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Gabriela Fernandes is Researcher and Invited Assistant Professor at University of Minho (Portugal) on Project Management (PM). She spent 10 years in the coordination and management of projects in different industries. Throughout her career, she served as an executive director of some companies. She was responsible for various communications and author of several publications in the PM area. She Developed and Taught several PM training courses and as Consultant, coordinated the implementation of PM systems, as well as the implementation of PM office structures. She was Director of the PMI Portugal Chapter and is PMP® Credential Holder.

Madalena Araújo is Chemical Engineer and holds MSc in Industrial Management and PhD in Production Engineering, both from Birmingham University (UK). She is Full Professor on Industrial and Technology Management at Minho University (Portugal), Production and Systems Department, School of Engineering. She is Leader of the Industrial Engineering and Management Research Line of ALGORITMI Research Centre. Her research interests are on economics of engineering systems and management, mainly decision and utility modelling, project evaluation and management, risk analysis and their applications. She authored and co-authored around 100 papers and supervised few dozen MSc dissertations and PhD theses.

Eduardo B. Pinto is Programme Manager at CCG - University of Minho for multidisciplinary R&D collaborative University–Industry funded contracts. He served as Executive Director of a Portuguese applied research institute between the University and Industry in the field of Information and Communication Technologies: CCG (www.ccg.pt). He holds a degree in Industrial Electronics Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Electronics – Automation and Robotics, both from the University of Minho. He is responsible for various communications and author of some publications in the area of University-Industry collaborations and his main research topics are in University–Industry Collaboration, technological change and innovation and knowledge creation and sharing.

Ricardo J. Machado is Full Professor of Information Systems Engineering and Technology at the University of Minho. His primary research interests are in modelling and requirements for information systems analysis and design and in process and project management lifecycles. He has supervised 10 completed PhD theses in these areas. He has published over 150 scientific publications and 4 industrial patents, and has acted as coordinator (PI) and senior researcher of over 50 R&D projects. Currently, he is Director of the ALGORITMI Research Centre, the scientific coordinator of the EPMQ Laboratory at the CCG/ZGDV Institute, and the Director of the Doctoral Programme in Advanced Engineering Systems for Industry.