South Summit in Brazil highlights the power of international collaboration

South Summit is an international event focused on entrepreneurship and innovation, where startups, investors, corporations and innovation ecosystems come together to exchange knowledge and explore opportunities. This year’s edition took place in Porto Alegre (Brazil), gathering participants from different parts of Latin America and Europe, including IASP members. 

International collaboration in innovation was featured throughout the event, with IASP members such as Tecnopuc, Instituto Caldeira, Tecnosinos, Buenos Aires Innovation Park, and others, contributing to discussions and initiatives aimed at strengthening connections between ecosystems. 

A key moment of the programme was the panel “Bridging Continents: Best Practices in EU-LAC Innovation Collaboration”, which explored different practical approaches to fostering partnerships between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Silvio Bitencourt da Silva (Director at Tecnosinos) joined fellow speakers to share experiences particularly focusing on the twinning of innovation hubs and the development of interregional collaboration frameworks. 

Buenos Aires Innovation Park also played an active role at the event bringing a delegation of over 20 representatives from their innovation space, represented by Directors Yamil Santoro and Gonzalo Condi as speakers, as well as Julia Faita who was named as a featured ambassador at the event.