António Grilo is full professor at NOVA School of Science and Technology, in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. He is currently the Head of Department, Director of the research center UNIDEMI (www.unidemi.com), and Director of the PhD Program in Industrial Engineering.

His research scientific domain area has been centered on Business Interoperability focusing on how to design and develop Digital-based interorganizational systems that can improve business performance of supply chains, and industrial networks, and how to measure and analyse the impact on business performance according to the configurations of the ICT-platforms. More recently, complementary lines of research are on Digital Platforms, particularly simulation of digital-based companies which derived from the business interoperability research, and applications of Emergent Technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in industry and services.

He was the main coordinator of 4 international Research & Development projects, managed 15 other R&D projects. Published over 100 papers in scientific journals and conferences, with more than 1500 citations in Scopus. He has successfully supervised 6 PhD and received 3 scientific and technological awards.

Aneesh Zutshi is a researcher on upcoming technological trends and how they shape Business and Society and lectures on these themes. His research work is focussed on the emergence of Digital Platforms and Blockchain Technology, and their role in disrupting traditional forms of Businesses, and new forms of organizational setup to reflect these innovations. Blockchain technology along with Machine Learning, Big Data and IOT is powering a new generation of organizational setup where trust can be decentralised in unique ways, and a multidisciplinary approach is vital for the emergence of new Business Models.

He lectures and organise courses and educational programmes on Digital Entrepreneurship, Business Models, Digital Platforms, and Blockchain Technology. He has led numerous projects on Digital Entrepreneurship for the European Commission (such as project DIGISTART and project MYGATEWAY) where he organised several Workshops and Training Courses across Europe on the Topic of Digital Entrepreneurship, and how to build Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Universities.

Aneesh is involved in managing the Entrepreneurship related programmes at FCT NOVA. In addition to having several publications on these themes,  he has also been an Editor for a special issue on “Blockchain and Tokenization for Industry and Services” at the Journal of Computers and Industrial Engineering (Impact Factor 3.5). He has also participated in various think tanks and conferences such as the Horasis Conference and the European Innovation Academy.

Ricardo Artur Ribeiro is a visiting professor at several Business Schools under the Executive Education Programs, lecturing about financial technology (fintech), blockchain and internet of things. He has a degree in Marketing Management and an International MBA from Católica Porto Business School.

During the last years he has been developing skills in the field of technology applied to financial services through specializations in Fintech (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Blockchain Strategy, AI for Fintechs and Open Banking (both at Said Business School – Oxford University) and AI for Leaders (McCombs – Texas University).

He has more than 25 years of experience in financial services, including the performance of international roles. He is currently the Chief Transformation Officer at Montepio Crédito with cross responsibilities over the development and coordination of digital transformation projects.

He founded few ventures, all linked to technology for different purposes or that solve different problems. Its purpose is to empower people to the use new technologies for a sustainable future.