Conference Portugal-China: Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence

A conference aimed at fostering closer links between academics, experts, technicians and business professionals working in the fields of digital technology and Artificial Intelligence. Among the invited guests is the Ambassador of China to Portugal, alongside a wide range of Chinese academics and technical experts.

Online Broadcast

Programme

8:30 am | Participant Registration

9:00 am | Opening Session – Welcome Remarks

• Professor José Bragança de Miranda – Rector of Lusófona University
• Professor Isabel Babo – Vice-Rector for Internationalisation, Cooperation and Citizenship at Lusófona University
• Professor Fernanda Ilhéu – President of the Friends of the New Silk Road Association (NSRF)
• Mr Hu Bin, Attaché d'Affaires – Representative of the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in Portugal

9:30 am | 1st Panel – Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence in China

Moderator: Dr Flávia Si Chen – Secretary-General of the Friends of the New Silk Road Association (NSRF)

Speakers:

• Professor Derek Fai Wong – Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence (AIX) at the Faculty of Information Science and Computing (FIC), University of Macau
• Professor Xiuquan Li – Research Professor and Director of the Key Field Science and Technology Research Centre at the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC)
• Dr Bojie Li – Independent Researcher and former Chief Scientist at Pine AI (online)

10:15 am | Coffee Break

10:30 am | 2nd Panel – Digital Silk Road

Moderator: Professor Fernanda Ilhéu – President of the Friends of the New Silk Road Association (NSRF)

Speakers:

• Professor Paulo Duarte – Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the School of Economics and Management, University of Minho
• Professor Anabela Santiago – Invited Assistant Professor at ISCTE-IUL and member of the SIDNET COST Action
• Dr Guangxi He – Director of the Institute of Science and Technology Governance and Innovation Culture at the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development (CASTED) (online)

11:15 am | 3rd Panel – Business, Technological Innovation and Applied Cooperation

Moderator: Professor Pedro Rodrigues Costa – Director of the Department of Communication and Arts at FCAATI – Faculty of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technologies, Lusófona University

Speakers:

• Dr João Llorente – Managing Director of Polo Research
  
  "From Cooperation to Co-Creation: Accelerating AI Business Partnerships Between China and Portugal"
• Dr Esmie Wang Hui – Vice-President of International Business and General Manager for Southern Europe at Alibaba Cloud
• Professor Lara Lopes – International Liaison Officer of the China-Portugal Joint Laboratory on Artificial Intelligence and Public Health Technologies

12:00 pm | 4th Panel – Academic Institutions and Research in Portugal

Moderator: Professor Diana Dias – Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation at Lusófona University

Speakers:

• Professor Álvaro Rocha – Full Professor at FCNET – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Engineering and Technologies at Lusófona University - Porto University Centre
• Engineer André Dias – Head of Space Downstream at CEiiA
• Professor Rui Luís Andrade Aguiar – Full Professor in the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics at the University of Aveiro

12:45 pm | Questions and Answers

1:00 pm | Closing Session

• Professor Manuel José Damásio – Executive Administrator of Lusófona University

Organised by

Lusófona University - Porto University Centre

ANRS – Friends of the New Silk Road Association