Oeiras Valley Magazine N1 (EN) by Oeiras Invest

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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES BIOTECHNOLOGIES AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES TROPICAL TECHNOLOGIES

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OEIRAS VALLEY Information and Communication Technologies, Biotechnologies and Health Technologies, Tropical Technologies Nº1 | Month Janeiro | Year 2011 Periodicity Quarterly ISSN 2182-0295 EDITOR AITECOEIRAS DIRECTION Luís Todo Bom COORDINATION Guilherme Arroz José Manuel Tribolet ADDRESS Rua da Fundição de Oeiras, Edif. CMO Oeiras, Portugal PHONE (+351) 214 221 020 FAX (+351) 214 221 028 E-MAIL magazine@aitec-oeiras.pt www.aitec-oeiras.pt www.oeiras-valley.com www.oeirasvalley.com

PRESENTATION OEIRAS VALLEY

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INTERVIEW ORACLE

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INTERVIEW IICT

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CONFERENCE INFOTECH

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WORKSHOPS TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT

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ARTICLE MALARIA

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COMPANIES

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PRESENTATION 03

AITECOEIRAS AND THE «OEIRAS VALLEY» The overall objective of «AITECOEIRAS» is the implementation of internationalisation activities, and the promotion and development of business and technologies of the County of Oeiras, located in Portugal near Lisbon and its airport, in order to contribute to an increase in foreign investment, productivity and business competitiveness, while assuming the role of facilitator agent of new economic activities in the municipality.

AGÊNCIA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE OEIRAS

In the pursuit of its purposes, the association aims to: a) Promote the image of the County, national and internationally, revealing i t s p o t e n t i a l a n d e n c o u ra g i n g investment, especially in the area of high quality services or incorporation of technology.

d) Contribute to the creation of business networks and clusters including high quality service companies, high-technology companies and Research Centres and Universities and of the Oeiras County.

b) Promote the reconstruction of an approximation of integrated and sustainable development of the Oeiras County, by attracting businesses and services in the private non-profit organizations, in the more dynamic sectors of the economic and social areas.

e) Encourage modernization of the production and business system of the Oeiras County, through targeted dissemination of new technologies and promotion of their transfer.

c) Encourage and promote the creation of new businesses in the services sector, which have tradition and comparative advantages, and which have underlying processes of innovation and high added value.

f) Build a Corporate Intranet and promote the widespread use of new information and communication technologies in public institutions, businesses and families in the Oeiras County.. g) Act as an entity that generates the approach to public and private interests so as to develop projects that contribute

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to the economic and technological development and the creation of skilled employment in the Oeiras County. h) Support projects of technological innovation and research, fostering links between universities, institutes, Technology Parks and Companies, fa c i l i t a t i n g a n d p ro m o t i n g t h e introduction and dissemination of new technologies. i) Promote and carry out events to promote and attract investment in the economic and technological area. j) Support research and technological innovation projects that promote renewable energies and their promotion in the County.

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THE CONCEPT «OEIRAS VALLEY» AITECOEIRAS created the "Oeiras Valley" concept whose precise meaning is: “Integrated Region of Development, supported by knowledge-intensive units, linked to the Clusters of Information and Communication Technologies, Biotechnologies and Health Technologies and Tropical Technologies, where the necessary conditions are created, for locating these units at an international level, promoting skilled employment and incomparable conditions of quality of life and of the working environment.”.

AITECOEIRAS’s strategic objectives in the development of "OEIRAS VALLEY" are to: - Promote and keep updated a structured strategic and intellectually profound thinking about the development model of “Oeiras Valley”. - Develop procedures for the international promotion of "Oeiras Valley”, attracting international technology-based companies. - Promote the creation of clusters and networks, integrating companies, universities and research institutes, both national and foreign. - Develop global digital networks and international cooperation between companies and units of a technological base and also between companies and units of complementary services that integrate the systemic concept of "Oeiras Valley”. - Promote the export of knowledge, generated and acquired in "Oeiras Valley”, in other regions, using the established networks of cooperation.

THE 1ST OEIRAS MEETING

AND THE ICT CLUSTER OF OEIRAS VALLEY The 1st INFOTECH Meeting will provided the opportunity to present these objectives to companies based in Oeiras Valley and discuss ways of boosting the cluster, identifying potential, objectives, and partnerships and prioritising concrete actions that bring objective added value to the companies involved. Two instruments will be presented, specifically designed to serve clusters, namely that of the ICT’s, the OEIRAS VALLEY Portal, and the associated Electronics Magazine, in a "one" version, in order to be analysed and criticized by the participating companies.

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INTERVIEW . ORACLE 05

ORACLE 20 YEARS IN PORTUGAL 20 YEARS IN OEIRAS INTERVIEW WITH VÍTOR RODRIGUES Technology Leader of Oracle

Oracle has grown significantly in recent years, also due to the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. What is Oracle's strategy? Oracle Corporation is a world leader in providing business software: open, complete and integrated. Oracle’s objective is to offer technology products and services that address the needs and challenges of our customers and help to increase their competitiveness. The ICT industry has suffered its natural course of maturity and adjustment to the evolution of countries and economies and in response to a set of market/customer trends: - Increase of the critical mass of suppliers, to enhance their financial sustainability and process of innovation; - Pre-integrated solutions, to reduce complexity and costs of integration/maintenance; - Significant reduction in the number of suppliers of the customer, to simplify administration of contracts and resolution of problems. In this context, in 2005 Oracle launched a new phase, having a defined plan of expansion over five years, which included an overall growth of 10-25 billion USD in revenue, based on two pillars: innovation and acquisition. The aim was to consolidate Oracle as a worldwide benchmark in IT, and reach the status of strategic IT partner with its customers and partners. Throughout this period, Oracle has acquired more than 60 software companies in different areas: databases, security, integration, content management, business intelligence, horizontal applications and vertical applications. Progress has been remarkable. In numbers: - 105,000 employees; - 145 countries; - 370,000 customers, 100% from Fortune 100; - A turnover of 7.5 billion USD in the first quarter of this fiscal year (June to August 2010), 29 billion USD in the last four quarters. With the recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle has extended its offer to the hardware area, having set a new strategic position as a leading provider of systems complete hardware and software solutions, open and integrated, ‘from applications to disk'. The aim is to change the paradigm of the IT industry, while minimizing costs and risks for customers and simplifying their life - pre-integrated solutions designed to act as a whole, "out of the box'.

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And what is Oracle’s relationship with Portugal and with Oeiras, where you chose to settle? Oracle Portugal, a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, celebrates in 2010, twenty years of activity in Portugal. Oracle's presence in Portugal is closely linked to the County of Oeiras and the ‘Lagoas’ business park. Present in the Oeiras County since the creation of its subsidiary in Portugal, Oracle was the company that in July 2001 inaugurated that compound, which is now a benchmark for business parks. In June 2010 the Oeiras City Hall distinguished Oracle with the Award of Municipal Merit - Gold Grade, for acts and services of particular significance, practised within the County and the Country. The evolution of Oracle Portugal over the past five years was also very positive, having doubled local turnover during this period. Today, Oracle’s clients are a significant number of national private companies (namely large and medium-sized companies) and the public sector, where it has participated in structuring projects.

SOFTWARE.HARDWARE.COMPLETE.

«...the Oeiras City Hall distinguished Oracle with the Award of Municipal Merit - Gold Grade...»

In the company's vision, does it make sense to create and promote the ICT Oeiras Valley Cluster? The County of Oeiras and Oeiras Valley meet the unique conditions to make Oeiras a region of integrated and sustainable development – a reference, both national and internationally. The region has a unique set of assets that offer a high quality of life. These differentiating conditions contributed to a significant number of national and international benchmark companies in the ICT area, to have chosen Oeiras as the location for their headquarters in the national territory. This presence, coupled with its existence of Universities and Research Institutes in the Oeiras Valley, create unique conditions for the development of a Cluster of Information and Communication Technologies. This cluster will be a catalyst instrument of:

«...Oeiras is able to become one of the most competitive regions in Europe.»

- the appearance of new companies with high added value; - the modernization and increase in the competitiveness of companies in the County, through the incorporation of new technologies; - the creation of valuable business networks, contributing to the development of Portugal. International competitiveness, rather than between the States, is today disputed between regions, and Oeiras is able to become one of the most competitive regions in Europe.

How does Oracle fit in the ICT Cluster? Oracle has a very comprehensive offer of hardware and software, in constant innovation, as a result of an annual investment of over 4 billion USD in Research and Development. Oracle’s international experience, through its presence in most countries and with projects in virtually all industries, may be an important contribution to the cluster. A particularly relevant factor for the success of an ICT cluster is the creation of skills. In this dimension, Oracle may also make its contribution by mobilizing its internal and external eco-system (customers and partners) in the acquisition of skills, ideally in collaboration with institutions of higher education participating in the cluster. As to Oracle's benefits in its involvement in the ICT Cluster, it is an excellent opportunity: - To participate in corporate networks and innovative projects with high added value; - To develop relationships with companies, universities and research centres in the County; - For marketing, through its participation in market activities organized by AITECOEIRAS. For these reasons, we believe conditions are met for establishing a win-win relationship.

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| Vitor Rodrigues Technology Leader

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IICT 127 YEARS OF TROPICAL KNOWLEDGE INTERVIEW

1. CIFC Coffee Rusts Research Center

WHAT LED THE CIFC AND ECO-BIO TO SETTLE IN OEIRAS? LOOKING BACK NOW, WAS IT A WISE DECISION?

The Coffee Rusts Research Center (CIFC) was officially established in 1955 and included in Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Overseas Research Board), now called Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical - IICT (Tropical Research Institute), with the support of the Portuguese and USA governments, whose founder is the renowned plant pathologist Prof. Branquinho d'Oliveira, former Director of the Department of Plant Pathology at the National Agronomic Station - EAN (now called ‘INRB - National Institute of Biological Resources’). The USA involvement in this project is due to the fear of a possible outbreak of the coffee leaf rust in South and Central America, and its potential economic disturbance in those coffee regions. In order to achieve possible control measures and make an assessment of the situation, two American scientists started a journey around the world, with a stopover in Lisbon. These scientists visited the EAN, where Professor Branquinho d'Oliveira worked on this subject as a hobby, and decided after many discussions, that Portugal would be the ideal place for setting up an international research centre for the study of coffee leaf rust. The main purpose for the creation of CIFC in Oeiras, was to centralise the research on coffee leaf rust in a place with no danger of introducing this disease or new races of the pathogen, in coffee-growing regions of the world. Fifty five years later, the CIFC has developed a central role in this disease and more recently (since 1989) in the coffee berry disease (CBD), through the creation of an international research network that includes more than 40 coffee-growing countries. In its infrastructure, the CIFC has an area of heated greenhouses of more than a half hectare, whose financial support has been ensured exclusively by Portugal, which does not benefit directly from these research activities. No one knows for sure why the CIFC was set up in Oeiras, but it might be related to the research activities developed by its founder in the former-EAN. After the creation of this

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Centre, we have witnessed the development of the technology centres at the Oeiras Campus and therefore think that the creation of CIFC in Oeiras was a wise decision.

ECO-BIO

Centre for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology

The Centre for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology (Eco-Bio) is the heir of the Missão de Estudos Agronómicos do Ultramar (MEAU, Mission of the Overseas Agronomic Studies) established in 1960 to conduct "basic agronomic studies, necessary for the development of agriculture and related activities - forestry, livestock and use of biological resources - in the overseas provinces in which it is determined to operate." The MEAU was responsible for setting up the Agricultural Research Station of Potó in São Tomé, the Agricultural Station of Pessubé in Guinea, and experimental fields in Cape Verde, Macau, the State of India and Timor, and has planned and organized an agricultural station in Angola, which would become the Institute of Agronomic Research of Angola. After the restructuring of IICT in 1983, MEAU was renamed the Centro de Estudos de Produção e Tecnologia Agrícolas (CEPT, Agricultural Technology and Production Studies Centre), whose main responsibilities would be: to conduct studies and tests for the development of agriculture in tropical regions; to promote and carry out the baseline studies necessary for the characterization of tropical agricultural products and investigate the technological methods to their best advantage; to promote experimental development activities in the agricultural production and technology; to develop forms of scientific exchange. Following the publication of the new Organic-Law of the IICT in 2003 and major structural reorganization of the IICT that followed it, in 2005 the Eco-Bio that incorporated most of the research staff of CEPTA, and therefore of its competencies, was created. The creation of this Activity Centre was intended to join forces and achieve critical mass, creating internal and external synergies in its areas of action and enable interdisciplinary studies, particularly in the areas of productivity of tropical and sub-tropical plants, of characterization and selection of genotypes facing abiotic and biotic environmental limitations, of symbiotic nitrogen fixation, and of post-harvest technology, food quality and safety. Eco-Bio settled in Oeiras, benefiting from the IICT infrastructure already set up in ‘Quinta do Marquês’, and from the strong scientific interactions with existing institutions on the Oeiras Campus.

2. CIFC Coffee Rusts Research Center

WHICH ARE THE MAJOR PROJECTS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED BY THE IICT CENTRE IN OEIRAS (CIFC AND ECO-BIO)?

Projects underway or recently completed, at CIFC With European funding (European Commission) and national funding (Foundation for Science and Technology): International cooperation for the creation of coffee varieties with durable resistance to the major diseases (leaf rust and coffee berry disease) Unravelling defence mechanisms underlying coffee resistance to Colletotrichum kahawae. The pathogen’s perspective of molecular plant-microbe interactions: genes expressed during the infection process of coffee leaf rust - Hemileia vastatrix. Search for candidate protein biomarkers of Coffea arabica resistance to Hemileia vastatrix (leaf rust). Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the Coffea arabica - Hemileia vastatrix interaction. Virulence factors of Hemileia vastatrix, the causal agent of coffee leaf rust. An interdisciplinary approach to characterize sources of potential durable resistance in coffee (Coffea spp.) to orange rust (Hemileia vastatrix). Phytopathological applications of NIR spectroscopy... Detection and identification of rice pests and coffee leaf rust as case studies. Indo-Portugal collaboration on coffee leaf rust breeding against coffee leaf rust and coffee berry disease. Characterization of the intra-specific variation of the coffee leaf rust - Hemileia vastatrix.

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Durable resistance of plants to obligate biotrophs. Pathogenicity and biology of Colletotrichum spp. causing olive anthracnose. Scientific collaboration in fundamental and practical knowledge in the two most important diseases in Tanzania (CLR and CBD) with the ultimate aim of producing coffee varieties with durable resistance to these pathogens. Development of a strategy for a durable management of the resistance to coffee berry disease (CBD) in Africa. Contribution to the production of organic coffee through the use of resistant varieties and biological control against leaf rust and coffee berry disease. Breeding for durable resistance tools to root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) ofcoffee varieties in Latin America.

ECO-BIO

Centre for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology

Part of the projects currently underway or recently completed in the Eco-Bio With international funding (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research; University Eduardo Mondlane and the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique) and national funding (Foundation for Science and Technology): Molecular evaluation and characterization of mechanisms of tolerance to adverse environmental conditions in Coffea sp. – Main role of the control of oxidative stress at leaf level. Characterization of the impact on plant productivity and of the mechanisms of tolerance / sensitivity in various plants, particularly in Carica papaya, Pachyrhizus ahipa, Quercus suber, Solanum tuberosum and Triticum sp. Characterization of genotypes of cereals, legumes and other crops, for their tolerance to soluble aluminum and other toxic metals in the root medium. Studies on the capacity of the edaphoclimatic adaptability of the jatropha (Jatropha curcas) for the production of biodiesel. Identification and characterization of the supercomplexes of the aerobic respiratory chains of the Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis bacteria. Evaluation and characterization of the states of maturation in the ‘Rocha’ pear (Pyrus communis) through non-destructive methods. Multiplication of seeds of resistant genotypes of Brassica vegetables. Studies of sexual compatibility of isolates of Candida Albugo. Evaluation of microbiological contamination of minimally processed vegetable products and processed food products of the IV range. Monitoring of fires and conservation of genetic resources in the miombo woodlands in the national reserve of Niassa, Mozambique. Identification of molecular and biochemical markers of drought resistance in the peanut. Proteomics and functional analysis of defence genes involved in the symbiosis between Frankia and Casuarina glauca. Analysis of genes and proteins related to the defence and removal of iron in bacteria. Establishing a sustainable model for the intensification of rice production in Mozambique. National Program of Biotechnology (Ministry of Science and Technology, Mozambique). Technical and scientific advice to the Biotechnology Centre and Faculty of Agronomy of the Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique): projects of research, teaching and training.

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AND WHAT ARE THE KEY COLLABORATION PARTNERSHIPS OF CIFC AND ECO-BIO WITH AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND EVENTUALLY WITH BRAZIL?

CIFC

CIFC has partnerships with the following research institutions in Brazil: Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Empresa de Pesquisas Agropecuárias de Minas Gerais (Epamig) and Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa) - Café. It also has partnerships with research institutions from African countries, namely with the "Coffee Research Foundation” (Kenya), the Tanzania Coffee Research Institute - TaCRI (Tanzania) and with CABI-Africa, involving the “Institute des Sciences Agronomiques du Rwanda" (Rwanda), the "Coffee Research Centre, National Crops Resources Research Institute” (Uganda) and the "Chipinge Coffee Research Station” (Zimbabwe).

Coffee Rusts Research Center

ECO-BIO

Centre for Ecophysiology, Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology

Eco-Bio has partnerships with research institutions and universities in the countries of the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP, Community of PortugueseSpeaking Countries), which includes Brazil. The most active partnerships are with: Instituto Agronómico de Campinas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Universidade Estadual Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro and Universidade Federal de Lavras (Brazil); Centro de Biotecnologia e Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique); Centro Nacional de Investigação Científica (Angola).

IN THE OPINION OF THE ‘IICT’, WHAT IS THE ADDED VALUE OF THE TROPICAL TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER IN OEIRAS VALLEY? The added value will be to raise awareness among entrepreneurs, in particular, and the community, in general, about the importance of the work developed by the institutions in the area of tropical technologies and, in our case, by the IICT centres installed in Oeiras.

THE IICT PARTICIPATED IN THE 1ST WORKSHOP ON TROPICAL TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND TROPICAL FORESTRY. HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS CYCLE OF WORKSHOPS FOR THE TROPICAL TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER? We consider it one of the best ways to publicize the work of the institutions mentioned above.

WEBSITES OF THE ‘IICT’ CENTRES IN OEIRAS CIFC http://www2.iict.pt/index.php?idc=30 ECO-BIO http://www2.iict.pt/index.php?idc=41 AUTHORS OF THE TEXT Dr. Maria do Céu M. L. da Silva Assistant Researcher, Coordinator of the CIFC/IICT Dr. José D. C. Ramalho Assistant Researcher with Qualification, Coordinator of the Eco-Bio/IICT António E. B. Leitão (Engineer) Assistant Researcher of Eco-Bio/IICT

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CONFERENCE . INFOTECH 11

OEIRAS INFOTECH BUSINESS 2.0 AND THE ICTS IN OEIRAS VALLEY AITECOEIRAS organized the conference Oeiras InfoTech Business 2.0 and the ICTs in Oeiras Valley: new strategies and opportunities on the 27th and 28th of October in the Taguspark Auditorium. The main objective of the Conference, organized under the Information and Communication Technologies Cluster of the County, was the development and deepening of the cluster, in particular with regards to the mutual understanding of companies, and the dissemination of the objectives and strategies of AITECOEIRAS in the Oeiras Valley context, to those who were present. The consolidation of the Cluster of Information and Communication Technologies is a unique opportunity for the promotion and dissemination of the County’s companies that operate in this sector, which enhances their capabilities and potential. The Cluster of Information and Communication Technologies presents itself as an asset and a priority for companies, universities and research institutes of Oeiras. At the Oeiras InfoTech Conference the following topics were discussed: Content Management Systems for Companies and Content Delivery Technologies, Open Collaboration and A p p l i c at i o n S o f t wa re fo r Co m p a n i e s a n d P u b l i c Administration, with the participation of international companies and also young domestic companies, and with the moderation of personalities renowned in the area, such as Luis Magalhães, President of UMIC (Knowledge Society Agency); José Amado da Silva, President of the Board of Directors of

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ANACOM (The telecommunications regulatory Portuguese agency); Artur Ferreira da Silva, Associate Professor Guest of DEI (Computer Science Department)/ IST; Armindo Monteiro, President of ANETIE (Portuguese Trade Association on Information Technology and Electronics); Anabela Pedroso, Deputy Mayor of the Oeiras City Council, and José Tribolet, INESC Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of AITECOEIRAS. On the afternoon of the second day of the Conference, a meeting was held in Open Space, which promoted, in a more informal manner, the discussion of relevant topics proposed by companies and other participating organizations, in real time. This meeting allowed us to know better some of the problems experienced by the companies of the County, and to get useful suggestions for the development work of Oeiras Valley. The organization of this conference was primordial in order to listen closer to the companies in the ICT Cluster of Oeiras, so that in the next conference, to be held in 2013, the challenges that were issued be in process so that we can then focus on others that will certainly arise, because the construction of Oeiras Valley is a project that is never finished and is constantly evolving, increasingly under the control of companies and other entities involved.

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WORKSHOPS TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT

Techniques of Organization and Management in a Tropical Environment

During the year 2011, AITECOEIRAS will carry on the Cycle of 4 Workshops, which started in May 2010, dedicated to Tropical Technologies, seeking to promote the debate and exchange of ideas between the society, the research community, the business unit and the community of agents linked to the Portuguese cooperation, creating a common meeting point, based on an interdisciplinary network and showing what is best done in the Oeiras County, in this area. After having addressed themes related to the primary sector at the Workshop for Tropical Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock, the cycle will resume on February 22nd, 2011 with the Workshop on Techniques of Organization and Management in a Tropical Environment, which will feature distinguished speakers in each of the areas identified, and which will be organized into four panels, namely: Panel A | Logistics, transportation and distribution of goods and fleets management; Panel B | The importance of ICT in relocation and in business management; Panel C | The management of Human Resources in multicultural staff;

ÂŤ...seeking to promote the debate and exchange of ideas between the society, the research community, the business unit and the community of agents linked to the Portuguese...Âť

Panel D | Business Partnerships: Model in a Tropical Environment.

For more information visit www.aitec-oeiras.pt/tecnologiastropicais

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FEBRUARY 22nd . 2011 2nd WORKSHOP

Workshop on Techniques of Organization and Management in a Tropical Environment

APRIL 12th . 2011 3rd WORKSHOP

Construction and Building Materials in a Tropical Environment

OCTOBER 18th . 2011 4th WORKSHOP

Tropical Biology and Medicine

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Above Hepatocytes (liver cells) from mice, infected with the malaria parasite. By: Lígia Deus | Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Portugal To the side A red blood cell infected with the malaria parasite (green) in mouse placenta (Red and blue). By: Carlos Penha-Gonçalves | Gulbenkian Institute of Science, Portugal

MALARIA

by Professor António Coutinho

«Malaria is one of the three diseases of poverty, along with AIDS and tuberculosis.» Often associated in common endemic areas, these diseases, in addition to the enormous impact on public health - last year malaria infected about 150 million people and killed nearly one million, mostly children – it has an enormous socio-economic impact. In other words, we are facing a vicious circle in the case of malaria: if, as we are now convinced, the eradication of malaria will have to wait for the socio-economic development in the areas where it exists, the presence of endemic malaria is a negative factor of great relevance for such development..

«...IGC has proposed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a plan aimed at setting up the malaria research at the Institute and strengthening it in Portugal.»

For some years, IGC has proposed to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, a plan aimed at setting up the malaria research at the Institute and strengthening it in Portugal. The implementation of this plan enabled our country to bring over various groups of high quality and proven results, to establish partnerships with foreign groups, as well as to stimulate research on malaria among the established groups in the IGC. The results of this plan were very satisfactory: on one hand, given the politics of the IGC in promoting the migration of groups formed here, for other institutions, the research on malaria is today much stronger in our country, now conducted at several top institutions; on the other hand, several IGC research groups continue to work on problems related to the molecular mechanisms that underlie the pathogenesis of severe forms of the disease and on potential therapeutics; in short, the plan helped to strengthen internationally, and in a significant manner, the statement of Science made in Portugal, in this area: the IGC alone published over 60 scientific papers on malaria, in the best specialty journals worldwide, in recent years. Of the studies currently underway, it is relevant to emphasize those that seek to understand the mechanisms and processes of the disease, in order to, first, minimize the consequences for the populations and, secondly, to attempt to derive new therapeutic interventions. In the first group, the IGC carries out, since 5 years ago, a study of genetic screening of malaria on the island of Principe - Republic of S. Tomé and Principe, in close collaboration with local authorities, facilitated by the fact that Dr. Maria de Jesus Trovoada, currently responsible for the national plan to fight malaria, did

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«...the discovery of the mechanism of "resistance" has opened new possibilities for therapeutic intervention in fighting severe forms of the disease.»

António Coutinho | Director of the Gulbenkian Institute of Science

her postdoctoral training at the IGC; In addition to the fieldwork, made possible through the setting up of a local laboratory facility that the IGC promoted, groups at the IGC and in other countries (Denmark, the UK), are currently working with the material collected there, in order to discover the genetic resistance factors and susceptibility to severe forms of the disease, and also the maintenance, over time, of specific immunity that is produced by chronic infection. Also in Angola, in the Luanda Paediatric Hospital, Dr. Maria do Rosário Sambo, a neurologist who did her PhD at the IGC, has been developing studies of genetic susceptibility on cerebral malaria - one of the most serious and with the highest mortality rate, in collaboration with IGC groups. At the Institute, we are currently working on the animal model of malaria during pregnancy, a common cause of great frailty in newborns due to infection of the placenta. In the second type of problem, several groups at the IGC are studying molecular and cellular mechanisms of pathogenesis, having recently discovered the reason that leads to relative resistance to malaria among carriers of sickle cell anaemia, a genetic disease that, despite its harmful consequences for individuals struck by it, it has remained at high frequencies in populations of malaria-endemic areas, throughout the centuries. Moreover, the discovery of the mechanism of "resistance" has opened new possibilities for therapeutic intervention in fighting severe forms of the disease. Such possibilities are now being critically evaluated in experimental systems, while also looking for partners to eventually launch the first clinical trials in endemic areas. . The groups at the IGC, as well as those were set up here to then migrate to other institutions, have been supported by private international organizations, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as by European and national public funds (Foundation for Science and Technology).

Above Performance of IGC researchers on the field, at the island of Principe.

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MILESTONES 2007 - December | WeListen is founded. 2010 - June | InnovationCast selected as one of the four finalists of Enterprise2.0 Launchpad, in Boston. - September | InnovationCast nominated for Forrester’s Groundswell Awards 2010 with our success story at MotaEngil.

TAGS Enterprise Innovation Management, Collaboration Solutions, Enterprise 2.0, Social and Community Software.

PEOPLE Leonardo Varella-Cid Co-founder | Business Development leonardo.varella@welisten.eu Carlos Mendes Co-founder | Product Manager carlos.mendes@welisten.eu Ricardo Lapão Co-founder | Software Engineer ricardo.lapao@welisten.eu Bruno Lopes Co-founder | Lead Developer bruno.lopes@welisten.eu

CONTACTS WeListen Business Solutions Neopark Av. Tomás Ribeiro 43 – 2H, 2790-221 Carnaxide, Portugal

Phone: +351 210 965 042

www.welisten.eu contactus@welisten.eu

A.P.A.C.

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IDENTITY BUSINESS CLUSTER Founded in April 2005 in TagusPark, Identity is a Portuguese company that operates in the area of Information Technology. Its mission is to provide solutions and services developed in cluster with business partners, universities and R & D labs, always with innovation, excellence and differentiation as native concepts. Identity bases its operation in different business units, but which are complementary: Data Identity, a specialist in IT Services, Everywhere Identity, a specialist in solutions for Knowledge Management; Life Identity, a specialist in solutions for lifestyle. The young team, experienced and entrepreneurial, is without a doubt the greatest asset of Identity. All employees share a strong professional and academic expertise, and a clear ability and willingness to provide excellent services and solutions that bring added value to their customers.

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DATA IDENTITY Data Identity is a unit specialised in Information Technology (IT) services, which operates in the segment of the medium and large companies in terms of infrastructure, namely communications, operating systems, data storage and security. The Infrastructure plays a critical role in any organization, because it is the interconnecting vehicle of the various components of the information system. As such, rather than specific knowledge of a specific area, we believe that know-how across the areas of information systems, security and management is vital, without ever losing focus on business objectives. Data Identity guarantees this range of competencies.

CriticalOS - Service of administrating servers and operating systems for critical environments, namely of support for SAP type ERP systems; Critical Storage - Service of data storage management, online and offline, for critical environments; Intranet eXchange - Service that seeks to give companies mobility, reliability and safety through the optimisation and management of their WAN; Monitoring - Monitoring of the entire IT infrastructure; Decision Support Services - Service for gauging the maturity level of IT infrastructures and Operations of the organizations, seeking an increase in the maturity stage; alignment with business needs; and to generate incremental returns. EVERYWHERE IDENTITY Knowledge is much more than just sets of data. It is information that is accurate, organized, classified. It's what pushes man’s limits beyond his imagination. Thus was born the project Everywhere Identity. Seeking to identify or even anticipate trends, Identity Everywhere creates and develops technologies, products and services that facilitate knowledge management.

Corporate Tube - Tool for capturing and disseminating knowledge in the form of presentations, sound and image. It is specially designed to enhance Human Communication in medium and large organizations, adaptable to a broad range of scenarios..

2005 - Foundation of Data Identity. - Data Identity Launches Intranet eXchange service. 2006 - Data Identity Launches Critical OS Service. 2007 - Creation of Life Identity. 2009 - Creation of Everywhere Identity. - Identity strengthens its academic ties with universities, coordinating master thesis and making the connection to the business world. 2010 - Data Identity launches DSS - Decision Support Services. - Everywhere Identity establishes a strategic partnership with ePresence, a Canadian company specialized in solutions for Knowledge Management. - Everywhere Identity launches Corporate Tube, a tool for capturing and disseminating Knowledge in the form of presentations, sound and image.

TAGS Technology, Information, Communication networks, Data Storage, Operating Systems, Services, Infrastructures, Communications, Knowledge, Webcasting, Lifestyle...

LIFE IDENTITY Life Identity creates solutions for lifestyle in the luxury segment, enabling and promoting outdoor life experiences in the privacy of your home (The world outside, inside). To this end, it provides a full range of technological solutions, ranging from a true home cinema to a complex system of control for the entire house, including the heating, lighting, security e-solutions of sound and image.

Solutions of cutting edge technology that aim to improve the quality of life for people in their homes, targeting the luxury real estate market, based on customized projects, tailored to each client

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PEOPLE Manuel Severiano General Director manuel.severiano@identity.pt Pedro Lourenço Business Developer pedro.lourenço@identity.pt

CONTACTS Identity Business Cluster Taguspark - Science & Technology Park Núcleo Central, 208 2740-122 Oeiras, Portugal Phone: +351 210 970 694 Servicedesk: +351 241 099 900

www.identity.pt info@identity.pt

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CSO CHIEF SECURITY OFFICERS, SA Chief Security Officers, SA is a company of the ‘Art of Knowledge’ group, specialised in information security, having been founded in 2006. The motivation to exclusively work this area is based on the strategic vision of information security as an important element for the credibility of organizations operating in the market, coupled with the belief that only being focused, can we ensure the creation of value to our customers, shareholders, partners and employees. Our activities are guided by the use of standards and best practices recognized by the market, which guarantee the quality of our functional, technological and documentary deliverables.

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LAYERED SECURITY We offer solutions that combine different levels of protection, filtering and monitoring to protect your infrastructure, regardless of its location and according to the level of security that must be associated to it.

2006 - Constitution of CSO, a company of the Knowledge of Art group.

TAGS We are a company consisting of specialized staff, highly experienced and technically updated and which are individually referenced in the information security market.

DATA AND APPLICATION SECURITY Technology plays an increasingly prominent role in the life of organisations. The dependence of information technology is, in most cases, the norm in many business processes. It thus becomes imperative that applications and business data be protected from potential threats, vulnerabilities and attacks.

We are customer oriented, seeking the continuous creation of value for the market and excellence in the delivery of our projects.

SECURITY MANAGEMENT Solutions for managing the lifecycle of information security policies.

We have been developing projects of reference in the public, financial, telecommunications, media, transport, retail, and services sectors.

AUDIT This area focuses on the technological dimension of IT services. It includes the implementation of specialised audits to identify, assess and highlight vulnerabilities in the operating systems, applications, network equipments, logic topology and physical security of the facilities. The methods used follow the best practices of the market and international regulatory mechanisms of management and assessment of technological risk. PRIVACY The control in the access to information is a critical activity in organizations, not only to allow access only to legitimate employees and partners, but also to quickly and efficiently provide information. Our solutions include the best effort to transform the performance metrics in operational gains, regulatory compliance systems and cost reduction.

PEOPLE Pedro Pinheiro CEO (Pelouros Financeiro e Vendas) pedro.pinheiro@cso.pt Jorge Miranda Executive Manager (Pelouro da Operação) jorge.miranda@cso.pt José Sampaio CFO jose.sampaio@aok.pt Fernando Cardoso CTO fernando.cardoso@cso.pt Jorge Duarte Sales Executive jorge.duarte@cso.pt Pedro Costa Sales Executive pedro.costa@cso.pt

BUSINESS The business operation and objectives must be supported on systems that take into account the dimension of: people, processes, technology, services, partners and the environment. CSO addresses these dimensions through business-oriented activities that contribute effectively to the mitigation of operational risk. We conduct a thorough analysis, develop policies and procedures, raise awareness of the workforce, and implement a safety management system.

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CONTACTS CSO Chief Security Officers, S.A. Edifício Infante D. Henrique R. João Chagas, 53, 1º Esq. 1495-764 Cruz Quebrada - Dafundo, Portugal Phone: +351 210 111 616 Fax: +351 210 111 618

www.cso.pt

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MAEIL CONSULTANTS This is an engineering company in Information Systems, with many different skills in this area. It develops specific products and services for various business activities, and exports its expertise to various countries. TECNOLOGIAS DE INTEGREÇÃO DE EMPRESAS

It was founded in 1999 and currently has about 15 employees.

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES

1999 - Maeil Consultores was founded.

BUSINESS Elearns ELearns is an e-learning environment, providing easy deliver for both interactive and basic documents by educators to their students. MEDflow is a web portal which allows your customers to interact with you in many different ways. MEDGest MEDGest is a web application built for the Health & Safety at Work. Primm Maeil Consultores is specialized in implementing and support PRIMAVERA BSS solutions. XRTnav The XRTnav Connector, developed for Windows Server with SQL Server technologies

TAGS Communications, Consultancy, Development, Integration Networking...

for data

management, integrates the ERP Dynamics NAV and Cash flow tool Sage XRT in a multi-enterprise solution.

SUPPORT BackupCare BackupCare is a system backup service that allows you to keep your business data always safe. HoursCare This support service is based on a package of hours that are previously agreed. Instant Care If your business is not in need of constant support, but still, it is important, that support service is available at any time, in case you need to solve an issue that might occur, then instantCare is the right choice for you.

Total Care Created as a way to fully integrate support into business where constant attention is needed, this service allows you to keep your business technology up and running, stable and flawless.

PEOPLE Martins Almeida Managing Director and Founder martins.almeida@maeil.pt Hugo Duarte Fonseca Executive Director and Founder hugo.fonseca@maeil.pt Alexandra Ribeiro Business Director alexandra.ribeiro@maeil.pt

TRANSPORTER Agencies Agencies is a solution thought for Shipping Agents trying to satisfy their main requirements and fulfilling the demands of Shipping Lines; it is a Shipping Business oriented application. The developed areas include the following modules: Commercial, Cargo, Equipment and Financial.

Bient This Business Intelligence and Reporting application deployed with Microsoft SQL technology supports the Financial, Operational and Management analysis for a wide range of business measures. Depport This information system guarantees full support to the daily activities of a container depot. Through the system our clients can achieve the management and position of all equipments on their depot area and at their responsibility, can trace and record the dates and movements of each unit, generate invoicing automatically based on specific rules, and whenever necessary apply demurrage invoices. Liners This application is developed to manage business operations of a Liner Shipping Company. It allows these organizations controlling all their information processes both on the operational and financial sides. It has been developed to be integrated and connected with the Agencies applications, to control their activities and reporting. Orchestra Orchestra module works on two levels, depending on the demand for automation, monitoring and the complexity of the solution. However it is possible in both it's extension and configuration, depending on the requirements of the applicational architecture and involved partners. The 1st level is a module developed directly in the Transporter environment, with the availability to send and receive a set of standard messages (ISO), already developed and parametrizable. SalesMove SalesMove is a Software Solution ready to empower your Transportation Business, increase your sales by enabling leads and opportunities control over Shippers, Freight Forwarders, Consignees and other business contacts. Visualize your sales! An on-line tool built inside the specific sector of Transportation Industry, designed and engineered to reduce sales cycle timeframe of your company, increase marketing revenue and service quality. Ttrain The ttrain application on MAEIL Transporter Suite allows managing train voyages controlling the transport of containers by train. It can be integrated with any other Shipping application.

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CONTACTS Maeil Consultores

Legendary Reliability

Taguspark- Núcleo Central, Sala 204 2740-122 Oeiras, Portugal Av. D. Afonso Henriques, 1196, 8º - Sala 812 4450-012 Matosinhos, Portugal Phone: +351 214 229 110 Fax: +351 214 229 119 Mobile: +351 933 100 044/45/46

www.maeil.pt support@maeil.pt transporter@maeil.pt bsolutions@maeil.pt

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WEBBASE Webbase is made up of a team of professionals qualified in the most varied areas, which enable us to integrate a range of services in a turnkey solution. We have the confidence of our customers and partners with whom we work daily with the aim of developing projects of reference in the market. We constantly analyse the changes that affect the Web so we can best respond to the most different of situations and market demands. We want our customers to effortlessly follow this evolution, focusing on the essentials of their business.

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES Our offer is based on constant innovation, developing new solutions that integrate engineering and creativity. We look for differentiating strategies that help build brands and communicate positioning on the Web. B2B AND B2C ONLINE STORES More than online stores, Webbase seeks to develop global solutions that integrate custom design, custom development, hosting, maintenance, etc ... ONLINE CATALOGUES This is a simple way of exposing online detailed information about products, using image galleries, downloadable files, etc…. Everything is upgradeable through the content management system. SITE WITH CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Sites with content management system facilitate the publishing of information without resorting to third parties. No technical knowledge is required to publish information, and thus it offers complete autonomy. INTEGRATION WITH PHC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE We developed a solution for the integration of systems that synchronizes PHC information software with the stores and online catalogues of the Webbase platform.

2006 - Creation of Webbase. 2007 - Development of PHC Integration with B2B and B2C stores. 2009 - Repositioning of the company: Webbase becomes the Web Agency. 2010 - Certification of PHC Technology Partner.

TAGS Web, Development, Online Business, Image, Marketing and Communication...

PEOPLE Sérgio Dias General Manager sergio.dias@webbase.pt

WEBDESIGN & DESIGN Creation of corporate image, from logos to the layout of sites, newsletters, advertising, among others. MARKETING Communication plan integrated with Google AdWords, SEO - Search Engine Optimization, campaigns of advertisement banners, etc… WEB Tailored projects, such as Flash and Flex applications, databases, back offices, among others. HOSTING Lodging, dedicated servers, managing dedicated servers.

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CONTACTS Webbase Estrada de Paço de Arcos, Nº9 - 2º Frente, 2770-218 Paço de Arcos, Portugal Phone: +351 214 214 261

www.webbase.pt geral@webbase.pt dep.comercial@webbase.pt

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B-SOLUTIONS TRIANGLE GROUP B-Solutions was founded in 2004 in Carnaxide, it operates in the area of Information Technology, both National and Internationally, and is a provider of Enterprise solutions, with preference for SMEs in various areas and market sectors. In 2008, the Triangle Group, whose company is Spanish and acts in the same sector of the ICT’S, acquires B-Solutions in its majority. Together they have a structure of 41 employees spread across the Iberian Peninsula, based in Lleida and with offices in Barcelona, Madrid and Lisbon, grossing a total of 3.5 million euros, of which 95% of the turnover of B-Solutions comes from International Projects. Together, the Triangle Group has over 140 active Customers.

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PRODUCTS/SERVICES

1982 - The Triangle Group is founded. - 1st NAV Partner in Spain.

The services of B-Solutions include: ERP MICROSOFT DYNAMICS NAV Consulting, Project Management, Implementation, Training, Development, Customisation, Support and Maintenance, of Enterprise Solutions based on the ERP Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution. BI4DYNAMICS BI4Dynamics is a Business Intelligence Solution, fully integrated with Dynamics NAV. “CLOUD COMPUTING” B-Solutions believes that one of its advantages in terms of know-how, is the methodology applied in the Rapid Implementation in a "Cloud Computing” environment, in just 9 days. B-Solutions is regarded as a pioneering partner of such methodology in the European market. G/ON A key product is G / ON, applied to solutions (All-in-One) for Security / Mobility / Systems Administration and Communication.

1991 - Beginning of International Projects. 2004 - B-Solutions is founded. 2008 - Merger of B-Solutions in the Triangle Group. 2009 - Co-founders of the Dynamics Global Partners International Alliance. 2010 - Creation of the Centre for International Support and Development (Lleida / Lisbon).

TAGS ERP – Microsoft Dynamcis NAV, “Cloud Computing”, Consulting, Implementation, Training, Support, G/ON, Business Intelligence – BI4Dynamics....

PEOPLE Mário Pinto Ribeiro CEO B-Solutions | Triangle mribeiro@bsolutions.pt mario.ribeiro@triangle.es

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CONTACTS B-Solutions Avenida do Forte, 3, Edifício Suécia, piso 3 2799-038 Carnaxide, Portugal Phone: +351 214 249 200 Fax: +351 214 249 201

www.bsolutions.pt geral@bsolutions.pt

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WI-SOCIAL Wi-Social is an ambitious company, which focuses on the opportunity to improve the quality of our clients quotidian, through the use of Information Technologies. Our business area covers professional and leisure strands, supported by the innovation of our services. We provide unique and personalized services, which will be in constant mutation to satisfy the real needs of each client. Wi-Social provides development and knowledge of conditions that allows users and technologies coming together, enabling the use of new services in a simple and clear way.

MILESTONES

PRODUCTS/SERVICES Our service base includes: Wi-Social Mobile Social Network, WSblue Bluetooth Marketing system, Mobile contents, Web contents, Custom-made applications and Management tools. The WSblue Bluetooth Marketing system and the Wi-Social Mobile Social Network operate through a wireless network allowing a total coverage of area in spaces with architectural constrains. The systems assure both quick, efficient and low cost campaigns as well as the access to an innovative social network. WSBLUE BLUETOOTH MARKETING With the dissemination of Bluetooth technology in mobile devices, it is possible to create innovating and technological marketing campaigns for the target audience. The advantages of this type of campaigns are: free message transmission; contextualized and georreferenced information; communication’s privacy; quickness and efficiency. Bluetooth Marketing is directed to a wide range of target markets: public, commercial, recreational, and cultural spaces; events, exhibits, seminars and congresses; airports and universities; hotels, restaurants, coffee shops and bars; medium and large companies. In order to allow a remote and simple campaign management to our clients, we developed a system management portal, which allows a complete control over the Bluetooth Marketing system and its ongoing campaigns. WSblue management portal offers: access point individual configuration; access point groups creation and shared configurations; content delivery scheduling; content delivery configuration for specific mobile device’s models; support for multiple content formats (audio, image, video and text); and user’s management.

2010 - Wi-Social company was founded

TAGS Communication, Networking, Wireless Networks, Mobile Social Network, Bluetooth Marketing, Location, Compatibility, Customized Applications, Web and Multimedia Content Development, Management Tools Development, Mobile Application Development....

PEOPLE André Morais Co-founder andre.morais@wi-social.com Bruno Capelas Co-founder bruno.capelas@wi-social.com Bruno Cabrita Co-founder bruno.cabrita@wi-social.com Tiago Dias Co-founder tiago.dias@wi-social.com

WI-SOCIAL MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORK Wi-Social is an innovative social network with unique features. This network can be used in Bluetooth enable mobile phones and it allows an interactive social experience in places of interest. Wi-Social main features are: - Georreferenced user location; - Friendship management and user compatibility system; - Profile search and navigation; - Pre-defined or personalized message transfer between users; - Set of privacy policies for personal information disclosure; - Connection to the Facebook users’ profiles; - Free access through Wi-Social mobile application, Facebook application and at www.wi-social.com.

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PARTNERS

CONTACTS Wi-Social Rua Luís de Camões, Nº 69, 2º Esq 1495-084 Algés, Portugal

Phone: +351 961 430 969 +351 966 430 343

www.wi-social.com geral@wi-social.com suporte@wi-social.com comercial@wi-social.com

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KEPTONE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING Specializing in the development of technological solutions and in providing IT management services, Keptone’s main objective is to guarantee the good performance of information systems of companies and institutions, in order to make them more efficient, effective and profitable. To do so, it has the vast knowledge and experience of its team on best practices to adopt in terms of defining architectures, databases, application development and other aspects of the utmost importance so that information systems can be, in fact, a competitive advantage.

MILESTONES

PRODUCTS/SERVICES SWITCH STUDIO Switch Studio is a development platform that allows for the best performance of all existing components in the architecture of a system, from the client station to the data storage. SUPPORT IN THE DEFINITION OF ARCHITECTURES Keptone is here to help you define the IT strategies, offering you a team with the essential know-how for decision-making, that optimise the attainment of final value for the customer, both in terms of features to implement, and financially. In the definition of architectures, keptone offers you the options that best suit the needs and functionalities of your IT’s. Since the needs differ from company to company, their IS's are exclusively designed to meet your expectations and requirements. APPLICATIONAL DEVELOPMENT After designing the project, Keptone is the ideal partner to implement and develop the project as part of the information systems, while analysing and advising on the best technology options for each case. Keptone also develops extensions to create new features for your applications, allowing you to personalise and meet new needs. DEVELOPMENT FOR MOBILE DEVICES In current information systems, the possibility of remote access through mobile platforms is fundamental. Keptone develops applications for several platforms, from Apple’s iOS system (iPhone, iPod touch and iPad) to specialized mobile systems with possible access to electronic documents and biometric data capture.

2004 - Launch of the initial version of the Switch Studio. 2006 - Information System of the Portuguese Electronic Passport. 2008 - Information System of the São Tomé and Príncipe Passport. 2010 - Mobile system for local identification of foreigners. - Launch of the Fast Roads game for iPhone and iPad, in partnership with Eggbite.

TAGS Switch Studio, Consulting, Application Development, Mobile Development, Management Data Bases...

PEOPLE Carlos Chança Managing Partner carlos.chanca@keptone.com

DB MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT To ensure that the performance levels of the systems remain normal, it is crucial to implement monitoring and optimisation processes, which allow for the correction of exceptional situations and / or optimisation of existing processes, as soon as possible.

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CONTACTS Keptone Tagus Park, Núcleo Central, 481, 2740-122 Porto Salvo, Portugal

Phone: +351 211 204 366 +351 211 204 367

www.keptone.com info@keptone.com

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DID Created in 1990 to operate in the market of information technologies, DID was the first company created in Portugal, dedicated exclusively to the development of information systems for the integrated management of libraries, archives, museums, law firms, projects firms, photographic archives, record libraries, video libraries, information from the press, radio and television. The company's market has expanded rapidly throughout the national territory, predominantly in the central and local government, universities, schools, businesses, private organizations, liberal professionals, researchers, students, churches and NGOs. It is estimated that among the 1000 customers of the DocBase and DocBWEB Systems based in Portugal, there are over 8000 active jobs daily. Internationally, we expanded our market to all African countries whose official language is Portuguese, Timor and Portuguese-speaking institutions in India. In partnership with national institutions, we develop projects for European countries in the field of documental languages applied to the processing of collections of museology. With large experience in project management in all aspects of information sciences, the systems designed and developed by DID are characterized by technological innovation of the access systems, research and dissemination of information via the Web, originality of multimedia management solutions applied to online exposure, ease of operation, ergonomics, functionality and standardization of systems designed for local network. DID was the first company in Portugal to develop the concept of humanization of the market, intervening with work, consulting and software, together with needy institutions and subscribed, right from the start, to the politics of patronage with schools, churches, NGOs, and official and private institutions in the field of culture. Fruit of knowledge, professional experience, group dynamics and speed of market intervention, DID dedicates particular attention to the implementation of turnkey solutions, generating considerable savings in economic resources, lack of human resources and sustainability of project in the institutions.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES a. DocBase System for Libraries®; b. DocBase System for Archives®; c. DocBase System for Museums®; d. SDocBWEB Search System ®; e. DocBase Multimedia for online exposure®; f. LexBASE ® for legislation and jurisprudence; g. System of integrated and simultaneous search, on local databases, national and international. h. Consulting in documental sciences and museology; i. Management restructuring projects of libraries and archives; j. Consulting, implementation and management of local network systems and WEB; k. Construction of sites and WEB pages; l. Hosting sites in proper servers; m. Execution of specialized work for libraries, museums and archives; n. Scanning of all types of documents; o. "Turnkey" Solutions.

MILESTONES 1990 - Creation of the company. 1990/1995 - Creation of DocBase® Information System for Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Legislation and Jurisprudence. 1992/2010 - Internationalisation of the firm with export of Docbase technology to Europe, Africa, Timor, Macau and India. - Participation in national and international events. 1997 - Creation of DocBase System for Windows and DocBWEB ® Search System. 2010 - Creation of DocBase® Multimedia System for online exposure. - Creation of a Search System International DocBWEB®. 2010/2011 - New DocBase® Information System and DocBWEB® Search System.

TAGS Information systems, Information technologies, Libraries, Museums, Archives; Multimedia Systems, Database of law and jurisprudence, Cataloguing, Indexing; Classification, Training, Scanning, Consulting, Hosting of sites and WEB pages, Implementation and development of computer projects...

PEOPLE Maria José Ferreira General Manager mcondez@docbase.pt 919850215 Pedro Chen Director of Information Technology pchen@docbase.pt 919809165 Rita Luis Sales 213877103

CONTACTS DID Thirst | Rua Maria Teles Mendes, nº 3, 2ºdt, 2780-660 Paço de Arcos, Portugal Office | Av. Ressano Garcia, nº 27, r/c, 1070-234 Lisboa, Portugal

Phone: +351 213 877 103 Fax: +351 213 877 174

www.did.pt docbase@docbase.pt

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COLT Colt is Europe's information delivery platform, enabling its customers to share, process, and store their vital business information securely. Colt provides major organisations, midsize businesses and wholesale customers with a powerful resource that combines network and IT infrastructure with expertise in IT managed services, networking and communication solutions. Colt operates a 13-country, 25,000km network that includes metropolitan area networks in 34 major European cities with direct fibre connections into 17,000 buildings and 19 Colt data centres. Information about Colt and its services can be found at www.colt.net

MILESTONES

PRODUCTS/SERVICES DATA Security Solutions, IP Access, IP VPN, Link, Ethernet Private Network, SWIFTNet, Broadcast Services, SANLink, Wavelength, Smart Office, IP Transit, IP Dial, LANLink, High Speed Services. VOICE Contact Centre Solutions, Voice Connect, IP Voice Solutions, Corporate Voice, Conferencing, IN Services, Voice Line, VoIP Access. WHOLESALE Carrier Voice, IN for Reseller, Reseller VoIP Connect, Reseller Connect, IP Transit. MANAGED SERVICES Grid Services, Managed security, Virtualisation ,Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) , Cloud Infrastructure Service, Dedicated Infrastructure Grid Extension Service Managed Storage Platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Managed Grid Service Managed Web Hosting System and Software Library Software-as-a-service (SaaS) Virtual Desktop Service, Managed Workspace, Security-as-a-service Managed Email Security Managed IT Perimeter Security.

1992 - Colt began with funding from Fidelity Investments. 2006 - Colt was floated on the London Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. 2008 - Colt Portugal starts operations in Portugal.

TAGS Ethernet, Internet , Data Centre, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Voip Unified Communications, Storage, IP VPNs, MPLS, Saas, Paas, IasS....

PEOPLE Carlos Jesus Managing Director

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Consultancy, Design, Service Management, Project Management.

CONTACTS Colt Estrada da Outurela, nยบ 118 Edificio B, 2790-114 Carnaxide, Portugal

Phone: +351 211 200 000 Fax: +351 211 200 009

www.colt.net geralpt@colt.net

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TECMIC TECMIC is a company with a strong technological base, with more than 20 years of existence, which operates in the design, development, production, integration, testing, installation and maintenance of integrated engineering solutions and information systems that optimise the management of multiple external resources of organizations: fleet management, management of remote equipment, among other applications. The company brings together the cumulative experience on the solutions developed for key economic sectors, with research and development as constant elements that ensure the development of systems of excellence which equip managers with the essential tools to optimise processes and resources, resulting in cost reduction and productivity gains.

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MILESTONES

XTRAN | Fleet Management Training Represents a new generation of fleet management systems that combines the most powerful and reliable equipment in vehicles, the most modern techniques of communication and location and most comprehensive management software. XTraN consists of a central computer system, which is linked to back office systems to provide sound information, either upward or downward and an embedded computer system that enables organizations to manage all activities of its fleet of vehicles. IZITRAN | Online Fleet Management Allows any type of company, of any size, to access basic technology used by the fleets of leading companies in each sector, in a simple, quick and easy manner. Distributed in partnership with Vodafone, this system ensures security, ease of use, and speed in the management processes, combining the advantage of having a fixed cost per vehicle.. XTRAN PASSENGER | Operational Support System for the Transport of Passengers It is a technologically advanced system of management and operational support for the transport of passengers. It allows better planning of resources, ensures compliance with schedules, provides real-time information to passengers, increases security on board, and ensures a reduction in operating costs. This system allows operators to create the conditions needed to enhance service quality and make companies more competitive, since they provide essential tools for effective management of all human resources and materials involved in its activity. ECOGEST | Waste Management and Selective Collection This is a specific system for the monitoring of the status of the ecopoints that enables to "take" to the control centre all the information to facilitate an intelligent collection, benefiting the users and reducing the cost of the collection process. Through this system of remote management of the ecopoints, the authorities responsible for waste collection may know, in real time, the moment at which a particular container reaches a level that requires its collection. The quality and reliability of information about the levels of filling, allows for decision-making regarding the number of points needed and their best location, to optimise the collection routes and to ensure a better service for the populations. ASIC’S | Integrated Circuits for Specific Applications Since 1988 Tecmic conceives, designs and manufactures integrated circuits for domestic and international markets, through strong partnerships with research and development institutions as well as universities.

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1988 - Beginning of the Activity. 1993 - Evolution and growth of the business elevate the status of Tecmic to a Limited Company (Ltd.). 1995 - Headquarters in Taguspark. 2005 - Elected Innovative SME by COTEC. 2007 - Elected Leading SME by IAPMEI. - Opening of the technology centre in Arruda dos Vinhos. 2008 - Beginning of Tecmic’s Operation in Brazil. 2010 - Tecmic elected Leading SME by IAPMEI for the 5th consecutive year.

TAGS Fleet Management Systems, Remote monitoring of vehicles and equipment, systems of Operational Support for Passenger Transport, Management of Security and Emergency Forces, Management and Dispatch Services, Waste Collection...

PEOPLE Diogo Rodrigues Marketing and Product Management diogo.rodrigues@tecmic.pt Paulo Santos Director of Business Area paulo.santos@tecmic.pt John Rodrigues Business Development Manager john.rodrigues@tecmic.pt

CONTACTS Tecmic Thirst | Tagus Park, Edifício Ciência II, Av. Prof. Dr., Cavaco Silva, nº13 - 3ºA, 2740-120 Porto Salvo Office | Zona Industrial das Corredouras, Lote 15, R/C Dto., 2630-369 Arruda dos Vinhos Thirst | Phone: +351 214 228 800 Fax: +351 214 228 809 Office | Phone: +351 263 976 366 Fax: +351 263 978 843

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SAP TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING SAP is the world's leading provider of business software, offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and sectors, to become best-run businesses. With more than 105,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several stock exchanges, including the NYSE and the Frankfurt stock exchange, under the symbol SAP. In today's business environment, companies that are clients of SAP have a tremendous view over all the aspects of the business, enabling them to act quickly, with more knowledge, efficiency and flexibility. By using SAP solutions, companies can reduce costs, optimise performance and gain the expertise and agility necessary to close the gap between strategy and execution. For more information, visit www.sap.com

PRODUCTS/SERVICES

MILESTONES

BUSINESS APPLICATIONS SAP Business Suite; SAP Customer Relationship Management; SAP ERP; SAP Supply Chain Management; SAP Supplier Relationship Management; SAP Industry Solutions; SAP Solutions for Sustainability; SAP NetWeaver; Enterprise Performance Management; Enterprise Information Management.

SAP customers: - Annually process 2.5 billion of "utilities" invoices; - Manage 50 million bank accounts; - Produce 2.2 million tons of chocolate.