Appointment of the National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CNCTI)

The members of the National Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CNCTI) – the government’s advisory body for the areas of science, technology and innovation – were appointed today. The first plenary meeting of the CNCTI will take place on March 1st and will be held as part of the ongoing hearings for the public consultation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP).

CNCTI works in close collaboration with the Minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition, Pedro Siza Vieira, and the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, for the development, strengthening and support of the national scientific and technological system, ensuring scientific advice and fostering transversal and inter-ministerial dialogue on science, technology and innovation policies. This new advisory body must also collaborate in parliamentary debates on matters of science, technology and innovation, whenever requested by the Assembly of the Republic.

CNCTI will be chaired by José Manuel Mendonça, Full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and Chairman of the Board of Directors of INESC TEC.

The CNCTI plenary includes the presidents of FCT, ANI and IAPMEI, together with 20 personalities of recognized merit in different areas of knowledge and economics, including academic, scientific and business leaders with broad institutional and territorial diversity:

1. Aida Carvalho, CIMO, Inst. Polytechnic of Bragança
2. Angelo Ramalho, EFACEC, Porto
3. Arlindo Oliveira, IST-U Lisbon and INESC, Lisbon
4. Carlos Faro, BIOCANT, U Coimbra, Cantanhede
5. David Malta, Limmtherapeutics/AP Bio, Lisbon
6. Elvira Fortunato, UNL, CENIMAT-I3N, Almada
7. Gonçalo Quadros, Critical Software, Coimbra
8. Guido Du Boulay Villax, Hovione, Loures
9. Henrique Veiga Fernandes, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon
10. Isabel Furtado, TMG, Guimarães
11. Isabel Sousa Pinto, CIMAR, University of Porto, Matosinhos
12. Joana Palha, ICVS, U Minho, Braga
13. João Barros, U Porto, Inst. Telecommunications and Veniam, Porto
14. Joaquim Pedro Torres, AgroGlobal, Santarém
15. University of Coimbra, University of Coimbra
16. Maria Mota, IMM and FMUL, Lisbon
17. Monica Bettencourt, IGC, Oeiras
18. Pedro Adam e Silva, ISCTE; Collaborate, Lisbon
19. Teresa Pinto Correia, Center for Mediterranean Studies, Évora
20. Victor Neves, Colep, Porto

The CNCTI operates in plenary and in autonomous committees (notably from state laboratories, Associate Laboratories , collaborative laboratories, technological interface centers and clinical academic centers), as well as thematic committees, in any area of knowledge, integrating researchers and entrepreneurs, to be indicated by the CNCTI plenary.