Patricia Rosado Pinto the Head of NOVA Doctoral School and she is a member of the NOVA Rectoral Team, as Pro-Rector. She also coordinates the Professional Development Unit for Academic Staff (Gabinete de Desenvolvimento Profissional dos Docentes) at NOVA where she has been responsible for organizing and delivering transversal pedagogical courses dedicated to NOVA’s academic staff and for producing pedagogical documentation to support the teaching activity at the University. She holds a PhD in Education (Teachers’ Training) and at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas/NOVA Medical School (NMS) she has been responsible for the Medical Education Office where she has been running Higher Education teachers’ training courses for the last twelve years. She is also an invited Professor of NMS where she teaches academic skills. She has been involved in several national and international Continuing Medical Education programmes and in educational consultancy activities (both in Europe and in Portuguese Speaking Countries – Brasil, Angola, Cabo Verde). She is the National Educator for the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and has been responsible for the training of several ATLS European National Educators. Her fields of expertise and publication are Medical Education and Teaching & Learning in Higher Education.

Title: Enhancing the PhD Process: Personal and Professional Development of the PhD Candidate.

Abstract: In the context of the Mapping Exercise on Doctoral Training in Europe (2011), the ERA (European Research Area – European Commission) Steering Group on Human Resources and Mobility adopted seven principles for Innovative Doctoral Training. This exercise was based on several orientations, namely the Salzburg Principles (2005), and was performed with the help of experts from university associations, industry and funding organisations. Besides Research Excellence and other “obvious” principles Transferable Skills Training emerged as a crucial pillar for personal and professional development of PhD students. The talk will address this topic and show case NOVA Doctoral School as an example of a complementary training program on transversal and transferable skills offered to NOVA PhD Students, their Supervisors and Researchers.

Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca is the Founder and CEO of FUTURA, a firm founded to help companies understanding the 4.0. Digital Revolution and the new cybernetic threats, associated risks and new applicable legal and regulatory demands, serving as Security Officer and DPO in several companies, including UNL. Between 2016 and 2019 he supported more than 40 companies in the process of aligning their structures to the GDPR, focusing on cybersecurity, processes and law. With a degree in Law (UCP), a Master in Management (UCP), and a MBA (IESE Business School), he is currently delivering his PhD in Political Sciences and Security at Instituto de Estudos Políticos (IEP/UCP). He’s a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council/BSI, and CIPP/E from IAPP. He lectures regularly at the Law School of NOVA in different courses and seminars related to Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection. He also chairs the course “Security Technological Systems” in the MSc Security, Defense and Conflict Management at ISCIA. He founded and directed the LL.M in Management for Jurists at AESE Business School/Universidade de Navarra. His professional activity and current interests are focused on the impact of cyber-security and data protection regulations and best practices in the culture of organizations, supporting it in managing change.

Title: GDPR Impact on Research

Abstract: The use of personal data is critical to ensure quality and reliability in scientific research. The new Regulation [European Union (EU)] 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data [general data protection regulation (GDPR)], repealing Directive 95/46/EC, strengthens and harmonizes the rules for protecting individuals’ privacy rights and freedoms within and, under certain conditions, outside the EU territory. This new and historic legal milestone both prolongs and updates the EU acquis of the previous Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC. The GDPR fixes both general rules applying to any kind of personal data processing and specific rules applying to the processing of special categories of personal data, taking place in the context of scientific research. The lecture aims to provide an overview of the new rules to consider where scientific projects include the processing of personal data, including kinds of sensitive information whose use is strictly regulated by the GDPR in order to give the main key facts to researchers to adapt their practices and ensure compliance to the EU law to be enforced in May 2018.

Sanaz Nikghadam is Post-Doc Researcher at the CTS – Centre of Technology and Systems from the UNINOVA institute, Nova University of Lisbon. She received her BSc degree in Mathematics from Islamic Azad University (IAU) in 2005, a MSc degree in Information Technology Management (Information Resource Management) from Farabi Institute of Higher Education in 2011, and a PhD in Information Technology Management (Business Intelligence) from IAU Science and Research Branch in 2017. Since 2018, she is doing her Post-Doc in Computational Creativity and Open Innovation at the Nova University of Lisbon. Her research interests include Business Intelligence, Computational Creativity, Creativity Support Cyber-Physical Systems, Digital Creativity, Industry 4.0. She has published several books and academic papers in a number of peer reviewed journals and presented various academic papers in conferences. She was organizational chair, co-technical chair and member of the technical committee in several conferences. She has also participated in several National ICT projects in Iran and worked as university invited professor in IAU and the Farabi Higher Education Institute.

Title: PhD & Creativity

Abstract: The Council for Doctoral Education of the European Universities Association (EUA) states as the first principle of doctoral education that “the core component of doctoral training is the advancement of knowledge through original research”. Moving beyond a surface-level assessment of originality requires attention to the development of original thought and original work. In doctoral research, originality may be evident in the study’s design, the knowledge synthesis, the implications, or the way in which the research is presented. A definition of originality in doctoral degrees assumes different nuances in different contexts. Based on some researchers, originality can be defined as something that is new or novel, but originality does not necessarily have to be applicable or relevant. In order to achieve high quality and original doctoral research it is fundamental to develop and apply creativity. In fact, originality in research outcomes may be best achieved by encouraging and applying creative processes, such as a creative learning environment and/or peer collaboration. This presentation will discuss some fundamental concepts about creativity, how the creative process can be triggered and how important creativity is for doctoral studies.