This year's FCCN Days marked three decades of innovation

This edition coincided with FCCN's 30th anniversary. The anniversary was marked during the event's plenary session with a speech by Carlos Salema, Director of the Telecommunications Institute (IT) and the first president of FCCN, and the screening of a video retrospective of FCCN's mission over the last three decades, recalling the main moments in the organization's history. 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, traveled to the Algarve to present a paper on Open Science, entitled "Knowledge for all: Roadmap for a national Open Science policy". This plenary session also featured speeches by João Nuno Ferreira and Ester Serrão, representing the FCCN and UAlg, respectively.

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

In all, there were three days of socializing 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 Days also included some moments of leisure and relaxation, strengthened relationships and reinforced the spirit of camaraderie and teamwork within the research and higher education community. 

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