INSIGHTS 2019
Meet our speakers

Erika Fille T. Legara

Associate Professor & MsC Academic Program Director @ The Asian Institute of Management

Dr. Erika Fille T. Legara is an associate professor at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and recently received the Aboitiz Chair in Data Science. Erika is also the Academic Program Director of the Institute’s Master of Science in Data Science, the first data science graduate program in the Philippines, and the Deputy Managing Director of the advanced analytics arm of AIM – the Analytics, Computing, and Complex Systems lab (ACCeSs). Erika specializes in data-driven analytics and modeling, computational social science, network science, and agent-based modelling. Her current research is geared towards understanding complex systems through the data science lens and determining the mechanisms that drive and control them — from cities and societies, to financial and economic systems, to business institutions. At present, she is involved in a few multi-national-funded projects and some government projects. Erika obtained her PhD in Physics from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, garnering the Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award and the Edgardo Gomez Excellence in Dissertation Award in 2011. In 2018, she was recognized as one of the honorees of the 2018 The Outstanding Young Men award, the most prestigious leadership award given to Filipinos under 40. Prior to joining AIM, Erika was a scientist at innovation think tank A*STAR, Singapore. At A*STAR, she was involved in multiple projects with various government agencies and industries, including multinational companies, either as a principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or research scientist.

Aziz Mulay-Shah

Managing Director - Public Affairs and Strategy at Global Communications Agency Middle East FFZ

As a former senior Canadian government official, he is well versed in policy planning, design, and implementation. He has worked on a series of policy challenges throughout his extensive career in the Canadian government as well as his time working in the MENA region. In government, Aziz became a leader in inter-departmental policy making, leading teams on issues such as citizenship legislation; maternal health in developing countries, Canada’s policies on international trade with the Middle East, and Canada’s policy with respect to children in armed conflict, just to name a few. Over the past 18 years, Aziz has also been a Canadian Middle East affairs policy planner with Global Affairs Canada and was a Director of Policy in the Office of the Privy Council. As a diplomat, Aziz was a negotiator to diplomatic agreements between the international community, the Palestinians and Israel, a leader of government delegations to international summits and worked as a senior advisor on strategic communications and Middle East policy for Canada's Prime Minister. For the last 10 years, he has lived and worked in Dubai, including four years as Canada’s Deputy Ambassador to the UAE. More recently, Aziz undertook international relations academic work in Dubai and is co-author of a chapter on policy planning in the emerging field of positivity and wellbeing. He is also the owner and director of POP!, a cultural and gastronomic events and consulting business in Dubai, which involves the curation and design of art and culinary events, marketing and PR, and event management.

Deborah Webster

Founder & CEO @ AMANI CIRCLE

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.

Matthias Peitz

Policy Lead, Global Tech Panel Secretariat @Tunisia at European Union

Matthias Peitz is Policy Lead of the EU Global Tech Panel, an initiative of the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Union bringing together leaders from the worlds of technology, civil society and diplomacy to develop solutions on how to leverage digital technologies to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He is developing a pilot project in North Africa set to move forward initiatives to boost digital jobs and skills for human development. Matthias advises the EU on Innovation and Technology Policy, Digital Transformation and Ecosystem Building and is a member of the EU Taskforce on Digital Diplomacy. Previously, he worked for the European Union and Bertelsmann Foundation in various positions on political and economic affairs as well as strategic communication, media and technology projects.

Lénia Mestrinho

Executive Director @ Nova SBE – Data Science Knowledge Center

Lénia Mestrinho is the Executive Director of the Data Science Knowledge Center at Nova SBE, where she is also Academic Adviser in Consulting Labs (M.Sc.) and Business Projects (CEMS-MIM). Lénia is also a Strategic Adviser for APAC Portugal, working with the inmate and former inmate population. Her experience includes projects and clients in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, in several countries, including Spain, UK, Albania, Croatia, Mexico, Chile, Angola, Mozambique and Bangladesh. Additionally, supported the Data Science for Social Good Foundation, leading the global coordination of 2019 Summer Fellowships, in partnership with the Imperial Business School, the University of Warwick and The Alan Turing Institute, in the UK. She previously worked as a Project Manager on the Data Science for Social Good Europe Summer Fellowship in 2018, hosted by Nova SBE and the University of Chicago. Also launched the B Corp movement in Portugal and Lusophone Africa at IES - Social Business School, evaluated social business investment projects at Yunus Social Business (Albania), advised the Minister of Economy managing the Adjustment Program between the Portuguese Government and Troika, and was a Strategy and Operations consultant at Deloitte Portugal. Lénia has a degree (B.Sc.) in Economics from Nova SBE and a Master (M.Sc.) in Management from Católica Lisbon SBE.

Marisa Tschopp

Researcher @ scip AG, Women in AI Ambassador Switzerland

Marisa Tschopp is an AI researcher, Women in AI Ambassador Switzerland, and a mother of two. Interested in research on AI from a humanities perspective, Marisa works at scip AG, a cyber security and technology company in Zurich - www.scip.ch As an organizational psychologist, Marisa is currently working on the Titanium Trust Report 2019, investigating the role of trust in the AI context. Inspired by interdisciplinary approaches, Marisa focuses on AI-based systems from a humanities perspective, with a wide range of questions related to psychological phenomena, like cognition or consciousness or measuring the capabilities of digital assistants such as Alexa and Siri with the Artificial Intelligence Quotient framewrok. In addition, she is specifically interested in AI and ethics, for example, discussing the use of lethal autonomous weapons, as she envisions a future, where AI benefits future generations and humanity as a whole. In her free time, Marisa is a passionate volleyball player and you will most likely find her hiking in the Swiss alps on weekends.

Rui Afeiteira

Knowledge & Innovation Lead @BI4ALL

Rui Afeiteira is BI4ALL’s Knowledge & Innovation Lead with 10+ years of experience in Business Intelligence and Analytics. Throughout these years he delivered projects to small, medium, enterprise and multinational Organizations in several industries. As someone passionate about constant change, Innovation, Data and Analytics, he is leading the Knowledge and Innovation department at BI4ALL, helping companies to become data-driven Organizations and guide them across their Digital Transformation journey.

Steven Braekeveldt

CEO Ageas Portugal Group and CEO Continental Europe Ageas

Steven Braekeveldt (18-10-1960) holds different degrees in Law and a Master’s in Economics. He has had a long international career in the financial services sector, both in banking and insurance. He held various management positions within ING, among others as CEO of BBL Hong Kong and CEO and Merchant Banking at BBL/ING Singapore. In 2001 he became Executive Committee member of ING Commercial America, one of the largest insurance companies of Latin America. In 2006 he joined Fortis Insurance International and became responsible for Europe (9 countries). Steven Braekeveldt is currently CEO of Continental Europe Ageas and CEO of Ageas Portugal Group which includes the commercial brands: Ageas Seguros, Médis, Ocidental and Seguro Directo. In 2019, Steven was distinguished “Inspiring Leader” by OCI and “Communicator CEO of the year” by APCE.

André Marques

AI & Data Science Lead @BI4ALL

André Marques is BI4ALL's AI & Data Science Lead with 10+ years of experience in Business Intelligence and Analytics. Graduated in Applied Maths and master in Computer Science he had his first contact with advanced analytics pretty soon, in his master thesis focused in data science applied to Health Care. André has been working through the years in Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics, delivering a diversity of analytics projects to several customers from distinct industries as Pharma, Distribution, Banking or Retail. Currently he is leading the AI & Data Science department at BI4ALL, helping his company and its customers transforming themselves and adopting the new reality of today, Artificial Intelligence.

Arlindo Oliveira

President @ IST – Instituto Superior Técnico

I am a professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). I am presently the President of IST and member of its executive board. I got a PhD from UC Berkeley in 1994, after a BSc and a MSc from IST, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. My major areas of interest are Algorithms and Complexity, Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Digital Circuit Design. I have worked at CERN, Cadence Laboratories and INESC-ID. I am a member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering and a senior member of IEEE.

Pedro Pita Barros

Professor of Economics @ Nova SBE - School of Business and Economics

Phd in Economics, 1993, Universidade Nova de Lisboa MSc in Economics, 1992, Universidade Nova de Lisboa “Licenciatura” in Economics, 1988, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Professor of Economics at Universidade Nova de Lisboa His research focuses on health economics and on regulation and competition policy and has appeared in many academic journals. Pedro Pita Barros has also contributed to several books and has published several books on health economics. Pedro Pita Barros is currently Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Health Economics and Management. Also collaborates in the editorial process of several scientific journals in the field of Health Economics. Other positions currently held: · member, by Government appointment, of the Portuguese National Ethics Council for the Life Sciences (2016- ); · member of the EC Expert Panel on Effective ways of Investing in Health (2013-2016, renewed for 2017-2020); · member of the Editorial Board of the Office of Health Economics (2012-); · member of the board of the think-tank Instituto de Políticas Públicas – Thomas Jefferson – Correia da Serra (2014-). Honours: · Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique, awarded by the President of the Republic of Portugal (2005); · Gold Medal of Distinguished Services, awarded by the Minister of Health (2013). · Pedro Pita Barros Award, created in 2018 by the Portuguese Association of Health Economics as recognition for the contribution to the development of the field in Portugal.

Cátia Silva e Santos

Manager @Closer Consulting

Cátia Santos’ academic background is in the area of Physics and she holds a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials. At the completion of her doctorate work, Cátia decided to shift her career from an academic to a corporate path. It was at this point that she found Closer, where she began working as a data scientist. Currently, Cátia Santos is a manager specialized in Data Science at Closer, leading a team of data scientists and working on a wide variety of projects, such as optimization of production plans, forecast of energy consumption, and anomaly detection, in multiple different sectors.

Henrique Alves Figueiredo

Innovation Project Manager @ Ageas Portugal Group

I work as an Innovation Project Manager for Ageas, a top insurance company in Europe. I am used to work under pressure and to make fast decisions. My organizational, inter-personal and communication skills are key to my job. My former experience as an Assistant Brand Manager in Procter & Gamble contributed to acquire expertise in marketing, new product launches and media planning, having worked in a brand that reaches more than 25 Million people every year. Being a former President of Nova SBE Students' Union, I have a strong business sense and am capable of successfully leading teams, even under constant pressure, as proved by the 46-member team that constituted the SU. I am used to having a big amount of responsibility, due to the 100.000€ turnover institution I managed and to the role of Teaching Assistant I had at Nova SBE. I am a former CEMS MIM student with solid academic background, especially in Management, but also in Economics, due to having studied in top management schools, such as Nova SBE and the University of St. Gallen.

Bruno Coelho

Analytics & AI Director @ Tessela / Altran Group

Bruno is a seasoned manager with +15 years of experience. Started his career leading complex transformational projects, that had a significant impact on corporate objectives. Bruno has always taking the opportunity to learn and evolve from the ones that hadn't. Has been given the opportunity to embrace numerous great multi-year challenges that have stretched Bruno into many diverse areas far beyond technology. Bruno accumulates energy while exchanging ideas with others, mainly when they differ from his. Bruno leaves a positive mark on the people that he collaborates with, has he multiplexes from being empathic, a bridge builder, directive and inspirational according to the context. Peers, colleagues, and customers recognize Bruno as a Jedi-master in understanding the underlying problem of the symptoms, collaborate and co-create innovative solutions and then create impactful value propositions. These attributes have led to several "first-ever project that delivered the promises" or "the first time the problem was solved" moments. In Altran, as Group Solution Manager within the CTO Office, has taken a lead role in developing Global offers like Digital Transformation, IoT, and Analytics. Recently, has successfully launched several World Class Centers and global transformation projects. Bruno, curious by nature is continuously searching for answers and new knowledge, his track record of training, certifications and courses testify to that.

Susana Lavado

Post-Doc Researcher @Nova SBE - Data Science Knowledge Center

Susana Lavado is a post-doc researcher in the Nova SBE Data Science Knowledge Center, where she works in partnership with the Portuguese Employment and Training Institute (Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional — IEFP). She has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Lisboa and a Master’s Degree in Advanced Analytics from Nova Information Management School. Previously, she worked in coordinating comparative international surveys in Portugal (e.g., European Social Survey) and as a data scientist at NOS (Telco company).”

José Paulo Esperança

Vice President @ FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Former Dean of ISCTE Business School. Full professor of Finance and Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. Chairman of AUDAX-IUL (www.audax.iscte.pt), an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. Co-founder of Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on “The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals. Researcher on entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon’s 2020 Program of the European Commission and member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations.

Francisco Barbeira

Executive Board Member / Leading Digital Transformation, IT & Operations @ Banco BPI

Currently leading Digital Transformation, IT, Operations, Efficiency, Security and Procurement. 15+ years in Top Executive Roles in Financial Industry, leading Digital, IT, Marketing, Operations and Organization. Passionate about Stategy, Digital, Innovation and Change Management. Standford Executive Programe 2010, Engineer's degree in IT Systems (1991-1996)

Daniel Traça

Dean @ Nova SBE – School of Business & Economics

Daniel Traça is Dean and Professor of Economics at Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE), in Lisbon. He is also Visiting Professor at INSEAD, in France and Singapore. Previously, he was Assistant Professor at INSEAD, and held the Marie et Alain Philippson Chair in Managing for Sustainable Human Development, at the Solvay Business School, in Brussels, where he was Vice-President and Director of the MBA Program. Daniel was Visiting Professor in the KDI School of Management and Policy, in Seoul, and in the Graduate Institute of International Economics, in Geneva. Daniel graduated from Nova School of Business and Economics and obtained his PhD from Columbia University, New York. He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the European Commission and published his scientific research in several leading international academic journals in the field of Globalization and Economic Development.

Paulo Maurício

Tech Manager – Analytics & Cognitive @ Deloitte

Paulo Mauricio is a Tech Manager at Deloitte’s Consulting division having 9 years of consulting experience across multiple industries and geographies. He is also a speaker at local universities, meetups and community conferences. Paulo is currently working under the Analytics & Cognitive practice, leading the Big Data and Machine Learning engineering teams.

Nuno Paiva

Head of Data Science (Consumer Segment) @NOS

Extensive background in Telecom industry, Marketing and Consultancy practice. At the moment he manages the Data Science team that is enabling NOS to become a Customer Centric organization and a world class analytics workplace. Nuno holds one Msc in Eletrotechical Engineering (University of Coimbra) and another Msc of Data Analytics (University of Porto). He’s also MAP-I Doctoral Program candidate on the topic Applied Fairness in Machine Learning.

Sandra Maximiano

Associate Professor @ ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management

Sandra Maximiano is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Lisbon School of Economics & Management (ISEG) at University of Lisbon. Before joining ISEG, she was a faculty member at Purdue University and a Research fellow at University of Chicago. Her research cross-cuts different fields: behavioral and experimental economics, labor and organizational economics, public policy, and information management. Sandra focuses on exploring questions related to social and moral preferences, gender differences in economic decisions, and the interplay of information in competitive and cooperative environments. She primarily uses laboratory and field experiments to learn about human economic behavior and collect data. Since 2015 Sandra is the author of a weekly column - &conomia à sexta - in the Portuguese newspaper Expresso.

Diogo Lourenço

Industry Leader for Manufacturing and CPG @ SAS

Diogo Lourenço is an Account Executive at SAS who seeks to empower the Manufacturing and Consumer Packaged Goods industries through Analytics! Before entering in the Analytics Industry, Diogo spent 2 years working in Marketing and Sales for Retailers and CPG companies, where has a Bachelor degree in Management and a Post-Graduation in Business Administration at ISCTE. When he is not travelling, he’s a music addict (that can play) and a crossfit enthusiast (in between many other sports).

Carlos Galveias

Associate Partner – Cognitive and AI Business Transformation @ IBM/SOFTINSA

Carlos Galveias is Associate Partner of Cognitive and AI Business Transformation for IBM Portugal. In this role, Carlos is dedicated to cutting edge technologies such as IBM Watson, Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain and IoT. Carlos is a full stack architect and developer, and prior to his current position he was responsible for leading the IBM Portugal Cognitive Factory Practice.

Maria José Campos

Executive Board Member @ Millenium bcp

Nadim Habib

Visiting Professor @ Nova SBE - School of Business and Economics

Nadim holds a M.Sc in Economics (London School of Economics ) and currently is a lecturer at the Nova School of Business and Economics, in Lisbon, teaching in the master’s and Executive Education programmes. He also speaks and consults leading organisations on strategy and agility. His Innovation and Management Agility programme was voted Best in The World for 2 consecutive years by the CEMS Network (in 2014 & 2015), a Global Alliance of 27 Business Schools and 90 Corporations. From 2008 to 2014, he was the CEO of the Executive Education programme at the NOVA School of Business & Economics, as well as CEO of the Angola Business School. Previously, he held senior management roles in banking, telecommunications and consulting.

Boris Tchikoulaev

Team Lead – Business Intelligence & Data Science @Xpand IT

Boris Tchikoulaev is an experienced data architect, project and teams manager, specialized in BI, Big Data and Data Science. Working for 6 years in specialized IT consulting, having integrated and led both national and international teams on delivering complex projects to various business areas and sectors – including some of the largest financial and retail institutions –, Boris always focused on adding value to clients. Before joining the IT consulting business he joined a startup focused on product development for the retail area for 4 years, helping the company to grow and expand its business to many countries from different continents with a hands-on approach to different types of tasks always related to their professional passions - working with data, people and businesses. Boris was a federated sportsman for 20 years, and in his free time loves to travel and learn about new cultures and spending time with family and friends.

Ricardo Chaves

Chief Commercial Officer @ SIBS

O percurso profissional de Ricardo Chaves tem vindo a ser diversificado, destacando-se a passagem, numa fase inicial, pela área financeira (Banif Investimento, Ministério das Finanças), seguida de uma passagem pela McKinsey & Company como Associate. Posteriormente, durante cinco anos, assumiu a área de Business Development numa empresa nacional de relevo, de cariz familiar, tendo tido como principal desafio criar e dirigir uma startup de aluguer de equipamentos (MACHrent), que se tornou uma das Top 5 no seu setor. Em 2011 regressa à McKinsey & Company como Associate Principal participando em vários projetos em Portugal, Espanha, Brasil e Angola, desenvolvidos nas áreas da Banca e Telecomunicações, sempre com um foco em Marketing & Vendas (estratégia, pricing, product development, estratégia de distribuição, digital transformation) e a integração na equipa de liderança de um hub mundial especializado em Advanced Analytics e Machine Learning, integrado no universo McKinsey Solutions. Ricardo Chaves tem uma licenciatura em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa e um Mini-MBA organizado pela McKinsey, com o INSEAD, Kellog e Harvard.

João Neves

Head of Analytics & AI @ Tessela Altran Group

I am passionate about disruptive technology, especially about what Analytics and A.I can contribute for people and business outlook. Senior Manager with a demonstrated experience in leading comprehensive internal and external transformation programs. Good communications skills and experience from dealing with different need, cultures and countries. What drives me is to provide clients with high-quality products and services which promotes their business success.

Jorge Simões

Digital Factory Director @ EDP

A passionate digital technologist with an international career in Europe and the United States, on multiple industry and consulting roles 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.

Ricardo Macieira

Country Manager @Revolut Portugal

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.

Alexandre Pinto

Artificial Intelligence Lead @ Accenture Portugal

Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Capacity strategist and manager; AI ambassador. Translating complex business problems into AI & BD optimised technical solutions. Complex problem solver, strategist, creative and integrative thinker, and communicator. Experienced Team Leader, Project Manager, Application Architect, SAP Consultant (B2B Certified ID:0001645553), and seasoned Software Developer. Managed 10+ individual projects in the following areas: Business Intelligence, Information Security, IT Service Management, Ontological Systems Integration, Information Retrieval, Mobile Apps, Pattern Detection/Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Since 2011, has been working in IT Governance (CObIT), Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF 9.1, Archimate), IT Service Management (ITIL 2011), Business Process Management (BPMN), Semantic systems (RDF, OWL, SPARQL, Protégé), and Information Retrieval (Lucene). Alexandre has 10+ years of experience as Teacher, Mentor/Supervisor, and 10+ years of experience in several domains of Artificial Intelligence including Data Science/Machine Learning (Python), Knowledge Based Systems, and Natural Language Processing.

Maria João Carioca

Executive Board Member @ CGD

Pedro Saleiro

Data Science Manager @ Feedzai

Pedro Saleiro is a Data Science Manager at Feedzai, leading FATE, a new research group working on Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Ethics in AI. Previously, Pedro was working with Rayid Ghani as Postdoc at The University of Chicago, developing new methods and open source tools, such as the Aequitas toolkit to detect bias and discrimination in AI, and doing data science projects with government and nonprofit partners. Pedro completed his PhD in Machine Learning and Information Retrieval at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).

David Marçal

Science Writer

I am skilled in explaining complicated scientific concepts in a way that most people can understand them. After an extensive scientific background in Academia and Industry, I have become a full time science communicator. I create and manage ambitious projects to promote scientific culture. I also write books, plays, comedy shows, television shows and science stories in newspapers. And regularly advocate for science in public debate.

Miguel Gonçalves

Miguel Gonçalves | Chief Commander Officer @ Spark Agency

Miguel Gonçalves is an entrepreneur, traveller and co-founder of Spark Agency, a consulting firm specialized in talent management. • With a background in Psychology and Engineering, he's a simple guy that loves alpinism, marathons and paintings. • His mission is to build the world's most impressive and impactful career acceleration program and today he's going to talk about Talent Friendly Organizations.

Andrew Bell

Fellow @ Data Science for Social Good

Andrew Bell is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Nova SBE, and an active researcher in the Data Science Knowledge Center. Andrew joined Nova SBE full-time after participating in the 2018 Data Science for Social Good Summer Fellowship. Before coming to Lisbon, he worked as a policy researcher in New York, New York at the policy institute MDRC. Andrew earned a B.S> in abstract mathematics from Clemson University in 2015. His research interests lie in the application of data science to challenges in public health, labor, and education.

Diego Costa Pinto

Assistant Professor @Nova IMS - Information Management School

Doutoramento (PhD) em Gestão (Major em Marketing) da Neoma Business School (França), com um período na University of British Columbia e Nova York University. Investigação pós-doutoral na IE Business School (Espanha). Carreira internacional com passagem pela França, Portugal, Brasil, Estados Unidos, Canadá, Rússia, Japão e China. Como consultor, trabalhou em projetos na Box1824 e CFT Consultoria para empresas como RedBull, TIM Mobile, Kraft Foods, Grendene (Melissa), SESI/FIERGS, Ipiranga (Ultra Group) e Calçados Bibi (Calçados) nas áreas de data-driven marketing, consumer behaviour e branding.

João Oliveira Martins

Partner @ Pathena

João is Partner at Pathena with a focus on Medical Technologies and Telecoms. He holds a position as non executive board member in Klinik Oy, a board observer position at TNI Medical AG and has served on the board of imobilemagic (exited to SmithMicro - NASDAQ: SMSI). João has over 25 years of extensive knowledge and experience in the Technology industry across EMEA and Latin America where he has a track record of breaking through in new markets and creating a customer base. He has led large deals and transformation programmes in reference utilities, retail and telecom groups. Before joining Pathena, João held leading management positions including companies like Wipro Technologies, Enabler and Efacec. João holds a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering (FEUP – University of Porto) and an Advanced Sales Management Course at London Business School. He is a Singularity University alumni – Exponential Medicine – and passionately embraces continuous education in the medical area (eg. Endocrinology & Diabetes at São João Hospital, Porto).

João Dias

Chief Digital Officer @ Novo Banco

As the Chief Digital Officer of Novo Banco I am the orchestrator of the Digital Transformation of the bank. This means that I am working with my colleagues, across the bank, to transform the way we serve our customers and the way we work for the digital world. I was previously a Partner in Digital McKinsey in Cologne and a leader of our Digital Services practice. Throughout my career, I've focused on transforming businesses, operations and technology in financial institutions across Europe.

Marco Espinheira

Head of Future @ The Municipality of Cascais

Born in Porto in 1972. Degree in management by Católica University in 95 and master in New Ventures by California State University in 99, Marco Espinheira is a serial entrepreneur and creative explorer. He founded several companies in the communication, advertisement, technology and cultural sectors. He was responsible for creating and manage the first European digital film festival, consulted regularly for several organizations on communication, cultural and innovation strategy, such as Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and Banco de Inovação Social. He was responsible for the coordination of economic and cultural diplomacy in Camões, IP – Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of redesigning the cultural and educational international network. He Lectures on entrepreneurship, cultural entrepreneurship and the relation between culture and business. Among others, he is on the consultative committee of IPDAL, AGAVI and ILC and he is also Belize Honorary consul in Portugal. @Cascais | Head of Future Since 2014 he has been Head of Future at the Cascais City Hall, in charge of communication, innovation, information technology, culture, heritage, citizenship, talent, youth, sports, strategic planning and smart cities.

Rui Monteiro

Business Intelligence & Analytics CC Manager @ TAP

Rui Monteiro has a large experience in different sectors like Finance, Telecommunications, Insurances and Transportation business. He currently manages the BI & Analytics Team from TAP Air Portugal, highly focused in the adoption of strategic projects to the company. His academicals knowledge is currently shared with a large group of students, as teacher in Nova University (Lisbon).

Vasco Afonso

Head of Public Cloud @ Claranet

As Claranet Executive Manager and Head of Public Cloud, his mission is to help businesses develop and implement their digital transformation strategy. Vasco joined Claranet in 2006 as a Network Engineer and since them had moved to different roles, like Product Development and Solutions Architect Director. Before joining our team, he worked on Systems Integrators and Technology Consulting firms.

Fernando Matos

Presidente @ 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. Main clients: Activobank; ALD Automotive; Alcatel; Banco Mello; Banco Postal; Banco Privado Português; Banco Santander Negócios de Portugal; Banif; Barclays Bank Portugal e Londres; BES e BES Investimento; BNC; BPI; BPI Factor; BPI Leasing; BPI Rent; BPN; Caixa Geral de Depósitos; Caixa Leasing e Factoring; Carrefour; CMVM; Contax (Brasil); Deutsche Bank; Esegur; Fidelidade Mundial; Finibanco; Heller Factoring; Imovest; Media Capital; Mello Valores; Millenium BCP; Movicel (Angola); NCO Dealer; NOS; Sogrupo SA; ZON Multimedia; Valorsul; Vodafone. 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.

Miguel Moreira

Vice President @ 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.

Miguel Carvalho

Vice President @ DSPA

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Skilled in Banking, Multi-Cultural Team Leadership, Credit, Design Thinking, and Interpersonal Skills. Strong entrepreneurship professional graduated from INSEAD.

Fernando Resina da Silva

Vice President @ DSPA

Fernando is a lawyer, a partner and member of the Board of Directors at the law firm Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA). Fernando is the IP & Digital Group Executive Partner and partner with the Firm’s Information, Communication & Technology practice. With a Law degree and three years attendance of a Mechanical Engineering degree, Fernando has a capacity for deep understanding of technology matters and thus adds value as a legal advisor in clients' business in the field of technology and adjacent areas. He has a vast consulting experience and has been involved in several transactions, in Portugal and abroad - and regularly takes part as invited speaker in conferences and seminars - mainly focused on information and communication technologies, outsourcing, cloud computing, privacy, intellectual property and emerging technologies (such as Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Blockchain, Nanotechnology, IoT, Big Data, Fintech and Autonomous Vehicles). Fernando has also been active in digital transformation, R&D and innovation, technological entrepreneurship, mobility, smart cities and advertising and media, as well as in the field of Corporate and Commercial Law. Fernando is currently lecturer of "Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer" in the “Foresight, Strategy and Innovation” Post-Graduate Course, at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management / ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão and at Porto Business School, in the Post-Graduate course “IT Management”, module “Information Technologies and the Law – Technology Contracting and Protection”.

Maria Conceição Mota

Vice President @ DSPA

Maria da Conceição Mota is a VP of DSPA and IT Strategy Lead at Fidelidade for the areas of Finance, Risk and Enterprise Information Management. Maria has a MA in Leading Innovation and Change and has always been in IT, around which has built a career abroad and Portugal. Maria has worked in diverse sectors such as; industry, retail, consultancy and finance (banking and insurance). Maria’s passion for learning, change and data has led her to establish Data Insights Discipline in three major organizations. Maria believes that understanding the data and its transformation into contextual insights is the best way of understanding the business.