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Keynote Speaker at the Global Forum on Technology, Sustainability and Humanity 2025 I am delighted to share that I have been invited as a Keynote Speaker at the Global Forum on Technology, Sustainability and Humanity 2025, which will take place on 27–28 October 2025 at the prestigious Eurostars Madrid Tower 5★ in Spain’s vibrant capital. This will be my second participation in this global platform. My first was in OMAM 2022, where I introduced the Co-Nature’ing concept — a new design process within the Biodesign paradigm. This year, I will present the evolution of that concept and unveil, for the first time, the developed model resulting from a co-design and cooperative approach with an international network that included AALTO University, POLIMI – Politecnico di Milano (MADE|TRANS research group), MOME, and several other leading institutions. Under the theme “Transformational Change: Building a Collaborative Future”, the Forum will bring together global leaders, innovators, research...
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MESTRADO DESIGN PARA A ECONOMIA CIRCULAR   Link para visualizar a brochura do nosso Mestrado:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/17xYVKR3LdI2-4YlNULFTrpPyHex2-FfL/view?usp=sharing Direção de Curso: PhD Américo Mateus PhD Gabriel Patrocinio
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HOW CAN MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HELP ME TO BE A BETTER TEACHER?

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From an early age, we have created the routine for our Mariana to express herself through imagery, providing materials, supports, instruments, but essentially "creating" specific moments: experiences with paints conducted by the "babysitter" (she an artist too) to "kill time and the homesickness of the Parents"; vacation graphic diary (one drawing per day exploring different materials); learning the numbers by making cutting and gluing of materials, for example... More recently learning to write the name that quickly in his imagination happened to be the "signature" of the works and the sender of the "letters" that "writes" to parents, grandparents, friends, finally to everyone who likes...   In common all the exercises, it is a simple concern to make our daughter understand the purpose of the exercise more than the rules she must follow, that is, to give her a stimulus of ignition to the imagination, accompanying ...
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GUDA participation at URBiNAT H2020 Project - SOFIA meeting

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3 INTENSIVE working days - URBiNAT CONSORTIUM meeting. Guda facilitating 9 Internal participatory workshops as well as 1 citizens participatory working Friday!
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NEW LIFE - Living the Slow life at its fullest

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THE LAST TWO WEEKS The last two weeks were very special!  Susana and me have been has invited guest speakers at the Metropolia University international Design week, in Helsinki Finland. We presented Susana’s research on “Inverse future” - connecting Speculative and Critical Design to create today’s design interventions and actions. We visit and had a very nice meeting in Aalto University Helsinki with the Research & Innovation services to prepaid possible agreement on sharing research themes, models and projects considering the new Ph.D in Design & Innovation program (under FCT accreditation at the moment). I have run another International Business School for Karel de Grote University in Antwerp, innovation opportunies intensive course, were students from different parts of the world emerge in the Slow Design Thinking approach to change their mindset and attitude towards learning and becoming entrepreneurs of the future. During this (more) academic period GUDA ...
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GUDA - DESIGN "SIMPLIFY INNOVATION COMPLEXITY"

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GUDA - DESIGN CULTURES - INNOVATION & CHANGE

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The methodological approach of IDEAS(R)EVOLUTION sets links with organizational structures through creative thinking tools and processes. It breaks boundaries and contribute in co-creating with stakeholders more flexible, innovative, competitive and valuable organizations. It is a research project that has already been tested and proven efficient among several industries and territories. It applies a design thinking and co-creative methodology for integrated innovation, consumer activation and sustainable development of organizations, brands and territories. IDEAS(R)EVOLUTION is an integrated human centered approach to innovation based on Design, Marketing and Creative Intelligence focused on Co-creation and Dialogue. IDEAS(R)EVOLUTION is a human centred methodology for enabling the co-creative processes of innovation and value generation, mixing internal and external stakeholders group dynamics of up to 30 participants. IDEAS(R)EVOLUTION co-creates a better, sustainable i...
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