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Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA) is the youngest public institution for higher education and scientific research within the Lisbon metropolitan area, with teaching units in Lisbon, Almada, Oeiras, and Cascais. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa currently constitutes an incontestable cultural, artistic, academic and technological resource. NOVA has a strong tradition of work in areas of innovation, with corresponding outcomes in the economy, services, and in extracurricular training, establishing important protocols with its peers both nationally and internationally.

techUK is a membership organisation that brings together people, companies and organisations to realise the positive outcomes of what digital technology can achieve in collaboration with our sister company TechSkills.org. We collaborate across business, government and stakeholders to fulfil the potential of technology to deliver a stronger society and more sustainable future. By providing expertise and insight, we support our members, partners and stakeholders as they prepare the UK for what comes next in a constantly changing world.

Instituto Pedro Nunes is a non-profit private organization founded in 1991. IPN promotes innovation and technology transfer, being the main link between the University of Coimbra and the business sector. IPN has currently a team of almost 100 permanent staff to support startups and researchers in these activities. With a self-sustained business model, IPN operates in three complementary areas: 1. Incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises; 2. Research and technological development; 3. Highly specialized training. Incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises activities: IPN helps startups with technical guidance in the establishment and early stages of business development. It has 6.200 m2 for business incubation and acceleration space installations and IPN-Incubator won in 2010 the 1st place in the world award for "Best Science-Based Incubator”. The figures that made this result possible are the following: Total firms supported: >380 (since 1996) % of firms in activity: > 70% Annual aggregated turnover of incubated firms (2019): > 222 million euros Export > 66,7% Job creation: > 3,250 jobs (direct and highly qualified) Research and technological development: Since IPN’s creation, the activity of technology transfer has been quite diversified, having participated in more than 200 RTD projects in consortia or by contract, carried out some tens of technology transfer contracts, some of those outputting patented products, for a group of more than 200 companies. IPN’s technological infrastructure includes a set of 6 laboratories in diversified technological areas, namely: LIS — Laboratory for Informatics and Systems LAS — Laboratory for Automation and Systems LED&MAT — Laboratory for Wear, Testing & Materials LEC — Laboratory for Electroanalysis and Corrosion LABGEO — Laboratory for Geotechnics FITOLAB — Laboratory for Phytopathology