Beatriz Pinto

Born on October 4, 2004, she began her classical guitar studies with professor João Moita at the age of 7. She entered the Conservatory of Music of Aveiro in 2013. Started this year his university studies at the "Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar" in Germany, being accompanied by the teacher Ricardo Gállen. He has attended several training courses and masterclasses with great names of classical guitar such as David Russel, Marco Tamayo, Irina Kulikova, Margarita Escarpa. In his musical career he has participated in several national and international competitions, having already won more than 20 prizes in Portugal, Spain, France, USA, Russia. He has a vast number of performances, having performed in the Lands of S.Pedro do Sul; Aveiro; Castelo de Vide; Bremen, Germany; Elda, Spain, in the "Jornadas Internacionales de Guitarra de Elda"; Petrer, in the "Festival de Guitarra José Tomás Villa de Petrer": Central Channel of Aveiro; Kuriakos TV "Manhãs na TV"; "Conversa de mulheres"; Tele Elda "Contigo em Direto"; Camões TV, Canada; interview for Radio Terra Nova; interview for the Portuguese Association of Classical Guitar". Semi-finalist for Got Talent Portugal 2022; top 10 of the "best Got Talent Portugal 2022 moments".

Fernando Rodrigues

He is General and Pedagogical Director of ESPRODOURO, being responsible for the creation and implementation of AB@PINTA, an innovative pedagogical model. He is also Founder and CEO of PsicoSoma since its genesis in September 2004 and Founder CEO of ICN Agency in 2014, coordinating several national and international projects. Graduated in Clinical Psychology and Health, recognized by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists as a Specialist in Clinical and Health and Advanced Specialty in Neuropsychology with the cédula No. 7807. He started his PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology where he obtained in 2009 the title of Diploma de Estudios Avanzados from the University of Salamanca - Spain, later entering the PhD in Neuroscience at the Universidad de Valencia Spain, which he suspended in 2019 for work reasons. Defended in 2016, obtaining unanimously, the title of Specialist in Marketing and Advertising issued by the consortium of Polytechnic Institutes of Leiria, Setubal and Lisbon.Guest Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda and in several national and international universities in the areas of consumption and NeuroMarketing, national einternational expert consultant in Strategy, NeuroMarketing, NeuroSales and NeuroNegotiation. Author of the books "Principles of NeuroMarketing", "Influence of NeuroMarketing in the Decision Making Processes", "Why Marketing is Sexy and Intelligent", "Consumer Behavior: When Neuroscience, Psychology, Marketing and Economics meet!", published in the PsicoSoma publishing house and author and co-author of several articles and chapters in other publishers, national and international, such as being responsible for the entry "Neuromarketing" in the Empreendipédia book.

Narciso Moreira

The joke, often ironic or sarcastic, is a very characteristic personality trait and his calling card, along with his shyness. His curious mind and capacity for realization made him create Betweien (in July 2011), after a few years connected to the world of research at the Univ of Minho, together with Pedro Correia, his partner. He is an old soul with a creative mind. He says Betweien is his life! However, he has collaborations at Univ. do Minho and SC Braga. And this is what he does in the time he has left, because time, time is what he spends with family and friends.

Marcos Pinto

​Marcos Pinto, 43 years old, television presenter, is part of the team of TVI and CNN Portugal! With a career of over 20 years in communication, press, radio and television! He is also a teacher and event presenter!

Márcio Salgado

CAMALEAOOO - Márcio Salgado, went from military GNR to Personal Trainer and, later, Camaleaooo, quickly conquering, with his contagious good mood,a wide range of followers on social networks, where he has over 100k followers on Instagram and over 400K on TikTok. He loves comedy, smiling and making people smile, or was not his motto "While smiling is the best medicine ... "From Camaleaooo can expect the unexpected, because his versatility makes every day something new, different, unique and hilarious. If you thought you had seen it all, Camaleaooo Jorge has only just begun.

Catarina Pestana

Specialist in Marketing Communication, with over 20 years of management experience in creative industries.

Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Bang Bang Agency, where she works with brands such as Vista Alegre, Bordallo Pinheiro and Control. She also works as Brand Communication Director at Grupo Visabeira for national and international markets.
Catarina is also a guest lecturer on executive and post-graduate courses in the areas of Marketing and Communication at Católica Lisbon, Católica Porto and IADE. With a degree in Communication Design (University of the Arts - Chelsea College of the Arts and Design), she also has an Executive Masters in Management, specializing in Strategic Marketing, from the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics. Regular speaker in multiple events, she has been a juror for different national and international awards in the areas of Marketing, Communication, Design and Creativity. In the last years, she has collected more than 80 awards that include: IF Design Awards, German Design Awards, Creative Club of Portugal, Meios e Publicidade and International Design Awards.

Gabriel Ferreira

Gabriel Ferreira, stands out as an entertainer, magician and digital content creator. He began his career in magic in 2017, being a finalist in the program "Got Talent Portugal". Also in 2017 he was invited to participate in one of the biggest magic festivals in the world, "Os Encontros Mágicos", organized by Luís de Matos, where he was again present in 2022. He has performed on several stages, one of them being the "Super Bock Digital Stage", at Rock in Rio Lisboa, for two consecutive editions. He also joined the main cast of the series "EDY", which was awarded as the best Fiction Series on YouTube in 2019. In 2020 he returned to national television with the talent program ;A Batalha dos Jurados;being selected as one of the most outstanding finalists of the program ;Got Talent Portugal;.Besides his performances on National stages, he also shares his magic on social networks, adding more than 230,000 followers and millions of views. Currently, he is also part of the main cast of the webseries "Os Vizinhos do Lote B".

Jorge Sequeira

Jorge Sequeira is one of the leading national motivational speakers; having participated in the behavioral development of more than three hundred organizations. His work focuses essentially in the areas of Resilience, Leadership, Motivation and Team Management. He is a university lecturer, with a PhD in Mental Skills Training. In the context of his intervention in high performance sports, he worked with Prof. Jesualdo Ferreira. He is a lecturer in courses for coaches of UEFA. In this capacity, he has been a teacher to several renowned coaches, including José Mourinho. He founded the company Team Building, is the author of several chronicles, scientific articles and television commentator.

Nuno Coelho

Nuno Coelho is Professor of Computer Security at Universidade Lusófona, Cyber Security Adviser at Faurecia and CEO of NRMC.PT. He has a BSc, MSc and PhD in Computer Engineering and is currently doing a Post-Doc in Computer Security at Lusófona University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal ARIS2-Journal, Director of LAPI2S and General Chair of iSCSi - International Conference on Industry Sciences and Computer Sciences Innovation. He is a speaker at TED, IEEE, Web Summit and CNN Portugal where he also has an opinion column. In 2021 he won the Inncyber Innovation Award for best European research; in Computer Security. His greatest work was the Vent2Life, project that aimed to repair hospital ventilators in the middle of the COVID crisis, and this project recovered two hundred pieces of equipment.

Ricardo Costa

He has a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Universidade Lusíada de V. N. Famalicão and an International MBA from Católica Porto Business School in 2011 and 2012.

Director of several companies in the Bernardo da Costa Group - IBD Global Portugal, IBD Global España, A-Touch Winwel, AVPro, Academia Bernardo da Costa, Global America and SGC Cameroon.

Board Advisor of Kuanto Kusta - Price Compare Market Leader in Portugal.

Chairman of the Board of AEMINHO - Business Association of Minho, Chairman of the General Assembly of APSEI - Portuguese Security Association (where he was Chairman of the Board between 2016 and 2018.) Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Domus Humanitarian Association. President of the General Assembly of Virar a Página - Cantina Solidária. Member of the General Council of IPCA - Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave.

In the scope of university associativism he was President of the Academic Association of Lusíada University between 1998 and 2001."

Joaquim Pinto

Degree in Primary School Education from the University of Aveiro; Diploma of Advanced Studies obtained at the

University of Santiago de Compostela, where he began his doctoral studies in the Interuniversity Program of

PhD Program in Environmental Education and currently attending the thesis stage of the PhD Program in Education.

in Education. Teacher in mobility under the protocol between the Ministry of Education and Ministry of the

Environment, in the coordination of projects of Environmental Education at National, European and CPLP level, intergating the

thematic committee on environment and education as an Advisory Observer of the CPLP. He has coordinated

training and capacity building programs in several Portuguese speaking African countries. He was part of the

organizer and scientific committee of several days, conferences and congresses on Environmental Education

and international scope, where he had the opportunity to present several communications. It has several publications in books and

magazines and opinion articles under projects and research he developed. Currently he is president of the

Portuguese Association for Environmental Education and coordinator of the Lusophone Network for Environmental Education.

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João Palmeiro

João Maria Pinheiro de Moraes Palmeiro, born August 8, 1949

Academic Background

1999 - Trainer Certificate from Instituto de Emprego e Formação Profissional

1998/ 1999 - PhD in course at the University of Salamanca.

1996/ 1998 - Attended Magister in Communication Sciences at the University of

Pontifical University of Salamanca.

1992 - Post-graduate studies in Communication and Information Law at the Instituto Jurídico

of Communication at the University of Coimbra.

1988 - Course on Information and Communication at the Institute of High Studies of

Administration Studies in Paris.

1989/93 - Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences - Erasmus Institute, Porto.

1986/87 - Course in Information and Communication in Public Administration, at the National

National Institute of Administration.

1982 - National Defense Course at the National Defense Institute.

1968/76 - Lisbon Law School.

Professional Experience:

Began his professional career as a senior technician at the Institute of

Social Communication Institute. Advisor in more than one government and University Professor

during most of his professional life.

He has served on the boards of several media organizations.

He was a member of the Unesco Intergovernmental Commission for the Development of

Communication of UNESCO and Deputy Director of Communication of Expo'98.

He has been president of the Portuguese Press Association for 18 years and was a board member

and vice-president of the European Federations representing newspapers and magazines.

He was also president of the Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) - Google News

Initiative.

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Miguel Oliveira

Miguel Oliveira is co-founder and CEO of EDIGMA, S.A.
With a PhD in Marketing and New Technologies, he started his professional life as
as Consultant and Market Manager for the United States, Canada and Latin America
AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal), before founding EDIGMA, as well as
companies DISPLAX and MOVIIK.
EDIGMA is a technological company specialized in the development of interactive experiences
interactive experiences, digital signage projects and attendance management. EDIGMA creates
experiences that combine the physical space with the digital space and that, ultimately, translate
ultimately translate into better experiences for people.
EDIGMA's excellence has been recognized by the press and experts in the interactivity market
and interactivity market, being considered one of the 200 most innovative companies in the world
by Red Herring, in the USA, and has appeared in prestigious communication organs
as Techland (TIME's technology blog), Wired, Engadget, The Register , Der Spiegel
Spiegel or Folha de São Paulo.
He is connected to several projects, has published several articles, has participated in lectures and
has lectured in higher education on marketing, innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Coronel Carlos Mendes Dias

Colonel Carlos Manuel Mendes Dias, in retirement, has a degree in Military Sciences in the specialty of Artillery from the Military Academy, a post-graduate degree in Peace and War Studies from the Autonomous University of Lisbon, a Master's degree in Strategy and a PhD in Social Sciences in the specialty of International Relations from the Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences, now of the University of Lisbon. 
He has a General Staff Course and a Joint and Combined Operations Internship attended at the Institute for Advanced Military Studies, as well as a National Defense Course at the National Defense Institute. 
He held management and leadership positions in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mozambique and in the Military Academy, besides being 2nd Commander of the Artillery Practical School (Vendas Novas) and Commander of the Artillery Regiment No. 4 (Leiria). 
He taught at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels, teaching courses such as Geopolitics, General Theory of Strategy, Strategy and Leadership, Seminar on International Relations and Strategy, International Relations, Applied Geopolitics, among others. 
Besides several articles he has published as author the books Geopolitics: Classical Theorization and Teachings, Kissinger and Brzezinski, On War, Geopolitics. Old but New Approaches and the Opposite, Geopolitics. Classical Conceptualization, The "No Cyber Place". Geopolitics, Spirit Strategy and Operations, and Eurasian Convulsions. In Illi Tempore and now; as coauthor The Leap of the Tiger: Applied Geopolitics, Vo Nguyen Giap, Living Military Academy, Strategy. Theoretical Foundations. Tomos I and II. 
A collaborating researcher at UID-IUM, he is also president of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Center for Geopolitics, a collaborating member of the Center for Administration and Public Policy, and an associate member of the Portuguese Association for Conjuncture and Strategy Studies. 
He is currently a professor at Instituto Superior de Ciências da Informação e da Administração (ISCIA), a member of the staff of the company Protilis, and a commentator for TVI/CNN.