Paulo Ferrão is a Distinguished Professor of Instituto Superior Técnico – University of Lisbon, President of IN+, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research. He has been President of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) association from 2019 to 2021 and the President of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese National Science and Technology Foundation) from 2016 to 2019. He has been Director of the MIT-Portugal Program from 1996 to 2016. He is the Acting Chair of the European Commission Mission Board on “Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities”.
