Biography
Paulo Calçada has a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and is responsible for the innovation area of the Municipality of Porto and executive director of Porto Digital. He has been linked to the University of Porto and the Telecommunications Institute, having been executive director of the competence center for the Cities of the Future at the University of Porto and responsible for business development and knowledge transfer at the Telecommunications Institute in Porto. In 2010 he was one of the founders of the European Association for the Promotion of Cloud Computing, EuroCloud, of which he was vice-president for 3 years. EuroCloud is a non-profit association that aims to promote and disseminate the Cloud Computing model in Europe and is currently present in 31 countries. He actively participates in national and international working groups related to information technologies, particularly in the areas of interoperability, certification, cities of the future and digital transition. He is also currently Vice-Chair of the European Smart Cities network – OASC.