๐‚๐‘๐Ž๐–๐ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐†๐€๐‹ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐‘๐„๐‚๐“๐Ž๐‘ ๐ƒ. ๐’. ๐’๐€๐ˆ๐๐ˆ ๐๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐๐€๐“๐„๐’ ๐ˆ๐ ๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐’๐‚๐ˆ๐„๐๐‚๐„ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐๐๐Ž๐•๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ˆ๐ ๐‹๐ˆ๐’๐๐Ž๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐‹๐ฎรญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ, government officials, European representatives, and leaders from science, academia, and business gathered to debate Portugal's future research and innovation priorities.

Lisbon, 15 July 2026 — Mr D. S. Saini, Director of Crown Portugal, participated in the first Science & Innovation 2026 Meeting, held on 15 and 16 July at the Lisbon Congress Centre.
The major national event marked the first large-scale gathering organised by Portugal's
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‹๐ฎรญ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ซ๐จ, ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‰๐จรฃ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ˆ². In his address, the Prime Minister called for greater national ambition and emphasised the importance of transforming knowledge into development, competitiveness, qualified employment and improved living conditions.

๐‚๐‘๐Ž๐–๐ ๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐†๐€๐‹'๐’ ๐•๐ˆ๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐ˆ๐๐“๐„๐‘๐๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐€๐‹ ๐“๐€๐‹๐„๐๐“ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐Œ๐ˆ๐†๐‘๐€๐๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐„๐’
Through its participation in Science and Innovation 2026, Crown Portugal is seeking stronger opportunities for international talent, entrepreneurs, skilled professionals and immigrant communities living in Portugal.
๐Œ๐ซ ๐ƒ. ๐’. ๐’๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ ๐š๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Crown Portugal believes that Portugal can further benefit by creating stronger connections among public institutions, universities, research centres, companies, and qualified international communities. Many immigrants bring professional experience, technical skills, business networks, and culture
During the event, Mr Saini engaged with senior representatives of the Portuguese Government, institutional officials and leaders from Portugal's scientific and business communities. Crown Portugal will continue working to create platforms that connect international talent with opportunities in education, employment, entrepreneurship, research, and innovation.
The high-level programme also included the participation of:
Fernando Alexandre, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation;
Helena Canhรฃo, Secretary of State for Science and Innovation;
Joรฃo Rui Ferreira, Secretary of State for the Economy;
Ekaterina Zaharieva, European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation;
representatives of the European Commission, the OECD, universities, research institutions, technology organisations and Portuguese companies.












The programme featured national debates, plenary discussions, networking sessions and presentations covering artificial intelligence, digital health, aerospace and defence, energy, climate, oceans, robotics, industrial innovation, research funding, technology transfer and the future of scientific careers.
A total of 206 proposals contributed to 20 participatory sessions across six major areas: Digital; Health; Environment and Territory; Industry and Energy; Society; and the Science and Innovation Ecosystem. The proposals mobilised more than 1,200 contributors and approximately 1,000 organisations.
The first day also incorporated the Horizon Europe Implementation Day, with European Commission experts presenting guidance on the 2026–2027 work programmes, European research grants, funding rules, evaluation procedures, and the commercialisation of research results.
During the two-day event, Mr D. S. Saini represented Crown Portugal and engaged with senior Portuguese officials, institutional representatives and leaders from Portugal's business, scientific and innovation communities. His participation supported Crown Portugal's commitment to professional education, entrepreneurship, international cooperation, technological development and the integration of diverse communities into Portugal's economic and social future.

The meeting provided an important platform for strengthening relationships among public institutions, researchers, entrepreneurs, and companies, while helping to define the strategic priorities of AI² and Portugal's research and innovation policies for the coming years.

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