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Message from the Chairman of the Board
Throughout more than four decades, INESC has played an essential role in the development of information and communication technologies in Portugal. As one of the first non-profit institutions dedicated to research and development activities, INESC is now a nationally established institution with a strong international presence.
The institutions within the group, characterized by autonomous and independent development and intervention strategies, enable INESC to adapt to the rapid economic, social, and structural changes that characterize the 21st century. Throughout its history, the institutions within the INESC group have carried out thousands of research projects, trained tens of thousands of highly qualified human resources, and led to the creation of dozens of technological companies operating globally.
In a period of human history that presents particularly turbulent challenges, where geopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges demand innovative solutions and technological capacity, INESC will continue to be a unique resource for the country and for Europe, with its ability to develop the technologies and human resources needed to address these challenges. Future generations deserve our best efforts today to make tomorrow’s world more stable, tolerant, inclusive, and sustainable. INESC will continue to contribute, as it always has, to these objectives.
Arlindo Oliveira
Chairman of the Board
Our mission
INESC is a private non-profit association with public utility status, dedicated to education, scientific research, technology transfer, and technological consultancy.
The institute develops competitive science and technology, leads national and international collaborations, and trains highly qualified researchers and engineers — contributing to Portugal’s modernisation and to building a stronger connection between science, technology, and economic development.
Working closely with universities and industry, INESC‘s strategy rests on three core pillars:
// Scientific and technological excellence
// Economic merit
// Sustainability and growth
The History of INESC
INESC was founded in 1980 and established itself as a reference model for university-industry collaboration — the first institution to demonstrate that a country at Portugal’s stage of development could have a meaningful place in research and development.
In 1987, recognition of the value of INESC’s work led to its designation as a public interest organization.
INESC’s associate members include Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), MEO, the University of Lisbon, the University of Porto, the University of Coimbra, and Correios de Portugal (CTT).
The Structure of INESC
Today, INESC has become a diversified group of institutions, with associates dedicated to scientific, technological, and innovation activities, alongside a set of holdings in more commercially oriented organisations.
The group model adopted by INESC is one of diversity, complementarity, and creative freedom — producing unique contributions to a modern Portugal, a strong economy, and a better society.
| R&D institutions in which INESC holds stakes: | Companies in which INESC holds stakes: |
| 36% INESC Coimbra 49% INESC ID 95% INOV 94% INESC MN 27% INESC TEC |
1% Taguspark, S.A. |
Institutional Information
GOVERNING BODIES
2025/2026
(elected at the 18.06.2025 assembly)
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Chair of the General Meeting: Dr.ª Margarida Sameiro
First Secretary: Prof. Luís Manuel dos Anjos Ferreira
Second Secretary: Prof. Dr. António Sousa Pereira
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman: Prof. Arlindo Manuel Limede de Oliveira
Dr. Abílio Ançã Henriques
Prof. Pedro Henrique Henriques Guedes de Oliveira
Eng.ª Maria Teresa Mendes Barbosa da Costa Salema
Prof. Leonel Augusto Pires Seabra de Sousa
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman: Prof. Arlindo Manuel Limede de Oliveira
Dr. Abílio Ançã Henriques
Prof. Pedro Henrique Henriques Guedes de Oliveira
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Chairman: Dr. João Pedro Reis de Matos Silva
Member: Drª. Patrícia Carla Gama Pinto Pereira Silva Vasconcelos Correia
Statutory Auditor: Grant Thornton & Associados – SROC, S.A., represented by Dr. Victor Domingos Seabra Franco
HIGHER COUNCIL OF INESC SYSTEM
Chairman: Prof. Arlindo Oliveira
Dr. Abílio Henriques
Prof. Pedro Guedes de Oliveira
Prof. Leonel Sousa
Eng.ª Maria Teresa Mendes Barbosa da Costa Salema
Profª Inês Lynce de Faria | Prof. Miguel Pupo Correia (INESC-ID)
Prof. João Claro (INESC TEC)
Eng.º Fernando Moreira | Eng.º António Leal (INOV)
Prof. Carlos Henggeler Antunes (INESC COIMBRA)
Prof. Paulo Freitas | Dr.ª Virginia Chu (INESC MN)
Institutional Documents
Statutes
Updated Statutes
Annual Reports
2024 Report
2023 Report
2022 Report
2021 Report
2020 Report
2019 Report
2018 Report
2017 Report
Other Documents
Privacy Policy
Code of Conduct and Ethics
Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest of the Institutions of the INESC System
These Guidelines define a set of principles common to the Institutions of the INESC System regarding the identification, declaration and management of conflicts of interest. They were approved by the governing bodies of INESC, INESC-ID, INESC INOV and INESC MN in November 2025, and adopted by INESC Coimbra. INESC TEC, which has had a formal conflicts of interest policy with systematic procedures and a dedicated support platform since June 2017, contributed to the development of these Guidelines and authorised the adaptation of its model.