Closing Remarks

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.

Ambassador Carlos Augusto R. Santos-Neves was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1944. He joined the Brazilian diplomatic service in 1966 and was promoted to ambassador in 1987. His previous diplomatic assignments as Ambassador include Russia, Canada and Mexico, while Brazilian postings include Secretary for Policy Planning to the Foreign Minister (1999 - 2001). He gained his doctorate in 1981 from the Instituto Rio Branco and also studied at Columbia University in the United States, receiving his MBA from the Funda??o Getulio Vargas, Brazil. He joined the Embassy of Brazil in London ass Ambassador to the United Kingdom in early 2008. 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.