Jornadas IT 2026 - Forthcoming

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on 18-02-2026

"Jornadas IT 2026" will be held under the central theme “Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies”, highlighting the Institute’s growing role in strategic national and European domains, including resilient and secure communications, surveillance and monitoring, sensing, artificial intelligence, and related areas.

The conference aims to:

• Present the most relevant R&D activities within each IT thematic line;
• Foster scientific collaboration among IT research groups;
• Promote strategic reflection on the contribution of each thematic line to the theme of Space, Defense, and Emerging Technologies, thereby strengthening IT connection to national and international innovation ecosystems in Space, Defense, and Security.

 

Program:

09:00 – Participant Registration

09:30 – Opening Session: IT Management, local authorities, and invited institutions

09:45 – Keynote Address: IT 2030 - Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies - IT Management

10:00 – Keynote Address: Opportunities and Instruments 2030 - Space, Defense and Emerging Technologies - IT Technology and Interface Center (CTI-IT)

10:30 – Coffee Break & Poster Session - IT Research Groups

11:30 – Session S1: Basic Sciences & Enabling Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge

12:30 – Session S2: Wireless Technologies and the Space & Defense Challenge

13:30 – Buffet Lunch (Lobby) & Poster Session - IT Research Groups

15:00 – Session S3: Optics & Photonics and the Space & Defense Challenge

16:00 – Session S4: Networks & Services and the Space & Defense Challenge

17:00 – Coffee Break & Poster Session – IT Research Groups

17:30 – Session S5: Information and Data Sciences and the Space & Defense Challenge

18:15 – Strategic Panel: Space and Defense in Portugal (with guests)

18:30 – Closing Session and 2026 Awards Ceremony

 

Organisation (Leiria)

• Sérgio Faria - General Chair
• Rafael Caldeirinha - Scientific Chair
• Nuno Rodrigues & Telmo Fernandes - Infrastructure and Logistics
• João Reis & Lucas Thomaz -Technical Support

 

Scientific Committee

• Rafael Caldeirinha
• Susana Sargento
• Paulo André
• Sérgio Faria
• Francisco Fontes

 

Venue

School of Technology and Management – Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
Alto do Vieiro, Morro do Lena, Leiria, Portugal
Coordinates: 39°44’03.52” N | 8°49’15.79” W

 

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Please, register to attend: 

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