Keynote Address

The landscape for innovation in Brazil is changing fast. R&D budgets are rising. Brazilian researchers are at the forefront of developments from biofuels to human genomics and ITC. But what are the real prospects for STI in Brazil? And how can the UK and Europe scale up collaboration with this emerging scientific player? In these presentations, Demos will publish the results of six months of extensive fieldwork and interviews with leading Brazilian innovators, scientists and policymakers, undertaken in partnership with the Brasilia-based think tank CGEE. The launch will include a panel discussion with UK and Brazilian thinkers and policymakers.

Andrew has been Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) since March 2006. His career has mainly focused on European and business issues. He was twice seconded to the UK’s Permanent Representation to the European Commission and was Deputy Head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office in the mid-nineties. Andrew has also worked for the European Commission. From 1984 – 1988 he was part of the team responsible for planning and delivering the 1992 Single Market Programme. He returned to the Commission in 1997 as Chef de Cabinet (Chief of Staff) for Neil Kinnock, Vice President of the Commission and European Commissioner for Transport. He joined British Airways in 2000 as their Director of Government and Industry Affairs. To view the publication: Brazil the natural knowledge-economy – please use the following link to access the pdf http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Brazil_NKE_web.pdf.