Portugal INCoDe.2030

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EVENTS

  • ACP.2030
  • Ciência2020
  • INCoDe_Talks
  • FórumIA
  • Portugal Digital + Igual
  • Digital Skills Forum
  • Roteiro INCoDe.2030 – Capacitação Digital

Advanced Computing Portugal 2030 is a dynamic and evolving process that aims to promote and expand Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) in Portugal by a factor of 100 by 2030.

It considers close international collaborative actions and was planned in order to promote all areas of advanced scientific computing, as well as to mobilize data processing in an effective and diversified way, between industry and academic communities and in all areas of knowledge and economy, health, climate, energy, mobility and the study of social processes.


Advanced Computing Portugal 2030 took place on October 23 at the Azurém campus of the University of Minho, in Guimarães, for the presentation of Deucalion, the supercomputer that complements the national strategy for advanced computing, and which joins BOB, the supercomputer installed in 2019, at the Minho Advanced Computing Center (MACC).

Under the motto “Progress achieved and new challenges”, the session also highlighted the progress achieved in advanced computing and also the needs of the Portuguese scientific and technological community among current and potential future users of the Minho Advanced Computing Center (MACC).

11h | Opening Remarks

  • Rui Vieira de Castro (Dean of the University of Minho)
  • Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

11h20m | Advanced Computing Portugal 2030 and MACC: Present and Future 

  • Nuno Feixa Rodrigues (FCT)
  • Rui Oliveira (University of Minho, MACC Director)
  • Khalil Rouhana, European Commission, Deputy Director-General (DDG) for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT)

11h50 | Debate with Advanced Computing Users and operators 
Discussants:

  • Irina Sousa Moreira (CNCB)
  • Rita Guedes (University of Lisbon)
  • Joana Matos (FEUP)
  • Rita Pereira (University of Minho)
  • Simão Soares (SilicoLife)
  • João Ricardo Moreira (NOS)
  • João Nuno Ferreira (FCT/FCCN)

Moderators: Nuno Feixa Rodrigues (FCT) and Rui Oliveira (University of Minho)

13h | Closing Remarks  

Manuel Heitor, Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education

 

Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal” took place on November 3 and 4, 2020. This edition of the annual meeting of Portuguese researchers aimed to promote a broad debate on the main topics and challenges of the scientific agenda beyond the world of scientific investigation. The meeting’s main goal is to stimulate not only participation, but also interaction between researchers, the business sector and the general public.

Encontro com a Ciência” is promoted by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in collaboration with Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica and the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Science, and has the institutional support of the Government through the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

Portugal INCoDe.2030 promoted four virtual sessions at the biggest Science event in the country, “Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal”


The virtual session “The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the State Machine”, held by INCoDe.2030, took place on November 3, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

1ª Sessão

On November 3, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, INCoDe.2030 promoted the session “INCoDe.2030: integrated promotion of digital skills in Portugal” where the Action plan was presented, followed by a diverse panel of participants in two debates under the themes of digital competences for active citizenship in inclusion, education, qualification, employability, specialization and research, as well as the “open data strategy”.

2ª Sessão

The session “NAU at the service of Science” took place at “Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal on November 4, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

3ª Sessão

The last session took place on November 4, from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm, under the topic “Advanced Computing Portugal 2030: the National Network of Advanced Computing at the Service of Science and Technology (RNCA)”, and had a roundtable attended by users of advanced computing from companies and research units.

4ª Sessão

 

The National Initiative "Competências Digitais Portugal INCoDe.2030" will promote, in 2021, INCoDe_Talks, a cycle of online sessions, which aims to promote debate among the main actors and decision-makers on the subject of digital competences in Portugal.

Once the access to information and knowledge is vital for the success of public policies, INCoDe.2030 intends to bring to discussion and respond to the various challenges such as ensuring digital literacy and inclusion for the exercise of citizenship, stimulating the specialization in digital technologies and applications for job qualification and to produce new knowledge concerning international cooperation.  


1st session “Portugal Digital Mais Inclusivo”

The National Digital Skills Initiative “Portugal INCoDe.2030”, together with the European project MEDICI - Mapping Digital Inclusion, which brings together good practices in digital inclusion in the 27 Member States of the European Union and the United Kingdom, developed in partnership with the Universidade Católica Portuguesa’s  CEPCEP, promoted on December 15, 2020, the first of a cycle of online sessions, INCoDe_Talks, which aim to analyze the various challenges of inclusion and digital literacy for the exercise of citizenship in Portugal.

Under the motto “Portugal Digital Mais Inclusivo”, it included in the goals of Axis 1 – Inclusion, of INCoDe-2030, several themes were brought up for reflection: some indices of Portugal’s digital positioning in the European context, the role of the pandemic in accelerating the use of technology and acceleration of digitization in all sectors. Also, the importance of stimulating specialization in digital technologies and applications for the qualification of employment and the production of new knowledge in international cooperation and also in the fight against digital inequality.

Program | December 15

10:00h - 10:05h | OPENING

Isabel Capeloa Gil, Dean Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Nuno Feixa Rodrigues, General Coordinator of INCODE.2030

Rosa Monteiro, Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality

10:10h – 11:00h | INCoDe.2030 – Strategy for Digital Inclusion

Luísa Ribeiro Lopes – Coordinator of the Inclusion Axis

Alexandre Nilo Fonseca – Executive Director of Muda – "Eu sou Digital"

Rogério Carapuça – President of APDC – Project UpSkills

Luísa Dornellas – Director of the Training Department of the Municipality of Lisbon – Inclusion Program for Digital Literacy

11:10h - 11:15h | MEDICI – Introduction

11:30h - 12:25h | Digital Inclusion and the most vulnerable – challenges on the ground

Maria Potes Barbas - Digital Literacy for the Labor Market

Margarida Mateus, “Engineers for a day”

Fernanda Santos, Sitestar.pt

João Baracho, Apps for Good/Centre for Digital Inclusion

Moderação: Catarina Carvalho, journalist

12:30h | Closing session

Vanda de Jesus, Executive Director of Portugal Digital

Fernando Ilharco, Presidente do CEPCEP

 

FórumIA - Inteligência Artificial em Portugal” held by INCoDe.2030,  is a discussion forum, in online format, which aims to promote more and better practices of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in our society. This forum will be promoted throughout the year, through a cycle of events with various topics on AI, where we will seek to know, understand and learn from the developments of research and innovation in AI in Portugal.


1st session – “Artificial Intelligence in the Retail Sector”

In the first session of “FórumIA – Inteligência Artificial em Portugal”, held on February 11, the aim was to analyze the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in food retail, a sector that represents 11% of Portugal’s GDP, to know the results achieved and understand the challenges of applying this technology by large and small companies in the sector.

“Who are the customers? Where should the next stores be opened? How to obtain automatic information about stock preview and replenishment? How can we access the latest research developments?” These and many other questions are now answered in a business context through artificial intelligence solutions that help companies position themselves and be more competitive and efficient.

This debate was led by the Coordinator of AI Portugal 2030, Alípio Jorge, and had the participation and promotion of SONAE MC, LTP, Jerónimo Martins, the academic vision of a researcher from Fraunhofer&FEUP, AssociAção Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição (APED), ASAE and the National Innovation Agency.

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Program| February 11, 2021

10h| Opening
Liliana Bernardino - Sonae MC
Luís Guimarães - LTP
Rui Tomás - Jerónimo Martins
Carlos Soares - Fraunhofer AICOS & FEUP
Gonçalo Lobo Xavier - Associação Portuguesa de Empresas de Distribuição (APED)
Ana Cristina Caldeira - Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE)
Sofia Azevedo - National Innovation Agency (ANI)

Moderador:
Alípio Jorge, Coordinator of AI Portugal 2030

12h| Closing Session

 

On March 8, International Women's Day, at 3:00 pm, the role of women in the technology sector is debated, in the sessionPortugal Digital + Igual - Iniciativas onde as mulheres (já) têm um lugar ativo”, held by INCoDe.2030, in partnership with the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Estrutura de Missão Portugal Digital and .PT. The opening session will be chaired by Rosa Monteiro, Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality.

The debate is scheduled for March 8, between 3 pm and 5 pm and can be watched live, through the INCoDe.2030 website (https://www.incode2030.gov.pt/).


Portugal Digital mais Igual – Iniciativas onde as mulheres (já) tem um lugar ativo is the topic that will be debated on International Women’s Day, in a session held by INCoDe.2030, and where it is intended to address, above all, gender equality, namely on digital inclusion and the presence of women in science and technology.

What is the role of women and what can truly motivate them in the Technology sector? How can we reduce gender differences? What are the main challenges women face in this area? How can we attract (even) more women to the digital world?

Reflection on these themes, as well as the presentation of initiatives and projects where women (already) have an active place, will be led by Luísa Ribeiro Lopes, Coordinator of the Inclusion Axis of INCoDe.2030 and President of .PT, and will feature with the participation of MUDA -, CIP Movimento pela Utilização Digital Ativa, - Confederação Empresarial de Portugal, ENSICO - Associação para o Ensino da Computação, of CDI Portugal, and APDC - Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações.

If, on the one hand, digital technology generates innovation and breaks barriers, on the other hand, it has demonstrated that there is still a long way to go to achieve gender equality. It is a predominantly male area, deep in leadership. With this debate, it is intended to reinforce an objective that is transversal to the entire Portuguese society and of lasting effect: a more active citizenship and a more qualified, empowered and egalitarian country, using the accelerated digital transformation to create transversal value.

Portugal Digital mais igual

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