Professor Nuno Cota (DEETC/ISEL) took part in a meeting promoted by the President of the Republic on the prevention of and response to natural hazards, held at the Belém Palace. The meeting brought together more than two dozen specialists from different scientific and technical fields.

Nuno Cota, specialist and researcher in the areas of communications resilience and emergency communications, contributed with his know‑how and technical experience to the central objectives of the session, focused on knowledge sharing, convergence of perspectives, and the identification of strategies aimed at preventing and responding to future natural hazards, with particular emphasis on communications systems and their resilience in emergency scenarios.

The initiative followed the Open Presidency held in regions of the Centre of the country recently affected by severe weather events. It was attended by specialists from the fields of energy, telecommunications, emergency communications, agriculture, forestry, wildfires, infrastructure, climate, sustainability and the environment, landscape, biodiversity, and nature conservation.

The meeting fulfilled a commitment made by the Head of State after visiting the affected areas, making it possible to hear concrete proposals and promote multidisciplinary dialogue among experts, with a view to defining sustainable and effective solutions to the challenges currently facing the country.

Professor Nuno Cota’s participation reflects ISEL’s active involvement in cooperation between academia and public institutions, contributing scientific knowledge to the definition of solutions in strategic areas for the country.

Photographs: Miguel Figueiredo Lopes / Presidência da República