On June 6, during OVIA’s mission to Macau, a meeting was held with Professor Rui Silva Martins, the Vice-Rector of the University of Macau. This meeting represented an important dialogue between the Investment Agency and one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the Special Administrative Region.
During the meeting, participants discussed potential avenues for cooperation in research, innovation, academic exchange, and advanced training. There was a particular emphasis on areas of mutual interest, including emerging technologies, the blue economy, sustainability, and training programs.
OVIA expressed its commitment to building connections between the scientific and technological ecosystems of Oeiras and Macau, highlighting the role of excellent higher education institutions as drivers of innovation and platforms for the internationalization of knowledge.
The University of Macau also expressed interest in deepening this collaboration, with goals including creating joint programs, organizing thematic seminars, facilitating researcher mobility, and fostering closer ties among universities, companies, and R&D centers.
This meeting reinforces OVIA’s role as a catalyst for multisectoral cooperation between Portugal and China, promoting Oeiras as a territory focused on science, education, and innovation with an international outlook.
