LECTURERS & SPEAKERS

Professor at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) (Oslo Metropolitan University)

alepen@oslomet.no

Alex Alcocer is professor of Robotics and Control at the department of Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). He holds a PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal. He has held positions at Kongsberg Maritime and Aker Solutions before joining OsloMet. He is academic leader of OsloMet Oceanlab and member of OsloMet Artificial Intelligence laboratory. He is a project coordinator of the ongoing EU project OASYS. His research interests include marine robotics, ocean observing systems, autonomous underwater vehicles, underwater gliders, and unmanned surface vessels.

Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)

Safe and healthy seafood and sustainable consumption

aluisa@ipma.pt

Ana Luísa Maulvault is an Assistant Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA, I.P.), and research collaborator at the Applied Molecular Biosciences Research Unit (UCIBIO). She holds a PhD degree in Environmental studies, from Nova University of Lisbon, and a Masters degree in Marine Biology with specialisation in Fisheries and Aquaculture, from the University of Algarve. She has published 50 papers and 4 book chapters. She coordinates two courses in the framework of the ongoing European Project “BAPSI – Blue Academy for Professional of the Seafood Industry”, and regularly collaborates with the Academia, being an invited teacher/speaker of the Masters and Doctoral Programmes from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) and the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Nova Universite (FCT-UNL).

Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

asfg.valente@gmail.com

His research interests are on physical oceanography, remote sensing, ocean colour, physical-biological coupling and ocean climate variability. He integrates data from satellites (e.g. ocean colour, infrared, altimetry), in-situ (e.g. ARGO profiles) and models for various applications such as the study of seasonal and interannual changes in ocean physics (e.g. vertical mixing, currents) and their impact on phytoplankton. He also maintains the global bio-optical in-situ database used for validation and development of the new ocean-colour satellite products from the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI).

Integrated Researcher at CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research

a.disterheft@fct.unl.pt

Antje is enthusiastic about exploring transformative processes that can support keeping human-nature systems in balance. She completed her PhD in the field of (social) sustainability, having conducted research on sustainability in higher education and how to assess participatory processes when universities start engaging with all forms of change that can reduce the ecological footprint, increase justice and promote well-being for all. She also got trained in diverse methods for participatory leadership and project management design, applying her facilitation skills in diverse group settings. Her current postdoctoral research is about narratives of transformation in science-society interfaces, focusing on capacity building and new approaches to collaboration and co-creation.

Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)

amarques@ipma.pt

António Marques is biologist graduated at the Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon University, and has a PhD from Ghent University, Belgium. He is Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA). He has expertise in seafood quality and safety and in leadership positions at EU projects (coordinator: H2020 SEAFOODTOMORROW, FP7 ECsafeSEAFOOD, FP6 RISKFOODCONT WP leader: ACRUNET, SEA_ON_A_CHIP) and Portuguese programs.

Associated Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)
Coordinator of MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (Polo da NOVA)
mgm@fct.unl.pt

Graça holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering (social systems), a MSc in Sanitary Engineering and a BSc in Environmental Engineering, all at FCT NOVA.
She was Vice-Dean of FCT NOVA (2011-2018), Student Ombudsman of NOVA (2018-2021), and member of the following Advisory Board: Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (CAPERSU); The Regulatory Authority for Water and Waste Services (ERSAR); Environment and Sustainability Board of EDP — Energias de Portugal, SA; Scientific Commission of Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV).

Currently holds the following positions: member of the board of the research center MARE – Center for Marine and Environmental Sciences; member of the Advisory Board of Portuguese Environment Agency (CAGER); member of the Advisory Council of the Lisbon City Council for the Prevention and Reduction of Waste; coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the Portuguese Pact for Plastics; coordinator of the National Waste Management Plan (PNGR 2020-2025); coordinator of the Strategic Plan for Urban Waste (PERSU 2020-30).

Her teaching and research fields are: planning and policy instruments for management of waste, special waste streams management, waste collection systems, mechanical processing and material recycling, waste management models for the circular economy and social psychology applied to behaviours towards waste. It is in these areas that she supervises master’s dissertations and doctoral theses and coordinates as an investigator responsible for several research and development projects.

She is the author of several scientific articles and co-author of the well-known books “Practical Manual for Waste Management” (Verlag Dashöfer Professional Editions) and “Waste Management” (Open University), widely used by university students and waste sector professionals, and the book “Sustainable Solid Waste Collection and Management” (Springer International Publishing), awarded the 1st prize from the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), the ISWA Publication Award 2019.

Full Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research

jjm@fct.unl.pt

João Joanaz de Melo graduated and holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering, with a habilitation in Environmental Systems. He is an Associate Professor at NOVA SST, Portugal, researcher at CENSE, conducting teaching, research and consultancy, on sustainability assessment and policy, ecodesign, energy efficiency and Nature conservation, among other fields. He has supervised applied research in cooperation with business and institutions involving over 200 partnerships. He authored the popular science book “What is Ecology” and about 300 technical and scientific papers, of which a third international. Ever a lover of Nature, he was one of the founders and served as president of GEOTA (national environmental NGO).

Associate Professor with habilitation at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

jab@uninova.pt

Jose Barata is an Associate Professor with habilitation at the Electrical and Computing Engineering, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Doctoral Program in Electrical and Computing Engineering at the NOVA-FCT, where he is currently responsible for the courses units Robotics, Systems Integration, Telerobotics and Autonomous Systems, and Robotics Systems and CIM.

He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialisation in Robotics and Integrated Manufacturing from NOVA-FCT in 2004. He also has a Master degree in Computer Science from the FCT-NOVA in 1995, a degree in Computer Science from the FCT-NOVA in 1990, a BsC in Electrical Engineering with major in Digital Systems from ISEL in 1987, and a BsC in Maritime Electronics and Telecommunications from the Merchant Navy School (ENIDH) in 1982.

He is senior researcher at the CTS – Centre of Technology and Systems at the UNINOVA Institute, where he is also coordinating the research group RICS – Robotics and Industrial Complex Systems (http://rics.uninova.pt), that develops research in the areas of service robots and smart industry. RICS has more than 20 members, including 4 PhDs, 8 Phd Students, Master Students, and Technicians. Within the RICS group he has leading the UNINOVA participation in several international projects from different European Programs, namely FP6 EUPASS, FP6 Self-Learning, FP7 IDEAS, FP7 PRIME, FP7 RIVERWATCH, FP7 ROBO-PARTNER, FP7 PROSECO, H2020 OPEN-MOS, H2020 PERFORM, H2020 GO0DMAN, MSC ITN DIMANDI, H2020 AVANGARD, and H2020 SOLSTICE. He is currently coordinating the H2020 project BIECO in the area of cybersecurity. He has also coordinated three research National Projects from the Portuguese science council (FCT) in the areas of smart manufacturing, service robots, and AI applied to diagnosis COVID-19. He has coordinated the participation of UNINOVA in several industrial projects related to industry 4.0 and autonomous service robots for surveillance and agriculture.

Together with his RICS group he has won the INCM (Mint House and Official Print) INNOVATION Prize that was awarded in May 2018. The winning proposal was the development of an advanced industry 4.0 based autonomous intralogistics platform for the INCM shop floor to improve operator’s safety, process security, and optimisation of product shipment. The idea is now being developed and implemented under direct contract between INCM and UNINOVA.

He is currently the scientific coordinator of the Collaboratory Laboratory aiming to boost Digital Innovation in Agriculture: the SFCOLAB: Smart Farm Collaborative Laboratory.

His main research interests are in the area of SMART Manufacturing (Industry 4.0) with particular focus on Complex Adaptive Systems, involving intelligent manufacturing devices, and Robotics systems, focused on multi robot interactions. For Industry 4.0 he has contributed to some of the basic concepts behind Industry 4.0, namely about intelligent modular components or cyber physical systems, and participated in some of the initial industrial demonstrators of these concepts, together with companies such as FESTO, SIEMENS, PHILIPS, and ELECTROLUX. For the Robotics area he has contributed to the development of all terrain, aerial, and surface vehicles.

He has published over 200 original papers in international journals and international conferences. He is a member of the IEEE technical committees on Industrial Agents (IES), Self-Organisation and Cybernetics for Informatics (SMC), and Education in Engineering and Industrial Technologies (IES). He is also a member of the IFAC technical committee 4.4 (Cost Oriented Automation). He has more than 5000 citations (https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=4G8tKCsAAAAJ&hl=en)

Assistant Professor at at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

jcr-ferreira@fct.unl.pt

José Carlos Ferreira is Assistant Professor at School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST), Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (DCEA) and researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE NOVA).

He holds a PhD in Environment and Sustainability, esp. In Environmental Engineering and Sustainability (Universidade Nova de Lisboa / NOVA University), M.Sc. in Physical Geography and Environment (University of Lisbon) and B.Sc. in Geography and Regional Planning, var. Physical Geography (University of Lisbon).

His research activity is carried out within environmental planning, green infrastructure and territorial services, Ecosystem-based management, Strategies to adapt to an uncertain climate change, assessment and management of vulnerability and risk in complex territories.

He has been mainly involved in the teaching on Master in environmental engineering and Master in Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning (Planning of Green Infrastructures and Coastal Management, Ecosystems Restoration and Territorial Requalification, Territorial Planning, Environmental Risk Assessment; SEA- innovation and sustainability and Environmental Engineering Project, Environmental Planning and Sustainable Urbanism and Spatial Planning Project). He also collaborates in the curricular unit “Transversal Competences for Science and Technology” (interim period) and in the Master on Environmental Management and Policies.

Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

ltv@fct.unl.pt

Lia Vasconcelos, Professor at Faculty of Science and Technology (NOVA SST) and researcher of MARE coordinating the Thematic Line on Governance and Literacy, focus her research on innovative decision making and new forms of multistakholders collaborative governance in public policy.Principal researcher/Founding member of WTeamUp Participation and Empowerment an action-research group in collaborative processes. She has published various papers and is editor/author of several books, namely Sustainability in the 21st century – The Power of Dialogue (2015) and co-authored Mediação Ambiental da lei à Prática (2020).

Coordinator of the MARGov Project and of the participative component of MARLISCO FP7 social awareness/co-responsibility towards marine litter recognized with the RRI (Research Responsible Innovation), was responsible for the collaborative methodologies of the Urban WINS (H2020) for waste management and now for the participative component of Ocean Wise (Interreg) aiming to reduce the EPS in the Northeast Atlantic.

She was granted several Prizes/Recognitions namely: Prize of Iconic Women Creating a Better World For ALL – Associations that Work 2019, Significant Participatory Practices, Prize of Collaborative Research 2013-2014 and Communication Award 2013.

Full Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

cam@uninova.pt

Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

Coordinator of MARlab – Marine Research and Environmental Risk Laboratory

Coordinator of Marine Science, Technology and Society Education Programme

marta.martins@fct.unl.pt

Marta Martins (MM) is Assistant Professor at NOVA SST where she is active in teaching and supervising master and PhD candidates. She coordinates the Marine Science, Technology and Society Education Programme, and the Post-graduation in MSTS at NOVA SST.

MM is integrated researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, in which she coordinates the research group MARlab – Marine Research and Environmental Risk Lab.  MM holds a Ph.D. on Environmental Sciences and a Master degree in Ecology, Management and Modelling of Marine Resources by NOVA SST.

MM research interests are based on the One Health transdisciplinary approach, which includes environmental, animal and human health. The main research topics are related with the study of the mechanisms and interaction effects of mixtures of environmental pollutants (from chemicals to nano and microplastics) to improve the basis of Environmental and Human Health Risk Assessment Strategies and to contribute to sustainability. She is also interested in the development of new monitoring tools and new biomarkers. Her scientific research contributes to the Goal 2, 3, 4, 14 of the UN and to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

MM collaborates in several national and international scientific projects in marine areas. She is member of the Editorial Board of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. She is a member of the SETAC Education Committee (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry). She is also certified by FELASA with the Laboratory Animal Science level C for directing animal experiments and by ESTIV and ASCCT on Applied In Vitro Toxicology.

Researcher at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Coordinator of OLO – Ocean Literacy Observatory

mmbm@fct.unl.pt

Mônica Mesquita (MM) is R4 Leading Researcher at NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA) and integrated researcher at the MARE Centre, in which she is founder and coordinator of Ocean Literacy Observatory. On the last 5 years she is lecturer and advisor on the Masters and PhDs courses at NOVA School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA and invited lecture at Mathematics Education Master Course at Universidad de Granada, as well as collaborative researcher in the GEPEm/Brazil, and in the ATINER. She has the first degree in Pure Mathematics, with a minor in mathematics teaching and curriculum, and a Master in Mathematics Education; both in Pontifícia Universidade Católica – São Paulo/Brazil. Having the urbanity as a major research theme, she found in the Ethnomathematics and in the Socioanthropology of Mathematics an holistic theoretical framework to work with children in street situation and indigenous people, both in Brazil. In Portugal, since 2001, she was researcher in European projects of technological education: ModellingSpace (IST-2000-25385) and DALEST (224269-CP-1-2005-CY-MINERVA-M). Mônica was awarded a international grant to develop her PhD in Education Science from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). In 2012, she was the principal researcher at Urban Boundaries: The dynamic of cultural encounters in communitarian education – a scientific national project, supported by FCT, in which she has worked with local communities (Fishing and Multicultural Slum), developing the concept of Communitarian Education. She is the co-founder researcher of EmF – CNPq/Brazil, and member at ISA / RC54 – Body in the Social Science e TG11 – Violence and Society, and Marine Social Sciences Network. She was the main researcher of Smart Fishing Project and national main researcher of Partibridges Project. Currently, she is researching in: (1) PESCARTE Project – Gender and political Flows in the Environmental Communitarian Education, Pt; (2) Indigenous and Fishing’s Environmental Communitarian Education; Bi-lateral research Br/Pt; (3) DJAMBADON DI MUNTUDO NA BISSAU – Waste co-management in Tchada – Guinea Bissau; and (4) Blue Production in artisanal fishing communities – Waste kitchen and the valorisation of species with low or no market value; (5) Marine Science, Technology, and Society Educational Programme – implementation of a Post-graduation course in marine area.

Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)

Head of Aquaculture, Upgrading and Bioprospecting Division

narcisa@ipma.pt

Narcisa Bandarra holds habilitation in Ocean Sciences in 2018 by Faculty of Sciences of Lisbon and PhD in Biotechnology in 1999 by Instituto Superior Técnico of Lisbon. She is Head of Aquaculture, Upgrading and Bioprospecting Division from Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, I.P. IPMA) from 2014, she has thirty years of scientific work in the area of upgrading of fishery and aquaculture products with special focus on biochemical and nutritional value of fishery and aquaculture products, seeking their importance for health and well being of consumers as well as upgrading the best of these products by the productive sector. The result of her scientific activity is reflected in the publication of more than one 175 scientific articles in international journals, participation in 55 projects of national and international R&D and the orientation of 77 undergraduate, master, doctorate and national international postdoctoral students. She is the Portuguese focal point of the European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA) and she was invited as an expert to the High Level Panel in Ocean economy (HLPO) https://oceanpanel.org/.

Orcid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7563-9226

Invited Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

nl.figueiredo@fct.unl.pt

Neusa L. Figueiredo (NF) holds a PhD in Pharmacy (Toxicology) (FFUL), a Master’s degree in Biochemistry (FCUL), and a degree in Biology (ISA-UL). NF’s expertise is in microbiology and environmental toxicology. Environmental toxicology, especially aquatic toxicology, is a research area focused on the effects of exposures to toxic substances. In this context, the presence of pollutants in aquatic systems can modify the genetic composition of microorganisms, selecting those with resistant genotypes. The genetic engineering approach in microbiology can make a powerful combination with environmental toxicology for the study of bioremediation strategies. Thus, her specific research interest is related with how environmental contaminants, especially aquatic pollutants, affect aquatic organisms, from microbial cells to vertebrates, and how microorganisms and plants can be used to mitigate the risk associated with the aquatic system pollution. Currently, NF is involved in the Project PAHMIX – a molecular approach to improve environmental risk assessment strategies –  and is PI of µScale project – “How microplastics shape microbial communities in aquatic systems: implications to environmental risk assessment and bioremediation strategies” (MARE miniGrant 2020).

Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)

patricia@ipma.pt

Patrícia Gonçalves currently works at the Divisão de Modelação e Gestão de Recursos de Pesca, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA). Patrícia does research in Marine Biology, Fisheries, Stock Assessment, Fish Growth, Fish Reproduction and Sampling Design. Patrícia is involved in several working groups and workshops organized in the domain of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, enrolled as a participant and also as coordinator. Patrícia coordinates the Descriptor 3 “Commercial fish and shellfish”, for the Portuguese mainland subdivision, in the context of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD).

Full Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research

mpa@fct.unl.pt

Paula Antunes (PA) is Full Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST).  She was Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering of FCT NOVA (2006-09) and director of CENSE – Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research (2007-13). PA has a PhD in environmental engineering and considerable experience in developing interdisciplinary research and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams. She teaches environmental management, sustainability science and ecological economics topics at MSc and PhD level at NOVA. Her research focuses on mapping and assessment of ecosystem services, circular economy models, sustainability assessment, participatory decision-support tools and environmental policies.

Associate Professor  at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre

psobral@fct.unl.pt

ORCID: 0000-0003-0834-6789

Ciência ID: 7318-775D-F813

Paula Sobral – Biologist, PhD in Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor w/ Habilitation of Environmental Sciences at NOVA School of Science and Technology, researcher at MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre working on marine litter and microplastics sources and sinks and the effects of microplastics contamination on marine organisms. She has coordinated and participated in various research projects on microplastics since 2008 and published several papers in international journals and collaborated with other universities about the issues of marine litter and microplastics

Designated expert on microplastics for the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), she has collaborated with the Portuguese Environmental Agency and other government bodies onto the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (descriptor 10 – marine litter), she worked as member of UN GESAMP– Group of Experts on the Scientific aspects of Marine Pollution and integrates the pool of experts of United Nations 2nd World Ocean Assessment.

Founder of the Portuguese Marine Litter Association – APLM, an engagement platform for awareness and co-responsibility, she develops science communication activities about marine litter and microplastics.

Associate Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at SOCIUS-Research Center

pcu@fct.unl.pt

Paula Urze holds a PhD in Economic and Organizational Sociology from Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (ISEG-UL) (2005). She is Associate Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST) and Head of the Applied Social Sciences Department (DCSA). She is a Researcher at CIUHCT _ Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia. She has been a Speaker at several national and international seminars, colloquia and conferences in the fields of innovation and knowledge, business and social networks, work and technology. She is author and co-author of several publications, national and international.

Senior Researcher at the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA)

Head of the Aquaculture Research Station in Olhão

pedro.pousao@ipma.pt

Pedro Marques Pousão-Ferreira is a biologist, senior researcher at Instituto Português do Mar e Atmosfera (IPMA) and expert in aquaculture. He is the head of the Aquaculture Research Station in Olhão. He has more than 35 years of experience on the reproduction (hatchery), larval rearing, nutrition, ongrowing and production of bass, sole, meagre, grouper, sardine and 6 species of breams on in-shore (earth ponds) and on offshore (cages). He has participated in 62 national and international research projects. Is a member of the Scientific Review Panel of Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI) and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and member of the External Scientific Review Panel (ESRP) of AKDN (Aga Khan foundation). He has published 157 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific periodicals, 27 peer-reviewed short papers, 372 communications/posters in scientific meetings and workshops, 4 manuals, 4 book chapters and 1 technical book. He is a Professor of the Aquaculture master course at the University of Porto (ICBAS) from 2000-2020 and he was Professor of marine larviculture and aquaculture at the University of Algarve-FCT (2011-2013). Presently, he is President of the Scientific Council of IPMA. Supervised 30 bachelor’s, 21 master, 1 PhD and 4 post-doc thesis. Participated in 45 juries for the evaluation of scientific internships in biology, master’s and PhD thesis at several Universities. In his Ciência Vitae curriculum the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: Aquaculture, Nutrition, larval and live food, pre-fattening and fattening. Production systems in semi-intensive and intensive in-shore and open sea (offshore). Basic and advanced training and technology transfer.

Full Professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Integrated Researcher at CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research

rfs@fct.unl.pt

Rui Ferreira dos Santos (RS) has a Degree in Economics by the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), a MSc in Operations Research and Systems Engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), and a PhD in Environmental Engineering/domain: Environmental Economics, by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA). He is Full Professor at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA SST), Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, where he has been a lecturer since 1986. He teaches Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics and related courses in several PhD, Master and Post-graduate programs. RS is a founding member and was the Director of CENSE (Center for ENvironmental and Sustainability rEsearch) between 2017-2021, and coordinated the research unit in ecological economics and environmental management (ECOMAN) from 2007 to 2017.

Main research interests include the design and evaluation of environmental policy instruments, with a special focus in economic and market-based instruments, ecosystem services valuation, and sustainability assessment. Coordinator and team member of more than 40 national and EC research projects (FP4 to H2020), as well as more than 100 studies and consultancy projects. Member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Institute for the Regulation of Water and Solid Waste Services (IRAR, current ERSAR) (2003-2006). Nominated by the Portuguese government as coordinator or member of several expert groups and Commissions (e.g. Portuguese Green Tax Reform Commission, 2014). Represented the Portuguese Government in some international fora (e.g. WATECO group, WFD – EC Water Economics Working Group).

Lecturer and Researcher at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST)

Lecturer and Researcher at Universidade Europeia

CEO and founder of Impact Lab

ana.esteves@fct.unl.pt

Sofia Esteves has extensive experience in the areas of Intellectual Property (IP), Technology Transfer, Innovation Management, Research Impact, and Entrepreneurship. With a scientific background in Chemistry and Biotechnology, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Sofia is currently the manager of a European funded project focused on innovation and technology transfer in the blue economy sectors, and she is also a professor and researcher in the fields of creativity and innovation, design thinking, entrepreneurship,  IP and technology transfer.

Her professional experience includes research activities in a biotech start-up, she worked at a business incubator in Spain, founded different companies in a variety of fields including education, human-centered innovation services, and fashion design, and she also led the Technology Transfer Office of NOVA University of Lisbon.

She is passionate about giving meaning to the output of research activities by putting them into the market, especially through the creation of a new venture

Associate Professor with Habilitation at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST), NOVA UnIversity Lisbon

Integrated Researcher at CENSE – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research

tabr@fct.unl.pt

Tomás B. Ramos is Professor of Sustainability Assessment and Planning at NOVA School of Science and Technology (NOVA SST), Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, and senior researcher at CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research. He has been visiting professor/researcher at Nanjing University and Fudan University (China), University of São Paulo (Brazil), International University of Andaluzia and University of La Laguna (Spain), University of Salford and University of Sussex (United Kingdom), State University Península Santa Elena and Escuela Politécnica del Litoral (Ecuador), Florida State University (USA), University Agostinho Neto (Angola), among others. He is a grant reviewer for several international agencies (European Union, Japan, Belgium, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Netherlands). He is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists for the years 2019 and 2020. A standardised citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field, developed by the University of Stanford and Elsevier. https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.
com/datasets/btchxktzyw/2.

He holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering and his research activity is centred on sustainability assessment and management, including impact assessment (e.g. strategic environmental assessment), circular economy, public sector, stakeholder engagement and transdisciplinary collaborative approaches. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cleaner Production Letters and Executive Editor of the Journal of Cleaner Production, and member of the Editorial Board of several other leading journals, e.g. Sustainable Development, Business Strategy and Development. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Sustainable Development Research Society (ISDRS), member of the Accreditation Council of the Order of Engineers of Portugal and President of the Portuguese Environmental Engineering Association.

Vice Dean of Research & Development at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) (Oslo Metropolitan University)

Professor at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) (Oslo Metropolitan University)

Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Ocean, formerly known as Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK )

vahidhas@oslomet.no

Short Bio:
Vahid Hassani is vice dean of research & development and professor of Robotics and Control at Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD), Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet). Before joining OsloMet in 2019, he was an (adjunct) associate professor in the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU, where he was active in teaching and supervising master and PhD candidates. He is also a senior research scientist at SINTEF Ocean, formerly known as the Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK). His research interests are spread in many fields of marine control and robotics, including remotely operated vehicles, autonomous systems, ocean sampling, unmanned ships, dynamic positioning, the design of ride control systems for high-speed vessels and surface effect ships, and the virtual prototyping of marine systems and operations.