Filipa Borrego
Head of Strategic Funding
VORTEX CoLab
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
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My organisation
VORTEX-CoLab is a Collaborative Laboratory in Cyberphysical Systems and Cybersecurity whose vision is to create outstanding innovations that have a meaningful impact in industry and society. VORTEX-CoLab’s innovation model thrives on combining academic insights and business mindsets to build acceleration programs with focus on raising the level of technological maturity of new research coming from our scientific partners and demonstrating their applicability in the Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Medical Devices and Energy sectors. Using collaboration and diversity of knowledge as cornerstones, VORTEX-CoLab fosters a creative and open-minded culture to produce original combinations of innovative solutions and cutting-edge proof-of-concepts to create products that go far beyond just meeting customers’ expectations.
About me
Filipa Borrego is a senior expert in digital technology policy with 15+ years of experience in EU-funded programmes and strong track record in leading proposals, securing EU research and innovation funding, and managing multi-partner consortia. Currently Head of Strategic Funding and Board Member at VORTEX CoLab (an RTO in Cyber-physical systems & Cybersecurity), Filipa holds a PhD in Computer Engineering (TU Delft) and MSc in Electronics and Telecommunications (University of Aveiro).
Interests
- Defence
- Aeronautics
- Space