ECIE 2026

21st European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Biographies

Conferences ECIE ECIE – Biographies

Below are the ECIE Biographies of the Conference and Programme Chairs, Key Note Speakers and Mini-Track Chairs.

Conference and Programme Chairs

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Florinda Matos is a Professor of General Management at ISCTE Business School, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, and an associate research fellow at DINÂMIA’CET – IUL – Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies, where she leads several international projects, including the relevant CoVE Future Skills Factory. As the editor of several journals and books, she has authored numerous works on knowledge and intellectual capital management, resilience, sustainability, and digital transformation. She is a distinguished conference chair for numerous conferences in the fields of intellectual capital and knowledge management, as well as innovation. Additionally, she is a board member of the Institute of Public and Social Policies at Iscte, the founder and president of the ICAA – Intellectual Capital Association, and Portugal’s ambassador for The New Club of Paris.