Current panorama of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Espírito Santo highlighted at the Conexão Ciência fair

The second edition of Conexão Ciência - State Week of Science, Technology, and Innovation, an event that will present the novelties of these three fundamental pillars for the development of cities, will take place in the City of Innovation, in Jardim da Penha, Vitória, on November 25 and 26. Admission is free.

The opening, on the 25th, will be attended by authorities, such as the Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Professional Education, Bruno Lamas; the rector of the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Espírito Santo (Ifes), Jadir Pela; and the coordinator of the Cities Lab (LabCidades), Everlam Elias Montibeler. The three will address the current panorama of science, technology, and innovation in Espírito Santo.

Also at the event's opening, there will be the launch of the Espírito Santo Innovation Map Platform, a tool that contributes to the improvement of public management, participation mechanisms, and the democratization of access to innovation policies promoted in the state, and the signing of the contract for accelerators for the second edition of Seedes and the Sementes do Rio Doce program.

Digital transformation, energy transition, and the innovation ecosystem will also be on the agenda on the first day of the Fair, with the participation of renowned institutions.

Creativity + Innovation

One of the highlights of the second day of the State Week of Science, Technology, and Innovation will be the presence of writer Marcelo Pimenta, Creativity professor at the Superior School of Advertising and Marketing (ESPM) and at the University of São Paulo (USP), who will talk about “Creativity + Innovation: Path to Success”.

The public will also attend debates on topics such as Sustainable and Smart Cities; Technological Innovation in Traffic Safety; Telehealth and Artificial Intelligence; and check out the news from exhibitors such as LabCidades, Base27, Sebrae, Detran, among others.

The 2nd Conexão Ciência - State Week of Science, Technology, and Innovation has the support of the City of Innovation; Faesa, the Union of Private Education Companies of Espírito Santo (Sinep); Multivix; Serra City Hall; Espírito Santo State Information and Communication Technology Institute (Prodest); Capixaba Open University (Unac) and the Research and Innovation Support Foundation (Fapes). Institutional support is from the Secretariat of Science, Technology, Innovation and Professional Education (Secti).

Information: @feiraconexaociencia (Instagram)

Free entry

November 25 (Monday)

9 AM: Official opening of the event with speeches from authorities and presentation of the program.

9:30 AM: Roundtable on the current landscape of science, technology, and innovation in the state, with Bruno Lamas, Secretary of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Professional Education - Rodrigo Varejão, General Director Fapes - Jadir Pela, Rector of the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Espírito Santo (Ifes), Pedro Henrique Trindade - Municipal Secretary of Innovation, Science, and Technology of Serra City Hall, and Everlam Elias Montibeler, coordinator of the Cities Laboratory (LabCidades).

10:30 AM: Panel “Digital Transformation,” with Victor Murad Filho, Undersecretary of State for Digital Transformation of the Government of Espírito Santo.

Murad Filho has worked in the ICT sector for about 25 years. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Boston College (USA), with specializations in Hardware (A+ CERTIFICATION), Network Engineer (Cisco Certified Network Associate, Novell Suse Linux System Engineer, and Novell Netware System Engineer); in Information Security (Cisco Certified Network Associate Security and Symantec – Security Specialist); and in Document Management (CDIA+)

11:30 AM: Lunch Break

1:00 PM: Lecture “Artificial Intelligence and intellectual autonomy: uses of AI in the research and innovation process” - Ifes Venda Nova

with Raoni Schimitt Huapaya, who holds a PhD in Literature (Literary Theory) from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

1:30 PM: Unac Panel - Márlei Vieira Fernandes - General Coordinator UnAC and Bruno Lamas - Secretary of Science. Technology, Innovation, and Professional Education, mediator Lis Bravin

1:45 PM: Panel “Presentation of Energy Transition Projects (Ufes)

2:30 PM: “IFES and its actions in the development of education, science, and technology in ES and Brazil: The implementation of the Innovation City, the new IFES Innovation Policy, the Provision of Technological Services, FORTAC, incubators, and synergy with other public and private institutions in Local Productive Arrangements.”

3:30 PM: Panel “How to access Fapes Funding Lines (Scholarships for scientific training - extension - innovation - research)

4:00 PM: Panel “Education Sinepe/ES”

4:40 PM: Serra City Hall - Innovation Ecosystem: how the largest city in ES is building its own. Roundtable discussing the experience of building InovaSerra based on the Triple Helix concept of Innovation - with Pedro Henrique Trindade (Serra City Hall), Jardel Ferreira (ASES), and Renato Tannure (IFES).

5:30 PM: Transformation of a Recycled Material Association into an Innovative Enterprise - Renato Alexandre Rangel de Jesus (Manager of Solidary Economy - Aderes)

6:30 PM: Lecture for the Smart Cities Postgraduate Course

9:00 PM: End of Fair

November 26 (Tuesday)

9:00 AM: Event Opening

9:30 AM: Lecture “Towards smart and regenerative tourism in ES: propositions based on innovations and ESG strategies for the future of local development,” with Dr. Tatiana Doin

10:30 AM: Serra City Hall Tourism 4.0 - Serra in Virtual Tour: Lecture about the Serra City Hall project (Serra 360º) that is taking 360° photos of tourist, historical, and cultural sites in the municipality, to offer Virtual Tours for tourists, residents, and other interested parties; and which will also be integrated with Google Maps and Story Maps. The work will also be on display at the Serra City Hall stand (virtual tour of the Queimados Ruins and Mestre Álvaro), with Luciano Cajaíba (GeoSerra - SEICIT) and Fábio Pedrini (VIX360)

11:15 AM: Lecture “Prodest’s Technologies, Architecture, and Software Development Process,” with Alessandro Frizzera Baumgarten - IT Analyst and Systems Manager at Prodest

12:00 PM: Lunch Break

1:15 PM: Lecture “Sustainable and Smart Cities,” with Pablo Lira, President of the Jones dos Santos Neves Institute

2:00 PM: Lecture: State Foundation for Innovation in Health - INOVA Capixaba - Reactivation of the ES Telehealth Center, with Mariana Rampinelli

2:45 PM: Lecture “Espírito Santo State Department of Traffic - Smart Siege: technological innovation at the service of traffic safety,” with Givaldo Vieira da Silva, General Director of Detran-ES

3:15 PM: Creativity + Innovation: Path to Success, with Marcelo Pimenta - Writer, speaker, and professor of Creativity at ESPM and USP. Pimenta is an expert in Innovation and Creativity and was, from 2015 to 2023, the only representative of Brazil at the World Innovation Forum, NetExplo, where, with the support of Unesco, he was part of the Academic Council formed by 13 countries with the objective of identifying the main digital innovations affecting society and revealing the greatest world trends.

He also works as an Innovation specialist at the Institute for Digital Transformation (ITD), the only Brazilian institute exclusively dedicated to digital transformation, with forums, presentations, lectures, and unprecedented content.

4:00 PM: Ceremony and Visit - Governor Renato Casagrande

5:15 PM: Ceets Challenge

6:00 PM: Vasco Coutinho Parade

9:00 PM: Closing