Second warm-up of the Science Meeting 2020

This Wednesday, October 21, the second Warm Up Session will be held to preview the Science 2020 Meeting. The session will start at 11 a.m. at the Ponte de Sor Arts and Culture Center and will be broadcast via streaming.

"Digital Planet: new opportunities, jobs and businesses associated with Earth observation for climate action" was the theme chosen for this session and the debate will include researchers and industry representatives from the areas of Space, Oceans, Forests, Territory and Aeronautics.

The third and final session of these warm ups for the Science 2020 Meeting will take place in Porto on October 26. These sessions seek to debate the importance of scientific research in the country's recovery and resilience in the context of a pandemic.

The Science 2020 Meeting will take place on November 2, 3 and 4 in Lisbon. This year's special guests are two Nobel Prize winners: Sir Richard Roberts, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1993, and Aaron Ciechanover, Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.

The Science 2020 Meeting is an initiative of the FCT, in collaboration with the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Culture - Ciência Viva and the Parliamentary Commission for Education and Science, and is supported by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

More information about the Science Meeting and the Warm Up Sessions is available on the official website.