FAPESP Week set to stimulate cooperation between scientists in Brazil and Belgium
Joint research results and opportunities will be discussed during symposia on Brussels
In 2018, from October 8 to 10, the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Department of Economy, Science & Innovation (EWI), the National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and the Wallonie-Brussels International (WBI), will organize FAPESP WEEK BELGIUM.
The symposium at the Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée aims at strengthening the links between researchers from Brazil and Belgium with the objective of promoting research partnerships.
FAPESP WEEK BELGIUM will create opportunities for connecting researchers in Belgium and in São Paulo, Brazil, promoting collaboration in research topics relevant to both countries.
The overall themes for the symposium will be:
- Great Societal Challenges: Metropoles, Crisis and Migration.
- Biotechnology: Agrobusiness, Health and Aging.
- Industry 4.0: Bio-economy (C02 capture, biomass).
- Smart Cities (IoT, Sustainable buildings).
FAPESP is one of the major funding agencies for scientific research in Brazil. Funded by the public taxpayer, its mission is to foster scientific research in all fields of knowledge by awarding scholarships, fellowships and grants to investigators linked with higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
FAPESP is aware that the very best research can only be done by working with the best researchers internationally. Therefore, it has established partnerships with funding agencies, higher education, private companies, and research organizations in other countries known by the quality of their research and has been encouraging scientists funded by its grants to further develop their international collaboration.
As part of these efforts, FAPESP has organized symposiums and exhibitions in several countries, in cities and states as Washington, D.C., Cambridge, North Carolina, California, Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska and Texas (US), Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Toronto, Salamanca, Madrid, Tokyo, London, Beijing and Munich. Now, Brussels, Liège and Leuven are added to this list.