2022 Annual Conference
Education, Research and Innovation:
Tomorrow’s Pillars

September 20th

2022 Annual Conference – Program

9.00 am	Registration & Welcome Coffee
9.30 am	Welcome Session Pedro Arezes – National Director MIT Portugal Program R.John Hansman – Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT Elvira Fortunato – Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
10.00 am	Keynote Speaker Brent Minchew – Professor at Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), MIT Moderator: Rita Margarida Cardoso – Instituto Dom Luís, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon
10.45 am	Coffee-Break
11.15 am	Research: the building blocks of innovation “Green Island” Paulo Ferrão, member of the MPP Governing Committee and MIT Portugal Former Director, Professor at Técnico Lisboa “AEROS Constellation“ Hélder Silva, Head of Space Software and Embedded Systems at Edisoft “K2D: Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space“ Eduardo Pereira, Professor at University of Minho “Operator – Digital Transformation in Industry with a Focus on the Operator 4.0” Ana Correia de Barros, Head of the Human-Centred Design at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS Moderator: Alexandra Moutinho – MPP Lead Faculty of Earth Systems: Oceans to Near Space, Professor at Técnico Lisboa
12.30 pm	Lunch Poster Session & Networking
2.00 pm	VIPS meeting – Very Important PhD Students (This session is only for the MPP PhD Candidates selected in the call of 2021)
2.00 pm	Horizon Europe – Funding Opportunities for R&D Cristina Gouveia – Portuguese National Inovation Agency (ANI)
2.30 pm	Education: the engine for a thriving community MPP PhD Students Albano Martins- Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Beatriz Biguino – Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon Matilde Marques – Técnico Lisboa MPP alumni Cristiana Paulo – Former Chief Technology Officer at Matera Samuel Oliveira Moniz – Professor and Researcher at University of Coimbra Moderator: Ana Mena – Innovation & Education Coordinator MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
3.45 pm	Building the Future Speaker: Mariana Vieira da Silva – Minister of Presidency
4.10 pm	Roundtable: António Cunha – member of the MPP Governing Committee, President of the Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission Isabel Furtado – member of the MPP Governing Committee, Portuguese Industry Representative, CEO of TMG Automotive Rui Magalhães –Head of Engineering and Development of the Ocean and Space Unit at CEiiA Ana Camanho – MPP Lead Faculty of Data Science, Vice-Rector of University of Porto R. John Hansman – Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT Moderator: Zita Martins – National Co-Director MIT Portugal Program
5.20 pm	MIT Portugal Program Poster Award
5.30 pm	Closing Session Doug Hart – Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT Zita Martins – National Co-Director MIT Portugal Program Amélia Polónia – Member of the Board of Directors, Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
5.45 pm	Reception – “Porto de Honra”