Date: 11 April
Hour: 5 p.m.
Venue: Técnico Innovation Center powered by Fidelidade
«The 3rd edition of the “Vencer o Adamastor” Award ceremony will take place on 11 April, at 5 p.m., at Técnico Innovation Center powered by Fidelidade.
The Award, worth €20,000, is an initiative of Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores (INESC) and Público Newspaper that recognises innovative works by young scientists developed in Portugal, in the area of information and communication technologies that reveal not only scientific excellence, but also potential for economic development.
In the 3rd edition of the Award, the Jury chaired decided to award Pedro Orvalho, for his work titled “MENTOR: Automated Feedback for Introductory Programming Exercises
Programme
- 4.45 p.m. Welcoming participants
- 5.00 p.m. Opening remarks by the president of Instituto Superior Técnico – Rogério Colaço
- 5.10 p.m. Speech by the president of INESC – Arlindo Oliveira
- 5.20 p.m. Speech by a “Público” newspaper Board member – Marta Moitinho Oliveira (TBC)
- 5.30 p.m. Presentation of the Award by the Portuguese Minister of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) Fernando Alexandre and José Tribolet, president of the Jury
- 5.35 p.m. Presentation of the awarded project by the award winner – Pedro Orvalho
- 5.50 p.m. Speech by the rector of Universidade de Lisboa – Luís Ferreira
- 6.00 p.m. Message of his Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic – Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
- 6.10 p.m. Closing remarks by the Minister of Education, Science and Innovation (MECI) Fernando Alexandre
- 6.20 p.m. Cocktail
- 7.00 p.m. End
