Skip to main content

Scientific Computing Conference 2021 takes place this week

The 2021 edition of the Jornadas de Computação Científica (Scientific Computing Conference) will take place on October 19-21 at the Polytechnic of Leiria (Campus 2 - School of Technology and Management). This event is promoted by the FCCN Unit of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and consists of the annual meeting of the various communities of managers and users of advanced communication, computing and IT services platforms.

Over three days, the goal is to create spaces for knowledge sharing and promote discussion about the emerging possibilities of digital and scientific computing services. The event is aimed at all those responsible for computer, library, documentation and/or archive services in higher education institutions, as well as institutional decision-makers and leaders with these responsibilities and those responsible for the implementation of national science and research.

The program includes more than 30 speakers and about 400 participants are expected at the meeting, which will certainly contribute to promote collective discussion and knowledge sharing on all FCCN's areas of activity, ranging from connectivity, computing, collaboration, knowledge, and security.

This year we highlight from the program the Zapping session, where the speakers can get to know some of the FCCN services in a single session and the special session of the Polytechnic of Leiria entitled "Knowledge at the Service of Society". As keynotes speakers the meeting counts on the participation of Joaquim Menezes, founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the IBEROMOLDES Group, Annarella Sanchez, director of the renowned dance school Annarella - Academy of Dance Ballet and (Cuban School of Ballet), and João Curado Silva, responsible at AMA (Agency for Administrative Modernization) for the Data Science component in Public Administration projects. There will also be cultural moments, including a performance by the dancer Inesa Markava, as part of the "Imaginary Library" project, to take place in the atrium of the José Saramago library.

The meeting is supported by about 20 sponsors and partnerships, including several major companies in the information technology industry.

More information is available on the Scientific Computing Days 2021 website.