Marcos Vinícius de Souza

Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Brazil

Marcos is Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Brazil and Chair of the Board of the Institute of Technological Research (IPT). He took several leadership positions as National Secretary of Innovation in the Ministry of Industry and Undersecretary of Science and Technology in São Paulo State government. More than 20 years of experience in innovation policies, startup development and financing, investment attraction, workforce training, impact investment and digital economy strategies. Previously he worked in venture capital fund and management consulting firm. Marcos holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, training by VINNOVA (Swedish Innovation Agency), MBA in Cluster Development from ECLAC/United Nations and is a MIT D-Lab Innovation Ecosystem Builder Fellow.

11:30 - 12:30

Parallel sessions

Data Session: Data Science in Biotechnology

Moderator and chair of the session: Dr. Nevenka Dimitrova , VP Data Science and Data Services at the GlaxoSmithKline

Dr. Mihailo Jovanović, Director of the Office for IT and eGovernment, Serbia
Dr. Ali Taha KOÇ, Head of the Digital Transformation Office, Türkiye
Dr. Branka Rakić, Senior Researcher, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Serbia
Dr. Milan Petković, Head, AI & Data Science at the Philips Company, Netherlands

Deep-Dive Session: How we do it?

Moderator: Kelly McCain, Head of Healthcare Initiatives, World Economic Forum

Jeedigunta Satyanarayana, Chief Advisor at the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India
Jelena Bojović, Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Serbia
Joris Cyizere, Acting Managing Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Rwanda
Marcos Vinícius de Souza, Director of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Brazil
Dr. Yehudit Cohen, Scientific Director at MIDGAM - Israel National Biobank for Research, Israel