Artur Figueiredo Costa Saraiva. He completed his Master's degree in Environmental Engineering in 2012 and his Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering in 2010 at the University of Lisbon. He has been studying for a PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Lisbon's Higher Institute of Agronomy since 2019. He has collaborated as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the IPSantarém School of Agriculture and as a guest lecturer on courses at the Higher Institute of Agronomy and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Lisbon. He is a full member of the Order of Engineers, has published 17 articles in specialised journals, organised 11 events and received 7 awards/distinctions. He has participated as a Research Fellow in 5 funded research projects and in 8 as a researcher. He works in the field of Engineering Sciences and Technologies, with an emphasis on Environmental Engineering.

Graduated in Agronomic Engineering from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia. Deputy Director General of Food and Veterinary since May 2014. She is a member and focal point of the OECD Agriculture/Varietal Certification Schemes, the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) and Head of the national Plant Health Service (COPHS).

Universidade de Lisboa | UL - Faculdade de Agronomia (Instituto Superior de Agronomia)
Agregado em Proteção de Culturas; Doutorado em Biologia Aplicada; DIC em Manejo de Pragas; Mestrado em Proteção de Culturas; Engenheiro Agrônomo.

Emilio Gil Moya is Professor of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and leads the Agricultural Mechanisation Unit. He also teaches at the University of Turin in the PhD programme and is coordinator of the Horizon 2020 INNOSETA project. Gil has acted as a consultant for various institutions and the Ministry of Agriculture, and is a member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors. The author of more than 50 scientific articles and several books, he was a professor at Cornell University and has received several awards. He has also been director of the Aragon Government's office in Brussels and president of AESAVE.

He has a degree in Agronomy from the University of Brasilia (1999) and a master's degree in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Brasilia (2002). He is currently a federal agricultural inspector at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, General Coordinator of Pesticides and Related Products. He has experience in Agronomy, with an emphasis on Plant Protection, working mainly on the following subjects: production systems, chemical control, genotypes, growth regulators and plant protection.

Senior Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon - Instit. Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL, 2021 - CAPES/PRINT, Proc. - 88887.571103/2020-00). Full Professor (2018) and Lecturer (2010) at UNESP in Jaboticabal/SP. Post-doctoral internship at the Silsoe Spray Application Unit in the UK (2007-08; 2010-11). Agronomist (1996), MSc (2000) and PhD (2003) from UNESP in Jaboticabal. Coordinated the Agronomy Course at UNESP Jaboticabal (2013-15). Member of the UNESP University Council - Rectory (2014-15). Coordinator of the Application Technology Studies and Development Centre - NEDTA - UNESP. Responsible for the Area of Application Technology in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Former Head of the Dept. He was Secretary General of the Brazilian Association of Agricultural Engineering - SBEA (2009-11); he has been a member of the Association of Applied Biologists in the UK (since 2008); he has spoken at various national and international scientific events; Coordinated the Agronomy Course Conclusion Work Programme at UNESP Jaboticabal (2009-11); supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students; Founder of events such as the Brazilian Plant Health Congress (CONBRAF) and the Workshop on the Use of Adjuvants in Plant Protection Grouts. Advisor to FAPESP and scientific journals. He works in Plant Protection Product Application Technology, from the history and legislation to the technical aspects of research, development and actual use.

Mario Cunha (MC) holds a B.S., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Agrarian Sciences and is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Porto (FCUP) and a senior researcher at INESC-TEC. He collaborates with the Geo-Space Sciences Research Centre (CICGE) and has been a visiting researcher at Alterra - Wageningen UR, Netherlands, and the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading, UK. His research focuses on crop digital phenotyping, precision agriculture, remote sensing, crop modelling, crop yield forecasting, and agricultural machinery. He represents INESC-TEC in the European Plant Phenotyping-Research Infrastructure (EPP-RI).

MC has received the Syngenta Innovation in Agriculture Award and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award. He has authored over 170 scientific publications, including 120 papers in Q1 journals, and has an h-index of 30. He has led 18 research projects and participated in 28 others, including the EU-funded DEMETER project. He holds intellectual property for several innovations, including the Spray_image App® and the SpecTOM system.
MC has longstanding technology transfer programs with international and Portuguese institutions and has evaluated numerous R&D projects and scholarship programs. He is on the editorial board of two journals and has reviewed over 100 papers. Academically, he has supervised 5 post-doctoral researchers, 17 Ph.D. students, and 42 M.Sc. students and is the Co-Director of the M.Sc. in Agronomy and the Director of the Ph.D. program in Agrarian Sciences at FCUP.

Ricardo Braga is Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon. He works on Precision agriculture; Spatial optimization of agricultural inputs (fertilization, irrigation, tillage and seed density); Spatial yield gaps identification and mitigation at the field level; Spatial Integration of data from soil/ECa, yield monitors, drones, satellite, terrain.