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2020 Annual Conference
Research and Reflection
Amid Adversity

October 15th

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2020 Annual Conference – Program

9.00 am

Registration 

9.30 am

Welcome Session

Ana Noronha, Ciência Viva | Knowledge Pavilion
Pedro Arezes, Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
Helena Pereira, President of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

10.00 am

Keynote Speaker – Climate Emergency and Species Extinction Crisis – An Ocean’s Perspective

Emanuel Gonçalves, Oceano Azul Foundation

Moderator: Zita Martins, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal

10.45 am

Coffee-Break

11.00 am

Session #1 – Looking ahead: Research & Impact of MPP Flagship Projects

“Transformer 4.0 : Digital Revolution of Power Transformers“
by Sérgio Tavares, R&D Specialist EFACEC

“C-Tech : Climate Driven Technologies for Low Carbon Cities“
by Marco Granja, Senior Manager NOS 

“SNOB-5G : Scalable Network Backhauling for 5G“
by Rui A. Costa, co-CEO Ubiwhere

“Operator: Digital Transformation in Industry with a Focus on the Operator 4.0“
by Catarina Pinto, R&I Manager Zenithwings

“AEROS Constellation“
by José Freitas, Edisoft 

“K2D: Knowledge and Data from the Deep to Space“
by João Negrais de Matos, DSTelecom

“NewSat“
by Gustavo Dias, Stratosphere

Moderator: Isabel Furtado, member of the MPP Governing Committee – Portuguese Industry Representative

12.30 pm

Lunch 

2.00 pm

Session #2 – Earth Systems: Oceans to Near Space

by Olivier de Weck, Prof. Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT; MPP Lead Faculty 
by Miguel Bello, CEO AirCentre
by Ana Filipa Ponte, Deimos Engenharia
by Bruno Ramos de Carvalho, Active Space Technologies
by Ricardo Conde, PT Space 

Moderator: Zita Martins, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal

3.00 pm

Session #3 – Climate Science & Climate Change 

by Alexandra Moutinho, Prof. Instituto Superior Técnico (IST); MPP Lead Faculty 
by Kerry Emanuel, Prof. of Atmospheric Science at MIT
by Rafaela Matos, Principal Researcher at LNEC
by Ricardo Trigo, Senior Researcher at Instituto Dom Luís (IDL) Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa 

Moderator: Júlia Seixas, Prof. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT); MPP Lead Faculty 

4.00 pm

Session #4 – Break into Space

by MiFiRE and EM²C Teams

Moderator: Rui Moura, Prof. Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, MiFiRE mentor

4.30 pm

 

Closing Session

Zita Martins, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
Dava Newman, Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT
Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

5.00 pm

Coffee and Live Demos

by Rodrigo Ventura, Prof. Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)

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