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Joana Pontes
She has a degree in psychology from the University of Lisbon's FPCE, studied film studies at Lisbon's ESTC, worked for RTP and, as a director for SIC, attended a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) course in TV Production.
She was a director for SIC from 1992 to 2002. Between 2002 and 2003 she completed the Advanced Programme in Political Journalism at the Institute of Political Studies of the Catholic University of Lisbon. From 2004 to 2008, she was a documentaries advisor to RTP's Programme Direction. In March 2018, she unanimously received her PhD in contemporary history, specialising in empires, colonialism and post-colonialism, earning a distinction and praise for her work. In 2007, she was awarded the Lusophony Grand Prize for the documentary «The Prodigious Writer», a film about the life of Jorge de Sena, which she wrote and directed. In 2018 she was awarded the Fernando de Sousa prize by the European Commission for her work directing and co-authoring the screenplay for the 6-film documentary series Europa 30, shown on RTP2. In 2021 she premiered the documentary «Visions of Empire» at the DocLisboa festival, which she also directed and wrote.

last update: January 2023
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Daniel Susskind
Economics specialist at Oxford University, Senior Research associate at Oxford University's Institute for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence and Lecturer and Researcher at King's College, London. He is co-author of the bestseller «The Future of the Professions» (2015) and author of «A World Without Work» (2020), described by The New York Times as a «must-read for any potential presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future». His TED Talk on the future of work has been viewed over 1.6 million times.
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Rodrigo Proença de Oliveira
Professor and researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico and at Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability. At the same time, he has had a consultancy firm for more than 30 years, in the area of hydrology and water resources.
He devotes particular interest to the challenges of water management in a context of increasing scarcity and uncertainty, as a result of economic transformation and climate change.
He has a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University (USA) and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico.
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Hugo Castro Silva
Assistant professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, and researcher at the Centre for Management Studies at IST (CEGIST).
Although he trained as an engineer, his research focuses primarily on labour economics, particularly the relationship between technological innovation, human capital and employment. His interests also extend to entrepreneurship, especially from an occupational choice perspective.
His academic work has been published in Research Policy, Small Business Economics and the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of CEGIST.

Last updated: March 2025
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Tea Törmänen
Finnish biologist and executive director of RePlanet, an environmental NGO that seeks science-based solutions to climate change and biodiversity collapse, without losing sight of the need to eliminate poverty. Interestingly, this environmental activist played American Football, winning two bronze medals at the World Championships.

last update: September 2022
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Marta Cardoso Lopes
Labour economist, assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and affiliated with IZA – Institute of Labour Economics. In 2020, she completed the Max Weber postdoctoral programme at the European University Institute. She got her PhD from the Nova School of Business and Economics.

Last updated: June 2022
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Francisco Queiró
Professor at the Nova School of Business and Economics, he holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University and is one of the authors of the study «Financing Entrepreneurship in Portugal».

Last updated: November 2023