António Cunha is the Executive Director of the Laboratory of Automation and Systems (LAS) at the Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) located in Coimbra, Portugal. He has a degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade do Porto as well as a master’s degree in innovation and knowledge management from the Universidade de Aveiro. His extensive technical and business experience for some 15 years has resulted in the creation of tangible economic and social value to diverse organisations. In addition he is a specialist in EU fundraising and he is a board member on both profit (tech-based) companies as well as nonprofit (social care) organisations.