"Energy Transition, not Disruption…" - May 10, 2024, Friday, 3:00 pm, Pavilhão de Mecânica II, amphitheatre AM

Date: May 10, 2024, Friday
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: Pavilhão de Mecânica II, amphitheatre AM

• Speaker: António Comprido (Secretary General of APETRO - Portuguese Association of Oil Companies; member of the Advisory Board of DEM/IST)

• Title: "Energy Transition, not Disruption…"

• Abstract:

At a time when the need to reduce emissions is unquestionable, how we will achieve this is increasingly questionable. The energy transition that the world, and Europe in particular, is going through, will only achieve its objectives if basic concepts are taken into account, such as respect for technological neutrality, the need to diversify the various energy vectors and technological solutions, safeguarding the security of supply and energy independence of Europe and the different member states, and maximizing the use of local produced raw materials, as sustainable biomass, renewable hydrogen, captured carbon and waste. Furthermore, the sustainability of solutions is essential, in its three aspects: social, economic and environmental.

• Short Biographic Note:

With a degree in Mechanical Engineering from IST, where he was Assistant Regent of the Mechanical Engineering course, between 1972 and 1979, also attended numerous training courses in various professional areas at several Universities, including Cambridge and Stanford. He began his more than 50 years career in the Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, passed through the Naval Industry, where among other functions he was Director of the Departments of Organization and Informatics and Ship Repair of Setenave, from where he went to the Directorate of the National Steel Company. He joined BP Portugal in 1988 where he was CEO from 1999 to 2008. He was also CFO of BP Oil UK and Chairman of APETRO - Portuguese Association of Oil Companies, of which he became Secretary General in 2009. He was also President of the Portuguese-British Chamber of Commerce from 2010 to 2017. Nowadays, he is a Senior Member of the Order of Engineers and a member of the Advisory Board of IST Mechanical Engineering Department, among other Councils in which he participates on APETRO’s behalf.

This is another Seminar of the “Seminars@DEM” cycle.
Next Seminar, May 29, 2024, Wednesday, 3:00 pm.