Chair of the Conference: Milan Jezic von Gesseneck, OCTA Innovation Team Leader
Moderator of the Conference: Paul Sloane
Welcome, Rui Bettencourt, Secretary of the Presidency of Government of the Azores for External Relations
Welcome, Janice Panton MBE, OCTA Innovation Chair
- Systemic Innovation for Overseas Countries and Territories , Milan Jezic von Gesseneck, OCTA Innovation Team Leader (VIDEO)
- SMEs and Innovation, Pedro De Sampaio Nunes, Entrepreneur, former Secretary of State of Science and Innovation, former Head of the EUREKA Secretariat
- Business and innovation: Financing innovative projects, Paulo Carreiro, Department Director for Business Development
- Lessons Learned from the Intra ACP Research and Innovation Programme, Robert Burmanjer, Head of Unit Knowledge Management, European Commission
- Innovation and Regional development, the role of Smart Specialization, Augusto Medina, Chairman of the Board, SPI, Portuguese Society of Innovation
- The innovation in Companies: Challenges and organization, Gilles Garel
- Innovating on an Island, Paul Sloane, Innovation expert
Panel Sustainable and renewable energies – Moderator: Olivier Gaston
- The Cayman Islands renewable energy initiative for 2017 and beyond, Jamaal Anderson, Innovation Manager
- The sustainable energy priority in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Olivier Gaston, Innovation Manager
- The Graciosa Project towards the generation on islands electrical grids, Rui Barros, Graciolica project, Project Manager at YOUNICOS company
- Corvo a sustainable island, Andreia Carreiro, Director of Regional Department of Energy
Panel Digital Economy – Moderator: Bren K. Romney
- Anguilla’s commercial registry (ACORN), Bren K. Romney, Innovation Manager
- Innovating St Eustatius through digital information services, Johan Stapel, Director of the Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute
- Digital development of Territories, Pedro Leite, Globaleda
- Innovation challenges, Luís Melo, CYBERMAP
Panel Green and Blue Economy – Moderator: Bran Quinquis
- Recycling coconuts : From Food to Waste to Food, French Polynesia, Bran Quinquis, Innovation Manager
- Algae Parc Bonaire, René Wijffels, Professor at Wageningen University and Edison Enrique Rijna, Bonaire Governor
- Innovative products, Telmo Eleutorio, Fibrenamics
Panel Tourism – Moderator: Jude Houston
- Tourism development in St Maarten, Jude Houston, Innovation Manager
- Tourism, Turks and Caicos Islands, Alexa Cooper-Grant, Innovation Manager
- Tourism, British Virgin Islands, Lizette George, Innovation Manager
- Innovation in Ecotourism, José Maia, GMT Hospitality
- Azores trail run – Nature sport and tourism, Mário Leal, Regional department of Tourism
Panel Agronomy and Agro-ecology – Moderator: Angela Estwick
- Agricultural practises, Montserrat, Angela Estwick, Innovation Manager
- Balanced food ecosystem, New-Caledonia, Jean-Michel Le Saux, Innovation Manager
- Organic agriculture, João Monteiro, Easy Fruits and Salads
- A journey from they East to Mid-Atlantic, Forjaz Sampaio
Panel Innovation on Culture and Education – Moderator: Leonardo Amaral
- Mobile Tech Lab, Aruba, Bianca Peters, Innovation Manager (VIDEO)
- Curaçao Creative Cross Media Hub, Fiona Curie, Innovation Manager
- CanSat Project a way to a new training model, Duarte Borges Cota, Project TRAN SAT2
- Mobil Museum Heritage in Movement, Maria Emanuela Albergaria, Carlos Machado Museum – Mobile Museum (VIDEO)
Watch: Conference video
