Porto Maravalley (POMAR) is an initiative of the City of Rio, through Municipal Secretariat for Urban and Economic Development (SMDUE), Invest.Rio and the Companhia Carioca de Parcerias e Investimentos (CCPar) with the aim of transforming Rio into the innovation capital of Latin America. As technology and innovation hub, POMAR will bring together the best education with startups, innovative companies, investors and research centers in the heart of Porto Maravilha.
In the world we live in, innovation is no longer an option. It is essential to ensure that we do not fall behind in the face of all the current technological changes. And there is no better place to think about innovation than Rio, which has a vocation for pioneering in the country.
Creating an ecosystem that enables new ideas to develop involves knowledge production, connecting this knowledge to the “how to do it” with companies and investors, and a favorable environment for the opening and development of new businesses. This is exactly what we want to create in the port region of Rio, and the epicenter of Rio’s transformation into the capital of innovation is Porto Maravalley.
INNOVATION HUB
There will be around 10 thousand m² for integration, innovation e education. With living and connection areas; auditorium for 100 people; space for events; restaurant; cafes; around 600 workstations; 20 to 30 private and meeting rooms; 350 m² for laboratories; space for anchor companies; classrooms; rooms for teachers; and a library.
The hub will have the following pillars:
1️⃣ Acceleration and Innovation Programs for startups and entrepreneurs
2️⃣ Technology Events and Projects
3️⃣ Graduation and Research
4️⃣ Coworking space with common areas
The space will be managed by Energy Bay River (REB) – the result of a program by MIT REAP (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) that aims at local development and acceleration, with a focus on innovation and technology. This was the first time that a Brazilian city participated in the initiative.
The Education Operator will be the IMPA Tech, the mathematics faculty of the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA).
IMPA TECH
O IMPA It is a world-renowned institute, winner of the Fields Medal (considered the world's greatest mathematics award) and has taken another fundamental step towards cutting-edge mathematics teaching in the country, opening its first undergraduate course.
A faculty of mathematics will have a bachelor's degree in Mathematics of Technology and Innovation, which begins with a basic cycle of one and a half years. After this period, students choose which of the four emphases they intend to follow:
? Mathematics
? Computer Science
? Data Science
⚛️ Physics
To select students, their performance in five knowledge Olympiads was considered, such as the OBM (Brazilian Mathematics Olympiad), the Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science Olympiads, and the OBMEP (Brazilian Public Schools Mathematics Olympiad), which is the largest in the country and has the participation of 18 million students. Furthermore, 20% of the students were selected based on their ENEM score.
Students who enter the faculty of mathematics will graduate with bag to cover day-to-day expenses and may live in the region in new apartments purchased by the City Hall.
WHERE
Porto Maravilha was the largest urban intervention in recent years:
- 700 km of renewed urban infrastructure;
- 310 thousand m² of redeveloped squares;
- + R$8,9 billion invested by the private sector;
- 80 km of optical fiber;
The region has the VLT and the Gentileza Terminal, which integrates the BRT, buses and VLT. It is close to the subway, trains and boats, as well as the Rio bus station and Santos Dumont airport.
Today, buildings under construction take over the view of those passing by and the atmosphere is one of opportunity and growth. The real estate development in the port area already has 12 projects, with a total of 27 thousand new residents in 9 thousand apartments.
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL
In 10 years:
?Students benefited: 1.000
?Graduates: 700
?Potential salary mass of new students: R$ 220,1 million
