Ana Teresa Vila Fernandes has a PhD in Biochemistry, a Master's in Environmental Chemistry and a Degree in Physics and Chemistry at the University of Évora.
She is Senior Technician in Health and Safety at Work, Trainer, Consultant and Auditor of several entities, public and private in the areas of Certification of Quality, Environment, Safety, and Health in Work and Laboratory Accreditation.
She is also a teacher at several Higher Education institutions and Member of the Technical Commission 199 ¿ Health Information Systems of the Portuguese Institute for Quality. Her current interests include Quality, Health and Safety at Work, Environment, Organizational Efficiency, Public Health and Artificial Intelligence.
André Rui Graça holds a PhD in Film Studies from University College London (UCL) and is the author of Portuguese Cinema (1960-2010): Consumption, Circulation and Commerce (Boydell and Brewer, 2021) and the co-editor of Filmmakers on Film: Global Perspectives (Bloomsbury, 2023). André Graça has presented his work internationally and has published frequently in academic and extra-academic contexts. He was a teaching assistant at UCL, and guest professor at Universidade da Beira Interior and Instituto Politécnico de Tomar. Currently, André Graça teaches at Lusófona University and is a researcher at CICANT. He is involved in several EU-funded projects (namely: FilmEU+, WIRE, and CresCine) that intend to set new benchmarks in film education, carry out innovative research and make the film industries of small European countries more competitive.
