Conference Agenda

As of 22 September

9:00 / Reception

9:30 / Opening Session

• Marques dos Santos, Rector, University of Porto
• Dan Roos, MIT Director of the MIT Portugal Program, MIT
• João Nuno Mendes, Director, GALP
• José Mariano Gago, Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education

10:00 / Keynote Session

• Ed Crawley, MIT: Creating Value through Systems Thinking

10:30 / Coffee break

11:00 / Electric Mobility: The Spark to Design

• Luís Reis, GAMEP / INTELI
• Rob Farndon, Rolls-Royce
• Luís Quaresma, Novabase
• Elisabete Pinho, TMG Automotive
• Jorge Pinto, Caetano Bus
• Debate

12:35 / Lunch

14:00 / Medical Solutions: Cells and Devices

• Dava Newman, MIT
• Perpétua Pinto-do-Ó, INEB
• Miguel Oliveira, 3B’s / IBB
• Eduardo Pires, CERAMED
• Hugo Gamboa, PLUX
• Debate

15:30 / Moving Energy: Cities of Change

• João Peças Lopes, INESC Porto
• L. Martinez, IST-UTL
• António Vidigal, CEO - EDP Inovação
• Pedro Montalvão, Mota-Engil Energia S.A.
• V. Leal, FEUP
• Carlos Silva, IST-UTL
• Debate

17:15 / Coffee break

17:30 / Closing session

• Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, Director, FEUP
• Paulo Ferrão, National Director, MIT Portugal Program, IST
• João Sentieiro, President, FCT
• Rogério Carapuça, President, Novabase
• Carlos Zorrinho, Secretary of State for Energy and Innovation
• Manuel Heitor, Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education