Moderator
Rui Pedro Juliao
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Regional Planning
NOVA University of Lisbon
Portugal

Biography
Rui Pedro Juliao, PhD in Geography and Regional Planning - New Technologies in Geography, Assistant Professor at New University of Lisbon, and researcher at CICS.Nova - Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences, coordinating the research group on socio-spatial modelling and planning. Main research and competencies are in the field of Geographic Information Science and Systems, namely spatial data modelling, Geocomputation, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Cadastre, and GIS in organizations.

Recently (from 2002 till 2012) was Deputy Director-General of the Portuguese Geographic Institute (in charge of research, cadastre, IT and National Spatial Data Infrastructure), national representative at the INSPIRE Committee (European Board for Spatial Data Infrastructures), and also elected member of the Executive Committee of EUROGI (European Umbrella Association for Geographic Information) and of the Management Board of Eurogeographics (European Association of National Mapping and Cadastre Agencies).

Since 2012 he is the President of the Portuguese Geographers Association.