Speaker
Luís Ferreira
President of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP)
Session
A full professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Lisbon, he holds a Ph.D. from Newcastle University (United Kingdom). He has had a distinguished career in the fields of biotechnology, microbiology, and animal nutrition; he is the author of dozens of scientific publications and is the inventor and co-founder of the biotechnology company NZYTech.
He is currently the Rector of the University of Lisbon and has held other academic leadership positions, notably that of Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine. Since April 2026, he has also served as President of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP).