This time, we have the pleasure to introduce you to our new colleague Rita Gil Mata,  who took the role of Head of EU Funding in Magellan this June. With a brilliant academic and professional career in the fields of research and funding, Rita was recently elected as Ordinary Board Member of EARMA - European Association of Research Managers and Administrators. We talk about the challenges associated with Horizon Europe, in contrast with Horizon 2020, and Magellan's participation in this new programme.

Anabela Carvalho is responsible for the International Networks Unit at ANI – the Portuguese National Innovation Agency; and she is the Portuguese National Contact Point and Delegate to Cluster 5 "Climate, Energy and Mobility" and Cluster 6 "Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment" of Horizon Europe, within the PERIN: Portugal in Europe Research and Innovation Network. We talk to Anabela about the new Horizon Europe programme and how Portugal can double its participation in the funding programmes.

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) is the main lobbying and standards group of the automobile industry in the European Union. In this episode, we speak to Joost Vantomme, Smart Mobility Director at ACEA about one of the most regulated sectors in Europe and the revolution of the individual mobility. 

What do we know about cyber security in Europe? How can we protect our data? In our #InternationalWomensDay2021 special, cyber security expert Silvana Precup shares her insights on data privacy in our everyday lives and tell the story of what it's like to work in this challenging and often gender unequal sector. 

In this podcast we speak to Eunice Ribeiro, Director of EC R&I Strategy and Policy at I2CAT Foundation based in Barcelona. I2CAT is a leading research and innovation center in advanced digital technologies to build the digital society of the future. We talk to Eunice about 5G, blockchain and other technologies and how the European and national funding can support their development and early adoption to reap out their benefits in society and industry.

Just a few days after the official launch of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Ambassador Pedro Lourtie gives us an exclusive insight into the 4th Portuguese Presidency. What will the next six months bring for the European citizens, Portugal as the Member State in change and European Union as a whole? Tune in our first podcast of 2021 and find out!

What is the role of governments when it comes to shared mobility and next generation vehicles? How can we bring back the trust in the commuter in the post pandemic world? These are some of the issues we discuss with Stephanie Leonard, Head of Innovation and Policy at TomTom, location technology leader. 

In this podcast, we talk to Fernando Liesa, secretary general of ALICE, one of the six European Technology Platforms set up by the European Commission in 2013, focused on supply chain and logistics.  Fernando tells us more about the ALICE roadmaps for action at national and EU level.  

Lina Konstantinopoulou is Secretary General of The European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP) which has been promoting a Europe free of high-risk roads since 1999. Lina tells us how EuroRAP supports cities and road authorities in achieving safer roads through its global iRAP protocols.

Jaap Gebraad is Research and Development Affairs Director at SEA Europe, the voice of the maritime civil and naval industries in Europe. We talk to Jaap about the Waterborne Technology Platform, which has been set up as an industry-oriented Technology Platform to establish a continuous dialogue between all waterborne stakeholders in the quest for zero-emissions waterborne transport.