From May 16 to 18, the Lisbon Congress Center will host one of the largest national events dedicated to scientific evolution and the production of new knowledge, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology, in collaboration with Ciência Viva.

The motto "Building the Future with Science" is the premise of this meeting, in a debate forum that allows the sharing of the main research themes, with the presentation of new initiatives and the following projects managed by the Unit FCCN: RCTS100; NAU Platform; Arquivo.pt; b-On; RNCA and European Open Science Cloud. All of them are part of the Science, Technology and Society Network, which ensures daily collaboration between the various partner entities.

Throughout the event, we have different types of sessions, from plenary to thematic, and alsoonline demonstrations and posters.
Helena Pereira, President of FCT; Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Science of Egypt and Elvira Fortunato, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, are some of the main speakers at the opening of the event. 


We found the Unit FCCN in a session dedicated to Digital Services in support of Sciencewith the moderated by João Preto Gomes (Director of FCT's Advanced Services Area|FCCN). 
Monday, from 11:30am to 1pm, in Room 4A, we count on everyone for the presentation of the project RCTS100by Ana Pinto, Director of Network Services at FCT|FCCN, followed by the presentation of the NAU Platform, one of the digital services of the FCCN Unit that is increasingly assertive on the market. e-learningby Pedro Cabral, Project Manager. 

Still in this panel, we can watch the presentation of b-OnOnline Knowledge Library to support academic communities and also the project European Open Science Cloud, defended respectively by João Mendes Moreira, Director of FCT's Scientific Knowledge Area|FCCN & João Cardoso, Science Manager in FCT's Scientific Knowledge Area|FCCN. 
 
A NAU Platform will also be in the spotlight in the session dedicated to INCoDe.2030 Projects (Auditorium 3 - 15h30-17h00). 

Tuesday, 11:30am-1pm, Room 4Ait is the turn of National Computing Network Advanced to the stage, with the moderation of Eng. João Nuno Ferreira and presentation of the computing calls 2021 and 2022, by João Pagaime, RNCA Manager. 


What will be different in 2022? This year's edition has a particular impact: besides celebrating the 25º Anniversary of the Foundation for Science and TechnologyMonday also marks the World Scientist Daywith the tribute from Prime Minister António Costa in the plenary sessions.
The event also has the institutional support of the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education. 

We would like to remind you that registration is still open and that you can consult the full program of the meeting. From Monday, visit us at the FCT stands, FCCN and the Archives! 

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