Allen Vasconcelos
Head of Digital Hub at EDP
Allen is the Head of Digital Hub at EDP, responsible for EDP's Digital Transformation. Previously, at EDP, he developed his activity in corporate marketing and energy planning. Prior to EDP, Allen worked for Portugal Telecom in the wholesale business unit as Head of Benchmark and Service Manager (2002 to 2008). He started his career as a researcher and math assistant teacher at IST University (2000 to 2003). His background is in electrical and telecommunications engineering and he holds an MBA from Nova University, Lisbon.
André Aragão Azevedo
Secretary of State for Digital Transition
André de Aragão Azevedo graduated in Law by the University of Lisbon. In 1995, travelled to Macau where he worked as a Lawyer and Legal Adviser, supporting the transition of Macau from Portuguese to Chinese Administration process. In 2005, when returned to Portugal, André Azevedo worked in the National Parliament, as adviser to the Constitutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Ethics Commissions.
Between 2008 and 2011, he joined the Ministry of Health has the Chief of Staff of the Secretary of State for Health.
In 2012, André Azevedo he joined Microsoft Portugal, with commercial management functions in the Public Sector and, in 2017, became an administrator with the responsibility of promoting the use of technology as a factor for transforming national companies and organizations.
Since 2019, he is Secretary of State for Digital Transition, with the main challenge of digitizing the Portuguese economy.
André Lourenço
Manager at Deloitte
André Lourenço is a Manager at Deloitte Portugal, focused on Customer & Marketing and currently attending the MBA on London Business School. André has more than 7 years of experience working in projects focused on commercial models, branch/ point of sales network optimization and other data-based projects.
André Rufino
Management Committee Member at Médis
With a background in Industrial Engineering, post-graduation in Project Management from Porto Business School and Leadership from Harvard Business School, has worked in several domains from analytics, new product development, strategy and transformation.
André is keen on innovative companies that drive their strategy through customer centric services, emotionally connected and enabled by analytics.
Currently leading the transformation program of Médis and, as a member of the management committee of Médis, responsible for underwriting, pricing & advanced analytics and complains. He is also a member of the board of Clínica Médis.
António Miranda
Resource & Reporting Manager at Claranet
Com mais de 10 anos de experiência a trabalhar em empresas de IT, em Gestão de Equipas e Gestão de Recursos Humanos (cinco dos quais na Claranet Portugal), António Miranda é Resource Manager da área de Operações da Claranet Portugal.
Tem formação em Gestão de Recursos Humanos e trabalha transversalmente com todas as áreas de negócio, em estreita articulação com o departamento de RH da Claranet Portugal, para a definição e operacionalização das medidas estratégicas
Bruno Coelho
Director of Tessella Portugal (Altran, part of Capgemini) - World Class Center - Analytics & AI
Bruno is a seasoned manager with +15 years of experience. He has been allowed to embrace numerous great multi-year challenges that have "stretched" Bruno into many diverse areas far beyond technology. Bruno is experienced in creating local and global centers of competence focused on helping customers solve their most challenging problems. The recent track record is Analytics & AI, Low-Code, Digital Experience Design, Cybersecurity, and Consulting. Bruno accumulates energy while exchanging ideas with others, mainly when they differ from his. Customers and colleagues recognize Bruno as a Jedi-master in understanding the underlying problem of the symptoms before jumping to sub-optimal solutions. Bruno is experienced in fostering environments to inspire, and co-create innovative solutions. Bruno has helped Customers, peers, and colleagues to create several "first-ever projects that delivered the promises“. Bruno, curious by nature is continuously searching for answers and new knowledge, his current MBA enrollment, and track record of certifications and courses testify to that.
Bruno de Sousa Parra
Tech Manager at Deloitte
Bruno is a Tech Manager at Deloitte’s Consulting division, having over 7 years of professional experience. Bruno participated in several projects and domains such as Business transformation, Business Intelligence, Data Science, Data Management, Big Data, and Cloud architectures (AWS and GCP).
Carlos Gomes
Managing Director at BridgeLK Learning Technologies
I am passionate about knowledge. As a specialist in information technologies, I’m always looking for strategies and solutions to link knowledge between producers and consumers on worldwide Education Markets, Enterprises, and Personal Lifelong Learning.
Currently, at BridgeLK I help customers creating learning experiences, and I’m co-founder and partner at GFoundry, a Digital Platform that enables companies to engage their employees and customers with the fun of gamification, the influence of social and the insights of analytics.
Celeste Fralick
Chief Data Scientist and Senior Principal Engineer at McAfee
Celeste Fralick, Sr. Principal Engineer/Chief Data Scientist, is responsible for innovating advanced analytics and analytic processes. She was named to Forbes’ “Top 50 Technical Women in America” and has applied AI to 10 different markets for over 40 years. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Arizona State University.
Claire Orange
Founder DiGii Social
Claire Orange is the co-founder and CEO of DiGii Social. She has 27 years experience as a multi-qualified therapist, with her career dedicated to improving the wellbeing of children. She is the co-author of 16 award-winning books, trusted media spokesperson and proud advocate for childhood.
Daniel Araújo
Product Manager, Data & Integrations at OutSystems
Technology for growth. Individual, corporate or even societal. Daniel started working at Google in Dublin in 2010, moved to London as a Data Analyst and came back to Portugal in 2015 to start a company called Attentive. Currently a Product Manager for Data & Integrations at OutSystems, working on the vision to get better technology in the hands of more people.
David Shrier
Professor of Practice (AI & Innovation) - Imperial Vollege Business Schoool, Imperial College London
David Shrier wrote his first artificial intelligence (AI) software program in 1991, and has been actively exploring the intersection of AI and society ever since. A globally recognized expert on technology-driven innovation, he holds a dual appointment with Imperial College London, where he is a Professor of Practice (AI & Innovation) and runs the Translational AI Lab (TRAIL), and the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
He advises public companies, private enterprise, and more than 100 governments on creating ecosystems of new ventures in fields such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, and financial technology. An educational pioneer, David personally helped revolutionize how online executive training is delivered by the top universities in the world, stimulating entrepreneurial action across more than 150 countries working with over 15,000 entrepreneurs and corporate innovators.
David spends considerable time translating academic theory into business practice, having co-founded four AI-enabled spinouts from MIT, and advising multiple ‘unicorn’ technology companies on new business opportunities. He has published five books, Basic Blockchain, Trusted Data, New Solutions for Cyber Security, Trust::Data, and Frontiers of Financial Technology. His next book, Augmenting Your Career: How to Win at Work in the Age of AI, will be published by Little Brown in 2021, followed by Global Fintech by MIT Press.
Deborah Webster
Founder & CEO at AMANIcircle
Deborah believes technology in the right hands can create a more sustainable and equitable future. For that, we must upgrade our thinking (and our actions). She developed the AMANI™ protocol, the philosophy and practice of fair and sustainable business practices, which encompasses leadership, sustainable business models and ethical use of technology.
Deborah works with and advises companies and family groups to future-proof their business, including advising on leadership and business models of the future, data privacy issues and ethical use of data and technology. She also works with investors and VCs to identify and invest in the right innovators, entrepreneurs and applications of technology. Deborah visits university campuses to engage with the next generation in shaping a vision and strategy for the future. She has spoken at several conferences around the world and chairs discussions on a variety of topics including, leadership, innovation and ethical practices around data and technology. Clients have included Carlyle Group, Gulf Investment Corporation, HSBC, Millicom, Tigo, Saudi British Bank, Women for Women International, as well as some family groups, accelerators and start-ups.
Dimitrius Oliveira
President at Atento Brasil
Dimitrius Oliveira has more than 20 years of experience, in which acted in sectors such as technology and services, leading areas of after-sales, sales and operations in multinational companies such as Atento, Avaya, Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Genesys and Contax.
In 2017, exercised the function as operations vice president for Mutant, old Genesys Prime. Before joining Mutant, Oliveira served as Atento's global commercial director and, later, as the company's multi-sector vice president in Brazil. He returned to Atento in June 2018, this time, as president, to expand the company's leadership position in the country.
The executive has an engineering degree, specializing in development and leadership of customer-focused organizations, at Harvard Business School; MBA in Marketing from ESPM - Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing; and specialization in Leadership from Business School São Paulo.
Diogo da Silveira
Chairman at Ezcart, Co-founder & Partner at Shilling Capital Partners
Diogo Lopes
IT and Digital Transformation Director at Sumol Compal
Professional experience in tech, consulting, public sector and FMCG companies. Worked in several geographies and led multiple teams in implementing IT projects. More recent roles include leading and transforming IT for major portuguese companies.
Eric Elliott
Author, 'Composing Software'
Eric Elliott is the author of “Composing Software”. Prior work includes Adobe Creative Cloud ($7 billion ARR), BandPage (now YouTube Artist Pages), and an AI-powered video social network that enabled audience participation features for CBS, NBC, BBC, WSJ , and more (85m MAU).
Felipe Pathé Duarte
Professor and Researcher at NOVA School of Law & Senior Consultant (Geopolitical Risk Analyst) at VisionWare
Felipe Pathé Duarte (1980) is assistant professor and researcher at the NOVA School of Law, and the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security (Lisbon). Felipe is also a senior consultant at VisionWare, Sistemas de Informação (for geopolitical risk analysis), and an analyst for international security at RTP (the public service broadcasting). He was a research fellow at the Oxford University (and the Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Program of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington DC.
Fernando Lucini
Global Lead Data Science & Machine Learning Engineering at Accenture
Fernando Lucini is the Global Lead Data Science & Machine Learning Engineering at Accenture, based in London, UK. He joined the company in December 2016 as the Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence Analytics Senior Manager. He is also the lecturer for AI & Data in Digital Banking at IE Business School.
Before Accenture, Fernando served as the CTO, AI & Big Data for Hewlett Packard Enterprise for almost 5 years. Also, throughout 11 years, he led several projects in the technology, healthcare, and business development areas for other HP-related companies.
He has a Bachelor's degree in Communications & Electronic Engineering from the University of Kent, and an MBA from IE Business School.
Fernando Matos
President - DSPA
Entrepreneur.Creative.Complexity Challenger
Main focus today: using Intelligence (advanced analytics solutions) to solve unsolved complex business challenges, making our client lives easier
20+ years of experience in consulting and 10+ of entrepreneurship.
Member of the board of Closer and Red Zebra Analytics.
Leads the global Business Development and Solution teams as well as the Brazil and Macedonia territories. Led several dozens of consulting projects: advanced analytics, business intelligence, dashboarding, customer service (firts project in 1998 @Telecel, back-office optimization, scripting, agents performance, staff monitoring, capacity planning, voice of the customer), digital signage, cloud, mobile and internet of things. Mainly in Financial Industry, Telecoms and Contact Center Providers.
Speaker in several conferences and seminars: advanced analytics, business intelligence, dashboarding, customer service, digital signage and internet of things. Member of the board of Social Responsibility Association (Voar para o Sucesso). Member of the board of a football academy (Escola de Futebol Benfica Almada). Was president of a sports club (Almada Atlético Clube).
Sports lover. Married and father of three boys.
Francisco Tavares
Performance Coordinator at Sporting Clube de Portugal
Francisco is the performance coordinator for Sporting Clube de Portugal, and has previously worked as a strength and conditioning coach (S&C) in elite rugby with the Chiefs Super Rugby and the PRO14 team Glasgow Warriors. He is a certified S&C from the American (NSCA-CSCS) and Australian (ASCA-L2) associations. Francisco holds a PhD and a MSc in Sport Sciences and he is a published author and lecturer in the different areas of sport sciences.
Germano Almeida
Data Analyst at Portuguese Football Federation
Germano Almeida, 42, is FPF Data Analyst and works at CEO’s Office. A trained journalist, he has a degree in Communication Sciences from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Nova University of Lisbon. He worked for several years in newspapers (A Bola, Maisfutebol) and was Communications Director of the Portuguese Professional Football League in two different periods. He is an American politics commentator at SIC (portuguese TV channel) and has published four books on American presidencies.
Gonçalo Abreu
Co-founder and CEO at Alfredo AI
Gonçalo Abreu's background is Electrical and Computer Engineering having done his master’s in Machine Learning applied to Financial Markets. Before co-founding Alfredo Real Estate Analytics was a top competitor in Machine Learning competitions such as Kaggle and Numer.ai. Regularly posts original blog posts on hot Machine Learning topics such as This eye does not exist, Crypto currency HFT, Unsupervised Learning of Gaussian Mixture models.
Gonçalo Sousa
Cybersecurity Professor and Researcher
Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering.
Master’s in computer science, in the United States of America.
PHD Student in Cyberlaw.
Was Senior Consultant on the National Cybersecurity Center, and Head of Operational Software Development, in the Portuguese Navy.
Nowadays, he is a researcher and professor on cybersecurity and information security, in the Naval Academy.
Guilherme Farinha
Co-Founder at Alfredo AI
Mechanical Engineer with Mathematical background. Before co-founding Alfredo Real Estate Analytics, co-founded a last mile delivery startup called eguru. He was a teaching assistant on a University Engineering course (Métodos Experimentais em Energia e Ambiente), President of BEST Lisboa and a Graduate Researcher at IST. During his junior years at University he was the top responsible for designing a drivetrain for an electric racing car (2009-2011 Formula Student).
Guilherme Ramos Pereira
Executive Director DSPA
Harry Powell
Director of Data & Analytics at Jaguar Land Rover
Harry Powell is Director of Data and Analytics at Jaguar Land Rover, an automotive manufacturer in UK.
He leads a team of 50 data engineers, data scientists and data analysts, building production data applications to support evidence based decision making and deliver profit.
The team has generated an average profit of £100 million in each of the last 3 years.
Hélder Pinheiro
Head of AI and Cloud for Telco at Altran, part of Capgemini
I am a computer science engineer with experience and education (executive master) in business.
I am leading a turn key and managed services delivery centre in :
-Big Data, Cloud and AI
-Connected TV
-CPEs
Throughout my professional life, I have supported:
-The development of 4 solutions that were presented in MWC by Altran Group.
-The deployment of more than 100 Use Cases in Big Data Analytics and AI in several countries.
-The designing of Big Data and Cloud architectures for several Tier 1 Telcos.
-The creation of the biggest CPE eng. service team in Portugal and one of the biggest in Europe.
-The creation of the biggest IPTV/OTT eng. service team in Portugal and one of the biggest in Europe.
From scratch, I and my team developed a 80+ people delivery center for turn key projects and managed services, with projects in more than 10 countries and as head of it , my main duties are:
-P&L Management;
-Offer Development;
-Bid Process / Business Proposal;
-Managing Partnership ecosystem;
-Ramping-up projects;
-Team Management;
-Oversee Delivery;
-Technological training and knowledge sharing
Hernan Makse
CEO at Kcore Analytics & Physics Professor at City College of New York
Hernan Makse is Professor of Physics at the City College of New York and CEO of KCore Analytics. His work focuses on complex network and data science. Dr. Makse has a record of high-impact research in big-data analytics and complex networks ranging from social networks to the brain. He has developed optimization and machine learning algorithms that form the basis of Kcore Analytics to identify influencers and to understand opinion trends to effectively predict election outcomes from social media. He is currently developing the next-generation analytics tools to track opinions of the electorate from social media platforms.
Hervé Silva
Partner at Deloitte
Hunter Halder
Founder, Volunteer, President at The Refood Movement
An American-Alfacinha, living in Lisbon, Portugal, whose experience with the Refood Movement, from bootstrap start-up to national institution, affirms the power we have to change the world for the better. The challenges met, resources discovered, lessons learned and insights gained, have application across a wide range of challenges.
James Curtis
Data Scientist at Muru Music Health
James Curtis is a new member to the Muru Music Health team. Drawing experience in data science and software engineering as a graduate researcher at RMIT University, Melbourne, James works closely with the AudioKinetic Experiments (AkE) Lab alongside the Bio-Inspired Digital Sensing (BIDS) Lab and the Spatial Information Architecture Lab (SiAL). Having completed a double degree in Fine Art (Sound and Spatial Practice) and Design (Industrial - First Class Honours) James received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Academic Excellence for his research in sound and interaction design in 2017. James is currently undertaking PhD in the RMIT School of Design on a full-time scholarship award, his research focus is developing Artificial Intelligence-mediated creative design tools for musicians.
Javier M. Buldú
Principal Investigator at Center for Biomedical Technology (Madrid, Spain) & Full Professor at King Juan Carlos University (Madrid, Spain)
Javier M. Buldú (Engineer and PhD in Applied Physics) is the Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Biological Networks at the Center for Biomedical Technology (Madrid, Spain). JMB is an expert on the analysis of nonlinear systems and the understanding of how complex systems organize, adapt and evolve.Javier Ramírez
Senior AWS Developer Advocate
As a Developer Advocate at AWS, I help developers make the best of cloud.
I love data storage, big and small. I have extensive experience with SQL, NoSQL, graph, in-memory databases, Big Data, and Machine Learning. I like distributed, scalable, always-on systems.
Before working at AWS I spent 20 years developing software professionally and sharing what I learnt with the community. I've spoken at events in over 20 countries, mentored dozens of start-ups, taught for 6 years at different universities, and trained hundreds of professionals on cloud and data engineering.
Jim Riordan
Head, Funding & Governance, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
I am a highly experienced international finance and operations professional working on impact focused and scalable solutions to some of the world’s most urgent global public good challenges in environment and biodiversity loss, circular economy, food security and the adoption of sustainable market principles.
Operating at the nexus of business, public sector, philanthropy and civil society sector engagement, my work seeks to trigger transformative and inclusive changes in how public goods are perceived and utilized. This work includes building effective public-private platform partnerships, adopting systems wide thinking, integration of emerging technologies and implementation of fit for purpose fund raising, governance and operational excellence disciplines.
My working style is impact driven and results orientated, combined with effective communication, partnership and community building skills.
Jim Riordan
Head, Funding & Governance, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
I am a highly experienced international finance and operations professional working on impact focused and scalable solutions to some of the world’s most urgent global public good challenges in environment and biodiversity loss, circular economy, food security and the adoption of sustainable market principles.
Operating at the nexus of business, public sector, philanthropy and civil society sector engagement, my work seeks to trigger transformative and inclusive changes in how public goods are perceived and utilized. This work includes building effective public-private platform partnerships, adopting systems wide thinking, integration of emerging technologies and implementation of fit for purpose fund raising, governance and operational excellence disciplines.
My working style is impact driven and results orientated, combined with effective communication, partnership and community building skills.
Joan T. Matamalas
Research Associate at Harvard Medical School & Research Scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dr. Joan T. Matamalas obtained his B.E. in Computer Science from the Open University of Catalonia, where he also received his Engineer’s degree in Computer Science. He went on to get his M.S. in Artificial Intelligence at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. His Ph.D. was obtained from the Rovira i Virgili University (Tarragona, Spain) under the supervision of Prof. Alex Arenas and Prof. Sergio Gómez, where he worked on the study of higher-order dynamics on complex networks. He has published his findings in prestigious interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journals and participated in numerous international congresses.
Currently, he is working at the Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences in Prof. Masanori Aikawa’s research group, where he has been appointed Research Associate at Harvard Medical School and Research Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His current research focuses on the modeling of the complex heterogeneity among CAD patients. He is also involved in the mathematical modeling of COVID-19, covering different vital aspects, including its spreading, the effect of containment policies, or the clinical outcome of those infected by the virus.
João Canosa
Industry Leader for Retail & Supply Chain at SAS Portugal
João Canosa é Industry Leader for Retail & Supply Chain no SAS Portugal. Está no SAS desde Fevereiro de 2018, tendo desempenhado funções técnicas em Analytics e Machine Learning e agora de Account Management na área de Retail. Tem formação em Gestão de Informação e já trabalhou na área da Banca, Saúde e Retalho.
João Leal Fernandes
CFO & Board Member at Closer Consulting
João Neves
Head of Analytics & A.I Expertise Centre at Altran, part of Capgemini
Leading the Tessella’s expertize centre for non-telco clients, João is accountable for the development of an augmented value offer in Advanced Analytics. João is passionate about disruptive technology, especially about what Analytics and A.I can contribute for people, society and promote business Success.
João Pires da Cruz
Board Member DSPA
Currently Co-founder & Partner at Closer Consulting, Inv. Professor at Dep. Physics FCUL and Researcher at Centre for Theoretical and Computational Physics U.Lisbon and Research Fellow at School for Data Science and Computational Thinking U. Stellenbosch and VP DSPA. Holds a PhD Physics from FCUL.
João Ricardo Moreira
Board Director of NOS Comunicações
João Ricardo Moreira is a Board Director of NOS Comunicações, and is responsible for the Centre for Business Transformation, the NOS unit whose mission it is to support processes that will lead to the digital transformation of companies and government entities in Portugal. He has more than 20 years of experience (in marketing, sales, strategic planning and management control), has an in depth knowledge of the way businesses really work, and a clear vision of the challenges that large, medium and small size companies face. He has actively promoted processes involving open innovation. He has a Degree in Economics from the Economics Faculty of the University of Porto and an MBA from INSEAD.
João Tiago Ascenção
Machine Learning Research at Feedzai
João Tiago Ascensão is a Senior Director of Data Science at Feedzai Research, where he works with an outstanding team of researchers on disruptive machine learning techniques for financial crime prevention. Personal interests include deep learning, large-scale recommender systems, and a nice cup of coffee.
João Vasques
Engineering Manager for Data - Unbabel
João Vasques is Engineering Manager at Unbabel, The World’s Translation Layer. João is responsible for designing, planning and executing the Data vision for the company. This touches areas such as data processing, security, data visualization. João is interested in large scale distributed systems, data science, security, blockchain, people management and organizational health. Besides all of this João is a taekwondo black belt and guitar player.
Jordan Morrow
Data Literacy Pioneer at Qlik
Qlik Global Head of Data Literacy, helping individuals and organizations realize their data and analytical potential by bringing to light and enhancing skills in data literacy. When not found within data and analytics, I can be found with my family or trail running the mountains of Utah.Jorge Afonso
Global Chief Data Officer at Galp
Experienced Director with solid background in Information Management Systems, Technology Integration, Data Governance, Analytics Strategy and Data Operations.
Experience working in large companies and multinational groups (Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Altran Group, Deloitte, Portugal Telecom, NOS...) in senior executive roles, leading global Data Transformation Strategy, Data Governance, Data Architecture and Technology, DataOps and Advanced Analytics expertise areas (Data Engineering, Data Science/AI/ML innovation labs).
As an Executive Consultant, worked with several Clients in Data Analytics Technology, Core Business Support Systems and Digital Transformation initiatives, across multiple industries (Telecom, Banking, Government and Infrastructures) and regions (Europe, Africa and in the Middle East). Furthermore, has been responsible for managing numerous teams and deliver large transformation programs around Data Strategy, Data Governance and Compliance, Data Science and Innovation, Regulatory and Business Reporting and Data Monetization.
Genuine enthusiast at work, with strong focus on tangible results. A strategic "outside the box" thinker on how innovation, data analytics and technology (as essential ingredients) can drive business transformation in the digital era. Always ready to embrace new opportunities that influence deeply his professional and personal growth. Agile Teamwork fan, capable of communicate to all enterprise levels and work in different multicultural environments.
Enjoy working closely with C-level and senior executives on a number of strategic and transformational initiatives, having a comprehensive view across several data analytics technology landscapes and giving deep insights how to drive business. Always works to achieve the best solutions to support business transformation and manage organizational changes.
Master’s degree in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence, holds several courses and international certifications (ITIL, PMP, CobiT). Also collaborates in Higher Education as a Invited Lecturer.
Jorge Graça
Chief Technology and information Officer at NOS
Habilitações Literárias:
- Licenciatura em Administração e Gestão de Empresas pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- MBA pela Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Experiência Profissional:
- Membro do Conselho de Administração da NOS Comunicações S.A.; Chief Technology and Information Officer da NOS Comunicações
- Foi Administrador na NOS Comunicações, S.A. responsável por Produto Residencial, Desenvolvimento de Produto e negociação de conteúdos
- Foi Administrador na ZON TV Cabo responsável por Produto e Marketing
- Iniciou a experiência professional The Boston Consulting Group
Kresten Bach Søndergaard
Strategic Advisor at GroupM
Kresten is a Strategic Advisor with Business Science working at the krux of digital transformation – covering business strategy, change management, Leadership advisory, business case development, consumer centric usecases and ecommerce.
Leid Zejnilovic
Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics
Leid Zejnilovic is an Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he teaches in master, MBA, and executive programs. He is the founder and academic co-director of Data Science Knowledge Center at NovaSBE, chairman of Data Science for Social Good Foundation, and he volunteers as a consultant of Patient Innovation, a non-profit platform and social network. Previously, Leid taught at various institutions and programs in Europe, the USA, and Africa, and held several advisory and executive roles, in academia and ICT firms.
Leid has a dual Ph.D. in Technology Change and Entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University and Catholic University of Portugal, M.Sc. degrees in Engineering and Public Policy and in Information Technology, and a B.Sc. degree in Telecommunications.
Liliana Ferreira
Executive Director at Fraunhofer Portugal
Liliana Ferreira is is the director of the Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS and invited Full Professor at Department of Informatics of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Her research interests relate with Natural Language Processing, Medical Knowledge Representation, Information Extraction, and Health Informatics.
Luís Aguiar-Conraria
Professor at University of Minho – NIPE and Economics Department
Ph.D. in Economics (Cornell University) and Economics Professor (University of Minho). His research is in Macroeconomics and Political Economy. In 2011, he received the Gulbenkian Prize for Social Sciences Internationalization. Currently, he has one grant on voting rules and electoral distortions.
Luís Morim
Head of Data and Analytics at Banco Santander Totta
Manuel Lima
Designer, Author, Mentor, and Speaker
RSA Fellow. TED Speaker. Design Lead and Startup Mentor at Google. Instructor and Educator. Author of 3 bestseller books: Visual Complexity, The Book of Trees, and The Book of Circles.
Manuel Mendes
Chief Analytics Officer at CGD
Degree in Statistics (honours), MBA in Finance & Information Management and PhD under progress in Mathematics, with 15+ years of professional experience in Banking, Consultancy and Retail / Distribution in both Europe and Australia, leading multidisciplinary Analytical and CRM teams to large organisations in:
- Product, Consumer and Marketing Analytics (inc. Digital Transformation and channels optimisation);
- Fraud, Collections and Credit Risk Modelling;
- Data Governance / Management, Warehousing & Cloud Solutions;
- Reporting, Insights and Advanced Analytics (inc. Machine Learning & AI).
With proven ability to drive measurable strategic change - by conceptualising, leading and implementing large-scale projects - I’m a seasoned key contributor in the strategy and monetisation of Data initiatives within complex organisations, by enhancing the analytics ecosystem (technology, processes & capability) and continuously deliver robust insights to uplift customers experience and maximise value to stakeholders.
Committed, dynamic and pro-active, also enjoy complex problem solving and embrace challenges with determination and attention to detail. My work methodology is based on effective communication and capacity of meaningful analysis with strong leadership skills, from coaching to decision making upon high standards. As a leader, my focus is to ensure my teams' pivotal role in the organisation strategy, converting data into invaluable information, enabling fact-based business decisions.
Maria Conceição Mota
BI and Financial applications manager at Fidelidade
Marta Galoxa
Senior Business Manager at Closer Consulting
Miguel Moreira
Board Member at DSPA
I like to help organizations on improving the way they work with their teams, especially when there is a strong need for change, performance upgrade or innovation.
In my career I have lead large professional services firms, with a strong technology component. I implemented business transformation programs, new organizational models, modern control methods, process redesign and quality systems. In emerging markets, I launched brand-new ranges of services including new partnership models with global technology vendors. I lead the development of new technology businesses like cloud computing and data center services in terms of offer, operations, go-to-market and channel strategies. I have worked for the telecom, consulting and manufacturing fields, in global or regional leading companies.
Currently, as an independent consultant, my goal is to help businesses to be able to compete in a fast changing technological world. I am a passionate for technology, both as way to better our lives or as a tool to transform corporations and the business world. Specialties: Technology, B2B, Change Management, BPO, Offshoring, Continuous Improvement, Cloud Computing, IT Management, Lean 6Sigma, Agile Methods, Technology Education.
Neil Giles
CEO at Traffik Analysis Hub
Neil has been working with STOP THE TRAFFIK www.stopthetraffik.org since 2008 and his knowledge of organised crime and human trafficking is extensive. He has a strong history in Law Enforcement and is a specialist in intelligence collection.
Traffik Analysis Hub www.traffikanalysis.org is a new stand alone cross sector initiative developed with IBM and Clifford Chance, to bring diverse data sets together for tailored analysis for every actor in every sector to identify their vulnerabilities to human trafficking.
Nicc Johnson
Musicologist & Creator of the A.I. Music Brain™
Nicc Johnson is a Musicologist and the creator of the A.I. Music Brain™. He is classically trained in music theory but when he discovered DJ-ing as a young teenager, it was game over. At 16 he became a professional DJ and would travel the world in his early 20’s. A former resident DJ at Pacha Ibiza, he discovered musicology in 2004 thanks to the Prince album of the same name. He focuses on the benefits of music for the body and brain and what defines our music taste. What does it actually mean and how can we apply that to digital music experiences. He is the founder of Prsnl.ai and Muru Music Health.
Niko Neugebauer
Data Engineering Professional, International Speaker, Blogger & Video Podcaster
Niko Neugebauer is a Data Professional with over 20 years of experience in IT, he is passionate about Data Platform and Community.
At Claranet he does what he loves – helping customers to do amazing data things by building, securing, analysing and optimising their data workloads. Besides being another fanboy of the science of data, he likes to share a critical thought or two over some zealous applications of the certain principles as in “Quem anda sempre com um martelo na mão…”
Nuno Fonseca
Head of Artificial Intelligence Platform at Millenium BCP
Responsible for Millennium BCP’s Artificial Intelligence Platform, controlling the full ML production lifecycle while outlining the adoption of scalable processing platforms and overseeing the creation of data fluxes and implementation of data structures that support Artificial Intelligence operations.
With both a Computer Science Engineering and Theology background, is also a tenor in Gulbenkian Choir since 2009.
Nuno Paiva
Head of Data Science (Consumer Segment) at NOS
Passion and strong background on advanced Customer Analytics and skills in areas of machine learning as a way to create competitive advantage;
Extensive background in the Telecom industry ranging from Marketing to Consultancy experience on international business intelligence projects;
Solution thinker with demonstrated problem solving ability;
Ability to reflect complex information into effective and actionable executive presentations;
Curious, autonomous, committed, creative, articulate, detailed, meticulous and organized;
Ability to work in a cross-functional team;
Good command of spoken and written English.
Nuno Sousa
Vertical Lead – Financial Services at Claranet
Com mais de 15 anos de experiência no mercado Nacional e Internacional na área de Business Development e de Consulting, Nuno Sousa é responsável pela abordagem estratégica da Claranet Portugal ao setor de serviços financeiros. Com forte background tecnológico na indústria de TIC; especializou-se ao longo dos anos em transformação digital em particular nas áreas de Cloud Computing, Networking e Cybersecurity.
Paul Martin
Vice President Analytics at Xaxis
Paul loves to find ways to make data useful. Armed with degrees in physics & mathematics he started his career using AI to forecast weather & locate oil reservoirs.
Before long he found himself using AI to help major brands (such as Tesco, BP, Ford, Lego, Danone, T-Mobile, BT, American Express, Glaxosmithkline) to figure out how to better communicate with their customers.
Most recently Paul set up the Marketing Science department for one of the leaders in programmatic online advertising, Xaxis, and has been busy this year delivering high performing outcomes with customised AI advertising to WPP's clients, and along the way picking up numerous awards for his AI solutions.
Paula Panarra
General Manager at Microsoft
Paulo Calçada
CEO / Board Member at Porto Digital
I'm currently living and working in Portugal, and I would like to be seen as an entrepreneur working on innovative technologies related with communication, collaborative work and open platforms, and an evangelist of Open Standards. I've been working on project and executive management and IT platforms for the past 15 years. And I've also been an invited specialist in several working groups both at the national and European level. I'm currently working on Cloud Computing standardization international efforts (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC38; Portuguese Quality Institute Technical Committee TC128).
I'm passionate to share my thoughts and that has led me to talk in several conferences, specially to talk on subjects such as Open Standard, Cloud Computing, Identity management, IT platforms organization, IT Security.
I'm also one of the founders of the European Association for Cloud Computing (EuroCloud) and the chairman of the Portuguese chapter.
Paulo Lima
Head of IT na Sonae Financial Services
Paulo Lima has been working in the IT area for more than 20 years. Working in Sonae Group since 2001, he led different areas within the IT, from Infrastructure to Operations and the Delivery of technology projects, connecting and supporting the needs of the core businesses of Sonae.
Used to manage high-performance teams and large and complex structures, Paulo is now the Head of IT at Sonae Financial Services. A fast-growing company within the Group, with a technology architecture 100% cloud based, promoting an Open API approach and an agile way of doing things.
Pedro Brandão
Market & Customer Intelligence Director at NOS
Pedro Miguel Brandão is the Market and Customer Intelligence Director of NOS Comunicações, and is responsible for Customer Insight, Market Insight, Service Experience Design and Analytics applied to Customer Experience. He has worked in Strategic Planning, Operational Marketing and Analytical Marketing for the last 15 years. He has a Degree in Economics and a Master in Entrepreneurial Sciences in the Economics Faculty of the University of Porto and is a Harvard Business School Alumni.
Pedro Malato Branco
Manager at Closer Consulting
Pedro Malato Branco holds an academic background in the area of Management. After more than 20 years in one of the largest bank and financial group in Portugal, having management responsibilities in Digital Transformation, IT, Operations, Efficiency and Organization, he decided to shift from corporate to consulting, in which he worked for one of the biggest IT Consulting firms in Portugal. In between, he co-founded a fintech payments startup, riding the PSD2 wave of change in the banking and payments landscape.
Currently, Pedro is a manager at Closer - a Data Science company specialized in Advanced Analytics, Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence -, leading and working on a wide variety of projects, particularly in the financial sector. Passionate about Strategy, Digital and Innovation (and sailing), he is a regular contributor to Jornal Económico, with several articles already published.
Pete Trainor
CEO at VALA Health
Pete Trainor is a man on a mission - to bring design, data, Ai and technology together to empower humans to be happier, healthier and to do more of what they’re good at.
Pete is the bestselling author of “Human-Focused Digital”, and CEO of international healthcare provider Vala Health, which is focused on delivering primary care, using ethical applications of salutogenic, data-driven technology.
He has a very simple philosophy: Don’t do things better, do better things.
Ricardo Chaves
Chief Commercial Officer @ SIBS
Ricardo Chaves’ professional career is very diversified, highlighting his roles at an early stage in the financial area (Banif Investment and Ministry of Finance), followed by McKinsey & Company as an Associate. Afterward, for five years, he took over the Business Development area in a prominent national family company, having as main responsibility to create and run an equipment rental startup (MACHrent), which has become one of the TOP 5 in its sector.
In 2011, Ricardo Chaves returned to McKinsey & Company as an Associate Principal, where he had the chance to lead several projects in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and Angola, in Banking and Telecommunications areas, with focus on Marketing & Sales (strategy, pricing, product development, distribution strategy and digital transformation). He was also part of the leadership team of a worldwide Hub specialized in Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning, integrated into the McKinsey Solutions' universe.
Ricardo Chaves is graduated in Law by the University of Lisbon School of Law and he has also a Mini-MBA by INSEAD, Kellogg and Harvard (by McKinsey).
Ricardo Macieira
Country Manager Portugal at Revolut
After five years driving Airbnb business in Portugal - up to 2.3B€ of impact in the portuguese economy -, Ricardo decided to shift his career and moved to Fintech. He is currently the Country Manager for Revolut in Portugal. Revolut was launched in July 2015 as a digital alternative to the big banks. While the fintech initially drew in customers by allowing them to spend and transfer money abroad with the interbank exchange rate, the company has since attracted over 6 million customers in Europe with its spending overviews, budgeting controls, cryptocurrency exchange and trading features.
Ricardo has a degree in Design and worked for a few years as an Art Director and then co-founded the company Alok Design Brands. He also provides mentorship to entrepreneurs currently incubated in Startup Lisboa.
Rita Barata Silva
Director of Data & Analytics - Vueling
Rita has been working in Aviation Industry for more than 14 years, designing, implementing and leading different data and advanced analytics projects with a key impact on airlines strategy.
During last 4 years Rita has been the Director of Data & Analytics in Vueling where she has led the transformation toward becoming a data-driven airline. Under her leadership, the data & analytics center of excellence team has grown from 6 to 80 members partnering closely with all areas to build analytical components and support analytics-driven innovation. She is part of the IAG’s CIO board, with the mission of helping to define the Group’s Data Strategy.
Formerly she developed her professional career in TAP Portugal during 9 years, designing and developing different data-set architectures. She also has a wide experience as an IT engineer, acquired during more than 4 years in Accenture Spain and Altran Portugal. Rita got a Degree in Biology – Marine Specialization in 1999 by the Lisbon University and a MsC – Modeling Marine Environment in 2001 by the Technical Superior Institute of Lisbon. In 2016 she got a Post-Graduate program in Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics by Porto Business School.
Rogério Campos Henriques
CEO at Fidelidade
Rogério Campos Henriques é atualmente Presidente da Comissão Executiva da Fidelidade, seguradora líder nos ramos Vida e Não Vida em Portugal e Presidente Executivo da Multicare – Seguros de Saúde. No grupo Fidelidade, tem como responsabilidades as áreas de Sistemas de Informação, Advanced Analytics, os Recursos Humanos e o Marketing, bem como a Área de Seguros de Saúde.
Está no Grupo Fidelidade desde 2008, inicialmente com as áreas de SI e como Administrador da Multicare, a seguradora de saúde do Grupo. Durante este período, foi responsável pela implementação do novo Plano Estratégico de SI e liderou o turnaround e a reestruturação organizacional da Direção de Sistemas de Informação do Grupo.
Faz também parte do Advisory Board da CIONET em Portugal e do IDC CIO Council, e é na Associação Portuguesa de Seguradores (APS) responsável pela coordenação da Comissão Operacional "Segurnet" - a plataforma de SI da APS que presta serviços às seguradoras portuguesas.
Antes de ingressar na Fidelidade, trabalhou durante vários anos (1994-2002) na consultora The Boston Consulting Group em Portugal e Espanha, como gerente sénior nas práticas de Telecomunicações e Serviços Financeiros e mais tarde no Grupo Portugal Telecom (2003-2008), sendo responsável pelas áreas de Estratégia e Business Development e posteriormente Chief Marketing Officer para as Operações Africanas do Grupo PT.
É formado em Economia pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa e possui um MBA pelo INSEAD.
Tiago Durão
Partner at Deloitte
Tiago Ribeiro
B2B Business Development Director at NOS
Senior management and consultancy experience in multinational companies, with responsibilities and relevant and measurable achievements in several geographies and market sectors.
A professional with very high energy levels, with a strong focus on tangible results, a strategic thinker on the way innovation and technology can (must) drive business transformation on this digital era, harnessing New Generation Networks, Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Analytics and IoT / 5G as tools for the digital transformation challenge.
Deep experience and knowledge on product strategy and development, alliances and partnerships, business development and go-to-market models, and project delivery on medium and large companies.
Vitor Louzada
Data Science Manager - Itaú Unibanco
Vitor Louzada has a bachelor in Applied Mathematics from Unicamp-Brazil (2008), Master’s in Bioinformatics from the University of São Paulo (2011) and PhD in Statistical Physics from ETH Zurich (2014) where he studied Risk in Complex Networks. Since them was at two startups (where 50% failed) and is currently at Itaú Bank as Data Science Manager responsible for modelling unstructured data.Woitek Szymankiewicz
Partner at Closer Consulting
Born and raised in Poland, Woitek Szymankiewicz emigrated to Germany where he took a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering and later in Mechanical Engineering and Business Management.
Throughout his academic career, Woitek was awarded with several scholarships that enabled him to intern in Mexico and study in Australia. He started his professional career at Audi, where he worked as an Engineer.
In 2003 Woitek came to Portugal, starting a career in the world of Information Technology at Altran and later at Agap2 as Director of a Business Unit. In 2008, he joined Closer – a Data Science company specialized in Advanced Analytics, Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence -, where he is now a Partner.
André Melo
Head of Data & Technology
André Melo is presently the Head of a Data & Technology Area in GroupM Portugal. This team’s focus is helping materialize the “digital transformation roadmap” within GroupM and their Clients, congregating skills that range from Cloud and Data Engineers to Analytics/AI experts with deep business knowledge. Before joining GroupM, André worked for 10 years in the Banking industry – across marketing, CRM and risk quantification - plus 8 years for SAS analytics software where he had the opportunity to work closely with most big companies present in the Portuguese market. During all his career data, analytics (and now AI) have been the “hidden” passion and connecting force.
In terms of academic background, André has a degree in Probability & Statistics (Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa), several post-graduations in Business Management and a Master in Information Management (Nova IMS). Currently he is also an invited teacher in Nova IMS for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Data mining.
Jorge Simões
Head of the Digital Factory at EDP
A passionate digital technologist with international leadership roles in Europe and the United States, both in industry and consulting functions in the mobile telecoms, pharma and energy sectors. At EDP since 2012, first heading Digital Innovation at EDP's Innovation arm, and more recently at the Digital Global Unit, heading EDP's Digital Factory.
Ana Carolina Almeida
Head of Quality & Customer Insights at Vodafone
João Leal
Data Analytics and Vale-Based Healthcare at CUF
Emanuel Agostinho
Accenture Portugal Data & AI Lead
With a degree in Management from ISEG and an Executive MBA from INDEG / ISCTE, Emanuel has more than 20 years’ experience with skills in the planning, design and implementation of transformation projects with focus on business restructuring, operating model and benefits realization, through the enablement of data and technology tools.
Gemma Díos García
Data Science Manager
She has more than 10 years of experience as a data scientist and machine learning engineer, earned from different segments such as marketing, online sales, advertising, and, banking. Her extensive experience positioned Gemma as a reference in designing and developing analytical solutions on different trading platforms, mainly AWS, Azure, and Google.
Gemma has a senior Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Oviedo, Spain.
João Cardoso
Chief Product & Services Officer
João Cardoso is GroupM's Chief Product & Services Officer. He is responsible for defining GroupM's digital development strategy in Portugal and managing operations and talent in Search, Social, Display / Video, Programmatic and emerging platforms. In 2012 he launched Xaxis, the largest platform of programmatic products worldwide, boosting the first programmatic offering with national publishers in Portugal.
He initiated is career at General Electric, in 2002, leading technology, operations, CRM and Digital projects in Europe and Asia. From 2007 to 2009 he worked at Barclays Bank Portugal coordinating the launch of new products and the online customer recruitment channels. Still in Barclays Bank, from 2009 to 2011 he product managed retail assets product portfolios across Western Europe.
João graduated in Economics from the University of Coimbra, Postgraduated in Information Systems from EHSAL Management School and holds a Lisbon Executive MBA. Passionate about technology, communication and Ericeira, where he lives.