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IFIA Magazine
March 2024

Launch of the

IFIA-ABIPIR

International Startup

Acceleration Program

[Brazil– November 2023 ,24] The announcement of the launch of the IFIA-ABIPIR Startup
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of Innovation, a division of the National Confederation of Industry in Brazil.
In attendance were Dr. Marcelo Vivacqua, the Director of IFIA in Latin America and a member of
the entity’s Executive Committee, along with Mr. Danilo Melo, the Head of the Latin American
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of Brazil, Mr. Geraldo Alckmin, and the President of the CNI, Mr. Ricardo Alban. IFIA and ABIPIR
hold seats on the Business Mobilization for Innovation Leaders Committee.
The Business Mobilization for Innovation is a movement designed to encourage innovative
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innovation through constructive and enduring dialogue between the private sector, academia,
and the public sector.