The Belo Horizonte Technological Park (BH-TEC) is now managed by Roberto da Silva Bigonha, professor emeritus at the Department of Computer Science (DCC) at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The new CEO has already been sworn in.
Bigonha is committed to guiding the institution in the purpose of promoting and articulating science, technology and innovation in the state. “BH-TEC is a very important tool for development, as a showcase in which actions by the University, the Government and technology companies converge, are displayed and consolidated”.
For the CEO, the interaction promoted between the companies that settle in the Park space is a first point to facilitate the emergence of opportunities. There is also the interaction with UFMG, for example, favored by the institutional arrangement and the physical proximity – the BH-TEC structure is located on land belonging to the University next to the Pampulha campus. For Bigonha, this factor opens a channel that deserves close attention. “It is through these interactions that the projects in the Park are, in fact, able to accelerate their innovation processes”, he comments.
From the point of view of the University and the Government, the professor understands that BH-TEC stands as a mechanism for generating wealth. “The University, by nature, generates knowledge with added value. But an environment like this is the way for this wealth to appear, to be transferred to society”, he explains.
Challenges for new management
In operation since 2012, BH-TEC faces challenges to maintain and expand its operations. Bigonha believes that one of them is fundraising. In this sense, for the CEO, it is essential that new strategies be developed and put into practice to increase the diversity of the Park's resources and the capillarity of the enterprise's operations.
The second point, according to the CEO, is the occupation of the Park's area, installed on a plot of land of 500,000m². “This is a challenge, because the country is going through a period of recession. The private sector finds it difficult to invest in ideas like these. But we have to grow, so that the impact of our work is even more visible”, he concludes.
Bigonha is committed to guiding the institution in the purpose of promoting and articulating science, technology and innovation in the state. “BH-TEC is a very important tool for development, as a showcase in which actions by the University, the Government and technology companies converge, are displayed and consolidated”.
For the CEO, the interaction promoted between the companies that settle in the Park space is a first point to facilitate the emergence of opportunities. There is also the interaction with UFMG, for example, favored by the institutional arrangement and the physical proximity – the BH-TEC structure is located on land belonging to the University next to the Pampulha campus. For Bigonha, this factor opens a channel that deserves close attention. “It is through these interactions that the projects in the Park are, in fact, able to accelerate their innovation processes”, he comments.
From the point of view of the University and the Government, the professor understands that BH-TEC stands as a mechanism for generating wealth. “The University, by nature, generates knowledge with added value. But an environment like this is the way for this wealth to appear, to be transferred to society”, he explains.
Challenges for new management
In operation since 2012, BH-TEC faces challenges to maintain and expand its operations. Bigonha believes that one of them is fundraising. In this sense, for the CEO, it is essential that new strategies be developed and put into practice to increase the diversity of the Park's resources and the capillarity of the enterprise's operations.
The second point, according to the CEO, is the occupation of the Park's area, installed on a plot of land of 500,000m². “This is a challenge, because the country is going through a period of recession. The private sector finds it difficult to invest in ideas like these. But we have to grow, so that the impact of our work is even more visible”, he concludes.
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