Modeling Innovation Sustainability and Technologies

This book gathers a diverse range of novel research on modeling innovation policies for sustainable economic development, based on a selection of papers from a conference on modeling innovation systems and technologies (MIST). It aims at encouraging interdisciplinary and comparative approaches, bringing together researchers and professionals interested in sustainable economic, technological development and open innovation, as well as their dissemination and practical application.

The respective contributions explore a variety of topics and cases, including regional innovation policy, the effects of open innovation on firms, innovation and sustainability in tourism, and the use of information and communication technologies. All chapters share a strong focus on new research and innovation methodologies, in keeping with the Experimentation and Application Research (EAR) and Open Innovation 2.0 principles.

Albertina Dias holds a PhD in Economics, a Master in Statistics and Information Management and a Degree in Economics from the Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chairman and CEO of the MIST association in Lisbon, and a Professor in the Department of Business at the New Atlantic University, among other academic positions.s. Core competencies in systems and modelling, technology and innovation policy, driver for Open Innovation 2.0 paradigm for digital sustainable innovation.ge Devdiv>elopment Center, MLDC). He is a regularly R&D project evaluator and reviewer for the European Commission and Portuguese Ministry of Economy. He is author of 1 patent, author, co-author or editor of 11 scientific books or journal editions, 12 indexed papers in international journals, 26 chapters in indexed international books, 144 other publications, workshops or keynotes in international conferences. Since 1992 participated or participates in 33 International R&D projects (ESPRIT, RACE, ACTS, TELEMATICS, TEN-IBC, EUREKA, INTERREG, FP5 IST-IPS, FP6 IST, ESA, Marie Curie, AAL, ACP), and 15 Portuguese (FCT, QREN, NITEC, POSC, POCTI, POSI, ICPME, TIT). Obtained 5 scientific prizes. Member of ACM SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, ISCA and IEEE; editorial boards of several journals; several Program Committees of National and International conferences in Computer Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Speech technologies, Accessibility and Ambient Assisted Living. Past President of ADETTI, an ISCTE-IUL R&D research center. Past Vice-president of the Portuguese Group of Computer Graphics, Eurographics Portuguese Chapter.