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The 16th IAGOD Quadrennial Symposium, organised by the International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), brought together more than 500 participants at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, from 30 August to 2 September. INESC TEC ran a workshop on spectroscopy and also presented two papers in this area.
11th October 2026
SPIE Sensors + Imaging is one of Europe’s leading conferences in the fields of sensing and photonics. This year’s edition took place in Edinburgh (Scotland) in mid-September, and four INESC TEC researchers travelled there to present their work on optical fibre, Artificial Intelligence for sensors and quantum imaging. Four papers were presented, along with an invited talk.
11th October 2026
A solution that makes material inspection faster, more efficient and less invasive, with potential applications in areas like recycling, mining, cultural heritage and industrial quality control, has been recognised with the Best Oral Presentation Award at the first edition of IBEROLIBS. But the achievements of INESC TEC’s Photonics team did not stop there; at this international scientific congress, the team also received the Best Poster Award for presenting a new method to create interactive digital representations of cultural heritage objects with information on their elemental composition.
05th August 2026
A hydrogen or methane leak may be invisible, but a new generation of sensors developed by INESC TEC will not let it go undetected. Over two days, researchers from the Institute installed and tested a gas monitoring technology at PRF's facilities in Leiria. The technology was developed as part of the Alliance for the Energy Transition (ATE), a project funded through Portugal's Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
20th July 2026
INESC TEC researchers won three scientific awards and one photography prize at the International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics (AOP2026). But their participation went beyond the awards: Orlando Frazão was elected Vice-President of the Portuguese Society for Optics and Photonics (SPOF), while Susana Silva became President of the organisation's Supervisory Board; Orlando Frazão was also appointed President of the Portuguese Territorial Committee for Optics.
20th July 2026