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The MIT-Portugal Collaboration Program Governing Committee

The six-person "Program Governing Committee" has the following membership:

  • The President of the Foundation, or his representative, who will chair the Program Governing Committee;
  • One representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Higher Education of Portugal;
  • The Director of the MIT-Portugal Program at MIT;
  • The Director of the MIT-Portugal Program at the Foundation;
  • Two representatives of MIT’s senior administration, as determined individually by MIT (individually, a "Senior MIT Administrator" and collectively, the "Senior MIT Administrators") and
  • The Director of the Portugal Program at MIT and the Director of the MIT-Portugal Program at the Foundation will comprise an "Executive Subcommittee" to assist the Program Governing Committee.

Current membership of the Program Governing Committee:

The President of FCT (Chair) João Sentieiro
President of the FCT or his representative
One representative of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Higher Education of Portugal Luís Magalhães
President of UMIC – Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (Knowledge Society Agency)
The Director of the Portugal Program at MIT (Executive Subcommittee) Daniel Roos
Professor and Founding Director, MIT Engineering Systems Division
The Director of the MIT-Portugal Program at the Foundation (Executive Subcommittee) Paulo Manuel Cadete Ferrão
Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Tecnico, Technical University of Lisbon and Director, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (also PT lead for Sustainable Energy Systems)
Two representatives of MIT’s senior administration

Phillip Clay
Chancellor, MIT

Subra Suresh
Dean, MIT School of Engineering