5 national and international experts who will provide strategic guidelines for companies operating in the sector.
The mission of the Advisory Board is to provide guidelines about the evolution of the activities and PPS of the Project, taken into account the trends in the sector, and help establish links and connections with relevant initiatives and stakeholders.
The Advisory Board members are expected to act as ambassadors and advocates for the initiatives engaged by the Project ecosystem. They will provide expert insights and advice to enhance the impact of the Project.
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Frank Bösenberg graduated from TU Dresden in civil engineering and...
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Frank Bösenberg
Frank Bösenberg graduated from TU Dresden in civil engineering and business administration before starting to work in the field of international project management, mainly related to EU funded R&D projects. In 2014, he joined Silicon Saxony as project manager of Silicon Europe, the European network of semiconductor clusters.
Since 2018, he is Managing Director of the Dresden based network organisation that supports its more than 500 members with regard to networking, lobbying and consequently growth, thereby actively contributing to the ambitious goals of the EU Chips Act. He was appointed as individual expert for the report of the CoR with regard to the EU Chips Act. -
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José Epifânio da Franca is a Full Professor of Electronic...
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José Epifânio da Franca
José Epifânio da Franca is a Full Professor of Electronic Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). He serves as an Operating Partner at Keensight Capital (France), a member of the Supervision Committee of Conexo Ventures (Spain), and an Advisory Board member of Monolithic Power Systems (USA), among other national and international organizations.
In 1997, Dr. Franca co-founded the tech-based startup Chipidea, a spin-off from the IST research group he had established in 1986. He served as Chipidea’s Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO. Under his leadership, Chipidea became the world's number one analog semiconductor intellectual property vendor (Gartner 2004-2007). The company was acquired by NASDAQ-listed MIPS Technologies Inc. in 2007 and subsequently by Synopsys in 2009.
Dr. Franca has been honored with the “Grande Oficial da Ordem do Mérito,” bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic. He is also the recipient of the Industrial Pioneer Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the Prémio Universidade de Coimbra, and several other national and international awards. He holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College London, an honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the University of Macau, and is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. Additionally, he served as the Portuguese Government’s State Secretary for Education in 1991/92. -
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Diogo Vaz is a researcher specializing in novel logic and...
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Diogo Vaz
Diogo Vaz is a researcher specializing in novel logic and memory devices for computing applications. He obtained a PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Sorbonne Université (2019, France) and a master's in Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2015, Portugal).
Between 2015 and 2022, he was a researcher at the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales laboratory (France) and CIC nanoGUNE (Spain), where he worked on low-energy logic and memory elements based on spintronics. During this period, he received funding through a Marie-Curie Individual Fellow grant and worked on the proof-of-concept development of a new type of transistor based on magnetoelectric materials in collaboration with Intel Corp.
In 2023 and 2024, he was an adviser to the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, where he led the Portuguese Strategy for Semiconductors, approved in the Resolution of the Council of Ministers with a national budget of €121 million. He also represented Portugal in EU initiatives, as a delegate for KDT/Chips JU European program and as a technical expert at the European Semiconductor Board.
He has published 18 scientific articles, with more than 1200 citations, and holds a patent for a novel spin logic device based on ferroelectric materials. He has participated in five R&D projects and presented his work at several international conferences. -
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António is a Semiconductor and Systems professional with over 4-decades...
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António
António is a Semiconductor and Systems professional with over 4-decades of experience in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas, with a passion to transform profitable and timely Designs-to-Customers.
Extensive global experience in start-ups: Alchemy Semiconductor (acquired by AMD) and Kinematix; Fortune 1000 companies: AMD, Brocade Communications, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and Silicon Graphics, with particular focus in Outsourcing Operations, Program Management, Marketing and Engineering.
Former COO and Board Member at Kinematix, a wearables start-up company based in Portugal.
Mentor at various Incubators/Accelerators in Portugal and USA.
He has been engaged with Portuguese agencies for over 20-years as advisor: ICEP/AICEP, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI) and Portugal Ventures (PV) -
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Alcino Lavrador is a technology consultant graduated in electrical engineering...
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Alcino Lavrador
Alcino Lavrador is a technology consultant graduated in electrical engineering from Coimbra’s University. He began his career in 1985 at PT Inovação, now Altice Labs, a Telecommunications Research and Innovation Centre, as a development engineer for network protocols and later for intelligent network services. He held various manager positions in the company, and lead major projects in Africa and Brazil pioneering the internationalization of Portugal Telecom and PT Inovação, until he became general manager for the subsidiary in Brazil in January, 2003. In August 2006 was nominated executive board member of PT Inovação until March 2008 when became PT Inovação’s CEO until September 2015, to serve as General Manager for Altice Labs until October 2023.
Alcino serves as a member of the General Council of University of Coimbra and also holds board positions in several Portuguese entities related to innovation and ICT, namely he is also Executive Vice-president of the national Portuguese ICT Cluster - TICE.PT, Board Member for Tagus Park and for Creative Science Park, among other board positions in several entities. -
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Frank Bösenberg graduated from TU Dresden in civil engineering and...
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Frank Bösenberg
Frank Bösenberg graduated from TU Dresden in civil engineering and business administration before starting to work in the field of international project management, mainly related to EU funded R&D projects. In 2014, he joined Silicon Saxony as project manager of Silicon Europe, the European network of semiconductor clusters.
Since 2018, he is Managing Director of the Dresden based network organisation that supports its more than 500 members with regard to networking, lobbying and consequently growth, thereby actively contributing to the ambitious goals of the EU Chips Act. He was appointed as individual expert for the report of the CoR with regard to the EU Chips Act. -
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José Epifânio da Franca is a Full Professor of Electronic...
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José Epifânio da Franca
José Epifânio da Franca is a Full Professor of Electronic Engineering, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). He serves as an Operating Partner at Keensight Capital (France), a member of the Supervision Committee of Conexo Ventures (Spain), and an Advisory Board member of Monolithic Power Systems (USA), among other national and international organizations.
In 1997, Dr. Franca co-founded the tech-based startup Chipidea, a spin-off from the IST research group he had established in 1986. He served as Chipidea’s Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO. Under his leadership, Chipidea became the world's number one analog semiconductor intellectual property vendor (Gartner 2004-2007). The company was acquired by NASDAQ-listed MIPS Technologies Inc. in 2007 and subsequently by Synopsys in 2009.
Dr. Franca has been honored with the “Grande Oficial da Ordem do Mérito,” bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic. He is also the recipient of the Industrial Pioneer Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, the Prémio Universidade de Coimbra, and several other national and international awards. He holds a Ph.D. from Imperial College London, an honorary Doctorate (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the University of Macau, and is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. Additionally, he served as the Portuguese Government’s State Secretary for Education in 1991/92. -
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Diogo Vaz is a researcher specializing in novel logic and...
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Diogo Vaz
Diogo Vaz is a researcher specializing in novel logic and memory devices for computing applications. He obtained a PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry from Sorbonne Université (2019, France) and a master's in Micro and Nanotechnology Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2015, Portugal).
Between 2015 and 2022, he was a researcher at the Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales laboratory (France) and CIC nanoGUNE (Spain), where he worked on low-energy logic and memory elements based on spintronics. During this period, he received funding through a Marie-Curie Individual Fellow grant and worked on the proof-of-concept development of a new type of transistor based on magnetoelectric materials in collaboration with Intel Corp.
In 2023 and 2024, he was an adviser to the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, where he led the Portuguese Strategy for Semiconductors, approved in the Resolution of the Council of Ministers with a national budget of €121 million. He also represented Portugal in EU initiatives, as a delegate for KDT/Chips JU European program and as a technical expert at the European Semiconductor Board.
He has published 18 scientific articles, with more than 1200 citations, and holds a patent for a novel spin logic device based on ferroelectric materials. He has participated in five R&D projects and presented his work at several international conferences. -
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António is a Semiconductor and Systems professional with over 4-decades...
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António
António is a Semiconductor and Systems professional with over 4-decades of experience in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas, with a passion to transform profitable and timely Designs-to-Customers.
Extensive global experience in start-ups: Alchemy Semiconductor (acquired by AMD) and Kinematix; Fortune 1000 companies: AMD, Brocade Communications, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and Silicon Graphics, with particular focus in Outsourcing Operations, Program Management, Marketing and Engineering.
Former COO and Board Member at Kinematix, a wearables start-up company based in Portugal.
Mentor at various Incubators/Accelerators in Portugal and USA.
He has been engaged with Portuguese agencies for over 20-years as advisor: ICEP/AICEP, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Agência Nacional de Inovação (ANI) and Portugal Ventures (PV) -
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Alcino Lavrador is a technology consultant graduated in electrical engineering...
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Alcino Lavrador
Alcino Lavrador is a technology consultant graduated in electrical engineering from Coimbra’s University. He began his career in 1985 at PT Inovação, now Altice Labs, a Telecommunications Research and Innovation Centre, as a development engineer for network protocols and later for intelligent network services. He held various manager positions in the company, and lead major projects in Africa and Brazil pioneering the internationalization of Portugal Telecom and PT Inovação, until he became general manager for the subsidiary in Brazil in January, 2003. In August 2006 was nominated executive board member of PT Inovação until March 2008 when became PT Inovação’s CEO until September 2015, to serve as General Manager for Altice Labs until October 2023.
Alcino serves as a member of the General Council of University of Coimbra and also holds board positions in several Portuguese entities related to innovation and ICT, namely he is also Executive Vice-president of the national Portuguese ICT Cluster - TICE.PT, Board Member for Tagus Park and for Creative Science Park, among other board positions in several entities. -
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