INESC TEC welcomes delegation from Macau
A delegation from the Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and leaders of Universities from that region visited INESC TEC on February 24 as part of a programme of visits to institutions in Lisbon, Porto and Braga.
The visiting delegation, coordinated by the FDCT President, Fred Ma, included other representatives from the FDCT, University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology and University of Saint Joseph.
Vladimiro Miranda, member of the Board of INESC TEC, led the institutional presentation. João Paulo Cunha, coordinator of INESC TEC’s Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research, explained the activity of the Porto LivingLab, while Pedro Jorge, a researcher at the Centre for Applied Photonics, presented the activity in the area of biological sensors. This was followed by the presentation of the TEC4 Health initiative by Augustin Olivier from the Industry Partnerships Service, and the Smart Grids area, presented by Luís Seca, coordinator of the Centre for Power and Energy Systems.
The itinerary of the visit to Porto, coordinated by the ‘Reitoria’ of the University of Porto, also included visits to the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICBAS) and the I3S - Institute for Research and Innovation in Health.
The researchers mentioned in this news piece are associated with INESC TEC, FEUP-UP and FCUP-UP.