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Ricardo Migueis
Hello and welcome to The Insider, a podcast Made in Brussels about research and innovation in Europe, the people and the institutions that make it happen.
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Find out what drives them, their infinite and diverse career paths.
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You will have the opportunity to know more about the leading European universities and research institutes, as well as research-based start-ups and industry leaders.
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Welcome back to The Insider, your weekly podcast about Research and Innovation in Europe.
Jana Kolar is the current Chair of ESFRI – the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures. ESFRI has just celebrated 20 years and has had a crucial role in promoting a strategic approach across Europe towards selection and funding of research infrastructures. The importance of the contribution of ESFRI for strategic thinking, not just in research infrastructures, but in Research and Innovation more broadly along these last 20 years is often overlooked. But what is the future holding and how is ESFRI addressing it?
Jana is also one of the most engaging and interesting persons to talk to. It is always a huge pleasure to have these conversations and debates with her and you will surely want to hear this one.
We explore the unique path towards the establishment of CERIC, the RI that Jana is the Executive Director of, but also the vision for Jana’s 2-year first mandate in ESFRI as Chair. We went deep into the challenges of rethinking how to properly develop a landscape and gap analysis across knowledge domains, the importance of impact, sustainability and funding synergies, among others.
In today’s podcast I bring you my conversation with Charlotte Andersdotter. Charlotte is currently the Head of Office of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprises in Brussels and allowed us to dive into her 20 years of experience as an expat in the Brussels R&I arena. I can assure you there would be much more I would love to discuss about this issue with Charlotte, as she not only has an extremely interesting and rich professional experience that takes us back to her role as founder of ERRIN, the European Regions Research and Innovation Network, to her experience at the European Commission DG RTD, but she is also a good person, respectful of individuality, of difference and of the diversity across Europe, and those that know me, know that is what I value above all.
We also explore: how well are the Swedish interests represented in Brussels? What is the role of a Brussels-based representation and its challenges vis-à-vis its home institutions? is there a difference between the research and the innovation part, namely the representation of industry or is there complementarity? What role play the Nordic research and innovation councils such as Nordforsk or Norden?
Let’s hear it!
Welcome back to The Insider! This is a special episode, commemorative of the 20 years of our INESC institutes in Coimbra. It is a very relaxed and informal conversation where I explore with Carlos Henggeler what defines INESC Coimbra, its inherent interdisciplinarity and what distinguishes it, its relation with University of Coimbra and other higher educations institutions in the Central region of Portugal (namely the Polytechnic Institutes of Leiria and Coimbra), it light structure and “living organism” management as a strategic decision and a reflection on what makes a researcher go the extra mile, dedicate the extra hours.
We wrap it up with a vision for the future, including the importance of contract research and international cooperation in EU projects. This was a frank, open and fluid conversation and we sincerely hope you enjoy it.
Welcome back to The Insider! In this week’s episode, we are going to address head on the critical questions being asked about Technology Infrastructures.
How distinct and specific are TIs in relation to other research and innovation support infrastructures? What specific challenges do they face over their lifecycle and how can their capacity be further leveraged? What is their role in a regional, national or transnational R&I ecosystem? Are TIs mostly local or is there a pan-european relevance and action rationale? What kind of governance and funding model should we develop to take the most out of their potential to help us build bridges between science and the market?
The Joint Research Centre, in partnership with EARTO – European Association of Research and Technology Organisations, recently published a report where most of these questions are further explored.
And that is why my guest today is Sophie Viscido, one of the authors of the report and certainly someone who is always very interesting and good fun to talk to. Stick around to the end of this longer than usual episode and you will get a critical overview of the past, present and future of the discussion on TIs.
We’re also giving you a brief rundown of this week’s top headlines from our Morning Brief newsletter, focusing on the entrance of Tunisia into Horizon Europe under association status, the Swiss government’s replacing the grant and equity funding 24 Swiss start-ups were set to receive from EU funds. Also, the Data Governance Act and the Trans-European energy infrastructure at a glance, and fantastic news for the INESC universe.
Here are some of the events coming up that you should keep an eye out for:
· Don't miss the i3S Workshop on Cancer Research, Biological and Molecular Basis taking place between 26 and 29 September this year. Find out more information here.
· Don't miss this webinar, taking place April 21st, providing detailed information on personnel costs on Horizon Europe projects for Legal and Financial NCPs. Register here.
· Vision Understanding and Machine Intelligence – VISUM 2022 – is the tenth edition of a summer school focused on Computer Vision and Machine Learning. This edition is organised by INESC TEC, and will be an on-site event in Porto, Portugal. Find more information here.
· Science Europe is organising its first conference on Open Science, on 18 and 19 October 2022. Click here to find out more.
· Don't miss the EU Green Week 2022 taking place from 30 May to 5 June 2022. Discover more about the event here.
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"United in diversity", the motto of the European Union, first came into use in 2000 but never made so much sense in the research and innovation domain as it does now that the EU not only made explicit its objectives for gender equality in research but is actively pursuing institutional change in research performing organisations, higher education institutions and research funding organisations.
Today we will be exploring not the numbers and the principles, as we assume you are agree there is work ahead of us towards equality and that this is an important aspect to address. We will be exploring gender issues from the perspective of someone supporting the management of a research institution and that recently had to develop the so-called Gender Equality Plan, which is now compulsory for all research performing organisation and higher education institutions to participate in Horizon Europe projects.
In order to do that, I have here with me Catarina Valente who is part of the interface and co-creation unit, at INESC INOV, she is a researcher with a background in gender issues in research and technology development and is now researching climate resilience and community building.
More to the point, for the purpose of our conversation, Catarina coordinated the development of the Gender Equality Plan of INESC INOV.
We’re also giving you a brief rundown of this week’s top headlines from our Morning Brief newsletter, highlighting the energy crisis in Europe and the two dividing perspectives. One reinforcing the need to step away from non-renewable sources of energy such as oil, that was mostly provided by Russia and enforce the European Green Deal and another which is pushing European oil and coal producing countries to step up their production so that there are no shortages in the coming winter.
Here are some of the events coming up that you should keep an eye out for:
· The KTD Consultation Workshop on Silicon Photonics: The KTD Consultation Workshop on Silicon Photonics is happening March 30. Register here;
· Don't miss the event on Energy Efficiency - A science advice perspective, on March 28th, hosted by MEP Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Co-chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on ‘Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development’. Register here;
· The European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism warmly invites everyone working at the science-policy interface to explore the key challenges of delivery science advice under pressure between 27 and 28 April. Register here;
· DG CNECT is organising an information session on Tuesday 29 March between 14.30-16.30 to present the main elements of the European Chips Act, as well as the preliminary timeline for its adoption. Register here;
· Don't miss the World Entrepreneurs Investment Forum 2022, it will play a vital role in exposing the power of Entrepreneurs and Innovators in creating partnerships to secure a prosperous future and sustainable solutions for the globe challenges. Register here;
· On Tuesday, March 29th, another edition of the iStartLab MeetUps at Técnico Lisbon will happen, this time dedicated to the iStartLab Internet-of-Things (IoT) System and on how it can be used to create solutions for real-life problems. Click here to register.
Welcome back to The Insider.
This week our approach will leave the traditional R&I policies and ask a question that has been growing in importance before us all but not much real attention has been dedicated to it so far: what kind of innovation do we want for the future? No, it is not simple question and we could address it from many different perspectives, of course. Inspired by the 8th Cohesion Forum, which took place earlier this week and counted with the participation of the nobel prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Prof Carlota Perez from SPRU, University of Sussex, I will delve into the increasingly urgent connection between innovation and societal challenges and how science and policy intersect to address these challenges, in particular at EU level.
This is also going to be the theme for a working dinner organised by the INESC Brussels HUB later this year, so any reactions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us, as they are most welcome and may indeed help us defining the contours of the discussion to be had.
Some useful links:
Joseph Stiglitz, Beyond GDP
https://socialeurope.eu/beyond-gdp
OECD - Mission Oriented Innovation – Mariana Mazzucato
https://www.oecd.org/naec/NAEC_Mazzucato.pdf
European Commission – Mission Oriented Research and Innovation – Mariana Mazzucato
https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf
Welcome back to The Insider. Today we’re focusing on the research assessment reform process that is underway in Europe, driven by the European Commission. This is an issue with major impact in the lives of researchers and research performing organizations alike. The Commission wants to reach an agreement before the summer but there are a lot of open issues still to work on.
So, to help us identifying the main issues at stake and go deeper in the discussion, we welcome Marta Agostinho, Executive Director of EU-Life (the alliance of independent research institutes in the life sciences) and its representative in the European Commission stakeholder group for the agreement on research assessment reform.
We’re also giving you a brief rundown of this week’s top headlines from our Morning Brief newsletter, highlighting the European Executive Research Agency’s statement on tackling gender inequalities, the EU Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2024, the European Commission suspending cooperation with Russia on R&I, INESC’s statement supporting Ukrainian researchers and Ole Petter Ottersen, the President of the Karolinska Institute’s comments on the long-term consequences of European sanctions in Russia.
Here are some of the events coming up that you should keep an eye out for:
· The European Regions for Smart Communities Summit 2022 will be the celebration of the success and achievements from cooperation across Smart Communities and an opportunity to mutually commit to share challenges and smart solutions. Click here to find out more about the agenda and how you can register.
· The 6th International Hybrid Power Systems Workshop will take place in Madeira, Portugal in April, supported by INESC TEC. The main objective of the event is to discuss the challenges that arise with the integration of high shares of renewables into isolated/island power systems/micro-grids in combination with batteries/flywheels and conventional power generators. Find more information here.
· Taking place 22 and 23 of March, the Copernicus and the Green Deal Online Workshop will present how Copernicus services can contribute to the achievement of the EU Green Deal policy objectives and support in the monitoring of progress. Register here.
· To foster discussion about a role for science diplomacy in responding to the challenges and opportunities posed by emerging technologies, Science & Diplomacy is organizing a virtual event. Click here for more information.
Welcome to The Insider, a podcast about the key issues on Research & Innovation made by the INESC Brussels HUB team. Today we’re discussing the Top 100 Global Innovators 2022 list published by CLARIVATE and the organization itself. Since 2012, CLARIVATE publishes the list of the top 100 global innovators. This year there are only 3 research entities in the list. The remaining 97 are all private companies. It is interesting to note that the list spans across the world but all the 100 institutions are concentrated in 12 countries. What does this mean for R&I?
We’re also giving you a brief rundown of this week’s top headlines from our Morning Brief newsletter.
Here are some of the events coming up that you should keep an eye out for:
· The UT Austin Portugal Program announced their second webinar series under the Strategic Research Project BigHPC: Towards a New Generation of Big Data & HPC Applications. The first webinar, titled "Linking GitOPS towards fast innovation over BigHPC" with happen March 10th. Sign up here.
· The EU Knowledge Valorization Week is taking place from 29 March to 1 April. Click here for more information and to register.
· The OLISSIPO Twin Seminar III dedicated to protein driven machine learning and network approaches for precision medicine that took place last month was uploaded on YouTube. Click here to watch it.
· Eight calls for proposals under the EU4Health 2022 Annual Working Programme have been published. This 10 March, a dedicated session will take place in the morning, for which you can register here.
· The EU Green Week is coming back in a hybrid format from 30 May to 5 June. Click here for more information.
The 9th and last episode in the Deep Tech series features Susana Cardoso Freitas, Director at INESC MN.
The series is divided in 3 parts (3 podcasts in each part):
In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I.
Part 2 was dedicated to the Green Transition
Part 3 is dedicated to Digital Transformation.
The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series are widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
The 8th episode in the Deep Tech series features Inês de Vega, Head of Quantum Innovations at IQM Quantum Computers.
This is also the 2nd episode of the third part of the Deep Tech series of podcasts produced by the INESC Brussels HUB in partnership with Science Business.
The series is divided in 3 parts (3 podcasts in each part):
In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I.
Part 2 is dedicated to the Green Transition
Part 3 is dedicated to Digital Transformation.
The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series are widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
The seventh episode in the Deep Tech series features Ben Glocker, reader in machine learning at Imperial College and working in fascinating areas related to medical technologies, leading the HeartFlow-Imperial Research Team and work as scientific adviser for Kheiron Medical Technologies.
This is also the first episode of the third part of the Deep Tech series of podcasts produced by the INESC Brussels HUB in partnership with Science Business.
The series is divided in 3 parts (3 podcasts in each part):
In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I.
Part 2 is dedicated to the Green Transition
Part 3 is dedicated to Digital Transformation.
The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series are widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
In this week’s podcast we are talking about freedom, academic and research freedom more precisely. This is obviously a key issue for R&I since freedom to define our research and innovation pathways is at the heart of the scientific method. But we all know that freedom is relative… freedom is not absolute and is constrained by value systems, meaning sets of cultural dominant and powerful values that define a society or an organization.
For example, when set in a capitalist, liberal and democratic society, freedom (and many other values) can only be observed when they are universally recognized. Imagine, for example, you share all your research results in an open science paradigm, but your colleagues don’t. The lack of mutual benefit will make you think twice. Or imagine you are dependent on the knowledge or resources of an foreign entity to develop your work, or that you are not allowed to pursue a certain avenue of research by an inescapable governing power? Where is your freedom?
On the other hand, research and innovation is an inherently borderless and collaborative venture.
So, how to tackle these and other issues without limiting our freedom to research and innovate?
In a first attempt to provide research performing organizations with answers, the European Commission published a Staff Working Document on “Tackling R&I foreign interference”, this past week and we sat down for an extremely interesting and engaging conversation with Andreia Passos (Head of the International Relations Service at INESC TEC) and an initial exploration of how a research performing organization such as INESC TEC is already addressing the issue.
The fifth episode in the Deep Tech series features Armando Fernandes, a Senior Data Scientist/Researcher at INOV, specialised in plant variety and clone discrimination using hyperspectral data. Armando will showcase a specific deep tech solution that illustrates how deep tech can be applied to solve concrete problems in the agricultural sector.
This is the sixth episode of the Deep tech series of podcasts produced by the INESC Brussels HUB in partnership with Science Business.
The series is divided in 3 parts (3 podcasts in each part):
In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I.
Part 2 is dedicated to the Green Transition
Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation.
The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
The fifth episode in the Deep Tech series features Inna Braverman, co-founder and CEO at Eco Wave Power, an innovative and fast-growing Swedish company, founded in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2011, that has developed a patented, smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity..
This is the fifth episode of the second part of this podcast series on Deep tech (3 podcasts in each part).
In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I. In our second and third parts we are going to be looking at deep tech in application and how it can contribute to Europe’s big strategic goals.
Part 2 is dedicated to the Green Transition and Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation.
The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
The fourth episode in the Deep Tech series features Christophe Beuttler, head of climate policy at Climeworks, a fast-growing Swiss company, to explore how deep tech is helping them to remove historic CO2 emissions from the atmosphere, in a bold play to reverse the course of climate change itself.
This is the fourth episode of the second part of this podcast series on Deep tech. In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I, featuring João Claro, CEO of INESC TEC, on the role of RTOs in managing deep tech innovation; Jonathan Wareham, Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business & Law Schools, on what is deep tech and, last but not least, Stéphane Ouaki, on Deep Tech and Horizon Europe.
In our second and third parts (3 podcasts in each part) we are going to be looking at deep tech in application and how it can contribute to Europe’s big strategic goals.
Part 2 is dedicated to the Green Transition and Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation. We will be publishing 2 podcasts per week on The Insider and the INESC Brussels HUB media page. The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
In this episode of The Insider we go deeper on why is hydrogen considered by many as the rock star of alternative energies and how are research organisations, such as INESC TEC, looking at the future in this promising area. This follows from the participation of INESC TEC in a closed Science Business event entitled: H-factor: Will European R&D catalyse the clean hydrogen era?
The third episode in Deep Tech series features Stéphane Ouaki, from the newly established agency that aims to boost EU's competitiveness through more efficient transition of knowledge from academia and RTOs to SMEs and industry, the European Innovation Council (EIC). In this conversation we discuss the reasons for the EC to support Deep Tech through Horizon Europe and how it can support the attainment of the EC's three main priorities: the digital and green transitions and a better health system.
This is the third episode of a 3 part series. In Part 1 we explored how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I, featuring João Claro, CEO of INESC TEC, on the role of RTOs in managing deep tech innovation; Jonathan Wareham, Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business & Law Schools, on what is deep tech and, last but not least, Stéphane Ouaki, on Deep Tech and Horizon Europe.
In our second and third parts (3 podcasts in each part) we are going to be looking at deep tech in application and how it can contribute to Europe’s big strategic goals. Part 2 will be dedicated to the Green Transition and Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation. We will be publishing 2 podcasts per week on The Insider and the INESC Brussels HUB media page, as well as on Science Business website. The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
The second episode in Deep Tech series features Jonathan Wareham, from ESADE Business and Law Schools. In this conversation we delve into the concept of Deep Tech itself, what it is and why it matters, how is it possible path towards becoming a mainstream concept and more.
This is the second episode of a 3 part serie. Part 1 is dedicated to explore how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I, featuring:
João Claro, CEO of INESC TEC, on the role of RTOs in managing deep tech innovation
Jonathan Wareham, Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business & Law Schools, on what is deep tech
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Stephan Ouaki, Head of Unit at the European Innovation Council, on how the European Commission and the EIC in particular perceive and are promoting deep tech
In our second and third parts (3 podcasts in each part) we are going to be looking at deep tech in application and how it can contribute to Europe’s big strategic goals. Part 2 will be dedicated to the Green Transition and Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation. We will be publishing 2 podcasts per week on The Insider and the INESC Brussels HUB media page, as well as on Science Business website. The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
Deep Tech is one of the hottest topics in R&D today, with many believing it has a critical role to play in solving a range of global problems. In this new Science|Business & INESC podcast, we sit down with João Claro, CEO of INESC TEC in Portugal, to learn how his organisation approaches the challenge of managing deep tech innovation.
This is the first episode of a 3 part serie. Part 1 will be dedicated to explore how can Deep tech reshape the future of R&I, featuring:
João Claro, CEO of INESC TEC, on the role of RTOs in managing deep tech innovation
Jonathan Wareham, Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business & Law Schools, on what is deep tech
&
Stephan Ouaki, Head of Unit at the European Innovation Council, on how the European Commission and the EIC in particular perceive and are promoting deep tech
In our second and third parts (3 podcasts in each part) we are going to be looking at deep tech in application and how it can contribute to Europe’s big strategic goals. Part 2 will be dedicated to the Green Transition and Part 3 will be dedicated to Digital Transformation. We will be publishing 2 podcasts per week on The Insider and the INESC Brussels HUB media page, as well as on Science Business website. The three parts of this deep tech podcasts series will be widely disseminated in all the major podcast platforms (Google podcasts, Apple podcasts, Spotify and others) as well through the INESC and Science Business websites, newsletters and social networks.
Don't hesitate to contact us in case you need any further information on INESC institutes.
Horizon 2020 came to an end. What lessons have we learnt from it? How did it influence the shape and implementation of Horizon Europe?
This episode is a first exploration of this topic which we will get back at as it raises immense questions about the way Horizon Europe is being implemented today, the research and innovation policies at all levels (from European to national and regional), how research performing institutions have prepared and are designing strategies for success, and our concept of R&I in general.
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Welcome to the 4th episode of the special series on Health Technologies. In this episode, Miguel Coimbra (INESC TEC) talks with three of the most interesting and knowledgeable people in Europe on the topic of Artificial Intelligence enhanced POCUS (Point of Care Ultrasound).
The topics to be addressed are:
· The rising clinical importance of POCUS
o What clinical areas or specialties are today the early adopters of POCUS?
o What are the reasons for this early adoption, and what are the limitations for adoption in other clinical areas or specialties?
o POCUS in an European context vs. POCUS in an underprivileged scenario context. Are we facing different motivations and adoption challenges?
o What should be the European role in promoting POCUS in underprivileged scenarios?
· The role of AI in the future of POCUS
o What are the POCUS challenges that can be addressed or mitigated with AI?
§ Probe positioning
§ Assisted decision
o What is the pathway to successfully achieve these AI results?
§ The path for Industry
§ The path for Academia
· AI-Enhanced POCUS in Horizon Europe
o Can these challenges be successfully addressed within the 2021-22 program?
o What calls should we promote for 2023 and beyond, to successfully address this challenge?
A short bio of our speakers and moderator:
Michael Friebe, Dr. Friebe currently is a research fellow of TUM in Munich, an adjunct full professor at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and a professor of HealthTec Innovation at the medical faculty of Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany.
Dietmar Seifriedsberger, Global General Manager Point of Care Ultrasound GE Healthcare. Dietmar joined GE in 2005 and held leadership roles as Sales Manager Europe for the Ultrasound IT Business. He later became the General Manager for this business in EMEA which aims at improving efficiency, streamline workflows and deliver customer outcomes in Women’s Health, Radiology and Cardiovascular to public and private customers. After that he managed the Ultrasound business for Austria and Switzerland and was at the same time Managing Director of GE Healthcare Austria GmbH & Co OG.
Daniel Simões Lopes is an Assistant Professor of the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Técnico Lisboa, and Senior Researcher at INESC ID, where he carries research in Computer Graphics and Human-Computer Interaction. He holds a degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Lisbon where he also graduated in computational engineering under the framework of the UT Austin|Portugal Program.
Miguel Coimbra, coordinator of the TEC4HEALTH R&I area at INESC TEC and Associate Professor (with Aggregation) at the Computer Science Department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto since 2019 and current Chair of the Portugal Chapter of the IEEE Engineering and Medicine Society. He was one of the founders of IT Porto in 2007, its coordinator during 2015-19 and founder of the Interactive Media Group at this institute.
Do not hesitate in following the links above for detailed bios and contacts.
Additional materials:
· 11/05/2021 - UltraSight raises $13 million, bringing AI guidance for cardiac ultrasounds anywhere
· HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03 - Innovative approaches to enhance poverty-related diseases research in sub- Saharan Africa
This podcast is the recording of the INESC Brussels HUB high-level roundtable on deep tech, a virtual event that took place on 1 June 2021. The roundtable includes 5 speakers representing some of the key European stakeholders on technological innovation: Inês Lynce (President, INESC ID & Professor, University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico), Pablo García Tello (Section Head, EU Projects and New Initiatives, CERN), Jonathan Wareham (Professor of Information Systems, ESADE Business & Law Schools), and Cori Pellicer (Director, Managing Director at Investor Relations & ESG Advisory Firm, IR Capital)
Guided by the moderator, Simon Pickard (Network Director, Science|Business), the roundtable discussion delves deeper into what is deep tech, what are the reasons why it is moving rapidly to the heart of EU research and innovation agenda, and what are the challenges of building effective ecosystems to drive and scale it.
Additional link:
Attract-EU: https://attract-eu.com/
Hello and welcome to The Insider special series on Health Technologies. In the second podcast of the series we will discuss the state of the art of smart medical devices and how advances in smart technologies can help opening up new therapeutic avenues that will increase effectiveness of surgical procedures, increase well-being of patients and dramatically widen access in low-income countries and regions that usually cannot afford advanced medical devices and expensive surgical interventions.
This conversation was moderated by Susana Freitas, Principal investigator at INESC-MN and Professor at the Physics Department at Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST – TU Lisbon)
Wouter Serdijn, Professor of Bioelectronics at Delft University of Technology
Jorge Fernandes, Senior Researcher at INESC ID and Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST - TU Lisbon)
This podcast series on Health Technologies is produced and published by INESC Brussels HUB Work Group on Health Technologies - check more information on the HUB website (https://hub.inesc.pt/)
Welcome back to The Insider. This is a special edition podcast series on the future of Health Technologies in Europe, brought to you by INESC Brussels HUB.
Based on the characteristics of individuals (genomic data, information on lifestyle, etc.) personalised health and medicine aims to improve the efficiency of diagnostics, treatments and preventive measures, for the benefit of patients and citizens.
What are, then, the challenges and the existing solutions for its implementation?
In this podcast we discuss the state of the art, challenges and future trends on personalised health. This podcast features:
Verónica Romão, Member of INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies and Chair of the Health Technologies Work Group of the HUB, moderating the debate.
Ana Teresa Freitas, founder and CEO of Lisbon-based company HeartGenetics and researcher at INESC ID
Gabriel Pestana, Coordinator of the Degree in Management Informatics and the Master in Information Systems for Management at the European University and researcher at INESC INOV
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Zlatko Trobonjača, Full Professor at the Department of Physiology and Immunology in the Medical Faculty of the University of Rijeka.
A lot of food for thought and the basis for a future EU collaborative project was laid down here.
Welcome back to The Insider. This is a special edition podcast series on the future of Health Technologies in Europe, brought to you by INESC Brussels HUB.
This episode is dedicated to artificial inteligence and machine learning in personalised medicine and healhcare. We will be addressing the role artificial intelligence is playing towards personalized medicine and related challenges, de immense data deluge, the importance of computational and systems biology working in tandem, the socio-economic impact of technology design and implementation and, more generally, the future of healthcare.
This podcast features:
Susana Vinga, Member of INESC ID Board of Directors and member of the Health Technologies Work Group of the HUB, moderating the debate.
Arlindo Oliveira, President of the INESC Holding and former President of Instituto Superior Técnico
Jonas Almeida, Chief Data Scientist at the National Cancer Institute in the US
Mário Amorim Lopes, Senior Researcher at INESC TEC and Professor at University of Porto
Gender and Diversity Series Ep.1
Ensuring gender equality and diversity is a key societal challenge and an European Commission priority that is transversal to its policy goals and specific programmes, namely the research and innovation related ones. Research and Technology Organisations hold a major responsibility for contributing to achieve greater gender and diversity in research, but also in education, industry and across the very diverse societal actors with which it collaborates regularly.
3 webcasts or podnars, as you prefer, took place in September 2020. This is the first one and is dedicated to explore Gender and Diversity in research and technology organisations in Europe ( with Muriel Attané, Secretary General, EARTO; Tomas Brage, Lund University; Inês Lynce, President, INESC ID).
During the podcast, several documents and presentations were presented. You can find them on the website of INESC ID.
Episodes 2 and 3 in this short series are listed below and are published weekly:
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If you had one million euros for a R&I project promoting gender and diversity, what activities would you implement? (date of publishing: 1 October)
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The role of the role-models in gender and diversity in STEM research and technology (date of publishing: 8 October)
This will be a different episode of The Insider podcast and that is because it is the first time I have a co-host! Her name is Charlotte Andersdotter, and we’re doing this together just because we can’t go for our cup of coffee in Brussels. Charlotte is the person to blame if you are not happy with our premises in Rue du Luxembourg, in Brussels because she was the one suggesting there were some free spaces in the building back when we were looking for a place to open our shiny INESC representation in the heart of the quartier européen.
Charlotte, besides being one of the most dynamic and knowledgeable “Brussels bubble insiders” is the Head of Office of the RISE representation in Brussels.
Our podcast has the habit of starting at the beginning and today will be no-different!
Our guest of honour is Pia Sandvik, CEO of the RISE Research Institutes of Sweden. Drawing on an academic and corporate experience in some of Swedish top companies and universities, Pia has also been one of the 4 advisors to the Swedish Prime-Minister for modernisation of industry in 2016 and this resulted in the development of very successful industry-academia collaboration programmes.
As CEO of the organisation mandated by the Swedish government to keep the national industry competitive and innovative, we will make the most of our time and explore her expectations for the future post-Covid19 paradigm, the role of research and innovation in designing a better world and how can EU programmes help promoting a more resilient and sustainable future.
Paulo Freitas is the President of INESC MN – Microsystems and Nanotechnologies and Deputy Director General of INL – the Iberian International Nanotechnology Laboratory. After an international personal experience, Paulo was responsible for pioneering the development of a materials clean room in Portugal. This is a story of the creation of team and research infrastructure that has been, since its inception, in the state-of-the-art of materials research.
From the struggles of creating, developing and maintaining a world-renowned research and innovation team and research and innovation infrastructure, the central role of European projects in this process, to Iberian and transatlantic research collaboration. Check it out!
In this episode I have the pleasure of talking with Fernando Moreira, President of INESC INOV Inovação. Fernando is also an entrepreneur and as such he is President of Trailtec, a holding of technology companies.
We speak about INESC INOV, entrepreneurship and risk culture, sustainability and management challenges in research and technology and what it really means to be the interface between academia and industry.
Our guest today is Inês Lynce, the first female President of an INESC institute (INESC ID).
We have delved into the challenges faced by minority groups in higher education, research and innovation, as well as the potential that they hold and must be cherished. Inês considers this to be a specific responsibility of both university lecturers, higher education institutions and research organisations. Inês also offered some reflection upon the resistance to change in both culture and organisational structure in the academic world and how INESC ID is facing this resistance and changing to better respond to societal challenges. Of course, these were not all the topics dealt with in this interesting conversation... looking forward to have your company in listening to pearls of wisdom Inês shared.
Our guest is Muriel Attané, Secretary General of EARTO – the European Association of Research and Technology Organisations, representing more than 350 organisations. Muriel is one of those people that have worked about Europe and for Europe all her life. From her master thesis, in which she questioned if a federal budget was needed, to being Secretary General of European associations for the good part of the last 15 years.
We have a lot of interesting topics to go through, we´ll get to know Muriel and EARTO better, explore the role of the entities it represents in research and innovation ecosystems, the challenges around the next framework programme, Horizon Europe, among others.
During our conversation we talk about EARTO´s work on preparing an adequate framework programme in representation of its members. Check here their recommendations for research, development and innovation policy post-2020.
At a later stage in the episode we touch upon the role of Research and Technology Organisations in the fight against COVID-19. Here are some more in-depth examples with further links.
Our guest today is José Carlos Caldeira. José Carlos is a member of the board of directors of INESC TEC and has been President of the Portuguese National Innovation Agency. He has an impressive knowledge and experience from both the research and innovation perspective and the policy side, at both national and European level.
Together, we explore a few stories today. The story of how INESC TEC became a reference organization in the university-industry complex collaboration world, how INESC TEC supported the radical modernization of one of the pillars of the Portuguese economy, the shoe sector and how decades of investment in European research and innovation pay-off, among other interesting bits and bobs.
Join us in a journey to discover more about the human beings that dedicate their lives to research, science and technology management and science communication.
Find out what drives them, their infinite and diverse career paths.
Discover the institutions that they call home, their research and management struggles.
Explore their perspectives and views: you will hear directly from guests from the European institutions, national governments or your regional funding body, among others.
You will have the opportunity to know more about the leading European universities and research institutes, as well as research-based start-ups and industry leaders.
Join us in these personal, one to one conversations, with the brightest minds of science and technology in Europe.