AFDF

Adriana Ferreira de Faria

Anprotec

President

Graduated in Chemical Engineering (1995), Master's (1998) and PhD (2002) in Mechanical Engineering at the Federal University of Uberlândia and post-doctorate (2015/2016) at North Carolina State University (NC State), Raleigh (USA), in Innovation Management field. Since 2007, full professor and researcher at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), in the Department of Production and Mechanical Engineering (DEP), Head of Department, from 2017-2019. Currently, Executive Director of the Viçosa Regional Development Technological Center (CenTev / UFV), a body that brings together the Business Incubator, the Technology Park of Viçosa (tecnoPARQ), the Junior Firms Center and the Social Development Center (Nudese). President of National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises (Anprotec, 2024/2025). President of the Latin American Division of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP), 2024/2025. In 2024, she was nominated and won the Digital Transformation Awards 2024, organized by the Digital Transformation Institute, in the Transformative Innovation category. Presidente Director of Innovation Network of Minas Gerais State Association (RMI, 2021/2024; 2023/2024). Coordinator of the Public Policy Advisory Chamber of Funding Agency of Minas Gerais State (Fapemig, 2018/2022)). Research at the Professional Master in Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property (MPITIP) at UFMG and at the Master in Economics at UFV. Leader of the research and technological extension group, Management Technologies Center (NTG).
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