Booklet - Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica

Mesoamerican Centre
for Theoretical Physics
Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica
Entrepreneurship Workshop
for Scientists and Engineers
December 2-6, 2013
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Organizers
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (Institute of Physics)
Fernando Brambila (Mexican Association for Innovation in
Educational Technology)
Joseph Niemela (International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics LLC)
Elí Santos (Vice-Director of MCTP)
Arnulfo Zepeda (Director of MCTP)
UNACH/MCTP, Ciudad Universitaria. Carretera Emiliano Zapata Km. 4,
Real del Bosque (Terán). Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico. C. P. 29050.
Tel. 52 (961) 617-80-00 ext. 1380. Http://www.mctp.unach.mx mctp.unach@gmail.com
F<MI
F^lhZf^kb\Zg<^gmk^
_hkMa^hk^mb\ZeIarlb\l
Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica
Entrepreneurship Workshop
for Scientists and Engineers
December 2-6, 2013,
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Venue: Opening Ceremony: “De los Constituyentes” Auditorium of Rectory in Campus I.
(Auditorio de los Constituyentes de Rectoría
en el Campus I).
Following days: “Council Room” of the Central
Library (Salón de Consejo de la Biblioteca
Central).
This one-week intensive Workshop is designed
for physicists and engineers from countries of
the Mesoamerican region who are interested in
learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions. Such an educational programme is missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working in
universities and scientific institutions. The participants will benefit from the international
perspective provided in this Workshop from both experts and co-participants from developing countries.
Goals and objectives
The objective of this Workshop is to introduce to scientists and engineers the process of
innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer and
commercialization of a product.
Topics included
Relation between scientific research, inventions and products; Institutional roles for commercialization; Physicists as inventors and entrepreneurs; Concept of intellectual property
(IP) and its significance in developing countries; Basics of patenting; Global IP protection;
Taking science to the market - Timelines and processes for taking an invention to product;
Working with industry; Small business financing and business plan fundamentals; Success
stories; Science parks and innovation tools; Business plan presentation by participants;
training of lecturers and scientists in development of an 'Entrepreneurship Curriculum'.
Cosponsors
Organizers
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Institute of Physics
Fernando Brambila
Mexican Association for Innovation in Educational
Technology
Joseph Niemela
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Surya Raghu
Advanced Fluidics LLC
Elí Santos
Co-Director of MCTP
Arnulfo Zepeda
Director of MCTP
Elí Santos
Vice-Director
Speakers
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (UK)
IOP
Fernando Brambila (Mexico)
Mexican Association for Innovation in Educational
Technology and UNAM
Richard Brooks (UK)
FD Solutions
Participation
Franklin Carrero-Martinez (USA)
US State Department
Attendance is open to scientists, engineers, enterpreneurs and investors from
Mesoamerican and The Caribbean countries. As the Workshop will be conducted in English,
participants should have an adequate working knowledge of that language.
José Enrique Cázares-Ávila (Mexico)
IMPI
As a rule, travel and subsistence expenses of the participants should be supported by the
home institution. Every effort should be made by candidates to secure support for their fare
(or at least half-fare). However, limited funds are available for some participants who are
nationals of, and working in, a developing country, and who are not more than 45 years old.
Such support is available only for those who attend the entire activity. Registration is
free-of-charge for all attendees.
Michael Lewis (USA/Mexico)
US Embassy in Mexico
Application
The On-line Application form can be accessed in
http://mctp.unach.mx/enterpreneurship_wse.html
Yumiko Hamano (France)
WIPO (RETD.)
Claudia Ludlow (Mexico)
Angel Ventures, Mexico
Duncan Moore (USA)
U. Rochester
Joseph Niemela (ITALY)
ICTP
Surya Raghu (USA)
Advanced Fluidics
Haru Yamasaki (Mexico)
FUMEC
Arnulfo Zepeda (Mexico)
MCTP and CINVESTAV
Complete information in:
Directorate
http://mctp.unach.mx/enterpreneurship_wse.html
Arnulfo Zepeda
Director
mctp@unach.mx, mctp.unach@gmail.com
Elí Santos
Vice-Director
About Workshop Organizing
Institutions
Mesoamerican Centre
for Theoretical Physics
Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica
On December 2011 the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Autonomous University of Chiapas (UNACH) signed an agreement for setting up suitable conditions for creating the Meso-American Institute for Science, a regional center for
science in Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico (ICTP-MAIS).
As a first step towards this aim, on August 2012 UNACH created the
Mesoamerican Centre for Theoretical Physics (MCTP), a
regional center which will conduct and develop research in physics,
mathematics, energy and environment, as well as foster education
through diploma courses, graduate programs, workshops and conferences, and promote the mobility of scientists of this region.
Mission
Contribute to the development of Basic and Applied Science, particularly in Physics, Mathematics, Energy and Environment, by professional and advanced teaching, research and extension of knowledge
in the region of Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Vision
Be the center of education, academic mobility, extension and research
in basic and applied sciences that promotes scientific and technological development of the highest quality and excellence in the region of
Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico.
Http://www.mctp.unach.mx
mctp@unach.mx and mctp.unach@gmail.com
4
The Mexican Association for Innovation in Educational
Technology, is a registered non-profit organization established to
assist in the production, research and innovation content, tools and
implementation strategies of Educational Technology, covering all areas of knowledge.
Its objective is to create tools and interactive digital educational materials quality, relevance and technology with ISO whole society benefits.
The AMITE is formed by a group of experts with extensive experience in the development of digital educational content in Mexico and
abroad who has been active in national and international projects.
The AMITE offers its services to any organization, institution or company that use or requires to implement new technologies in education,
broadcasting or communications.
http://www.amite.mx/
contacto@amite.mx
5
The American Physical Society is a non-profit membership
organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and
education, outreach, advocacy and international activities. APS represents over 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories and industry in the United States and throughout the
world. Society offices are located in College Park, MD (Headquarters),
Ridge, NY, and Washington, DC.
http://www.aps.org/
6
The National Council for Science and Technology was
established by order of H. Congress on December 29, 1970, as a public agency of the Federal Government, a member of the education
sector, with legal personality and its own. It is also responsible for
developing science and technology policies in Mexico. From its inception until 1999 there were two law reforms and to coordinate and
promote scientific and technological development and June 5, 2002
was enacted a new Law on Science and Technology.
The goal is to consolidate a National System of Science and Technology that responds to the priority needs of the country, to give solution
to specific problems and needs , and to help raise the standard of living and welfare of the population, this requires: Having a state policy
in the field, increase scientific and technological capacity of the country, raising the quality, competitiveness and innovation of enterprises.
Our Mission is to promote and strengthen the scientific and technological modernization of Mexico, through the formation of high-level
human resources, promotion and support of specific research projects and dissemination of scientific and technological information.
CONACYT contribute together with other departments and agencies
of the Federal Government and the productive sector to Mexico have
greater participation in the generation, acquisition and diffusion of
knowledge internationally, since society considerably increase its scientific and technological culture, enjoying of the benefits of this.
http://www.conacyt.gob.mx
7
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is
the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing
technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. IEEE and its members inspire a global community through IEEE’s
highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities.
IEEE, pronounced “Eye-triple-E,” stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The association is chartered under this
name and it is the full legal name.
IEEE’s core purpose is to foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity.
IEEE will be essential to the global technical community and to technical professionals everywhere, and be universally recognized for the
contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions.
IEEE creates an environment where members collaborate on worldchanging technologies – from computing and sustainable energy systems, to aerospace, communications, robotics, healthcare, and more.
The IEEE Brand Identity Toolkit explains the basic usage rules for all
corporate identity elements and how to utilize them to create a powerful and consistent communications pieces.
http://www.ieee.org/index.html
8
The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific society promoting
physics and bringing physicists together for the benefit of all.
It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000 comprising physicists from all sectors, as well as those with an interest in physics. It
works to advance physics research, application and education; and
engages with policy makers and the public to develop awareness and
understanding of physics. Its publishing company, IOP Publishing, is
a world leader in professional scientific communications.
http://www.iop.org.
9
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics has been a driving force behind global efforts to advance
scientific expertise in the developing world for nearly 50 years.
Founded in 1964 by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, ICTP seeks
to accomplish its mandate by providing scientists from developing
countries with the continuing education and skills that they need to
enjoy long and productive careers. ICTP has been a major force in
stemming the scientific brain drain from the developing world.
ICTP alumni serve as professors at major universities, chairpersons of
academic departments, directors of research centres and ministers of
science and technology in nations throughout the developing world.
Many of them have been recognized in their own countries and internationally for their contributions to science and science policy. The
impact of ICTP extends well beyond the Centre’s facilities to virtually
every corner of the Earth.
ICTP’s mission is to foster the growth of advanced studies and research in physical and mathematical sciences, especially in support
of excellence in developing countries.
https://www.ictp.it/
10
Entrepreneurship Workshop for
Scientists and Engineers
This one-week intensive Workshop is designed for physicists and engineers from Mesoamerican region countries who are interested in
learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions. Such an educational programme is missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working in universities and scientific
institutions. The participants will benefit from the international perspective provided in this Workshop from both experts and co-participants from developing countries.
Goals and objectives
The objective of this Workshop is to introduce to scientists and engineers the process of innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer and commercialization of a product.
Topics include
Relation between scientific research, inventions and products; Institutional roles for commercialization; Physicists as inventors and entrepreneurs; Concept of intellectual property (IP) and its significance in
developing countries; Basics of patenting; Global IP protection; Taking
science to the market - Timelines and processes for taking an invention
to product; Working with industry; Small business financing and business plan fundamentals; Success stories; Science parks and innovation tools; Business plan presentation by participants; training of lecturers and scientists in development of an ‘Entrepreneurship Curriculum’.
11
Entrepreneurship Workshop for
Scientists and Engineers
Day 1: Monday, December 2, 2013.
Session Chairs:
Morning: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Afternoon: Arnulfo Zepeda
Room: Auditorio de los Constituyentes.
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Arnulfo Zepeda (MCTP & Cinvestav), Rector of UNACH
Jaime Valls Esponda, Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (IOP) and
Joseph Niemela (ICTP)
Welcome Remarks
9:15-10:30
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (IOP) & Surya Raghu (Advanced
Fluidics)
Brief introduction of speakers and organizers, Workshop
Objectives
Richard Brooks (FD Solutions)/Joseph Niemela (ICTP)
1. “Speed-Networking” Exercise
2. Assignment of Project Groups
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Franklin Carrero-Martínez (US State Department)
US-Central American Govt Partnerships for Entrepreneurship Promotion and Economic Development
12:00-13:00 Duncan Moore (U. Rochester)
Commercializing your inventions - What does it take for a
Scientist or Engineer to be an Entrepreneur?
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break
12
Room: Consejo Universitario at Carlos Maciel Espinoza Library.
14:30-15:30 Panel and group exercise
Raghu/Franklin/Dipali/Richard/Brambila/representative
of the Chiapas Council of Enterprises
Opportunities and Barriers for Commercialization in the region
15:30-16:30 Richard Brooks (FD Solutions)
Making a business case of an idea - a classroom exercise,
introduction to sales price and gross margin, a worked
example and introduction to group project
16:30-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 All Speakers
Group Project Part 1
1. Groups meet with mentors
2. Product
3. Management team
18:00-18:15 Surya Raghu/Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Wrap-up and example video of group project
Day 2: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Room: Consejo Universitario at Carlos Maciel Espinoza Library.
Session Chairs:
Morning: Franklin Carrero-Martínez
Afternoon: Fernando Brambila
08:30-09:00
Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics)
Technology Forecasting and Opportunity Assessment
09:30-11:00
Richard Brooks (FD Solutions)
Financial terminology including financial forecast app, Return
on Investment and Valuation, Business Plan Fundamentals
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
13
11:30-12:30
Yumiko Hamano (WIPO University Initiative)
Concept of intellectual property and its significance for
starting a high-tech company
IP: Patents, trade secrets and trademarks
Who is the inventor and who is not?
Who owns the rights to an invention - you or your organization/company?
Publications vs. patents.
12:30-14:00
Lunch with group mentors, Group Photo
14:00-15:00
Yumiko Hamano/Surya Raghu
Classroom exercise on patenting an idea
15:00-16:00
José Enrique Cázares-Avila (IMPI)
The Local Patent Office and Patent Filing Procedures
16:00-16:15
Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
Richard Brooks/Surya Raghu
Classroom exercise on commercializing an idea
17:30-18:15
All speakers and participants
Group Project Part 2
1. IP evaluation and IP strategy
2. Financial Overview
3. Estimating Potential Gross Margin.
18:15-19:30
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan/Surya Raghu
Wrap-up for the Day 2
Day 3: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Room: Consejo Universitario at Carlos Maciel Espinoza Library.
Session Chairs:
Morning: Amy Flatten
Afternoon: Joseph Niemela
08:30-09:45
14
Yumiko Hamano/Surya Raghu
Commercializing your innovation - Decision to form your
own start-up, license or sell your technology? How does
a single inventor/university team/small company make
these decisions? Who is the customer? How viable is the
technology and how receptive is the market?
09:45-11:00
Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics)
Taking the inventions to market - Evaluating the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of an invention for commercialization, processes involved and estimates of time required
to develop a product from an invention.
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:15
Michael Lewis (US Embassy in Mexico)
Importance and consequences of IP Enforcement in
Mexico and the region
12:15-13:30
Lunch with group mentors
13:30-14:30
Duncan Moore
Inventions to start-ups – the ecosystem in the US
14:30-15:30
Haru Yamasaki (FUMEC)
Start-up financing options and Expectations of Funders
(Govt., Banks, Angel investors and VCs) in Mexico for
investing in Hi-Tech Start-Ups”
15:30-15:45
Coffee Break
15:45-16:45
Fernando Brambila (AMITE & UNAM)
Examples of successful relations: Enterprise-Academy
16:45-17:45
All speakers and participants
Group Project Part 3
Competition Analysis
Barriers to Entry
Strategic Relationships
Forecasting costs and cash requirement, time to market
and breakeven, Return on Investment
17:45-18:00
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan/Surya Raghu
Wrap-up for the Day 3
15
Day 4: Thursday, December 5, 2013
Room: Consejo Universitario at Carlos Maciel Espinoza Library.
Session Chairs:
Morning: Elí Santos
Afternoon: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
16
08:30-09:30
Duncan Moore (U. Rochester)
Importance of Marketing
09:30-10:30
Yumiko Hamano
Legal Documents for Entrepreneurs
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Claudia Ludlow (Angel Ventures)
Start-ups in Mexico
12:00-13:00
Richard Brooks
Pitching for Cash
13:00-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-14:45
Surya Raghu
Getting Started, Key Decisions and Learning from Failures
14:45-15:30
Joseph Niemela/Richard Brooks
Some insights into proposal and business plan writing
15:30-16:15
Central American Organization of Universities (CSUCA)
“Programa Universidad-Empresa para el Desarrollo Sostenible (PUEDES) in Guatemala”
16:15-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-17:15
(optional
session)
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan/Surya Raghu
Introducing Entrepreneurship and Business skills in Science Curriculum
16:30-18:30
All speakers available for consultation on projects
Group Project Part 4 Complete the 10-minute pitch and
practice for Friday’s presentation using guidelines provided.
Day 5: Friday, December 6, 2013
Room: Consejo Universitario at Carlos Maciel Espinoza Library.
09:00-10:00
Panel: All Speakers, Local industry, business and funding representatives (TBD)
Richard Brooks (FD Solutions)
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Upload business-pitch presentations
Determine order of presentations
Introduction to rules of presentations
Introduction to the panel of judges
10:00-11:00
Timekeeping Official: F. Carrero-Martinez
Session 1, Groups 1, 2, 3,
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:15
Timekeeping Official: F. Carrero-Martinez
Session 2, Groups 5, 6, 7,
12:15-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:00
All panelists:
Moderator: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions)
Feedback to the participants on their business pitch
All participants
Moderator: Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics)
Feedback from participants to the organizers (written
and informal)
15:00-15:15
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Follow-up Support from IOP
15:15-5:30
Amy Flatten
Follow up Support from APS
15:30
Joseph Niemela and Arnulfo Zepeda
Concluding Remarks
Distribution of Certificates after handing out the written evaluations.
17
Suggested Hotels
All rates include taxes. May be changes without notice.
Only the Hotels Chiapas Inn, Palmareca, Holiday Inn, and Crowne
Plaza offer special rates for UNACH.
The Crowne Plaza is the headquarters hotel.
Crowne Plaza
This is the headquarters hotel.
It offers special rate to UNACH
http://www.crowneplaza.com/
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez Km.
1081 B, Col. Jardines de Tuxtla.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
México. C.P. 29020
52 (961) 617-10-00
Hotel Crowne Plaza is next to the hotel Holiday Inn. The hotel has
a restaurant, lobby bar, room service, internet Wi-Fi, outdoor swimming pool for adults and children, a gymnasium, green areas, business center (secretarial services), travel agency, rent a car, parking lot,
bus parking area, laundering and dry cleaning.
$ 1,073.00 pesos (approximately $84 dollars) single and double room.
Breakfast is included in the accommodations price.
Chiapas Inn
It offers special rate to UNACH
http://www.hotelchiapasinn.com
Calzada Emiliano Zapata No. 1927,
Colonia Loma Bonita (Terán).
C.P. 29050 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
52 (961) 146 41 67
18
Chiapas Inn is only 15 minutes of UNACH and it is the nearest hotel
to MCTP, just 10 minutes. The hotel has a restaurant, high-speed Internet, laundering and dry cleaning, parking lot, barbershop, travel
agency and hotel-airport transportation.
$350 pesos (approximately $27 dollars) single room.
$450 pesos (approximately $35 dollars) double room.
Best Western Palmareca
It offers special rate to
UNACH
http://www.palmareca.com/sitio
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez No.
4120-2, Col. Jardines de Tuxtla.
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. México.
52 (961) 617-00-00
Best Western Palmareca is in front of UNACH. The Hotel has a
restaurant,bar, room service, free Internet Wi-Fi, outdoor swimming
pool, a gymnasium, 24 hours Business center, travel agency and
parking lot.
$785.00 pesos (approximately $61 dollars) single room.
$857.00 pesos (approximately $67 dollars) double room.
Palace Inn
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez km. 1081
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
52 (961) 615-05-74, 615-69-31 y 615-05-99
The hotel has a restaurant, room service, swimming pool, gymnasium,
internet, and parking lot.
$562.00 pesos (approximately $44 dollars) single room.
$630.00 pesos (approximately $49 dollars) double room.
19
Holiday Inn
It offers special rate to UNACH
http://www.holidayinn.com
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez
Km. 1081 B, Col. Jardines de
Tuxtla. Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. México. C.P. 29020
52 (961) 617-10-00
Holiday Inn is next to the UNACH. The hotel has a restaurant, lobby bar, room service, internet
Wi-Fi, outdoor swimming pool for adults and children, a gymnasium,
green areas, business center (secretarial services), travel agency, rent
a car, parking lot, bus parking area, laundering and dry cleaning.
$ 920.00 pesos (approximately $72 dollars) single and double room.
Breakfast is included in the accommodations price.
Palace Inn
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez km. 1081
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
52 (961) 615-05-74, 615-69-31 y 615-05-99
The hotel has a restaurant, room service, swimming pool, gymnasium,
internet, and parking lot.
$562.00 pesos (approximately $44 dollars) single room.
$630.00 pesos (approximately $49 dollars) double room.
Palapa Palace
http://www.hotelpalapapalace.com/
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez No.4389, Fracc. La Gloria
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
52 (961) 671 9125
Palapa Palace is only 12 minutes of UNACH. The Hotel has a restau20
rant, room service, outdoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, Internet
Wi-Fi and parking lot.
$624.00 pesos (approximately $49 dollars) single room.
$699.00 pesos (approximately $54 dollars) double room.
Hilton Garden Inn
http://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/index.html
Blvd. Belisario Domínguez # 1641.
C.P. 29000 Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas.
52 (961) 617-18-00
Hilton Garden Inn is only 10 minutes of UNACH. The hotel has a restaurant, room service, the room has a bedself-adjusting Garden Sleep
system, high-speed Internet, outdoor swimming pool, a gymnasium,
24-hours business center (free secure remote printing), laundering
and dry cleaning, parking lot.
$1,534 pesos (approximately $119 dollars) single and double room.
21
Local information
Calzada De Los Hombres Ilustres
(Famous Men Walkway)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/?do=servicio&sub=31&id=285
It is one of the oldest and most traditional of the capital, adorned by
a thick forest that welcomes with the Museum and Dr. Faustino Miranda Botanical Garden. Across the road, in a walk of 150 m. locates
approximate the Regional Museum of Anthropology and History, and
almost in front of the Museum of Paleontology Eliseo Palacios Aguilera. At the end of the road is located the City Theatre Emilio Rabasa.
The Illustrious Causeway is located on the North East side of the City.
Museo Regional
(Regional Museum)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/?do=servicio&sub=31&id=286
The Museum displays exclusive archaeological pieces of Chiapas. It
has two permanent exhibits: the first refers to the pre-Hispanic peo22
ples of the state and contains a collection of valuable archaeological
pieces, the second room houses historical aspects, artistic and ethnographic sixteenth century with an important collection of colonial
art of Chiapas, the thirth is temporary showroom.
Museo De Paleontología Eliseo Palacios Aguilera
(Eliseo Palacios Aguilera Museum Of Palaeontology)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/?do=servicio&sub=31&id=287
The fossils on display dating from different ages, with fossils than
10,000 years to 300 million years, there have been several new species to science.
Museo Botánico
(Botanical Museum)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/?do=servicio&sub=31&id=288
The Botanical Museum is in front of the main entrance of the Botanic
Garden. The main collection is the Wood Museum of Chiapas, another
important collection is about Medicinal Plants.
23
Jardín Botánico
(Botanical Garden)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/?do=servicio&sub=31&id=289
Founded in 1949 by Dr. Faustino Miranda, it is located on the Avenue
of the Illustrious, the Garden stands as a forest in the center of the
Capital. On a tour of the Garden Zoque seen, the cacti, the medicinal
plants and aquatic, including living collections.
Museo De La Ciudad
(Museum Of The City)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/index.php?do=servicio&sub=31&id=292
Its is an old house in the San Roque area, known as San Andres. It is
located in one of the four original neighborhoods in Tuxtla Gutierrez.
This site provides information about the history and urban development of the capital of the state of Chiapas.
24
Zoológico Miguel Álvarez del Toro
(Miguel Alvarez del Toro Zoo)
http://bit.ly/I7xabS
Located in the Natural Reserve “The Zapotal”, just five minutes from
the downtown of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Regional Zoo Miguel Alvarez del
Toro or ZOOMAT is considered one of the best zoos in Latin America.
The visitors can observe the animals that live in the region through a
circuit fashion walker.
Daytime tours: Tuesday to Sunday: from 8:30 to 16:00.
General: $ 20.00, Credential: $ 10.00 (students, teachers, retirees,
pensioners and older than 60 years).
Parque Bicentenario
(Bicentennial Park)
http://www.turismo.tuxtla.gob.mx/index.php?do=servicio&sub=31&id=294
Here is the Monument to the Flag which has a huge flagpole of 25 feet
high and was built in 1942 with a cover of inspiration prehispanic flat
reliefs that provide the backdrop for two female figures shaking hands,
representing the Chiapas Federation to the Republic of Mexico in 1824.
25
Parque Nacional Cañón del Sumidero
(Sumidero Canion National Park)
http://www.turismochiapas.gob.mx/sectur/can-del-sumidero
Walls made of limestone that reach altitudes of up to 1,200 meters,
lush vegetation, wildlife , valuable geological adorn abundant runoff
and simultaneously feed the Grijalva, one of the largest rivers in the
country are some of the elements of one of the most breathtaking
scenery in Mexico : The Sumidero Canyon, declared a national Park
since 1980.
Impressive geological fault over 30 million years, which brings unique
conditions for its variety of vegetation, allowing the habitat and refuge
for species in imminent danger of extinction such as the: hocofaisán
, spider monkey and crocodile river as well as endangered species
such as: jaguarundi, ocelot ,agouti ,deer, anteaters and king Vulture .
Access to the canyon so you can make by land, following first the
road to Tuxtla Gutierrez and then Walkway to sink , reaching the viewpoints of the Canyon: La Ceiba, The Coyote, The Roblar, The Tepehuaje and The Chiapa, which since heights show a panoramic view of its
spectacular beauty .
26
San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
http://sancristobal.gob.mx/
For its colonial past as their ancestral indigenous background , San
Cristobal de Las Casas is considered “Magic Town” for the wonderful
preservation of their customs and maintenance of colonial buildings.
Ideal destination for nearby towns such as Amatenango del Valle, San
Juan Chamula, Teopisca, Zinacantán Tenejapa, Oxchuc, San Andrés
and Chenalhó Larráinzar all inhabited by indigenous people belonging
to ethnic Tzeltal and Tzotzil Maya inheritance .
Visually San Cristobal de Las Casas is a beautiful colonial city that
preserves its traditional red-tiled roofs, yards with flowers, baroque
facades, Moorish-style buildings and huge mansions and neoclassical showing the splendor of Mexican colonial architecture.
Its narrow cobbled streets lead us to the center of the city, to the Plaza
March 31 that transports us to the eighteenth-century Magic .
Knowing San Cristobal is walk across the Tourist Corridor that part of
the Diego de Mazariegos house, go through the Cathedral, Los Portales , the magnificent church of Santo Domingo, San Francisco and
Baroque, the Temple of Mercy, the former Temple Theatre St. Augustine Zebadúa, and finish the tour in the arch of El Carmen .
Culturally San Cristobal de Las Casas has a reputation among its museums and cultural centers are: Jade Museum, Museo Na - BOLOM,
Amber Museum, Cultural Center of the Highlands of Chiapas, Museum of Popular Culture, Museum of Mayan Medicine and the Metalworking Museum.
27
Organizers
and speakers
28
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (UK)
Institute of Physics
dipali.bhatt-chauhan@iop.org
Dipali is currently responsible for a wide range of IOP’s international
activities, with particular experience in enhancing educational opportunities in nine sub-Saharan African countries such as Ghana, Gambia, Ethiopia, Malawi and Rwanda, and providing entrepreneurship
training to practising scientists/engineers from developing countries
such as Jordan, India, Argentina, Indonesia, South Africa, Ethiopia,
Lebanon, Philippines and Brazil. She has successfully organised 14
training courses and have trained hundreds of scientists/engineers
around the world.
Dipali manages IOP’s school programme, IOP for Africa, establishing IOP resource centres to promote hands-on physics education
throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, and provide low-cost equipment and
training for teachers in developing countries.
Alongside her educational work Dipali designs and organises training
programmes for scientists and engineers from developing countries
on ‘Entrepreneurial Skills’. The Entrepreneurship Workshops are designed to introduce key concepts to scientists and engineers, from
technology transfer to the commercialisation of research and the generation and protection of intellectual property.
She also manages the Institute’s relations with other physics-related
learned societies outside the UK. She has a PhD in Molecular Electronics from Sheffield University, UK, following which she gained professional experience working in both the semiconductor industry and
academia in the UK. She is a member of International Union of Pure
and Applied Physics (IUPAP): Commission C13 Physics for Development and Member of European Physical Society (EPS) - Interdivisional
Group of Physics for Development (IGPD).
29
Fernando Brambila (Mexico)
AMITE and UNAM
fernando.brambila@amite.mx
Born in Mexico City in 1957. Obtained his B.S. in Mathematics from
the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and received
his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with his dissertation about “Scattering theory for short range perturbations” under Gunther A. Uhlmann advice. He did a Postdoctoral stay at the
International Center for Theorical Physics in Trieste, Italy.
He has been awarded with distinctions such as the National University Prize for Academic Youth and the Gabino Barreda medal (UNAM).
Dr. Brambila is Member of the American Mathematical Society since
1979 and elected member of Science Academy of New York. He is
also a former president of the Mexican Mathematical Society.
He has collaborated repeatedly with the Mexican National Council of
Science and Technology (CONACyT) and in several projects on Innovation. He is counselor to the Secretariat of Public Education and he
is member of the Counselor Forum of ICT of Mexico city.
He has been professor at the UNAM for over 25 years and during that
time he has directed diverse thesis of Bachelor degrees, Masters and
PHD studies and published several articles in scientific magazines.
Currently he is the president of AMITE (Mexican Association for Innovation in Educational Technology).
30
Richard Brooks (UK)
FD Solutions.
richard.brooks@fdsolutions.uk.com
Richard is a chartered accountant with over 25 years’ experience of
working with start-ups and small and medium sized enterprises. Richard lives in Cambridge and provides a finance director service to a
range of businesses. He has a particular interest in innovative financing options and he has developed and implemented innovative approaches to financing and management information systems.
Richard is Co-founder and director of FD Solutions. Vice Chair of
PraxisUnico, the educational not-for-profit organisation supporting innovation and commercialisation of public sector and charity research
for social and economic impact. Finance Director of Cellcentric,
a dominant discovery platform in epigenetics. Former Chairman of
widely-acclaimed The People’s Supermarket. Sits on the Finance and
Taxation Committee of the BioIndustry Association.
Richard qualified at Ernst & Whinney (E&W) in Edinburgh in 1984 and
moved to London with E&W (now Ernst & Young/EY). After finance
roles in London with The Arts Council and Island Records he became
Financial Controller of Samuelson Group Plc and Finance Director of
Samuelson Communications Ltd.
In 1990 he moved to Laserpoint Communications Ltd in Cambridge
as Finance Director. In 1991 he was appointed as Managing Director
as part of an agreement to put the company into administration. Since
then he has developed particular expertise in technology, food, manufacturing, and not-for-profit businesses.
As co-founder of FD Solutions, Richard has overseen growth of the
business from start-up to the firm being the leading provider of flexible
Director services. FD Solutions also provides HR director services.
31
Franklin Carrero-Martínez (USA)
US State Department
Carrero-MartinezFA@state.gov
Dr. Franklin Carrero-Martínez is a senior policy advisor with the Office of the
Science and Technology Adviser (STAS) to the Secretary of State. After completing his BS in Biology he enrolled in the Cell and Structural Biology program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and upon completion
of his Ph.D. thesis research, he joined the National Institute of Genetics in the
Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan as a research fellow. Upon his return to Puerto
Rico he joined UPR-Mayagüez as an assistant professor of Biology. There
he established a competitive basic and applied research program in Cell and
Developmental Neurobiology. There he led efforts aimed at understanding
the cellular and molecular dynamics that shape synapse formation. He later
expanded his research program to include evidence-based approaches on
how to best develop talent among students with high potential, but lacking
experience and exposure to research. Last year, Franklin was named the
Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This distinction “provides a unique
opportunity for an accomplished scientist to address global stewardship issues by applying his broad, multidisciplinary background toward solutions to
important societal problems”. He served with a dual appointment between
the US National Academy of Sciences and STAS. Franklin joined the Department of State for a second year shaping the science diaspora effort, entrepreneurship and education and many other S&T issues faced by developing,
transitional, and advanced industrial societies.
32
José Enrique Cázares-Ávila (Mexico)
IMPI
jcazares@impi.gob.mx
José Enrique Cázares Ávila is Mechanical Engineer by the National
Polytechnic Institute, (ESIME, IPN). His Industrial Property Experience
include Substantive Examiner for Utility Models and Patents.
since april 1999 to October 2006 at Mexican Institute of Industrial
Property (IMPI), Supervisor of Substantive Examination, since november 2006 to January 2013 and Coordinator of Substantive Examination in Mechanical Area, since February 2013.
Substantive Examination Courses that Enrique Cázares complete are:
Patent training for new examiners, Imparted by European Patent Office and State Intelectual Property Office of Popular Republic of China
on July 1 - 5, 2002. Participant in the program of Latin American Cooperation in International Patent Searches (CIBIT), Since FebruaryDecember 2005 imparted by Spanish Patent and Trademark Office,
and Training the trainer on EPOQUE Net (Database for patent search
in European Patent Office) on October 9 – 13, 2006.
33
Yumiko Hamano (France)
IP and Business Consultant,
ET Cube International
yhamano309@gmail.com
Ms. Yumiko Hamano, a national of Japan, has extensive experience
in the field of intellectual property in particular, patents, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) System, university intellectual property management, university intellectual property policies, technology transfer, technology commercialization, entrepreneurship and technology
based business strategies.
Until April 2013, she had worked as a senior official for over 25 years
at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva based
United Nations’ specialized agency, responsible for the promotion of
intellectual property systems and protection of intellectual property
rights worldwide.
Together with two other partners, she has now founded a consulting
and training company ET Cube International providing training and
consulting services on intellectual property policies, intellectual property management, technology transfer and technology based entrepreneurship in collaboration with various international organizations
including government institutions. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer in international conferences and professional training.
In addition to her technical expertise she has solid diplomatic skills
built over her long experience in working in the United Nations organization and organizing more than 140 international conferences and
workshops through negotiation and coordination with governments
and inter-governmental organizations, in particular, major and middle
size Intellectual Property Offices and Ministries in charge of Science,
Technology, and Innovation.
34
Michael Lewis (USA/Mexico)
US Embassy in Mexico
Michael.Lewis@trade.gov
Michael G. Lewis is the First Secretary for Intellectual Property and
will be stationed at the U.S. Embassy, Mexico in 2012. In 2011, Mr.
Lewis served as Director and Senior Advisor in the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), Executive Office of
the President. Mr. Lewis was responsible for providing policy and
legal guidance on a broad range of intellectual property matters to the
IPEC, coordinating the development and execution of the Administration’s Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement,
and facilitated the issuance of policy guidance to U.S. departments
and agencies on intellectual property enforcement issues.
Prior to his service with IPEC, Mr. Lewis served as Acting Chief of Staff
and Associate Counsel in the Office of General Counsel at the United
States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). As acting Chief of Staff,
Mr. Lewis assisted in the oversight and direction of the activities of the
Office of General Counsel (OGC), served as an advisor to the General
Counsel on substantive law and administrative related matters and
acted as the liaison between the General Counsel and OGC attorneys
to ensure implementation of legal services.
Mr. Lewis also served as a Trademark Examining Attorney with the
USPTO and a Copyright Examiner for the U.S. Copyright Office. Mr.
Lewis earned his BA in Political Science with a minor in Economics
from Howard University. He earned his Juris Doctor from the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law also in Washington DC. He
earned his L.L.M in Intellectual Property from Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.
35
Claudia Ludlow (Mexico)
Angel Ventures
cludlow@angelventuresmexico.com
Claudia Ludlow is a Business Administration with emphasis in Finance
by Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2007).
Current, Mrs. Ludlow works at Angel Ventures México in Mexico City
as Project Manager. She lead an eighteen month program with Red
Nacional de Ángeles Inversionistas at Colombia, to foster regional alliances to support internationalization of startups in South
America. Support eleven transactions to raise seed capital from angel investors, the eleven-company portfolio totals 10.8 million dollars
investments. Assist in the development and fundraising for the coinvestment fund AVM – I, a 20 million dollar fund that allocates coinvestments in enterprises seeking seed capital. Developed the
financial model and provide feedback to the follow-up process. Manage the pipeline of potential projects in order to identify value proposals for Club de Inversionistas de México. Develop and supervise the
“Business Plan Area” which focuses on developing financial models
specifically focused on raising capital.
Coordinate and create the Angel Ventures “Deal Digest” a quarterly
publication for investors and mentors, focused on showcasing current
and in-progress deals to attract investors and to receive feedback.
Maintain constant communication with entrepreneurs in order to give
them guidance and feedback on their projects as well as serve as a
the first filter and link between them and the Angel Ventures Mexico
selection committee. Train and oversee a team of 7 analysts every
semester through an internship program. Create, train, and coordinate
40 fellows and interns (both local and internationally based) who are
part of the Angel Ventures Mexico “Trainee Program” and the “Fellowship Program”.
36
Duncan Moore (USA)
U. Rochester
moore@optics.rochester.edu
The Honorable Duncan Moore is the Vice Provost of Entrepreneurship, the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering,
and Professor of Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Moore has extensive experience in the academic, research, business, and governmental arenas of science and technology.
Dr. Moore was Associate Director for Technology in The White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). In this position, he
worked with Dr. Neal Lane, President Clinton’s Science Advisor, to advise the President on U.S. technology policy; including the Next Generation Internet, Clean Car Initiative, elder tech, crime tech and NASA.
Dr. Moore holds Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in optics from the University of Rochester, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Maine. Dr. Moore was elected to the National Academy of
Engineering in February 1998. He has been the recipient of the Science and Technology Award of the Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce (1992), Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award of
the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association (1993), GradientIndex Award of the Japanese Applied Physics Society (1993), and
an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Maine
(1995). In 1999, he received the National Engineering Award of the
American Association of Engineering Societies and also was recognized as the Engineer of the Year by the Rochester Engineering Society. In 2006, Dr. Moore received the Gold Medal of The International
Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), and in 2009 Dr. Moore was
the recipient of the 2009 Edwin H. Land Medal presented by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology and the Optical Society of
America.
37
Joseph Niemela (Italy)
ICTP
niemela@ictp.it
Dr. Niemela is a Senior Research Scientist at ICTP, which he joined in
2003, and is currently head of its Applied Physics Group. In addition to
conducting research in areas of fluid turbulence and low temperature
physics, he coordinates a number of research and training programs
with external partners, including the Central European Initiative’s Science and Technology Network, the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics
(INFN), and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
He is a member of the teaching faculty of the University of Trieste
Doctoral School in Environmental and Industrial Fluid Mechanics and
besides teaching he serves on its Entrance Examination committee.
Dr. Niemela also serves as a board editor for Papers in Physics and the
African Review of Physics. He is a member of the European Physical
Society’s Physics for Development Board, and represents the ICTP on
the International Commission for Optics’ Education Committee.
Dr. Niemela is currently Director of the UNESCO’s Active Learning in
Optics and Photonics Program--an undergraduate level teacher training program-- and also serves as the ICTP liaison to UNESCO’s Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences. In addition, he represents
ICTP at the SESAME Council and is amember of the SESAME Training
and Advisory Committee (TrAC).
38
Surya Raghu (USA)
Advanced Fluidics
sraghu@advancedfluidics.com
Dr. Surya Raghu has been a co-director and speaker in workshops on
Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers in Argentina, Ethiopia,
India, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Philippines and South Africa,
a member of the missions to Morocco and Pakistan on Tech Transfer
and Research Commercialization. His recently developed Entrepreneurship Course Module has been implemented in several universities in the developing countries for training university students in the
basics of entrepreneurship.
He received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Yale
University in 1987 and is the founder-president of Advanced Fluidics
LLC since 2001. His earlier affiliations were with Yale University, Technical University of Berlin, SUNY Stony Brook, and Bowles Fluidics
Corporation. He has also been a visiting scientist at NIST and AFOSR
Laboratories and a guest lecturer at Kyushu Institute of Technology,
Japan.
Dr. Raghu has inventions related to aerospace, automotive, consumer
and biotechnology applications and has been awarded 12 US patents
and has over 10 pending patents/invention disclosures as an inventor
or co-inventor. He has experience in the development of products
from inventions related to physiological monitoring, DNA testing, wireless corrosion sensors, aerodynamic flow control and spray technology and has active research collaborations with many institutions in
the US and Europe. Dr. Raghu is a recipient of the Alexander von
Humboldt award from Germany and an Associate Fellow of the AIAA.
He has served as an invited member of the Special Emphasis Review Panels on Micro and Nanotechnology at the National Institutes
of Health.
39
Jaime Valls Esponda (Mexico)
UNACH
rectoria@unach.mx
Jaime Valls Esponda was born on July 22, 1968 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez,
Chiapas. He is Master in Political Economy by the University of Essex
in England, a grant from the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT), BA in Economics from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM ) and has an Automated Tax Diploma (ITAM).
His Experience includes has been Rector of the Autonomous University of Chiapas , (2010-2014), Municipal President of Tuxtla Gutierrez,
Chiapas (2008-2010), President of the Association of Local Authorities
of Mexico , AC, Secretary of Planning and Sustainable Development
of the Government of the State of Chiapas (December 2006 - April
2007), Treasurer of the City of Tuxtla Gutiérrez , Chiapas. (2005-2006)
Deputy General Manager of Investments and Federal Contributions in
the Coordination Unit with Federal Entities of the Ministry of Finance
and Public Credit (2002-2004), Deputy General Manager of Evaluation, Coordinator of advisers of the Sub-secretary of Communications and of the President of the Federal Comision of Telecomunications at the Communications and Transport Secretariat (1997-2001),
Chief of Staff of the Principal Officer of the Secretariat of Public Education, Head of Department , Deputy Director and Director of the
General Administration Area Collection, Treasurer and Secretary of the
National Association of Economists .
40
Haru Yamasaki (Mexico)
FUMEC
hyamasaki@fumec.org
As General Director of TechBA, Haru Yamasaki is currently responsible for coordinating, establishing and developing the program TechBA
(Technology Business Accelerator ) through its network of technology
business accelerators. TechBA is a program supported by the Ministry of Economy of Mexico and operated by the United States-Mexico
Foundation for Science (FUMEC) for the purpose of supporting first
class Mexican companies to bring innovative technology, products and
services to world markets. TechBA works with organizations and talented people from various regions in high-tech business ecosystems. The
program has presence in eight of the most dynamic regions, including Arizona, Austin, Michigan, Seattle and Silicon Valley in the United
States; Montreal and Vancouver in Canada, and Madrid in Spain.
Haru Yamasaki furthermore occupied the charge of General Director
of TechBA heads TechBA Arizona, where he played a key role in creating new strategic alliances with key local institutions in the economic
ecosystem of the region and the implementation of new models for involving Member companies and maximize the impact of the program.
Haru Yamasaki has over 15 years of experience in the design and implementation of science and technology strategies and management
practices as detonators of the technological innovation at economic
development of regions and organizations. He has held positions consulting and internal leadership, both public and private organizations
across a wide range of industries.
Haru Yamasaki has a Master of Science and Technology Policy by Science Policy Research Unit ( SPRU ) of the University of Sussex, UK,
and graduated with honors from the National Autonomous University of
Mexico (UNAM) in Electrician Mechanical Engineering (Industrial Area).
41
Arnulfo Zepeda (Mexico),
MCTP and CINVESTAV
zepeda@fis.cinvestav.mx
Arnulfo Zepeda is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics
of the Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav) and holds the category of National Researcher Emeritus in the
National System of Researchers.
He currently serves as Director of the Mesoamerican Center for Theoretical Physics installed at the Autonomous University of Chiapas in
Tuxtla Gutierrez.
Prof. Zepeda was born in the city of San Luis Potosi in Mexico in
1943. He studied nuclear engineering in Prague, Czechoslovakia, obtaining the degree of Master of Science in 1967 . Later he obtained
the degree of Doctor of Science specializing in Physics at Cinvestav in
1970 and a PhD in 1972 at Rockefeller University (USA). His specialty
has been the field of elementary particle physics, extending over the
past 17 years to ultraenergetic cosmic ray physics .
Prof. Zepeda has published more than 100 scientific articles, he was
President of the Division of Particles and Fields of the Mexican Physical Society and President of this society.
Prof. Zepeda has directed the research of more than 30 young scientists. And has received numerous awards.
Currently, Prof. Zepeda has specific roles in the scientific teams responsible for the construction and operation of ultra-high cosmicray
observatories: the Pierre Auger Observatory and the HAWC gamma
ray observatory, built the first in Argentina and the second in Mexico.
42
43
Organizers
Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
Institute of Physics
Fernando Brambila
Mexican Association for Innovation in Educational Technology
Joseph Niemela
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Surya Raghu
Advanced Fluidics LLC
Arnulfo Zepeda
Director of MCTP
Elí Santos
Vice-Director of MCTP
Further information and materials
scaning the QR code
Mesoamerican Centre
for Theoretical Physics
Centro Mesoamericano de Física Teórica