on 10-04-2026
Jornadas IT 2026 will be held under the central theme Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies, highlighting the Institute’s growing role in strategic national and European domains, including resilient and secure communications, surveillance and monitoring, sensing, artificial intelligence, and related areas.
The "Jornadas IT 2026" aim to present the most relevant R&D activities within each Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) thematic lines, foster scientific collaboration among IT research groups, promote strategic reflection on the contribution of each thematic line to this area, thereby strengthening IT connection to national and international innovation ecosystems in Space, Defense, and Security.
Program - April 10th 2026:
Until 09:00 | Reception of Participants
Arrival of participants and registration
09:00 | Opening Session | IT Board, Local Authorities and Invited Entities
▪ Instituto de Telecomunicações: José Carlos Pedro (President of the Board)
▪ Instituto Politécnico de Leiria: Nuno Almeida (Pro-President)
▪ Municipality of Leiria: Gonçalo Lopes (President)
Invited Entities:
09:45 | Keynote 1
President of the IT Board, José Carlos Pedro
“IT 2030 – Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies”
10:00 | Keynote 2
IT Technology and Interface Center (CTI-IT), Daniel Pôças
“2030 Opportunities and Instruments – Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies”
10:15 | Coffee Break + IT Research Groups Poster Session (ongoing, up to 2 posters per group)
Thematic Sessions - morning
10:45 | [S1] Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge
11:45 | [S2] Wireless Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge
12:45 | Buffet Lunch in the Lobby + IT Research Groups Poster Session (ongoing, up to 2 posters per group)
Thematic Sessions - afternoon
14:00 | [S3] Optics & Photonics and the Space & Defense Challenge
15:00 | [S4] Networks & Services and the Space & Defense Challenge
16:00 | Coffee Break + IT Research Groups Poster Session (ongoing, up to 2 posters per group)
Thematic Sessions – afternoon (ongoing)
16:30 | [S5] Information and Data Sciences and the Space & Defense Challenge
17:30 | Strategic Panel: Space and Defense in Portugal
Moderator: Francisco Fontes (Altice Labs)
Panelists:
18:15 | 2026 Awards Ceremony and Closing Session
When: April 10th, 2026
Venue:
School of Technology and Management – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Alto do Vieiro, Morro do Lena, Leiria, Portugal
Coordinates: 39°44’03.52” N | 8°49’15.79” W
Be tuned, soon we will display our photo cover of the evente here:
More Information..on 16-12-2025
The Department of Electromechanical Engineering (DEM) at the University of Beira Interior (UBI) will host Hugo Plácido da Silva for the lecture "Invisibles: A New Frontier in Biomedical Signal Acquisition and Processing" on December 16th, focusing on emerging frontiers in biomedical engineering and pervasive health technologies.
The session will take place at 11 AM in the DEM Meeting Room (UBI), with simultaneous remote transmission to ensure broader participation.
Abstract:
An important part of clinical triage methods continues to be mostly bound to hospital and momentary data acquisition settings. Still, a paradigm shift is emerging, in which everyday technology is increasingly capable of measuring relevant biomedical signals in a more pervasive manner. This is paving the way for systems that can better analyse and adapt to perceived changes in the health status or behavior of the user. In this lecture, we will characterise the current landscape of data acquisition and signal processing methods, describe state-of-the-art work developed towards what has been coined as the ”invisibles” approach, and provide a discussion of the main challenges posed by these new methodologies. Experimental results show that data acquired using such an approach is highly correlated with data obtained through conventional methods. This lecture will show real-world examples of devices integrated into everyday use objects with which users regularly interact.
Short Bio:
Hugo Plácido da Silva is an Award-winning inventor, researcher, and entrepreneur, co-founder of multiple innovative technology-based companies operating in the field of medical devices and data science for health; PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with habilitation in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - University of Lisbon (UL). He is also coordinator of the “Information and Data Science” thematic line and Senior Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações since 2004, and invited Professor at the Bioengineering Department of IST since 2019.
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