EVENT SPEAKERS

Meet the Speakers

Meet our Speakers

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa  

President of the Portuguese Republic

Hugo Espírito Santo  

Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Portugal

Jeffrey Sachs  

Economist, Author, Professor

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella

Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General

Luis Neves 

CEO of GeSI

Helena Freitas- 

Professor, UNESCO Chair UC

Veerle Vandeweerd

Co-convener at COVID Education Alliance (COVIDEA)

Giorgia Rambelli 

Director UTM, Global Covenant of Mayors

Bruno Oberle 

President World Resources Forum,
Chair of the Green Digital Finance Alliance

Hui Cao 

Head of Strategy and Policy,
Huawei

Declan Kirrane 

Chairman and Managing Director at United National Science Summit (UNGA)

Georg Kell 

Chairman of Arabesque

Massamba Thioye 

Project Executive, UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub

Ilias Iakovidis 

Adviser at European Commission, DG Connect

Fernando Reino da Costa 

President & CEO, Unipartner

Davide Cassanmagnago 

Senior Manager Stakeholders Engagement and Partnerships, Global Covenant of Mayors

Erika Staël von Holstein 

Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Re-Imagine Europa (RIE)

António C. Gouveia 

Researcher, UNESCO Chair UC

Guilherme Beleza Vaz 

CEO

Blue Oasis

Marco Alves  

CEO,

Wavec

Bitange Ndemo 

Kenya Ambassador, Belgium and Mission to the European Union

Georgios Kostakos 

Co-founder and Executive Director, FOGGS

Nisreen Daoud 

Director Sustainability Department, Greater Amman, Jordan

André Teixeira Couto

Head of Environmental Monitoring Unit,

E Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM)

Nizar Kammourie 

Chief Executive Officer, SAWACO Water Group

François Taddei 

Founder and President, Learning Planet Institute

Iris Liu 

Vice President, Sustainability and Brand Development, Taiwan Mobile

Tim Vieira 

CEO, Brave Generation Academy

Anita Erskine 

CEO, Anita Erskine Media / Co-Executive Director, Erskine Global Communciations | Social Impact Advocate

Sérgio Leandro 

Scientific Coordinator,

SmartOcean Peniche

Glenn Gillis 

CEO, Sea Monster Entertainment

Chris White 

President, NEC Laboratories America

Michael Wachira 

CEO, Virtual Essence

Pedro Pimenta 

Coordinator

FOR-MAR

Mark Atherton 

Director of Environment, Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Doug Arent  

Executive Director, Strategic Public-Private Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Marco van de Ree 

Founder and CEO,
Brokering Solidarity

Vitor Prisca 

Founder & CEO,
WAKARU

Manan Shah 

Research, IT and Communications Advisor, FOGGS

Angelo Fienga 

Director, Sustainable Solutions,
Cisco EMEAR

David Beatty 

Professor, University of Toronto

Humberto Rosa 

Director for Biodiversity, DG ENV, European Commission

Helen Roy 

Ecologist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Exeter

Henrique Pereira 

Co-director, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research

Roland Jan Meijer 

Secretary General, Globe EU

António Câmara 

Professor, Nova School of Science and Technology

David Roy 

Professor, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Paul Byrne  

Secretary General, ESHA

Leonardo Azevedo

Associate Professor,

Instituto Superior Técnico

Massimo Labra 

Scientific Director, National Biodiversity Future Center

Filipa Bessa  

Researcher, University of Coimbra

Esther Roure Vila 

Sustainability Lead, Cisco CX EMEA

Alan Gershenfeld 

President and Co-founder,
E-Line Media

Telmo Geraldes Dias 

Head of Technical-Scientific Data Management Centre

Instituto Hidrográfico

Jeferson Valadares 

VP, Corporate Development,
Fortis Games

Mrinalini Rai 

Founder & Executive Director, Women4Biodiversity

Sónia Ribeiro 

IPMA

 

Kate Meyer 

Founder and CEO,
Planetary Accounting Network

Sarah Huebner 

Researcher,
University of Minnesota/Zooniverse

Rita Dias 

Digital with Purpose Director,
GeSI

Chia-Kai Liu 

Advisor,
Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, NARLabs

Maria Miguel Castella 

Researcher,
NOVA National School of Public Health

Carolina Santos 

Assistant Professor,
NOVA National School of Public Health

Cristina Luís 

Researcher and Lecturer,
University of Lisbon

Hermina Johnny 

Founder,
Aspire Artemis Foundation

Marisa de Sousa 

Co-Creator,
Soulful leadership

Pedro Loupa 

Co-Creator & Leader,
Soulful leadership

Kenyata Mirindi 

Managing Director,
Justice Congo Group

Leendert-Jan Veldhuyzen 

President,
ICP

Luisa Magalhães 

Junior Researcher,

Department of Biology & CESAM & ECOMARE – University of Aveiro

Human & AI Impact Architect, EITCA Academy

Alexandra Badea 

Director,
EITCA Academy

Willem Schoors 

Project manager,
EmpowerED Ministry of Education Flanders

Bebiana Sá Moura Grants & Partnerships, ISEG Lisbon School of Economics & Management

Bebiana Sá Moura 

Grants & Partnerships,
Lisbon School of Economics & Management

Luís Brito e Faro, Expansion Director, Brave Generation Academy

Luís Brito e Faro 

Expansion Director,
Brave Generation Academy

Niraj Bhargava, Co-Founder and CEO, NuEnergy.ai

Niraj Bhargava 

Co-Founder and CEO,
NuEnergy.ai

Diane Mievis 

Director, EU Public Policy
Cisco

Lucas Arangüena 

Group Head of Green Finance,
Santander

Javier Espinoza 

Journalist,
Financial Times

João Dinis 

Office Coordinator,
City of Cascais (Portugal)

Donatella Spano 

Scientific Director of the Data Platforms,
National Biodiversity Future Center

Diana Treviño 

Project Officer,
European University Continuing Education Network

Vlad Constantin Coroamă 

Founder and Principal Investigator,
Roegen Centre for Sustainability

Jordi Serarols Boada 

Subdirector General of Research and Digital Culture,
Catalunya

Neo Chen 

Deputy Director,
Taiwan Mobile

Aisling Carlson 

Senior Vice President of Partnerships,
Greentown Labs

Luís Almeida Capão  

Chairman,
Cascais Ambiente

Janette Kuipers 

Director Hasselbraam en Kleine Braam,
Allente

Luisa Ribeiro Lopes 

President of the Board of Directors,
DNS.PT Association

Manuel de Araujo 

Mayor,
City of Quelimane, Mozambique

Bella Rogerson  

Marketing Manager,
Sea Monster

Kevin Thompson 

Chief Operating Officer,
GeSI

José Malaquias 

Managing Partner,
The Inventors

Fahima Farahi 

Co-Founder and CEO,
Wise World

Carlos Costa Pina  

President,

Fórum Oceano (DGPM)

Francisco Miranda 

CEO,
Class of Wonders

Joana Costa 

Researcher,
Centre for Functional Ecology and Associated Laboratory Terra, UC

 

Gonçalo Moreira Lima 

Co-Head of Digital Acceleration,
EDP

Giorgia Rambelli  

Director,
Urban Transitions Mission

Pedro Resende 

Architect, Co-founder and Managing Partner,
OWLplaces

Alana Heath 

Co-Founder & COO,
How to Change the World

João Preto Gomes 

Executive Director,
Erskine Global Communications | Social Impact Advocate

Marcela Nacif  

Head of Education,
Brave Generation Academy

Rose Mosero 

Deputy Data Commissioner,
Office of Data Protection, Gov of Kenya

André Costa de Sousa 

Founder & Chief Innovation Officer,
Cobijo Systems

Matt Delac 

CEO,
SheCodes

Jose Jacob K. 

Director,
Future ICT Forum For Sustainable Cities

Vincenzo Maria Lapiccirella 

PhD Candidate,
University of Palermo, National Biodiversity Future Center and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Tiago Gonçalves 

CEO,
InnoWave

Ricardo Rio 

Mayor,
Braga, Portugal

Javad Hatami 

CEO,
Builtrix

Frederico Nunes 

Councilor,
City of Cascais

Déborah Goll 

Senior Project Manager,
European DIGITAL SME Alliance

Karsten Krüger 

Director of Research,
University of Barcelona

 

Deborah Snoeren  

Educational advisor,
School NOUR Primary Educationt

 

Susana Graça 

Head of the Planning and Social Network Division,
City of Cascais

 

Cristina Silva  

Headmaster,
Gil Vicente School, Guimarães, Portugal

 

Maria Vicente 

Project Manager,
PT Network Citizen Science

Alisson Ávila  

Head,
Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem

José Vale 

Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
IAPMEI

Omar Selim 

Founder and CEO,
Arabesque

Paulo Cancela 

DEM Leader,
Unipartner

Jorge Rodrigues de Almeida  

Founder and Managing Partner,
RdA Climate Solutions

Jan Künne 

Vice President EU and Asia Pacific,
Enterprise Development Group Palo Alto

Fernanda Santos  

Head of Projects & Innovation – Consumers’ education and training,
DECO

George Delaportas 

Co-Founder & CEO,
PROBOTEK

Rui Aguiar 

Professor,
Univeridade de Aveiro

Joana Belo Costa 

Head of Executive Education Custom Programs,
Nova SBE Executive Education

Alessandro Gropelli 

Deputy Director General, ETNO

Jeff Merrit 

Co-Head of Centre for Urban Transformation,
World Economic Forum

Manuel Poppe 

COO – Co-Founder,
StarMountain Tecnologia e Inovação Lda.

Joe Lynch 

Intl Unit Analyst ComReg and Co-Chair,
BEREC Wireless Evolution Working Group

Ricardo Danyalgil Junior 

Chief Executive Office, The Danyalgil Company

James Evans 

Co-Director of Manchester Urban Institute,
Frontiers

Rafael González 

CMO,
MedUX

João Borges de Sousa 

Director,

Underwater Systems and Technology Laboratory (LSTS)

Dionysios Avgerinos Kyriakopoulos 

President, Institute of Agricultural Sciences.

Alice Khouri 

Co-Director of Manchester Head of Legal at Helexia and main Founder,
Women in ESG Portugal

Victoria Itskovych 

Chief Information Officer,
Kyiv City Council

Cacique Dada Borari 

Borari Chief,
Amazon, Brazil

Selina Wen 

Chief Representative to the European Institutions, Huawei

Tom Moran 

Technology and Sustainability Consulting Principal,
Colt Technology Services

Joaquim Croca 

Advisor,
GeSI

Ana Cláudia Coelho 

Partner,
PwC Portugal

Luís Rochartre 

Partner & Head of Sustainability, UNOBVIOUS Solutions

Marissa McInnis 

Senior Director for Global Sustainability,
Verizon

Luis Guerreiro 

Presidente,
IAPMEI

Henriette Barkvoll Holsta 

Value Creation & BXT Deals Director,
PwC

Alexandra Großkurth 

Geo for Environment Lead EMEA, Google Global Partnerships

George Kibala Bauer 

Director Digital Utilities,
GSMA

Tomo Kumahira 

Co-Founder & CEO,
Project Mizu

Sandra Fazenda de Almeida 

Executive Director,
ADPC

Bruno Thomas 

CTO, Wireless Broadband Alliance

Albena Mihovska 

Associate Director,
Aarhus University

Assunção Cristas 

Partner,
Vieira de Almeida

Michelle DuQuette 

Events & Community Lead,
Ed Tech Alliance

Sandra Cruz  

Deputy Director,

Directorate-General for Maritime Policy (DGPM)

Sobhi Tawil 

Director of the Division for the Future of Learning and Innovation,
UNESCO

Joe Dignan 

Associate VP and Head Govt Insights,
IDC EMEA

Carlos Zorrinho 

Member ITRE Committee,
EU Parliament

Marta Cotrim 

Head of Marketing and Innovation,
Cascais City Council

Tomás Caeiro 

Founder & CEO,
Startup23

Ricardo Morganho 

Consultant,
Unipartner

Junis Rindermann 

Director Technology Strategies & Ecosystems

PwC

Egon Shulz 

Research 6G,
Huawei

Prof Luis M. Correia 

Prof at IST/Coord Researcher,
INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico

Elena Contioso-Fleming  

Regional Director South,
EIT Digital

Ljupco Jorguseski 

Sr Consultant Wireless Access,
TNO

Diogo Teixeira 

Chief Ecosystem Officer,
Spinn

Marlos Silva 

R&D+I Director | Area Leader Digital & Innovation,
INESC -ID, MC Sonae

Devesh Bharadwaj  

CEO,
Pani

Stephan de Haas 

Sr Portfolio Unit Digital Solutions and Head of Co-Creation & Client Consulting,
T-SYSTEMS

Jane Cohen 

Sr Senior Program Manager,
International Energy Agency

Miguel Justino 

Marketing and Innovation
City of Cascais, Portugal

Miguel Reynolds Brandão 

Founder & CEO,
CORKBRICK

Jason Blackstock  

Founder & CEO,
How to Change the World

Ricardo Gonçalves  

Manager Innovation and Strategic Planning,
City of Fundão, Portugal

Evangelos Marios Kemos 

Senior Communications & Stakeholder Relations Lead,
EIT Digital

Olivier Brechard 

Director,
LearningPlanet Alliance

Susana Viseu 

Founder,
Business As Nature

Rodrigo Melo Castro

Board Advisor,

DNA Cascais

Rui Grilo  

Western Europe Director, Government, Healthcare and Defense,
Microsoft

Radoslaw Kedzia 

SVP of the European Region

Huawei

Georgios Karagiannis 

Prinicipal strategist in standardisation and industry development
Huawei

Ronald Freund  

Professor,
Technische Universität Berlin (TUB)

Ana Paula Mucha

Researcher at CIIMAR

CIIMAR – Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental da Universidade do Porto

André Barriguinha 

Lecture and researcher

NOVA IMS

Carlos Pinho 

Lead Manager – Portugal Blue Digital Hub

Fórum Oceano / PBDH

Hugo Marques Sousa  

Environment and Circular Economy Manager,

Magellan Circle

Isabel Moura Ramos

Executive Board Member Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal

APL – Porto de Lisboa

Maurício Marques  

CEO,

Yacooba Labs

Lara Ramos 

Project Manager & Trainer

ISQ – Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade

Mário Assunção 

Vice-president

ENIDH – Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique

Tiago Marques 

Innovation Consultant

Beta -i.

Rodrigo Oliveira

Blue Economy Project Manager

Fórum Oceano / PBDH

Gonçalo Faria  

Lead Manager Hub Azul,

Fórum Oceano

Zoi Konstantinou

Policy Officer,

European Commission, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MARE)