Innovatie Attaché Netwerk Brazilië / Netherlands Innovation Attaché Network Brazil

Congratulations to #Brazil for joining the World’s largest #international #innovation #collaboration network Eureka Network. Congratulations to Finep EMBRAPII - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial FAPESP for now being able to fully engage with Eureka member states in funding international R&D projects. The Netherlands has previously successfully participated in 3 GlobalStars calls, and is open to many more collaborations in the future with Brazil now as an official member of the Eureka Network. Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) Ministerie van Economische Zaken Mike Timmermans Achim Eberspächer Arnold Meijer Jelle Knop Roel Bruinsma Tjerk Opmeer Astrid Bronswijk Gabrielle van Zoeren

🌻Exploring Innovations in Bio-Inputs Bio-inputs, which include macro-organisms like insects and micro-organisms like fungi and bacteria, make our food and crops healthier by improving soil health, reducing pests, and improving plant resilience. For example, certain 🐝 wasps help control 🐛 caterpillar populations, reducing the need for synthetic pesticides, while the fungus 🍄 Trichoderma strengthens 🌱 plants and improves soil quality. The Netherlands and Brazil are at the forefront of bio-input innovation. This made it almost natural for Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil to organize an innovation mission on this important topic. Both countries are home to leading universities in agricultural sciences—Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" in Brazil—as well as companies and startups shaping the future of agriculture. Our mission took us through São Paulo's agricultural hotspots, including Holambra and Piracicaba. Innovatie Attaché Netwerk Brazilië / Netherlands Innovation Attaché Network Brazil organized a symposium on cross-border innovation with InovaUSP. Key highlights included: 👉 Professor Raul Gonzalez introduced USP - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil’s highest ranked university. 👉 Innovation counselor Robert Thijssen shared insights into the Dutch and Brazilian #innovationecosystems. 👉 Eduardo Zancul of FAPESP discussed how the foundation promotes innovation, including its collaboration with NWO (Dutch Research Council). 👉 Camila Borba Lefèvre from Vieira Rezende Advogados outlined the legal framework for innovative partnerships between the Netherlands and Brazil. 👉 Gert Stiekema introduced Topsector Horticulture & Starting Materials, a consortium driving dutch and international innovation. 👉 André J. from Business France shared French experiences in cross-border collaboration within bio-inputs. 👉 Professor João Roberto Spotti Lopes from STAC/USP, the Tropical Agriculture Center, presented the role of data in shaping modern agriculture. The mission was led by Anneke Kamp, van de of the Topsector Horticulture & Starting Materials, with great organization by the Dutch agricultural team in Brazil— Paul Van de Logt, Frederica Heering and Ramon Gerrits. Participating companies and organizations were: Artemis, BioMosae, Bionomic, Botany Group, Hudson River Biotechnology, Koppert, Soiltech, Topsector Horticulture & Starting Materials, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Ministerie van Landbouw, Visserij, Voedselzekerheid en Natuur . #AgricultureInnovation #BioInputs #Sustainability #CrossBorderCollaboration #InnovationEcosystems #BrazilNetherlands #AgricultureTech

🌍 Call for Collaboration: Extreme Heat & Water Events Partnership 🌡️💧 Scientists and researchers from São Paulo (Brazil) and the Netherlands are invited to join forces in tackling the challenges posed by extreme heat and water events. Through the cooperation between FAPESP and NWO (Dutch Research Council) Merian Fund, there are funds available for exciting international research collaboration. 🔗 How to Get Involved: - If you or your organization is still looking for a partner to jointly apply for funding, send us a message or write a comment below. We will then send you the partnership request form! - Deadline for the partnership request form is November 21, 2024 On December 12, 2024 FAPESP and NWO organize a Virtual Matchmaking Event. Click on the link to register. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate on innovative science projects addressing extreme heat and water events, which are becoming more prevalent globally. Robert Thijssen Jens K. Daniël Burgers Ernst-Jan Bakker Anna-Maria Janssen #ResearchPartnership #Collaboration #ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat #WaterEvents #Sustainability #FAPESP #NWO #Innovation #Brazil #Netherlands #GlobalChallenges #Science #Research

🚀 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩: 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 🌍 Innovatie Attaché Netwerk Brazilië / Netherlands Innovation Attaché Network Brazil just wrapped up an exciting week at the Netherlands Innovation Network Fall Visit! From November 4-8, we had the pleasure of joining our colleagues of the Innovatie Attaché Netwerk / IA (Netherlands Innovation Network) from 14 countries to The Hague for an inspiring and action-packed week of discussions, networking, and collaboration. Here are some of the highlights: 🌟 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐦 A fantastic opportunity to connect with 200+ professionals from across the global innovation ecosystem representatives from the government, research institutions, universities, and businesses. It was nice to meet familiar and new faces, for example, we have met up with some participants of the Hydrogen Innovation Mission last October to reconnect. 🔍 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 We visited TNO, Deltares, and Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum to dive deep into cutting-edge innovations in energy materials, AI, and data technologies. The visit to Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum highlighted the opportunities of collaboration between the Dutch and Brazilian #aviation #ecosystems, for example Embraer aircraft wings are tested in wind tunnels in the Netherlands. 💡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 We also identified funding opportunities for Dutch and Brazilian startups, scale-ups and innovation projects. We met with Invest International and Invest-NL, both organizations have different strategies to fund international projects. Our goal is to find the right match of instruments, projects and innovative organizations for you! Thank you to all the partners and contributors who made this week a success! We look forward to continuing to drive international innovation collaboration forward! Ministerie van Economische Zaken Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO) Innovatie Attaché Netwerk / IA (Netherlands Innovation Network) Robert Thijssen Jens K. Daniël Burgers Anna-Maria Janssen Roel Bruinsma #Innovation #GlobalCollaboration #Networking #AI #Research #Development #NetherlandsInnovation #Technology #FutureofInnovation #InternationalPartnerships #InnovationEcosystem

💧 A quick recap of the Hydrogen Innovation Mission last month. We interviewed three participants on their take aways from their experience and what they have learned during the mission. Today we are highlighting the potential of the scientific collaboration between the Netherlands and Brazil in the field of hydrogen with professor Aayan Banerjee from the University of Twente. Robert Thijssen Tijmen Steensma Daniël Burgers Jens K. Anna-Maria Janssen Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI)

🔥 25 years of partnership between Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Delft University of Technology. An example of the great potential of Brazilian-Dutch research collaboration and a good reason to celebrate! 🔬 Founders of the collaboration and researchers from both universities presented the results of the research done within the project on Biobased solutions for a sustainable society. Plans for the future were made, including the launch of a new initiative: the Academic Leadership and Collaboration Programme selected 12 young professors from both universities and will start next month. 🌳 A delegation from the Innovatie Attaché Netwerk Brazilië / Netherlands Innovation Attaché Network Brazil was also present: counselor Robert Thijssen spoke about he importance of Dutch-Brazilian R&D collaboration and Jacqueline Vaessen from ChemistryNL pointed out why the bioeconomy is so important for both the Netherlands and Brazil. https://lnkd.in/dYCQx759 Gustavo Paim Valenca Patricia Osseweijer Telma Franco Antonio José de Almeida Meirelles Ena Voûte Marie Kummerlowe Ernst-Jan Bakker Daniël Burgers Jens K. Luis Cortez Telma Franco José Maria F. J. da Silveira John A. Posada Innovatie Attaché Netwerk / IA (Netherlands Innovation Network) Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil

Policy, business and research in the field of #sustainable #carbon were discussed at the Dutch-Brazilian panel on Sustainable Carbon at the #BBEST IEA-Bioenergy Conference in São Paulo. Moderated by Jacqueline Vaessen, the panel sought to give insights into the different perspectives. From both the Brazilian and Dutch side, the full triple helix was invited, with representatives from the #private #sector, the #academic world and the #government. This resulted in interesting presentations, fruitful discussions and space for questions from the audience. During this session, we learned: 👉 how Raízen and Vertoro B.V. have shaped a concrete precedent for Dutch-Brazilian partnership in the private sector, which will result in better #valorization of #lignin streams; 👉 how the TU Delft and Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) look at the big picture when they perform research, taking into account tradeoffs between #biodiversity, #water and #agricultural land use, and always considering the local context for the sustainable production of #biobased products; and lastly, 👉 how both the #Dutch and #Brazilian governments are aligning their policies, and prepare to collaborate in order to facilitate the transition to #biofuels and other biobased products, and make policies that will result in sustainable carbon value chains. Robert Thijssen Jens K. Daniël Burgers Anna-Maria Janssen Tijmen Steensma Jacqueline Vaessen Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes Dr. Michael Boot John A. Posada Eduardo do Couto e Silva Lais Thomaz Willemijn Witteveen

Yesterday at the BBEST IEA-Bioenergy Conference in São Paulo, Robert Thijssen and Connie McManus announced the upcoming NWO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) FAPESP call: #Integrated #biorefineries for a #circular #future. This bilateral R&D call will open next month and will give Dutch and Brazilian researchers an opportunity to jointly develop bilateral projects for the biorefineries of the future and receive funding!   NWO (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) and FAPESP have a long history of collaboration and this is the first call that requires co-funding at the project level from one or more private companies that participate in the consortium, making it a truly #public-#private call. This facilitates translation of new technology to the private sector for scale up. With this call a next step is made in the strategy of the Netherlands to intensify the collaboration with Brazil in field of process technology and biorefinery.   Follow the link to the announcement for more detailed information: https://lnkd.in/efkjgS_Y Ron Winkler Eda Bener Aksam Glaucia Souza Robert Thijssen Ernst-Jan Bakker Jens K. Daniël Burgers Tijmen Steensma Anna-Maria Janssen

At the headquarters of dsm-firmenich in São Paulo, ChemistryNL and Brazilian Bioinnovation Association - ABBI signed an #MOU in the area of #biorefinery, in the presence of Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Aid Reinette Klever, which will result in an impactful partnership from a private sector perspective between Brazil and the Netherlands in the area of biorefinery and sustainable carbon for the energy transition.   Both Brazil and the Netherlands are well positioned to make this transition to biobased feedstocks and to lead in innovations in this field, through strong agrifood and chemical sectors with innovative clusters on biochemistry and biorefinery. The importance of innovation in the field of biorefineries is crucial, and this MOU aims to stimulate the set-up of new bilateral R&D projects, exchange of expertise, private sector-government interaction and to involve participants from both organizations and their members.   This MOU fits well in the context of existing Netherlands and Brazil STI-relations in the field of biorefinery, since the government-to-government MOU, namely the Joint Program of Collaboration on Science, Technology and Innovation has been signed during the Joint Committee Meeting between Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação last May in Brasília.   Congratulations to ChemistryNL and Brazilian Bioinnovation Association - ABBI and good luck embarking on a shared journey of developing biobased streams for necessary #defossilization of the #chemical #industry. Jacqueline Vaessen Thiago Falda Robert Thijssen Mauricio Adade Willemijn Witteveen Wieneke Vullings Vasco Rodrigues Daniël Burgers

🚗✈️🚢 The mobility sector plays a major role in the emission of greenhouse gases, and, like the Netherlands, Brazil is taking steps to decarbonize. Today Jens K. visited the conference of SAE BRASIL to look at the latest innovations. Brazil is already a few steps ahead of the Netherlands when it comes to biofuels. A hybrid bus running on bio-ethanol was presented by Marcopolo S.A. They also gave us a sneak-peak at the shiny bus in the back of the photo, which runs on hydrogen produced at USP - Universidade de São Paulo by Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI) ‘s soon to open ethanol reform plant. When the plant opens and the bus starts running, you can expect a detailed report on this account. Speaking of reformers: Sabó works with a consortium of universities on a mobile reformer, that makes ethanol combustion more efficient by injecting the hydrogen back into the motor. To be completely ‘net zero’, vehicles will have to run on for example batteries or hydrogen. Often, fuel cells are used by this, but Tupy presented an actual hydrogen combustion engine. This Brazilian company has its European headquarters in Arnhem. It’s great to see steps taken to completely zero emission road transport, and therefore the Netherlands supports CALSTART ‘s global mou on Zero-Emission Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles’. Is your own country or company on the right track to zero emission mobility? Is there any innovation we missed on SAE? Let us know in the comments. Kingdom of the Netherlands in Brazil Innovatie Attaché Netwerk / IA (Netherlands Innovation Network) Robert Thijssen Daniël Burgers Rosemarie Cramer Tijmen Steensma Anna-Maria Janssen Everton Baria Rafael Obara, PhD Claudio Salvático Andre Ferrarese