Sino-Luso Science and Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme Info Session & Seminar on Marine Science

PROF. CARMEN AMADO MENDES – President of the CCCM – Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre
PROF. FERNANDA ILHÉU – President of the NSRFA – New Silk Road Friends Association
PROF. JOSEPH HUN-WEI LEE – President of the MUST – Macau University of Science and Technology
REPRESENTATIVE OF EMBAIXADA DA REPUBLICA POPULAR DA CHINA NA REPUBLICA PORTUGUESA (to be confirmed)

15H -15H15 FUNDING SCHEME INFO SESSION
REPRESENTATIVE OF FDCT – Introduction of the Sino – Portuguese Science & Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme

15H15-16H30 SEMINAR SESSION 1
PROF. CARLOS JORGE FERREIRA SILVESTRE
Head of the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Macau
Autonomous Marine Robotics for Ocean Exploration and Sustainable Development

PROF. JIE XU
Head of the Dept. of Ocean Science and Technology, University of Macau
Marine science and technology cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries: Opportunities and practice

PROF. ADELINO CANÁRIO AND PROF. DEBORAH POWER
Director of the Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR) and Researcher at the Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR)
The Algarve Centre for Marine Sciences (CCMAR) and international collaboration

PROF. DEBORAH POWER
Coordinator of the Aquaculture and Biotechnology pillar in CCMAR
Plastifish: a Portugal-Macau collaborative project assessing the impact of plastic pollution

PROF. AMADEU SOARES
Director of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM)
CESAM and Sino-Portuguese Cooperation: Past, Present, and Future Opportunities

16H30-16H45 COFFEE BREAK

16H45-17H45 SEMINAR SESSION 2

PROF. WONG KAM WAI
Executive Director of Dr. Neher’s Biophysics Laboratory for Innovative Drug Discovery, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology
Ocean Resources for Medicine

PROF. PEDRO RAPOSO DE ALMEIDA
Director of the Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE)
Management and conservation of anadromous fish in Portugal: Lessons learned and future directions

PROF. FILIPE ALVES
Marine Biologist and Research Associate at the MARE
The role of MARE-Madeira in science on oceanic island

PROF. DAVID GONÇALVES
Dean of the Institute of Science and Environment – University of Saint Joseph
A sea of opportunities: Macau as a platform for scientific cooperation between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries in marine sciences

PROF. CRISTINA CALHEIROS
Representative of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR)
Advancing Marine and Environmental Science through Innovation and Collaboration

17H45-18H00 Q&A

18H-18H15 CLOSING SESSION

DIR. ALEX CHE WENG KEONG – President of the Administrative Committee of FDCT – Science and Technology Development Fund
PROF.ANA PAIVA – Portuguese Secretary of State for Science (to be confirmed)