E.Stories@Técnico: Alumni return to Técnico to share career paths
On 27 February, Instituto Superior Técnico hosted another edition of the E.Stories@Técnico initiative. The event took place at Técnico Innovation Center powered by Fidelidade and featured Paulo Dimas, a Computer Science and Engineering alumnus and current Vice President of Product Innovation at Unbabel, and Pedro Amaral, a Materials Engineering alumnus, co-founder of Frontwave and the Vice President of Técnico for Corporate Interface, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Técnico. The session was moderated by Joana Tavares, Domain Architect at Fidelidade.
At the end of the event, Pedro Amaral, in his capacity as the Vice-President of Técnico for Corporate Interface, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, emphasised the importance of initiatives such as E.Stories@Técnico in inspiring the new generation of innovators. In response to a question from a student who joined Técnico this academic year, asking how she could discover her passions and turn them into a business, Pedro Amaral firmly stated that ‘Técnico provides every opportunity to train entrepreneurs’. He encouraged students to participate in the Innovators@Técnico programme and other initiatives promoted by the Technology Transfer Division, pointing out that it is during these events that attendees can meet valuable people and gain essential information for developing new projects.
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