Our guest today is José Carlos Caldeira. José Carlos is a member of the board of directors of INESC TEC and has been President of the Portuguese National Innovation Agency. He has an impressive knowledge and experience from both the research and innovation perspective and the policy side, at both national and European level.

Together, we explore a few stories today. The story of how INESC TEC became a reference organization in the university-industry complex collaboration world, how INESC TEC supported the radical modernization of one of the pillars of the Portuguese economy, the shoe sector and how decades of investment in European research and innovation pay-off, among other interesting bits and bobs.