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See how it was in Boston (November 2005)

A 3-Day expedition in Boston and Cambridge meeting 6 high tech start ups in biotech, software and mobile business and the MIT. (1-6, November 2005)
An organization of Adventus and the Portuguese American Postgraduate Society

ACLLAIM FOR BOSTON LEARNING MISSION

«Sustainable learning, networking and studying good practices in its context, it's an enormous value added of these Learning Missions for corporate CEOs and public managers and officials»
CARLOS ZORRINHO, Portuguese official in charge of the Lisbon Agenda and the Technological Plan, Head of the Learning Tour to Boston, November 2005

«This Mission changed my way of thinking as an entrepreneur»
MIGUEL MONTEIRO, CEO and Founder of Chip 7 Group

«We understood the success of the economic development strategy based on start-ups and spin-offs»
MANUEL MOTA, Vice-Dean of Minho University, Portugal

«I believe in persons with ambition and courage to take risks. Boston is a special lab of observation for those commited with innovation»
MANUELA BAIROS, Honorable Portuguese Consul in Boston

INDIA Learning Expedition (February 2007)

INDIA Learning Expedition: The Next Tech Power
Adventus and Professor Soumodip Sarkar will organize a 10 day
tour to companies and institutions in Bangalore, Delhi, Gurgaon and Calcutta, including a visit to the Taj Mahal. In Portugal the Mission has the collaboration of AERLIS. PROGRAM AVAILABLE EDITION 2007

PAPS 2006 & SILICON VALLEY EXPEDITION (March 2006)
A Taste of the American Entrepreneurial Revolution

PAPS 2006 Forum and Learning Expedition to the Silicon Valley, California
17-24 March 2006.
18 Participants: POSC, PAPS, University of Azores, University of Minho, ISCTE University, Mayor of Covilha, Parkurbis, ETIC, Ineti, Inteli, Nok, Global Change, Caixa Magica Software
Media Partner: Money Media/Dia D Publico newspaper magazine

Adventus and PAPS organized a week tour to World Class companies and institutions at the Bay Area of San Francisco, including the PAPS Forum in Berkeley.

The moto was: MEET THE TRENDS BEFORE YOUR COMPETITORS DO
Companies visited: Cisco Systems, Accenture Technology Labs in Palo Alto, Genentech, Biolog, IDEO, Adaptive Path, Woodside Institute and the Winery Sonoma Valley.

Learning: Secrets of Innovation, Biotech stars, the ultimate Web 2.0 experience, Design Thinking, Tech Trends, the excellence of the wine cluster.

Meeting specialists: Liisa Valikangas (Gary Hamel' partner, Woodside Institute), John Kao (Innovation guru), Cynthia Robbins-Roth (BioVentures Consultants), Tom Kelley (IDEO), Janice Fraser (Web 2.0), Miguel Villas-Boas (UC Berkeley)

Acclaim for this Expedition
«Visiting and exploring Silicon Valley is a real back to the future, an opportunity for not loosing the challenge of the excellence.», JAIME QUESADO, Head of the Portuguese Knowledge Society Program

i-Cities Project (June 2006-June 2007)
Adventus organized a Portuguese Delegation to the Intelligent Community Forum at New York in June 2006 and is preparing a new applications for the Smart Cities 2007 contest. In November 2005, EVORA was elected one of the 21 World Smart Cities. If you are interested please contact us. More information: jnr@groupadventus.com

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