A prominent figure in Portuguese academia, Professor Doctor João Gabriel Silva takes to the stage at the Grand Auditorium of the Convent of São Francisco, in Coimbra, on May 7th, for one of the main moments of the FCCN 2025 Conference.
Former Rector of the University of Coimbra, the keynote speaker of this edition of the meeting has decades of experience linked to Computer Engineering. He is currently president of the Pedro Nunes Institute (IPN), a leading institution in promoting innovation and technology transfer between academia and the business world.
The first Portuguese computer featured at the event
The spokesperson session at Jornadas FCCN 2025 starts at 10:00 am and is entitled “From Energy to Space”, linked to one of the projects that João Gabriel Silva coordinated in the 1980s: the first Portuguese computer, the Ener 1000.
When asked about this presentation, the spokesperson said that he would make “A visit to the project of the first Portuguese computer”, also highlighting the “influence that the computer had on the evolution of the world of computing in Portugal”.
His vision of the FCCN Conferences was also shared in an interview, highlighting that this “is a moment of reflection on the future evolution of the sector software and networks, which has one of its national exponents in Coimbra, and is facing an evolution full of challenges”.
Finally, he expressed his expectations for the meeting: “I hope it will be a time for the computer community to meet, helping to define the strategic lines of future evolution, both in Higher Education and in Industry”.
You can still reserve your place at the FCCN Conference
Register and secure your place in the 2025 edition of FCCN Conferences, which will take place between the 6th and 8th of May, at the Convent of São Francisco, in Coimbra.
Promoted annually by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through its digital services unit FCCN, this time the meeting also has the close support of University of Coimbra and the Coimbra City Council.
