Attended by 78 participants, the event featured presentations by renowned experts in this field: Joana Maria (VORTEX-CoLab), Hugo Martins (Capgemini Engineering), António Espírito Santo (Universidade da Beira Interior – UBI), Pedro Miranda (IObundle) and Alexey Brodkin (Synopsys), who agreed to be part of the event’s panel, sharing their technical knowledge with everyone.
Moderated by Pedro Roseiro, Inova-Ria’s Project Manager, the discussion covered crucial issues inherent to this topic, as well as attracting, retaining and training professionals in the area.
The Association had the support of the Fundão Professional School (Luís Oliveira – Director of the EPF and Jorge Gamboa – Pedagogical Director of the EPF) and the presence of the Mayor of Fundão, Paulo Fernandes, who took part in the event, sharing key strategies applied in the Municipality of Fundão.
This was the fourth thematic workshop promoted by Inova-Ria as part of the Microelectronics Agenda (Micro.electronics). With these events, the consortium seeks to contribute to the sharing of knowledge and technological updates for professionals, students, teachers, researchers and the entire community interested in the topics covered.
The next themed workshop will be on “Aerospace and Microelectronics” and will take place in Porto in January (date and venue to be announced soon). Registration is free and already open, and can be done here: https://bit.ly/4getch6
See the main moments of the event here: https://bit.ly/3CVC2ST and check out the expert presentations: https://bit.ly/4ilpxjr
Created as part of the mobilizing agendas of the Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan, the Microelectronics Agenda aims to strengthen the production and innovation capacity of the national semiconductor and microelectronics industry. It involves a group of 17 partners and seeks to help position Portugal at the forefront of the semiconductor management, production, distribution and recycling market, capable of supplying Europe and other countries worldwide.
The 25 new products, processes and services resulting from the Agenda aim to transform the microelectronics sector and contribute to its resilience, competitiveness and ecological sustainability, and will enable the Portuguese ecosystem to monitor and anticipate the sector’s needs.
The Microelectronics Agenda has a total eligible budget of €67,493,749.21, of which €30,048,411.91 is funded by the NextGenerationEU initiative. With the completion of the project scheduled for June 30, 2025, Portugal intends to establish itself as a leader in the global semiconductor sector, having already executed more than 60% of the budget and made significant progress in product development, sustainability and workforce training.
