Blue Growth, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer School

The objectives of the summer school were to provide insight into value chains from invention to innovation, including the necessary mind-set within academia, technology scouting, intellectual property issues, patent portfolios, licensing, industry co-operations and contract. The “Summer School” aimed at encouraging young people involvement in blue economy sectors by offering high-quality technical knowledge and fostering their entrepreneurial spirit, covering different areas of the blue economy and stimulating the attractiveness to maritime jobs as well as the employability of graduates. It will also aimed to increase the entrepreneurial awareness amongst graduates and, potentially, the number of spin-offs and new highly-qualified jobs, respectively.

View the presentations from the summer school below:

Day 1 presentations:

• Ocean economy in 2030 and blue growth. Vanda Dores (Lisbon University)
• From marine and polar research to application. Eberhard Sauter (AWI)
• Earth Observation opportunities in marine science, from ocean to coast. Steve Groom (PML)

Day 2 presentations

• Sustainable use of ocean resources. Nicola Beaumont (PML)
• SDG14 - state of play in the EU and the road to 2030. Catarina Grilo (ANP)
• Innovation and TechTransfer - procedures and case studies. Eberhard Sauter (AWI)
• Getting started: from the idea to a startup. Christian Hamm (AWI/ELiSE GmbH)
• Lab with tutorship: getting acquainted/changing experiences. Mare Startup (SaeR, UCP)

Day 3 presentations

• Case studies: blue startups that made it. Invited guests: Biomimetx: Gonçalo Costa, Horta da Ria, Júlio Coelho. ELiSE GmbH: Christian Hamm, Caviar Portugal: Paulo Pedro. Horta da Ria and Salicornia
• The making of a business plan. Pierre Gein (Lisbon School of Business & Economics)

Day 4 presentations

• Risk analysis. José Poças Esteves (CEO SaeR)
• Financing a blue startup: business angels. Rui Ferreira (Portugal Ventures)
• EU funding mechanisms. Steve Groom (PML)
• National Portuguese blue funds EEA grants. Sandra Silva (DGPM)
• Lab with tutorship: the road to your pitch. Mare Startup (SaeR, UCP)

Day 5 presentations

• Innovation legal warfare - managing innovation and intellectual property. David Paula (VdA -Lawyer Society)
• Blue economy open innovation in Portugal: ignite with a global link. Rúben Eiras (Fórum Oceano)
• Promote your product and reach the market. Eberhard Sauter (AWI)