy of Management Heizer Doctoral Dissertation Award
Sérgio Costa, researcher at INESC TEC’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), is one of three finalists of the Academy of Management 2015 Entrepreneurship Division Heizer Doctoral Dissertation Award, whose goal is to award PhD theses of excellence in the fields of entrepreneurship and management.
Project for efficient forest fire management comes to an end
The project FIRE-ENGINE, developed by INESC TEC’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE), has come to an end with a public presentation of results at the Biblioteca Municipal de Valongo, on 6 May. The event was attended by the INESC TEC researchers who participated in project FIRE-ENGINE, João Claro and Abílio Pereira Pacheco.
INESC TEC organises workshop in Bristol
INESC TEC’s Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CITE) organised a workshop on technology exploration, which took place on 27 March, in Bristol. This workshop was part of a COST Action in which INESC TEC’s Centre for Telecommunications and Multimedia is involved (CTM).