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Joana Mendonça is associated professor with Habilitation at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon. She is currently vice-president at Instituto Superior Técnico, responsible for the Oeiras Campus.
She was President of the Board of the National Innovation Agency in Portugal (ANI) between May 2021 and March 2023. Between 2010 and 2012, she was Deputy Director at the Directorate for Education and Science Statistics (DGEEC). She was scientific director of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Partnership (2012-2021) and scientific coordinator at the Center of Engineering and Product Development, CEiiA, (2018-2021). During 2016, she was an assistant to the Minister for Economy for issues related to Innovation and Technology and in 2009-2010, she was an assistant to the Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, both in the Government of Portugal.
She is a member of the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+, where she led the Laboratory of Technology Management and Policy. Her research focuses on management of technology and innovation, technology commercialization and adoption. She teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Design Thinking to Masters and PhDs students.
Pedro Rebordão is Innovation and Promotion Manager at LISPOLIS, the Lisbon Technology Park. Over the last 20 years, he has worked with technological SMEs and start-ups. His main activities are scouting and evaluating SMEs and start-ups for LISPOLIS, assisting in fundraising and new business model development, acting as juri or mentor in acceleration programmes or reverse pitch challenges and participating in the national entrepreneurship ecosystem. He represents LISPOLIS in various activities related to entrepreneurship, such as Health Tech Lisboa, a venture builder for medtech startups, Startup Portugal, where he evaluates startup visa candidates, and participates in Incubu X, a think thank for the Portuguese incubator network, as well as in TECPAQUES, the Portuguese Association of Science Parks, where he plays a role in the association’s General Assembly. At LISPOLIS, he is also responsible for LISPOLIS IGNITE, LISPOLIS’ acceleration programme, for the liaison with Portugal Ventures, the Portuguese venture capitalist, and for the certification of LISPOLIS Incubator.
Katarzyna Chojnacka is a professor at Wrocław University of Technology, specializing in chemical engineering with a focus on sustainable agriculture innovations. Her scientific expertise includes technology for sustainable development, circular economy, environmental technology, monitoring, and biomonitoring. Her work extensively covers the valorization of biomass for fertilizers and feed additives, with a strong emphasis on renewable resources.
She leads an accredited laboratory recognized by ILAC-MRA (ISO 17025) and serves as the rector’s proxy for European cooperation. She has authored 347 publications listed in the JCR and holds a Hirsch index of 50 with 9900 citations, according to Scopus. Prof. Chojnacka has led projects funded by national and European bodies, co-created 35 patents, and contributed to industrial implementations. She has edited several books on smart agrochemicals, sustainable practices, trace elements, and algae. K. Chojnacka is committed to innovation and sustainability in chemical technology.
Arkadiusz Ziółkowski is a young scientist at Wrocław University of Science and Technology immersed in the realm of biomedical engineering, specifically focusing on brain hemodynamic. Passionate about bringing science with the market. He coordinates accredited laboratories and IT projects at the University. His entrepreneurial journey began with developing and introducing a respiratory rate sensor to the international market, then he worked as Broker of Innovations at Wrocław Centre for Technology Transfer. As the Manager and Internal Auditor of the Quality Management System for Medical Devices and Testing Laboratories, he ensures the quality of deliveries.
Head of the Investors Support Department at the Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency; Accredited examiner in the field of “Outsourcing and offshoring in the context of attracting investors to municipalities”; Connected with the investment process for more than a decade, coordinated many projects located both in the Lower Silesia and Silesian Voivodeships; Author of numerous publications on CSR and Sustainable Development, cooperating with Energy Clusters. Lecturer and trainer involved in initiatives for the development of the socio-economic ecosystem.
In the free time, acrylic painting enthusiast, conducting authorial art workshops on this technique “Akrylowe Wylewańce”.
Prof. Massimo Santarelli, Full Professor of Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino.
Coordinator of the HySyLab (Synergies of Thermochemical and Electrochemical Electrical Systems) and of the CO2 Circle Lab of the Politecnico di Torino.
Author of 312 papers in international journals (h-index 56). The main research activity is related to the topic of complex innovative systems (thermochemical and electrochemical processes) applied to the energy sector.
Coordinator of EU projects SOFCOM (FCH1-JU Call 2010), DEMOSOFC (FCH2-JU Call 2014), REMOTE (FCH2-JU Call 2017). Partner in several EU projects (AMPS, TULIPS, H2SHIFT ELECTROLIFE, BEST4Hy, SUBLIME, ICO2CHEM, COMSOS, TEACHY, ENEFIELD, ENFICA-FC, BRISK II, …).
Coordinator of several national projects. Member for Italy of ISO / TC 197 “Hydrogen Technologies” and of IEC-TC 105 “Fuel Cells”.
Coordinator of the Erasmus+ MSc HySET (Hydrogen Systems and Enabling Technologies).
Matthias Oechsner serves as the Vice President for Research of Technische Universität Darmstadt since May 2023. In order to create change for innovation and to provide solutions to today’s as well as tomorrow’s challenging issues, the Executive Board developed seven individual strategies forming the university’s future-orientated gearing. As Vice President, he is responsible for the strategic development of the research profile of our university bundled in the three interdisciplinary key research areas of Information & Intelligence, Energy & Environment, and Matter & Materials.
Matthias Oechsner studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. After receiving his Diploma, he moved on to the Max Planck working group Mechanics of Heterogeneous Solids in Dresden to work on his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pompe. Prior to joining the TU Darmstadt in 2010 as a Professor of Materials Technology within the faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the
State Materials Testing Laboratory, he spent 14 years with Siemens in various engineering and executive management positions in Germany, the USA and China.
His research interests include the assessment of reliability and lifetime of material systems under complex loading conditions, process-structure-property relations of metallic materials as well as Additive Manufacturing technologies.
He has authored and coauthored more than 140 papers and holds 21 patents.
Matthias Oechsner was dean of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering (2019-2021) as well as spokesperson of the TU Darmstadt Energy Center and of Energy Systems of the Future (2016-2018). Since 2017, he serves as a trustee of the Dechema Forschungsinstitut in Frankfurt/Main and since 2011 of the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF Darmstadt.
Sven Bossuyt is Associate Professor in Engineering Materials at Aalto University. He has been involved in Unite! since its inception, and chairs the Unite! Academic Forum. His main interests professionally are the science of engineering materials, the physics of metals, and the mechanics of materials. Research contributions have focused on bulk metallic glasses, on digital image correlation, and on inverse problem methodologies. In teaching, Sven is eager to explore how to capitalise on the benefits of learning in student groups that are diverse and multilingual.
Dr Stefan Östlund is Vice President (international relations) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm since 2017. In that role, his focus has been on strategies for international academic partnerships including e. g. strategic partner universities, the European university alliance, Unite and the Nordic partnership, Nordic 5 Tech. He has also been deeply engaged in responsible internationalization. He is a professor of Electric Power Engineering His teaching and research focus on electric propulsion, transportation electrification, and power electronics. Dr Östlund is a supervisory board member of the European innovation company, EIT KIC InnoEnergy SE and a senior member of IEEE
