Workshop 10
MIT-Portugal International Collaboration Meeting

  • DATE
    November 14, 2016
  • Venue
    MIT Samberg Center, Building E52
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A dialogue towards establishing a new research agenda on Data Science, Climate Change, Space and Oceans to be centered on the Atlantic, together with the potential development of an Azores International Research Center (i.e., AIR Center), has been prepared by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT), through a series of high level research workshops to discuss multilateral scientific cooperation through an integrative approach benefitting from the unique environment offered by the Azores and the Atlantic.

This workshop was held on the 14th November at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Offices in Cambridge. During this session the Azores International research Center initiative was presented and the potential areas of interest and collaboration with the MIT Scientific Program were discussed.

Agenda

  • 9:30 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

    › Manuel Heitor | Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal

    › Paulo Ferrão | President, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)

    › Antonio Cunha | President, Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas (CRUP)

  • SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM ON MIT RESEARCH RELEVANT TO THE AZORES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER
  • 9:45 › David Miller Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Director, Space System Laboratory
  • 10:15 › Alexander Slocum Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • 10:45 › Marija Ilic Lincoln laboratory, Energy Systems group
  • 11:15 › Henrik Schmidt Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • 11:45 › Pierre Lermusiaux Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • 12:15 › Colette Heald Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Associate Head
  • CLOSING REMARKS

    › Manuel Heitor Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal
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