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4 de junho de 2022, 9h00
Ismaili Centre, Londres
PARSUK PARA TODOS: UNIDOS PELO CONHECIMENTO
O maior evento da comunidade académica e científica portuguesa no Reino Unido.
Queremos que o LUSO 2022 seja uma celebração da diáspora portuguesa
científica no Reino Unido, refletindo a diversidade da nossa comunidade e demonstrando o valor social da ciência.
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TEMAS DO LUSO 2022
Explorar as potencialidades da comunidade científica e da ciência feita em comunidade;
Dar visibilidade aos percursos alternativos fora da academia.
Explorar como a ciência e a cultura se impactam mutuamente;
Abordar a conexão entre arte e ciência, com exposições e discussões.
Explorar como a comunicação é parte da profissão do investigador e impacta a sociedade ao seu redor; Discutir como a comunicação em ciência pode capacitar cidadãos para o consumo crítico de informação.
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Oradores
Elvira Fortunato
Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
Elvira Fortunato was born in Almada in 1964. She has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1987, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon); a PhD in Materials Engineering: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (1995, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chair Professor at the Materials Science Department at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon and currently Vice-Dean of this university, where she has coordinated the research area since 2017. She is also Director of the Associated Laboratory of the Institute of Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanomodelling. From 2015 to 2020 she was part of the group of seven researchers in the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism based on scientific evidence. Since 2010 she has been in the Chancellery of the Honorific Orders of Portugal, at the Presidency of the Republic. She is a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly technologies. In 2008, at the 1st edition of the European Research Council ERC grants, she was awarded an Advanced Grant for the project INVISIBLE, considered by the European Commission to be a success story. In the same year, she showed with her group the possibility of manufacturing the first paper transistor, starting a new field in the area of paper electronics. In 2018 she was awarded a second Advanced Grant for the project DIGISMART. Recently, and following on from the exploratory results of the DIGISMART, she obtained Proof of Concept with the e-GREEN project: From forests to Green Electronics, focusing on exploring environmentally friendly and low-cost materials and technology exploration. In 2022, she was part of the group of 27 inspiring European Women, elected by the current French Presidency of the European Union. With over 800 scientific papers published, in the last few years she has been awarded more than 50 prizes and international distinctions for her work, of which we note the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, bestowed by the President of the Republic in 2010, the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2016, the Czochralski prize in 2017, the Pessoa prize in 2020, the Horizon Impact prize by the European Commission in 2020 with the project INVISIBLE, the prize of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations: WFOE GREE AWARD Women in 2020, The Strait of Magellan Prize by the Chilean Government in 2020, the Innovation in Materials prize in 2021 granted by the FEMS and the Human Rights Prize granted by Parliament in 2021. She is an elected member of the Engineering Academy, the European Science Academy, the Lisbon Science Academy, and the Europaea Academy. She has been on the Luso-American Foundation for Development Board of Trustees since 2014. She has coordinated several national and international project, of which we note her pioneering activity at Nova University of Lisbon in the field of equal opportunities through the SPEAR project, a European platform to support and implement plans for gender equality in higher education institutions.
Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education
Elvira Fortunato was born in Almada in 1964. She has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1987, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon); a PhD in Materials Engineering: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (1995, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chair Professor at the Materials Science Department at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon and currently Vice-Dean of this university, where she has coordinated the research area since 2017. She is also Director of the Associated Laboratory of the Institute of Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanomodelling. From 2015 to 2020 she was part of the group of seven researchers in the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism based on scientific evidence. Since 2010 she has been in the Chancellery of the Honorific Orders of Portugal, at the Presidency of the Republic. She is a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly technologies. In 2008, at the 1st edition of the European Research Council ERC grants, she was awarded an Advanced Grant for the project INVISIBLE, considered by the European Commission to be a success story. In the same year, she showed with her group the possibility of manufacturing the first paper transistor, starting a new field in the area of paper electronics. In 2018 she was awarded a second Advanced Grant for the project DIGISMART. Recently, and following on from the exploratory results of the DIGISMART, she obtained Proof of Concept with the e-GREEN project: From forests to Green Electronics, focusing on exploring environmentally friendly and low-cost materials and technology exploration. In 2022, she was part of the group of 27 inspiring European Women, elected by the current French Presidency of the European Union. With over 800 scientific papers published, in the last few years she has been awarded more than 50 prizes and international distinctions for her work, of which we note the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, bestowed by the President of the Republic in 2010, the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2016, the Czochralski prize in 2017, the Pessoa prize in 2020, the Horizon Impact prize by the European Commission in 2020 with the project INVISIBLE, the prize of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations: WFOE GREE AWARD Women in 2020, The Strait of Magellan Prize by the Chilean Government in 2020, the Innovation in Materials prize in 2021 granted by the FEMS and the Human Rights Prize granted by Parliament in 2021. She is an elected member of the Engineering Academy, the European Science Academy, the Lisbon Science Academy, and the Europaea Academy. She has been on the Luso-American Foundation for Development Board of Trustees since 2014. She has coordinated several national and international project, of which we note her pioneering activity at Nova University of Lisbon in the field of equal opportunities through the SPEAR project, a European platform to support and implement plans for gender equality in higher education institutions.
Nuno Brito
Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Cristina Pucarinho
Portuguese Consul General in London
Portuguese Consul General in London
Mahmood Ahmed
Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee
Background
• Chairman, Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee (Current)
• Consultant, Adams & Remers LLP, lawyers in London (Current)
• Founder Diplomatic Representative of AKDN in Uganda (2006-2016)
with additional responsibility for Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan,
and acting as AKDN’s liaison with the East African Community
headquartered in Arusha (2012-2016), roles which were pursued
alongside practising law in London England.
• President, UK Ismaili National Council (1996-2002); Vice President
(1993-1996)
• Member Ismaili International Conciliation & Arbitration Board (1987-
1990)
• AKDN Communications Coordinator for the UK (1989-1993)
• Secretary to the Ismaili Constitution Review Committee (1984-1987)
and Convenor of subsequent constitutional assignments (1998), (2018)
and current.
• Legal Member UK Ismaili National Council (1983-1987)
Education
• BA (Jurisprudence) converted to MA, Oxford University
• MBA, INSEAD (France)
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court (UK)
Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee
Background
• Chairman, Aga Khan Foundation UK National Committee (Current)
• Consultant, Adams & Remers LLP, lawyers in London (Current)
• Founder Diplomatic Representative of AKDN in Uganda (2006-2016)
with additional responsibility for Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan,
and acting as AKDN’s liaison with the East African Community
headquartered in Arusha (2012-2016), roles which were pursued
alongside practising law in London England.
• President, UK Ismaili National Council (1996-2002); Vice President
(1993-1996)
• Member Ismaili International Conciliation & Arbitration Board (1987-
1990)
• AKDN Communications Coordinator for the UK (1989-1993)
• Secretary to the Ismaili Constitution Review Committee (1984-1987)
and Convenor of subsequent constitutional assignments (1998), (2018)
and current.
• Legal Member UK Ismaili National Council (1983-1987)
Education
• BA (Jurisprudence) converted to MA, Oxford University
• MBA, INSEAD (France)
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court (UK)
José Paulo Esperança
Vice president FCT
José Paulo Esperança is a full professor of Finance and a former Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. He was the Dean of ISCTE Business School between April 2015 and April 2019, resigning this position to become Vice-president of FCT. He has a degree in Business Organization and Management by ISCTE-IUL and got is MBA by the University of Lisbon. He got a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on "The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals" and has published in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Management Research, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Corporate Governance and Management International Review. His research interests include entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. He was the Chairman of AUDAX-ISCTE, an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. He also co-founded Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. He was the Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon's 2020 Program of the European Commission and a member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations. He was born in Vila Garcia, located in the municipality of Guarda, on 13 October of 1957.
Vice president FCT
José Paulo Esperança is a full professor of Finance and a former Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. He was the Dean of ISCTE Business School between April 2015 and April 2019, resigning this position to become Vice-president of FCT. He has a degree in Business Organization and Management by ISCTE-IUL and got is MBA by the University of Lisbon. He got a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on "The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals" and has published in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Management Research, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Corporate Governance and Management International Review. His research interests include entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. He was the Chairman of AUDAX-ISCTE, an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. He also co-founded Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. He was the Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon's 2020 Program of the European Commission and a member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations. He was born in Vila Garcia, located in the municipality of Guarda, on 13 October of 1957.
Sandra Carito
The Anglo-Portuguese Society
The Anglo-Portuguese Society