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2021 Annual Conference
Science and Technology as the Catalyst for
Tomorrow’s Living Spaces
 
 

September 20th

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2021 Annual Conference – Program

9.00 am

Registration & Welcome Coffee

9.45 am

Welcome Session

Pedro Arezes, Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
John Hansman, Diretor MIT Portugal Program, MIT 
Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education 



10.15 am

Virtual

Keynote Speaker – Using Data for a Public Good

Sarah Williams, Director Civic Data Design Lab and Associate Professor Technology and Urban Planning at MIT School of Architecture and Planning 

Moderator: Paulo Ferrão, Professor at Técnico, Former Director of MIT Portugal Program 

11.00 am

Coffee-Break

11.30 am




 

Free Zones for Technology (ZLT): The Next-Gen Of Platforms For Research Deployment

Roundtable:

José Pedro Rodrigues –Councilor for Civil Protection, Mobility and Transport of the Municipality of Matosinhos
Catarina Selada – Head of Policy at CEiiA
Manuel Ramalho Eanes – Executive Board Member, NOS
Rui Costa – co-CEO, Ubiwhere

Moderator: Joana Mendonça, President of the Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI), the Portuguese Innovation Agency

Speaker:

André de Aragão Azevedo – Secretary of State for the Digital Transition, Portugal 

12.45 pm

Lunch
Poster Session & Networking

1.45 pm

 

VIPS meeting – Very Important PhD Students

(This session is only for the MPP PhD Candidates selected in the call of 2020)

1.45 pm

 

CIIMAR Exclusive Tour



2.30 pm

Hybrid

Keynote Speaker
– The floor is lava: terrestrial analogs and the next steps in planetary exploration

Shannon Kobs Nawotniak, Idaho State University Geology; Co-Lead on the NASA FINESSE project and Deputy PI on the NASA BASALT project

Moderator: Miguel Bello, CEO AirCentre



3.15 pm

Hybrid

International Cooperation: Cruising the Atlantic and Beyond

Miguel Carvalho, CEO and co-founder of Watt-IS
Joana Rafael, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Founder of Sensei
Simão Soares*, CEO -SilicoLife, Designing Nature
Daniela Couto*, co-Founder of Cell2B and Partner at BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) 
Michael Leskiw*, Alliance Manager at the Office of Strategic Alliances & Technology Transfer OSATT

Moderator: Susana Costa, Industrial Liaison and Research Coordinator, MIT Portugal Program, Portugal

*virtual

4.15 pm

Meet The Catalysts For Science And Technology

with MPP PhD Students
Ana Isabel Lopes Pais – FEUP
José Carlos Ferraz Caetano – FCT-UNL
Nazanin Fereidani– University of Coimbra
Willian Weber de Melo – UMinho 
Rita Pombo – University of Aveiro

Moderator: Ana Mena, Innovation & Education Coordinator MIT Portugal Program, Portugal

5.00 pm

 

Closing Session

Doug Hart, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, MIT
Zita Martins, Co-Director MIT Portugal Program, Portugal
José Paulo Esperança, Vice President of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

5.30 pm

 Reception – “Porto de Honra” 

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