Is your Dutch Small- or Medium sized enterprise developing a product, service or technology and are you interested in Brazil? Did you know that Brazil possesses a sophisticated infrastructure focused on public-private R&D including support for market development? Want to know more? Register for our webinar on September 18th 2025 in which you will get information about incentives for cross-border innovation offered by the Dutch and Brazilian governments, insights in the Brazilian support mechanisms for doing high-TRL R&D as well as real-life cases of companies who already started innovative projects in Brazil.
Date: September 18th 2025
Time: 15:30 – 17:00 (time in Amsterdam) 10:30 – 12:00 (time in Brasília)
R&D Opportunities for Dutch companies
Many Dutch companies are already on the Brazilian market. Brazil has a large and growing consumer base, access to various kinds of resources, a clean energy grid and a well skilled work-force. The Dutch-Brazilian chamber of commerce Dutcham has over 70 members. Companies came to Brazil mostly to have access to the large domestic or regional market, or to do production. Lesser known are the opportunities to also do R&D and innovation in Brazil.
Brazil hosts several top-class research institutes. The state of São Paulo is home to USP, the best ranked university in Latin America. Furthermore, it has clusters of high-tech institutes on e.g. digitalization, agriculture and aerospace. Spread over the country, there are hubs specializing in topics such as AI, renewable energy and bioeconomy.
Brazil’s economy is quite protected and not easy to penetrate. However the government actively promotes R&D and supports foreign companies to innovative in Brazil. E.g. Embrapii is an organisation that can flexibly support innovation projects and reduce risks, using its network of specialized Embrapii-units, which are also open to work with foreign companies.
During the webinar, the opportunities to do R&D in Brazil with innovative partners, will be highlighted, as well as, amongst others, the Embrapii model. Dutch companies and Brazilian high-tech institutes that already work together, will present existing good practice examples.
Target group
This webinar is for Dutch small and medium sized companies that want to develop their technologies with Brazilian institutes e.g. for the Brazilian or Latin American market.
The webinar is also for Dutch companies already present in Brazil, interested in doing more R&D in Brazil.
Why participate?
During the webinar:
- You will learn about the opportunities of doing R&D in Brazil, and the possibilities the Brazilian government offers;
- You can ask questions to companies who already are doing R&D in Brazil, and share your own experiences;
- You can find out how RVO and the Dutch diplomatic network in Brazil can support you with international R&D project.
Concept Programme
- Why innovation/R&D in Brazil? (Robert Thijssen, counsellor for Science, Technology and Innovation in São Paulo)
- Which companies have already come to Brazil, and what are their experiences? (Dutcham)
- Incentives of the Dutch government for international innovation (RVO)
- Introduction to the Embrapii model. (Embrapii, APEX)
- Presentation of 3 case studies.
Participation and costs
Participation in the webinar is for free. You will need to register first using the link below. The webinar will be in English language.
Registration
Complete the registration form below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a Teams link.
The link to the registration page (Dutch):
More information?
Do you have any questions about this webinar? Please contact:
Nynke Schaap, Business Development Coach Brazil
On behalf of:
- Netherlands Innovation Network in Brazil
