09-07, 09:00–09:15 (Europe/Lisbon), Auditorium
Welcoming Session
Welcome to PyCon Portugal 2023, the second edition.
Miguel Fonseca, Councillor at Coimbra City Council, will give us a warm welcome to the city.
Alexandre Miguel Fernandes Gomes da Silva, President of Coimbra Business School, will welcome us to this School, as hosts of this year's edition.
Miguel Fonseca is a full-time councillor at Coimbra City Council, responsible for Economy, Accounting and Finance; Control and Planning; Assets and Supplies; Administrative Offences and Tax Enforcement; Trade and Industry; Municipal Markets and Fairs; and Entrepreneurship, Investment and Employment.
He has a degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, a Master's degree in International Economics and a PhD in Economics from the Higher Institute of Economics and Management/University of Lisbon (ISEG).
He was an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto, a researcher in the scientific area of Internationalisation and a member of ISEG's Centre for Studies on Africa and Development, as well as a member of the board of the Centre and Alentejo Regional Delegation of the Order of Economists. He is currently a member of the National Board of the Order of Economists.
He has experience in local government, having been president of the Sé Nova Parish Council (2001-2005 and 2005-2009) and a member of the Coimbra Municipal Assembly (2009-2013), elected by the CDS.
He has strong ties to Coimbra's cultural and sporting institutions, being 1st Tenor of the Choir of the Former Orpheonists of the University of Coimbra and a founding member of CLASSE T - O Teatrão's Amateur Theatre Group. He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Associação Académica de Coimbra-Organismo Autónomo de Futebol and Associação Académica de Coimbra-Organismo Autónomo de Futebol, SDUQ, Lda.
Degree in Applied Mathematics, Coimbra Portugal. MSc Statistics University College Dublin, PhD Statistics University of Reading, UK- Coordinating Professor at ISCAC | Coimbra Business School. Founder, director and technical supervisor of PolLab, center for market studies and surveys. Created and is Coordinator of the master's degree Data analysis and decision support systems. Member of CEISUC research team as an "integrated researcher" - Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra. Member of several scientific associations.