Program (Subject to change)
Wednesday - March 5th
18H00 - Reception (to all coming students from other Universities)
20H00 - Dinner
Thursday - March 6th
Morning
08H00 - Reception
09H00 - Opening session of the IV Materials Students National Encounter with:
- Rector UNL
- Director FCT
- President of the Materials College from the Engineers Order
- SPM representative
- DCM President
09H30 - Professor Doctor Rodrigo Martins, DCM President and E-MRS president:
"Materials future in Portugal and Europe"
09H50 - Professor Doctor Leopoldo Guimarães,
Founder of Materials Science Department of the New University of Lisbon, first national-wide.
10H10 - Doctor Pablo Garcia Tello, Senior Consultant in PNO Consultants:
"Promising technologies for Europe"
10H50 - Coffee Break
11H20 - Professor Doctor Helena Godinho - Representating DCM- FCT/UNL
11H40 - Professor Doctor Júlio C. Viana - Representating DEP/IPC - U.Minho
12H00 - Professor Doctor Mário Ferreira - Representating DEMaC - U.Aveiro
12H20 - Professor Doctor Patrícia Carvalho, Engineers Order: "Employment observatorium of Materials Engineering"
13H00 - Lunch
Afternoon
14H30 - Doutor Jörn Ritterbusch, Editor-in-chief of Wiley-VCH: "Publishing in Materials Science - And How to Maximize Your Success"
15H30 - Seminars:
1.) Nanocomposits and nanostructured polymers (CNT, Graphene) with Professor Maria Conceição Paiva (Minho University)
16H00 - 2.) PhD (Minho University) - (name to confirm)
16H30 - 3.) InnoMatNet - European network for promoting the collaboration between investigators in Materials Science and creative industry with Doctor Susana Figueiredo from the Portuguese Society of Innovation
16H50 - 4.) Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineer - Aveiro University (name to confirm)
17H10 - Closure
Friday - March 7th
Morning
09H00 - Opening Session
09H05 - Elvira Fortunato - Director CENIMAT/I3N: "Academic path"
09H30 - Lecture Cluster from Investigation Centers:
1.) Professor Doctor Paulo Jorge Freitas - Representative of INL (International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory)
(More to confirm...)
09H50 - 2.) Doctor Professor João Rocha - Representative of CICECO (Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials)
(More to confirm)
10H10 - 3.) (name to confirm)
10H30 - 4.) Professor Doctor Ana Patrícia Cardoso - Representing of CENTI (Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials)
10H50 - Coffee Break
11H20 - Lecture Cluster from former Students:
1.) Engineer Cristina Gaspar - Research doctorate in Aalto/VTT - "Technology for business"
11H40 - 2.) Engineer José Valadas - Materials Engineer in Visteon
12H00 - 3.) Professor Doctor João Pedro Veiga - Material Engineer, teacher and researcher
12H20 - 4.) (name to confirm)
12H40 - Forum/discussion
13H00 - Lunch
Afternoon
14H15 - Companies Cluster, Investigation Centers, etc. (Ágora Room)
Companies already confirmed: OGMA, Galp, BEE Very Creative, Amorim, Embraer, Inova Future, Portuguese Society for Innovation, Order of Engineers, Portuguese Society of Materials, Horizon Magazine, CTCV, Ynvisible, Godinho Luz Engenharia.
"Open Laboratories" - CENIMAT, CEMOP e DCM
16H00 - Coffee Break
16H30 - Quizz (Room Convívio)
Night
20H00 - Closing Dinner
23H00 - Gathering Party (Room Convívio)