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Ivone Patrão, is an clinical and health psychologist, with Masters and PhD in Health Psychology (ISPA-University Institute). Family and couple therapist (SPTF). Associate professor at ISPA- Instituto Universitário. Researcher member at Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion (APPsyCI). Coordinator of the #GeraçãoCordão Project – with 3 areas: research, training and a consultation in the area of online behaviors and addictions.
Publication of several scientific articles and books, in the field of online behavior´s, such as: «Intervention in Cyberpsychology»; «Online dependencies»; «Geração Cordão: the generation that does not turn off»; «MISSION 2050 Game – Promoting the healthy use of technologies». Co-author of the Podcast: From Corn to Popcorn, in the field of Work, Tech, Life Balance, to promote productivity and happiness.

Last uptated: june 2025

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (IST-UL) and a PhD in Systems Biology (ITQB-NOVA), having done her thesis at Harvard University in the USA.
She was principal investigator at the Gulbenkian Institute of Science and director of the Science for Development Postgraduate Programme, a PhD programme aimed at PALOP (Portuguese-speaking African countries).
She was a professor at Nova SBE and has been coordinating the multidisciplinary research group «Social Physics & Complexity» — SPAC at the Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics Laboratory since 2020.

Last updated: april 2025

He is an artificial intelligence specialist and co-founder of ‘Data Science for Social Good Portugal’, an association that develops data science and artificial intelligence projects with a positive social impact.
He leads the Data and Artificial Intelligence teams at Mollie, one of Europe's major fintech companies.
With a decade of experience in data and AI, he has developed and implemented artificial intelligence solutions in various sectors. He combines in-depth scientific knowledge with a practical and effective approach to implementing AI, and has been recognised with awards in the field.
He is a guest speaker on ‘data & AI’ at Nova SBE and has a diverse background in national and international companies.

Last updated: january 2025

He runs the Teak Capital fund, is a partner in the Horizon Equity Partners fund, vice-chairman of Sonae Indústria, and sits on the board of the Serralves Foundation. He recently stepped down as chairman of the BA Glass group after 22 years running the company.
He has accumulated decades of experience in company management, running dozens of companies in a wide variety of areas - here we name just a few. He was chairman of the Board of Directors of Sonae Retalho Especializado, TVI - Televisão Independente and the Spanish company La Seda de Barcelona. He managed the EDP - Energias de Portugal group and was a member of the board of COTEC Portugal.
He taught at the University of Porto between 1975 and 1987. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Porto, a master's degree and a doctorate in Management from the University of Warwick, UK.

Last updated: december 2020

Founder and CEO of the communications company Empower Sports and presenter on the Eleven Sports channel. He began his career at RTP, later working for CNN (in the US and later as a correspondent in London), Sport TV and UEFA. He has also worked with FIFA and the Portuguese Football Federation.

Last updated: January 2022

She is Associate Professor at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon, where she obtained her PhD in Economic and Organisational Sociology and coordinated the «Break Even» project (2014-2016), focused on promoting gender equality in companies.
She is currently coordinating the project «Women on Boards: An Integrative Approach», funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES).
She is a PhD researcher at the Centre for Research in Economic and Organisational Sociology, where she coordinates the Organisations, Work, Employment and Gender research line.
She was President of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality in 2010, a body to which she remains attached as a member of the advisory board in her capacity as an expert in women's rights, non-discrimination and citizenship.
She coordinated the European Sociological Association’s research network «Gender Relations in the Labour Market and the Welfare State» and remains a member of the network's scientific committee. She has served on the board of the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union's High-Level Group on Gender Mainstreaming and the Economic and Social Council.

Last updated: February 2019

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto (FEP-UP) and Vice-Rector of the University of Porto. Director of CIPES – Higher Education Policy Research Centre. Consultant to the Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic for Higher Education and Science (since April 2016). Member of the Education Council of the Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos (since 2013) and of the CNE – National Education Council (since 2014). Member of the Board of Directors of the Bial Foundation (since 2015).

Last updated: November 2017

He is Rector of the University of Maia. He was Secretary of State for Higher Education and also for Science. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Porto and got his Master’s degree in Mathematics and PhD in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Oxford (England). He has been teaching since 1968 and was Professor of Chemistry at the University of Porto School of Sciences until 2013. Researcher at the Chemistry Research Centre and then at the Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry. He was a member of the Portuguese parliament in the 11th legislature.

Last updated: March 2023

Professor at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nova University Lisbon (FCSH/UNL), she has a PhD in Sociology, specialising in Demography. She was director of PORDATA – Database of Contemporary Portugal, a project of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos, where she also coordinated the scientific area of Population. She has held management positions in various public bodies in the Ministries of Education and Science, Technology and Higher Education. She is a member of the Statistical Council and a member of the Executive Board of the European Statistical Advisory Committee. She is the author and coordinator of numerous published studies on Portuguese society, including "Portugal and Europe: the numbers", "Ageing of Portuguese Society", "Immigrant contributions to Portuguese demography: the role of foreign nationality populations" and "Being born in Portugal" (multimedia work), among others.

Last updated: February 2019