Wooden chair gets to create design center and technology in … – Daily News – Funchal

The Innovation Institute of the University of Madeira (M-ITI) received one of the first chairs under the Horizon 2020 program, to create in Portugal and Madeira a center of design and technology to global changes.

The information was released today by the institution, adding that this chair will be taken by Chris Csikszentmihalyi, considered a “world leader in the application of technologies in cultural contexts and global political”, aiming to promote research and innovation in the area of ​​Design and Human Computer Interaction.

In the same document, the M-ITI mentions that the contract called “ERAChair” represents a funding of approximately EUR 2.6 million for a period of five years, and will involve a team of researchers, human resources support and the purchase of laboratory supplies and equipment

“His ambition is to help create in Portugal and Madeira a center of design and technology to global challenges, together with the interdisciplinary group of about forty researchers from more than a dozen different nationalities that make up the Madeira-ITI, “says the document, adding that the public presentation of this project, called” ERAChair ” happens on Saturday.

This project involves an interdisciplinary group of about forty researchers from more than a dozen different nationalities that make up the Madeira-ITI, he added.

The institution also considers that this is a way to “strengthen research in the areas of Human-Computer Interaction and Innovation by Design, contributing the M-ITI,” while active agent for smart specialization strategy of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and increase its competitiveness “.

The public presentation of the project will count on the presence of Regional Secretaries of Education, Jorge Carvalho (representing the President of the Regional Government), Economy, Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, the Rector of the University of Madeira, José Carmo, the President of the General Council of the University of Madeira, Francisco Costa, and the president of the Funchal Chamber, Paulo Cafôfo.

The Wood-ITI was established in 2009 by the University of Madeira the Carnegie Mellon University (US private institution) and the Madeira Tecnopolo, with the group generated over ten million euros in research projects contracts in collaboration with industry, notably by attracting foreign investment of which highlights the first chair of the European Research Area (ERAChair), mentions the same press release from the M-ITI.