Politics

He is an environmental engineer with a degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a master's degree from Virginia Tech in the United States, and a PhD from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
He is an Associate Professor in the area of the environment at the Faculty of Science and Technology of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCT) and a member of CENSE (Centre for Research into the Environment and Sustainability), part of the CHANGE Associated Laboratory.
President of Associação Zero – Sustainable Earth Association, created in 2015 to advocate for sustainability in Portuguese society.

He works in the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy and is responsible for such projects as the famous European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the textile company Riopele.
With over 40 years’ experience in the textile industry, he was the Portuguese representative of Euratex in Brussels, Chairman of the General Assembly of the Textile and Clothing Association of Portugal (ATP) and Chairman of Eurocoton.
In 2006, he was distinguished with the honour of Grand Officer of the Order of Business Merit – Category of Industrial Merit, by the President of the Republic.

Last updated: May 2024

She is Head of Unit at the European Commission's Energy Department and, since 2021, Deputy Director of «DG ENER.A – Energy Policy: Strategy and Coordination».
She has previously headed the unit responsible for defining and implementing the European Union's renewable energy policy.
She holds a Master's Degree in European Economics from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and a degree in Economics from the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon.

Last updated: May 2024

He has been Director-General of the Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies since 2018. Previously, he was on the advisory board of the Association of Metallurgical and Metalworking Industries of Portugal. Since 2021, he has been Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) European Semester Group
With a degree in Management and Business Administration, in 2018 he completed the advanced management programme at Porto Business School.

Last updated: May 2024

Head of Unit at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs.
His career in EU institutions began in 1994, after teaching for several years at the Faculty of Economics in Coimbra, where he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in economics.
While in Brussels, he worked for the European Central Bank and the European Council, serving as Chief Economist in President Donald Tusk’s cabinet (2015-2019).

Last updated: May 2024

She is an assistant researcher at the University of Lisbon Institute of Social Sciences, where she coordinates the FCT project 'TINA', which explores the relationship between economic integration and democratic support. She got her PhD from the University of Zurich in 2018. Her research interests include political behaviour and attitudes, public opinion, research and survey methods, democratic institutions and the quality of democracy. She has been published in scientific journals such as "Electoral Studies", "Research & Politics" and the "Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties". She is president and co-founder of the DemocracyNet association.

Last updated: April 2024

He is a director with an audiovisual degree from ETIC and a Master's Degree in Communication and Multimedia. He founded Contentus in 2018.
Over the years, he has dedicated himself to exploring the world of performing arts, focusing especially on video installations and video mapping.
He has collaborated extensively throughout his career, contributing as an assistant director on programmes such as RTP's «Eléctrico» and Sérgio Godinho's documentary «SG Gigante».

His forays into the documentary world have included projects such as «And After Democracy», «A Life on the Line», «Mare Nostrum», «Horizons», «Avieiros», «Jorge Palma, Live Your Goals» and «More Than a Wave».
For five years, he produced content for various companies, including Rádio Comercial, TSF and M80, as well as contributing to Turismo de Portugal initiatives.
Simultaneously he collaborated with brands such as Samsung, MEO, Oceanário de Lisboa, Millennium, Media Capital, Diário de Notícias, Santa Casa da Misericórdia, the Portuguese Football Federation and the Oceano Azul Foundation.
In music, he has worked with names such as Rui Veloso, Jorge Palma, James, Amor Electro, Luís Represas, Diogo Piçarra and Tara Perdida.

Biomedical engineer who graduated from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST).
She completed her master's degree in 2023 at the Institute of Systems and Robotics – a research unit affiliated with IST – with the thesis «Brain-Computer Interfaces Training with Virtual Reality after Bilateral Neuromodulation with rTMS in Chronic Stroke Patients».

Last update: April 2024