Professor Augusto Medina is the President of the Board of Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação
(SPI – www.spieurope.eu). He has directed numerous private and public sector projects, and
has special interest in business development, promotion of innovation, international
development, creation of strategic partnerships, technology transfer and human relation
issues. As an experienced consultant and academic, Professor Augusto Medina has directed all
of SPI’s work since its inception in 1997, including R&D, innovation, training, e-business and
entrepreneurial projects in Portugal and Western Europe, as well as in Asia, Africa, the USA
and South America.
Professor Augusto Medina holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto,
Portugal, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham, United
Kingdom. Professor Augusto Medina has had extensive academic experience as a Professor of
Chemical Engineering at the University of Porto, Portugal. He is also an Honorary Doctor at the
Moscow State Academy of Applied Biotechnology, Russia, has received ICEF Achievement
Award in Industrial and Academic Food Engineering in 1997 and was awarded the Chevalier de
l’Ordre National du Mérite from the President of the French Republic in 1995.
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