On July 3rd, the CMU Portugal Program will host, along with the MIT Portugal Program and UT Austin Portugal, the session “Collaborative projects under FCT’s international partnerships with CMU, MIT and UTAustin” at the 2024 Encontro Ciência Summit. This year’s edition will take place at 2:30 pm, D. Maria Hall of Centro de Congressos da Alfândega do Porto.
The CMU Portugal session will highlight innovative initiatives and partnerships established within the Program to address critical challenges. These include contributions to talent development within its unique ecosystem and to academic and industrial innovation and entrepreneurship
14.35 -Welcome Notes and Session Background: Brief Retrospective on FCT’s International Partnerships| José Manuel Mendonça, National Director, UT Austin Portugal
14:45 – Panel I -International Partnerships and Talent Development
Moderation: Inês Lynce (National Co-Director Nacional CMU Portugal)
- CMU Portugal – Lia Patrício (FEUP | INESC TEC | CMU Portugal)
- MIT Portugal – Nelson Costa ( Universidade do Minho| MIT Portugal)
- UT Austin Portugal – Mariana Miranda (INESC TEC, UT Austin Portugal)
15: 20 – Panel II – International Partnerships and their Contribution to Scientific and Technological-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Moderation: Pedro Arezes (National Diretor MIT Portugal)
- CMU Portugal – Pedro Oliveira (Dean, NOVA SBE)
- MIT Portugal – Simão Soares (CEO, SilicoLifel)
- UT Austin Portugal – Rosa Romero (CEO, Sphere Ultrafast Photonics)
Additionally 8 CMU Portugal Ph.D. students will present their work in an e-poster format that will soon be available on the conference’s virtual gallery. These will be: Cláudia Mamede (FEUP), Diogo Silva (FCT NOVA), Francisco Neves (FCT NOVA), Manuel Carneiro (Universidade de Coimbra), Maria Eduarda Andrada (Universidade de Coimbra), Marta Freitas (Universidade de Coimbra), Sofia Ferraz (FEUP) e Tamás Karácsony (FEUP).
The calendar for the sessions is available here. To attend the event, registration is required, through the Encontro Ciência website.
About Encontro Ciência:
“Encontro Ciência” is the major Science Conference organized by the Portuguese Government through the Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education (MCTES) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). It is held annually to highlight Portugal’s main achievements in science and technology.
