Carla Patrocínio graduated in Applied Mathematics and Computing at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2000 and completed her Master’s degree in Data Exploration and Analysis at the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa in 2008.

She began her professional career at the IST Studies and Planning Office in 1995 and coordinated the IST Statistics and Prospective Unit between 2007 and 2014, having always been involved in several areas of activity at IST.

Currently coordinates the Tech Transfer Office of IST, which has the mission to support the Executive Board in the link between IST and society, namely through the economic valorization of the knowledge of the School in the areas of intellectual property, corporate business relations, entrepreneurship, and alumni network.

Denise Matos has a Post-Graduation in International Relations, a M.A. in African Studies and completed her advanced PhD training course in Human Geography, specialization in European Public Policy. Currently, she coordinates the International Affairs Area at Instituto Superior Técnico ULisboa. She is involved in several European projects with emphasis in communication, internationalization strategies and entrepreneurship. She is the National representative of IAESTE Portugal, the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience. She has over 15 years of experience in international relations: in and outbound student mobility, international student recruitment, strategic partnerships, innovative academic programmes and student mobility issues.

Carolina Sequeira. Completed the bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa (ISEL) in 2018. In the same year, she joined the Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE) as a research fellow and began her master’s in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), which was completed in January 2021. She has been focused on the research and publication of works in the thermophysical properties field, including the design and assembly of laboratory equipment aiming the measurement of these properties, namely the viscosity. Currently, in the second year of her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico, she works in the energy storage field, continuing the work that has been developed over 3 years of research on the determination of thermophysical properties and with the design of a new equipment for measuring thermal conductivity, but now also with the design of new chemical systems that can be used to store energy. She is currently a member of the Técnico PhD Student Club as a coordinator of the Job Market Workgroup, which essentially aims to promote the value of Técnico’s PhD graduates in the academic and non-academic job market.

Francisco is a second-year Aerospace Engineering Master’s student. Born in 2000 in Porto, he moved to Lisbon to study in Técnico where he now works for the Student Support Unit. He is involved in the Mentoring Programme team and other initiatives such as NAPE Skills Factory and the Ambassadors Programme.

Arlindo Oliveira was born in Angola and lived in Mozambique, Portugal, Switzerland, California and Massachusetts. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) and his PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a distinguished professor of IST, president of the INESC group, member of the board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos, researcher at INESC-ID, and member of the National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation and of the Advisory Board of the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel of the European Parliament. He authored three books, translated into different languages, and hundreds of scientific and newspaper articles. He has been on the boards of several companies and institutions and is a past president of IST, of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence, and of INESC-ID. He was the head of the Portuguese Node of the European Network for Biological Data (ELIXIR), visiting professor at MIT, and a researcher at CERN, INESC, Cadence Research Laboratories and Electronics Research Labs of UC Berkeley. He is a member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering and a senior member of IEEE. He received several prizes and distinctions, including the Technical University of Lisbon / Santander prize for excellence in research, in 2009.

Francisco C. Santos (Lisbon, 1980) is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and vice-president of the board of directors of FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia). He obtained his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he after stayed as a senior researcher in artificial intelligence (AI) labs for several years. Previously, he studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Lisbon. His research examines how macroscopic patterns emerge and are maintained in large populations, with applications in social, life and engineering sciences. To this end, he resorts to seemingly unrelated tools such as AI, mathematical biology, experimental economics and statistical physics. In the last years, Francisco has been working on the role of cooperation in evolution, the evolution of moral systems, environmental governance, network science, city planning, and the impact of technology on human behaviour. He was awarded the 2017 Young Scientist Award for Socio-Econophysics of the German Physical Society, the 2016 CGD / U-Lisbon prize in Computer Science, and the 2022 IST’s Outstanding Teaching Award, among other prizes. Before joining FCT, Francisco coordinated the Group of Artificial Intelligence for People and Society (GAIPS/INESC-ID), was one of the coordinators of the MSc in Data Science and Engineering, and coordinated the PhD programme in Computer Science of IST.

Web: http://web.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/franciscocsantos/

Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesourses of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, Portugal. PhD in Civil Engineering /Structures from IST and a master’s degree in Earthquake Engineering at Imperial College, London. 
Specialized in the earthquake engineering, structural behaviour, dynamic of structures and strength of materials. Main research interests include assessment, strengthening and repair of structures, structural testing and nonlinear modelling, earthquake engineering and structural dynamics. 
Currently is Director of the PhD program of IST Analysis and Mitigation of Risks in Infrastructures (//infrarisk.tecnico.ulisboa.pt), member of Executive Board of ‘The European Association of Earthquake Engineering’ (EAEE) and Associated Editor of Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering and coordinated of EAEE Work Group 12 (WG12: Continuing Education and Professional Development).
Chairman of the Sub-commission 8 (Eurocode 8) of CT115 (Portuguese Technical Commission for Standardization of Structural Eurocodes). Representative of IPQ [Portuguese entity responsible for quality] at the Commission CEN/TC250/SC8.

Lia Medeiros is an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. She also co-coordinated the 6th paper in the 2022 Sgr A* publications, and has lead the Gravitational Physics Working Group within the EHT for the past two and a half years. She graduated with a PhD in Physics from the University of Santa Barbara in 2019, having completed the majority of her dissertation research at the Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona. She develops simulations of accreting black holes and develops novel algorithms that perform model fitting and image reconstruction of EHT data based on these simulations. She also simulates what black holes would look like if they differed from what is expected based on the Theory of General Relativity and compares these simulations to EHT observations to constrain deviations from General Relativity.

Francisco Lemos is a professor of the Chemical Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), and a researcher at Cerena. His main interests are related to energy, catalysis, and systems dynamics, with a focus on the production of fuels from alternative sources, ranging from biomass to waste. He is currently the IST coordinator of the Chemical, Petrochemical and Refining Engineering Ph.D. programme, managed jointly by the other four major Portuguese Universities and APQuímica, an association of the major chemical industries in Portugal. This programme offers industry-based subjects, developed collaboratively by industrial partners and Academia, in industrial environment.

Ana is currently CFO in Cofina, Board Member responsible Financial, Planning & Control, Technology, Human Resources and Legal.
From June 2018 to July 2021 Ana was CFO in RTP (Portuguese Public Broadcaster), responsible for the back office areas.
Previously, from January 2016 to May 2018 Ana was the Head of Strategic Planning and Innovation at Jose de Mello Saude. Ana was also for 12 years in Portugal Telecom where she led different areas, which required strategic definition and organisational transformation, namely, Customer Service, Business Processes, Innovation Management, Business Development and Human Resources.
Between 1996 and 2003, Ana worked as a consultant at McKinsey, in different sectors such as telecommunications, internet, banking, insurance, media and energy.

Fábio Cruz is a Machine Learning Researcher at Inductiva Research Labs [https://inductiva.ai/], where he develops Deep Learning models to accelerate conventional physics simulation workflows. He obtained his PhD degree in Physics from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) in 2021. In 2018, he was a visiting graduate student at Princeton University. During his PhD at IST, he co-founded the PhD Student Club and co-led its Job Market Workgroup. Since 2018, he has also been a collaborator of FAIL! – Inspiring Resilience [https://fail-sharing.org/], a global movement aimed at challenging universities, companies and society to embrace a culture that is accepting of failures and vulnerabilities. In FAIL! events, high profile individuals, such as experts, CEOs or professors talk about their personal failures, societal failures, and collective failures and how they learned from them.

CEO and Co-founder of Codacy, the leading automated code review service with more than 750 customers and used by 200k developers around the world. He’s been working in the code quality and software engineering tools industry for over 10 years. He holds a MsC in Software Engineering from IST. Previously he was also a researcher in Natural Language in INESC-Id. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family, surfing, BJJ, making good coffee and some modest reading and writing.

Carla Pedro is, since January 2020, the Director-General of APQuímica – the Portuguese Chemical, Petrochemical and Refining Industry Association.
She is also, since 2018, the manager of the PT Chemical Sector Competitiveness Cluster – a collaborative initiative linking Business (incl. the main industrial players in the Portuguese
chemical sector, SMEs, start-ups) and Academia (universities and research centres) for the development of applied R&D and other joint projects, addressing key challenges being faced by
the chemical industry in Portugal and supporting its ongoing transformation.
With an academic background in Economics, Carla has a decades-long professional experience in end-to-end governance and management of complex innovation processes and in the design and implementation of its supporting financial instruments, acquired both in the public and private
sectors. Prior to APQuímica, Carla has held several senior public policy positions, as well as diverse lead roles in Management Consulting and in the ICT industry, with a strong focus on integrated / cross-sectoral approaches.

Pedro Brogueira main scientific topics of research are atomic force microscopy (AFM), semiconductor materials and devices, energy and particle physics detectors. Co-authored more than 180 scientific papers in international journals with more than 6000 citations, 2 teaching books, 20 science videos broadcasted nationwide (one minute each), 3 science exhibitions and a science itinerancy project for the Ministry of Education and Science. He has been responsible for the Mechanics course for Physics Engineering first year students. He was coordinator of the Engineering Physics and of the Biomedical Engineering degrees of IST, President of the Physics Department, President  of the Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA), chair of the commission for  rethinking engineering education and the teaching model and pedagogical practices of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). He has been responsible and /or trainer in several cooperation missions in Angola, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe, Mozambique, East Timor. He is presently Coordinator of the Scientific Area of Condensed Matter and Nanotechnology of the Physics Department and member of the Scientific Council of IST and member of the Management Committee of IST CTN Campus.

João Ramôa Correia is Full Professor at the Civil Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon. He holds a 5-year degree in Civil (Structural) Engineering, a MSc in Construction and a PhD in Civil Engineering. He teaches courses related with Construction Technology and Building Pathology and Rehabilitation. He coordinates a research group (CORE Lab) at IST, which conducts research, development and teaching activities on advanced fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite systems for civil engineering applications. The main research areas of the CORE Lab are the mechanical behaviour of FRP composites systems, connection technology, long term performance, durability, fire behaviour and sustainability. João Ramôa Correia is member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Composites for Construction (Associate Editor), Composite Structures, Fire Safety Journal and Advances in Structural Engineering (Associate Editor). In 2012, he was the recipient of the IABSE Prize and in 2016 he received the IIFC Distinguished Young Researcher Award.

Luis M. Correia was born in Portugal, in 1958.  He received the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from IST (University of Lisbon) in 1991, where he is currently a Professor in Telecommunications, with his work focused on Wireless/Mobile Communications in the areas of propagation, channel characterisation, radio networks, traffic, and applications, with the research activities developed in the INESC-ID institute.  He has acted as a consultant for the Portuguese telecommunications operators and regulator, besides other public and private entities, and has been in the Board of Directors of a telecommunications company.  Besides being responsible for research projects at the national level, he has participated in 31 projects within European frameworks, having coordinated 6 and taken leadership responsibilities at various levels in many others.  He has supervised more than 200 M.Sc./Ph.D. students, having edited 6 books, contribute to European strategic documents, and authored more than 500 papers in international and national journals and conferences, for which served also as a reviewer, editor and board member.  Internationally, he was part of 36 Ph.D. juries, and 63 research projects and institutions evaluation committees for funding agencies in 12 countries and the European Commission.  He has been the Chairman of Conference, of the Technical Programme Committee and of the Steering Committee of various major conferences, besides other several duties.  He was a National Delegate to the COST Domain Committee on ICT.  He was active in the European Net!Works platform, by being an elected member of its Expert Advisory Group and of its Steering Board, and the Chairman of its Working Group on Applications, and was also elected to the European 5G PPP Association.  He has launched and served as Chairman of the IEEE Communications Society Portugal Chapter.

The workshop addresses the guidelines on how to prepare an excellent presentation of one’s work, which can range from a paper in a conference to a thesis before a committee.  The workshop intends to be very interactive, so participants are requested to send in advance examples of presentations they have previously given, one of them being chosen to start the workshop.  Afterwards, one presents the key aspects to take into consideration when preparing a presentation, considering structure of information and identification of the audience’s expectations and constraints.  Then, a detailed view on how to prepare the actual presentation information is addressed, accounting for all existing recommendations.  The logistics involved in giving a presentation are also shown.  The initial presentation is given again, modified according to the recommendations, in order to highlight the differences.  Conclusions are presented at the end.

Head of Communications at Instituto Superior Técnico. Lecturer in Science Communication and Social Media for Scientists at FCSH NOVA and Universidade Nova de Lisboa Doctoral School. Coordinator of science radio show 90 Segundos de Ciência. Founder and current President of Portuguese Science Communicators Network SciComPT.

Former Head of Communications at ITQB NOVA (2016-2019), former Director at Centro Ciência Viva de Sintra (2014-2016), former researcher in Promotion and Administration of Science and Technology (2012-2015).

“Science isn’t finished unless it is communicated”, as stated by Sir Mark Walport translates in a very simple way that doing research isn’t an end to itself. Until the knowledge created in the research units is translated into something meaningful for lay audiences it hasn’t yet fulfilled its purpose. We will discuss ways that can be used by researchers to better convey their messages to the non experts, be it fundamental or applied science, and do some simple exercises to get PhD students started down this path.

João is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon University, Portugal. He has a PhD in Computer Science and has been doing research in Distributed Systems ate INESC-ID, with a main focus on the mobile computing.

Title:”LaTeX 101 – A soft introduction to scientific typesetting”

Title: “A practical introduction to reinforcement learning”

Alexandre is Managing Partner of Faber, an early stage VC investing in founders of global software companies, with a specialty focus on B2B/ data-driven startups.
His previous experiences revolve around innovation and technology businesses as entrepreneur, investor and executive – he was co-founder and CEO of Innovagency Group, CEO of Atlântico & Blueticket and Associate at Oliver Wyman.
Alexandre has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico and a post-grad in Advanced Management Studies from Universidade Católica.

Title: “Launching a science backed business with the support of venture capital financing”

Learn more about venture capital and how it can help students that wish to develop business ideas resulting from their scientific and technological research to reach the marketplace and gain scale. Get to know how Faber has supported startups transitioning from university to the entrepreneurial world.”

Thaiane Honda Cotts is a Ph.D. researcher in the Information Science course at the University of Coimbra – Portugal. She has a master’s degree conferred by the University of Lisbon in the Documentation and Information Sciences(2019) and graduated in Archival Science from the University of Brasília, Brazil (2011). Specialist in the treatment and organization of information, her work is to manage databases and the Scholar institutional repository. She is currently part of the IST Library team.

This workshop aims to collaborate with IST doctoral students on the growth’s visibility of their scientific production. The purpose will be to present tools to support the decision on which journal is most appropriate to publish their scientific articles. The workshop will develop the content in three parts: the essential concepts for the analysis of scientific production; the B-on Transformational Agreement 2022-2024, and some of the principal aspects of the Transformational Agreement that will allow authors from adhering institutions to publish their articles in open access under conditions; and publication tips for authors to help them to carefully choose a magazine that can boost the impact of their publication and magazines that belongs to the list of B-on Transformational Agreement.

This workshop aims at giving participants a brief overview of what the theme of Intellectual Property encompasses. An introduction on the fields of Industrial Property and Copyright will be made leading to a general overview on the protection of inventions as patents.