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In this year, so notoriously marked by the economic crisis, INESC Porto has increased its budget from 10 to 12.5 million Euros. However, this is actually one of the most conservative budgets so far: close to 90% of the predicted income has been contractually guaranteed since the beginning of the year. With his feet firmly on the ground the INESC Porto President admits that despite INESC Porto having practically doubled in size over the last five years, “this does not mean an obsession with records”. José Manuel Mendonça explains that a group effort from all of the collaborators will be necessary to maintain this sustainable growth and he recognises that guaranteeing a high level of quality while growing so rapidly will be an enormous challenge.
10th February 2011
Over the course of three years the Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) will develop project FIRE-ENGINE–Flexible Design of Management Systems for Forest Fires. This incentive comes within the framework of MIT Portugal and Portucel Florestal SA and the Engineering Systems Division of MIT will also participate.
08th February 2011
MOG Technologies, the spinoff company of INESC Porto recently received the award for the best Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) for 2010 in Portugal. They were also selected, out of 300,000 SMEs, for the SME Excellence award from the Institute for the Support of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Innovation (IAPMEI). This distinction was presented to 1,100 SMEs with the best economic and management performance in 2010 in a ceremony presided over by the Minister of the Economy, Innovation and Development, José Vieira da Silva.
05th January 2011
Fibersensing, a spin-off company from INESC Porto, received, on 29 November, an Honourable Mention in the category of Innovation of the Awards CEP-AEP 2009, given in the context of the Entrepreneurial Cooperation Forum Galicia-North of Portugal.
27th December 2009
InstitutionalMaria das Dores B. Moura Oliveira and Aurora A.C. Teixeira; September 2009
16th September 2009
Tomorrow Options, a spin-off from INESC Porto and from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), is the subject of a case study carried out by the UK Trade Investment (UKTI), which will be published soon. This study is the result of Tomorrow Options’ entry in the British market.
13th July 2009
INESC Porto’s project Smartwatt is one of the finalists in the Impact Awards organised by Unico, a UK association that represents professionals investing in innovation and knowledge transfer from the universities to the industry.
04th June 2009
The Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) organised, together with Suzana Borschiver of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, a course on Knowledge Management and Technology Forecast, which took place in April.
27th May 2009
The project “Escolinhas – Plataforma Colaborativa e Social para Escolas do Ensino Básico 1/2” (Escolinhas – Collaborative and Social Platform for Primary and Junior Schools), coordinated by Ademar Aguiar, reseracher at the Information and Communication Systems Unit (USIC), was presented on 14 May, at the auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP).
27th May 2009
Tomorrow Options, a spin-off company from INESC Porto, has recently established a branch office in the United Kingdom. The company was also awarded with the "Investment Awards" by the British Ambassador in Portugal. Thus, the company is included in the group of best Portuguese researchers in the UK, considering the importance of the company’s project WalkinSense.
06th April 2009
INESC Porto will support an economic viability study for a project where the intention is to develop windows with thin film technology. This decision was taken after a meeting on 5 November between the people in charge of the companies Solaronix (Switzerland) and A2Z (France), and members of INESC Porto’s Innovation and Technology Transfer Unit (UITT) and Optoelectronics and Electronic Systems Unit (UOSE).
15th January 2009
WalkinSense is the name of Tomorrow Option’s first product. The product was publicly presented for the first time on 21 April at INESC Porto’s auditorium.
20th April 2008