The XI Seminar on Technology Management took place in Sanvador/Bahia, Brazil, supported by ALTEC – Latin- Ibero-American Association for Technology Management. The event was carried out through an alliance between various well-known Brazilian institutions, with the coordination of the Group of Technology Policy and Management of the University of São Paulo (PGT/USP), the Federation of Industries of the State of Bahia through the Euvaldo Lodi Institute – FIEB/IEL, the State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, the Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation of the State of Bahia – SECTI/BA, the State University of Bahia – UFBA, and the University of Salvador – UNIFACS.