This year's FCCN Conferences marked three decades of innovation

This edition coincided with the 30th anniversary of FCCN. The event was marked during the plenary session of the event, with a speech by Carlos Salema, Director of the Telecommunications Institute (IT) and first president of FCCN, and with the projection of a video retrospective of FCCN's mission over the last three decades, recalling the main moments in the history of the organization. This was also the first edition of the Conference to be attended by a member of the Government. The Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Maria Fernanda Rollo, went to the Algarve to present a communication dedicated to Open Science, entitled “Knowledge for all: Roadmap for a national Open Science policy”. This plenary session also included interventions by João Nuno Ferreira and Ester Serrão, representing FCCN and UAlg, respectively.

The balance of participations is positive. This year's Conference had more than 260 participants who came from all over the country, including IT service technicians, librarians, researchers and other members of the scientific community.

In total, there were three days of interaction and learning, with sessions dedicated to the wide range of services offered by FCCN in the areas of connectivity, collaboration, knowledge, computing and security.

The Conference also includes moments of leisure and relaxation, close relationships and the spirit of camaraderie and teamwork of the research and higher education community was reinforced. 

The next edition of the FCCN Conference will be held in Vila Real, at UTAD – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, in 2017.