PLACARD – Coordination and communication
Mário Pulquério (Conference Chair)
Member of the Executive Committee
University of Lisbon
Mário Pulquério is a researcher working at University of Lisbon, he has participated in a range of national and European projects on climate change adaptation for the biodiversity and water sectors and on the development of regional climate change scenarios. Currently, he is the coordinator of Horizon 2020 project PLACARD.
Tiago Capela Lourenço
University of Lisbon
Tiago Capela Lourenço coordinates the Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM) research group at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL). He specialises in working across sectors, scales and disciplines, and integrating multiple areas of knowledge related to climate adaptation services and decision-making. He was responsible for the Portuguese participation in CIRCLE CA and coordinated the CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net. He was involved in the BASE and IMPRESSIONS projects, and is currently working on the PLACARD interchange project. He is a member of the European Topic Centre on Climate Change Adaptation (ETC-CCA) and has been contributing to the development of multiple aspects of Portuguese and European climate and research policies over the past decade.
Julia Bentz
University of Lisbon
Julia Bentz is a postdoc researcher and integrated member of the Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM) research group at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL). Her background in interdisciplinary social sciences (MPhil. Development Studies, PhD Economics) and personal interests have directed her research towards the interactions between social and ecological systems in a variety of research fields, including marine spatial planning, marine wildlife tourism, protected areas, sustainable mobility, climate change adaptation and transformation. Within her current project, Art for adaptation, she aims to develop new understandings of how artistic and creative practices can contribute to successful climate change adaptation.
Ana de Jesus
University of Lisbon
Ana de Jesus is a social researcher, with a multidisciplinary background encompassing areas such as economy, innovation, globalisation and sustainability. She holds a MSc in Economics and International Integration from ISCTE-IUL Business School and is now finishing her PHD on Global Studies (CENSE – NOVA University Lisbon) focusing on the role of innovation in fostering a socio-techno-economic change towards more sustainable models, namely within the circular economy approach. Currently she is working on the PLACARD interchange at the Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM) research group at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL).
Ana Lúcia Fonseca
University of Lisbon
Ana Lúcia is a Social Scientist, with a degree in Anthropology and a MSc in Sociology. With a background in training and social education in community-based projects, she has been engaged in the preparation, implementation and analysis of participatory case studies and action-research. She is a researcher at the Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM) research group at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL) where she has been organising workshops on Climate Change Adaptation and conducting stakeholder engagement on local adaptation strategies. Currently she is doing a MSc in Science Communication. She aims to understand and develop local responses in the realms of culture/identity and symbolic behavior towards enviromental sustainable development..
Markus Leitner
Environment Agency Austria
Markus Leitner is an expert for climate change adaptation and on mitigating the risks of climate change for our society and environment at the Environment Agency Austria (EAA). He takes part in the EU-funded PLACARD project, which makes it possible for European experts to work together on adapting to climate change and reducing the risks posed by climate-related disasters in Europe. Markus is also involved in diverse European projects like the European Topic Center for Climate Change Adaptation and diverse transnational and national research and consulting projects. Through his work, Markus helps bring researchers, scientists, practitioners and diverse stakeholders together.
Susana Marreiros
University of Lisbon
Susana Marreiros is a researcher at the Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Modelling (CCIAM) research group at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon (FCUL). She holds a degree in Bioengineering and is currently doing her Master’s degree in Ecology and Environmental Management. She has worked with IMPRESSIONS, PLACARD and ClimAdaPT.Local, and one of her main interests is how climate change adaptation works at the local level.
Stephanie Ferguson
UKCIP, University of Oxford
Stephanie Ferguson is a designer and editor based at the UK Climate Impacts Programme, University of Oxford. She is responsible for the design of all communications output for UKCIP, from web design & build to design for print at any scale. She currently manages websites and for UKCIP, World Weather Attribution and the PLACARD interchange. Her work involves editing academic content to improve readability for online audiences, and web data analysis to re-structure and improve website flow. Stephanie is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art.
BINGO – Coordination and communication
Rafaela Matos
Member of the Executive Committee
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
Rafaela Matos is a Civil Engineer in hydraulics, a specialist in LNEC and has been a Principal Researcher since 2000. She is Board Member of the Portuguese Water Partnership (PWP), responsible for the R&I portfolio, as well as a Member of the Strategic Advisory Board (SAB) of the JPI Urban Europe and the Task-Force of the European Innovation Partnership on Water, EIP on Water. Rafaela leads H2020 BINGO and is a team member of H2020 RESCCUE and LIS-Water. She has coordinated more than 50 R&I projects in urban water management, performance assessment and benchmarking of water services. She was awarded 3 Prizes for its R&I activities. She is author of 6 books and more than 350 publications, including journal articles, communications & papers, reports and book chapters.
Ana Estela Barbosa
Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC), Portugal
Ana Estela Barbosa is an Environmental Engineer (UNL-FCT, 1991). She holds a PhD and European Doctorate Degree in Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering from Aalborg University (Denmark, 1999). She is currently a researcher at the Hydraulics and Environment Department of LNEC, where her main fields of expertise are: integrated water resources management; Environmental Impact Assessment; water resources management and social preparedness under climate change scenarios; water quality and pollution control; monitoring road runoff drainage, quality and impacts; and natural based systems for pollution control. She is presently the co-coordinator of H2020 BINGO and team member of the PROPER project. Ana Estela has contributed to more than 170 publications including reports, national guidelines, communications in technical and scientific meetings, journal articles, books and book chapters.
Rita Andrade
Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), Portugal
Rita Andrade is a consultant with a background in communication and international relations, with experience in both private and in public sectors, and in diverse areas such as law, sustainable tourism, European and Asian politics, water, climate change and nanotechnology. Rita has a double Master’s degree (MSc and ML) in Development/China and International Relations from Aalborg University in Denmark and University of International Relations in China. In SPI, Rita has been involved mainly in H2020 projects, both in writing proposals and project implementation, as well as developing the communication and dissemination areas. She is currently involved in the H2020 project LIS-Water and is the co-leader of the Communication and Dissemination Work-Package of H2020 BINGO project.
RESCCUE – Coordination and communication
Marc Velasco
Member of the Executive Committee
Aquatec
Marc Velasco (MSc in Civil Engineering) has almost 10 years of experience in water-related projects, particularly modelling floods, sewer networks and water resources. He has been involved in several FP7 projects related to climate change and water and has experience on climate change impact studies, statistical analysis of climate modelling data and implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures. He has specific experience with projects related to the telemetering of water distribution networks, linking the commercial, asset management and metering systems of the SUEZ group companies. He is project manager of H2020-RESCCUE, a multi-sectoral approach to urban resilience that is coordinated by Aquatec.
David Pacheco
Cetaqua, Water Technology Center
David Pacheco is an environmental communications specialist with an audiovisual media and corporate communications background. He has experience in managing the communication and dissemination of environmental-related initiatives, mainly focused on water resources, water quality and urban resilience. From Cetaqua’s end, David is in charge of the design, implementation and evaluation of the communication strategy of different European research projects funded under Horizon 2020 and LIFE programmes. He is currently involved in H2020-RESCCUE, where he leads the Communication and Dissemination Work Package.
Angel Villanueva
Aquatec
Angel Villanueva is a civil engineer, Director of Urban Water department at Aquatec – SUEZ Advanved Solutions, specialising in hydraulics and infrastructure. With 7 years of experience in consultancy, he led hydraulic projects focusing on water production and distribution systems, wastewater and drainage sewer systems, rivers and rural catchments, irrigation and regulation basins; and 14 years at CLABSA, where he was the chief of the Projects & Planning Department, leading projects in the Barcelona area. In addition, he was charge of city sewer system and pneumatic waste collection masterplans. Angel is currently Coordinator of the RESCCUE project, participating in the coordination and management tasks, in WP2 on the identification and assessment of hazards and in the technical issues concerning the Barcelona case-study.
European Commission – Coordination
Diogo de Gusmão-Sørensen
Chair of the Executive Committee
DG RTD, European Commission
After graduating in Environment Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) Diogo joined the Environment Agency for England and Wales, where he managed flood risk. He was bestowed the Climate Hero award by the Environment Agency for mapping inundation due to sea-level rise for the first time in England. In 2008 he moved to the Met Office Hadley Centre in Exeter (England) where his scientific career focused mainly on sea-level rise, climate adaptation and impacts. In 2013 he launched Scientinel in Denmark, and mapped coastal inundation for the entire planet. Having sold his startup, in 2015 he joined the European Commission where he currently heads Climate Services within the Climate Action and Earth Observation unit in the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.
Lisbon Municipality – Coordination
Duarte Mata
A landscape architect since 2000, Duarte d’Araújo Mata worked on several plans and projects as a consultant and has collaborated with the Green Structure and Energy Directorate of Lisbon Municipality since 2007.
He works directly with public policy related to green infrastructure issues, such as landscape planning and management, including the application of NBS (nature based solutions) in the city in the framework of a climate adaptation policy.
In addition to his role as head of cabinet of the Deputy Mayor for Environment, Green Infrastructure, Climate and Energy since 2015, Duarte deals with the climate plans and targets for the municipality and in this capacity deals with the European Green Capital Applications, awarded to Lisbon for 2020.