Classrooms
A facility designed to host courses, training sessions, and educational activities. The rooms are modular, allowing two rooms to be combined to expand capacity to up to 48 people.
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Spaces at the Innovation Center Discover the environments that support innovation
What Is the Innovation Center?
Spaces to turn ideas into impact
The Innovation Center brings together spaces dedicated to innovation, training, technology, entrepreneurship, and the dissemination of knowledge. These spaces are focused on promoting, implementing, coordinating, and managing initiatives that contribute to economic and social development, job creation, income generation, and quality of life.
Various initiatives can find suitable facilities for meetings, recordings, training sessions, hands-on activities, and events—all of which are aimed at strengthening the innovation ecosystem.
David Cohen Center for Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
The Center for Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship is named after David Cohen in recognition of his lifelong commitment to the development of Santo André.
A visionary entrepreneur, David Cohen arrived in Brazil in 1926, and two decades later, he chose the city to build a legacy marked by hard work, pioneering spirit, and the ability to turn opportunities into businesses. At the helm of the long-standing 15 de Novembro store and ventures in various sectors, he helped strengthen the local economy and left a legacy that spans generations.
His career, marked by pioneering spirit, credibility, and a vision for the future, inspires new generations who today find in this space the support they need to turn ideas into solutions.
A space that connects the past, present, and future
The building that now houses the Santo André Technology Park was once part of the former facilities of Rhodia, a chemical and textile company belonging to the Solvay Group that has been operating in Brazil for over 100 years and played an important role in the industrial development of Santo André and in establishing the Greater ABC region as one of the country’s main industrial hubs.
The renovation of the space preserved key elements of its original architecture, such as the facade and the staircase, keeping alive the memory of a building that has been part of various moments in Santo André’s economic history.
Currently, the headquarters of the Santo André Technology Park is known as the David Cohen Center for Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and is now embarking on a new chapter, dedicated to research, technology, entrepreneurship, and the creation of opportunities.
Explore the spaces
Areas with Demonstrators
Technologies in real-world operation to connect visitors, companies, and partners with applied solutions. The demonstrations turn the Innovation Center into a dynamic environment for experimentation, showing how innovation can be tested, understood, and linked to concrete challenges facing the market, industry, and cities.
Event Venues
The Innovation Center is equipped to host lectures, events, conferences, presentations, and business meetings. Facilities may include the auditorium, lobby, auxiliary kitchen for catering, and other spaces, such as training rooms, depending on the event schedule and availability.
Incubator
A collaborative environment for startups, innovative businesses, and technology-based projects in development. With up to 24 workstations, it connects entrepreneurs to the Technology Park’s infrastructure, programs, and ecosystem to support the development and acceleration of innovative solutions.
Connectivity and IoT Lab
For the development, testing, and validation of connected solutions, supporting technologies such as LoRa, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, NB-IoT, 4G, and 5G. Ideal for projects in smart cities, resilient infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and logistics.
Artificial Intelligence Lab
An environment for transforming data, computational models, and AI into practical solutions for companies, startups, and institutions. It supports the testing, fine-tuning, and validation of AI models designed to enhance productivity, competitiveness, and decision-making.
Advanced Manufacturing Lab
Cutting-edge technology for prototyping, reverse engineering, and the development of industrial solutions connected to Industry 4.0. It features capabilities such as metal additive manufacturing, CNC laser cutting, laser welding, high-energy deposition, and 3D scanning.
Meeting Rooms
For strategic meetings, mentoring sessions, presentations, and institutional networking, with a capacity of 6 to 30 people.
Where to Stay
Are you planning to visit the Santo André Technology Park? The city offers a variety of lodging options to make your experience more comfortable and convenient. Check out the available hotels and accommodations and plan your stay.
Use of Spaces
The use of public spaces is subject to authorization contingent upon the purpose of use being for Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, and Innovation, with payment of the public fee, which may involve a full or partial offset of the amount.
Select the space and, on each page, fill out the space usage request form. Our team will contact you with more information about the available schedule and the conditions for formalizing the use.
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