António Bob Santos

A Specialist in Innovation Policy and in Open Innovation, António Bob Santos is part of ANI’s Board of Directors since July of 2018, having initially served as Innovation Policy Advisor at the same institution (2017/2018).

He has, since 2001, collaborated with several government structures in the field of Innovation Policy and has been involved in the design, mabagement and supervision of PROINOV (Programa Integrado de Apoio à Inovação – Integrated Innovation Support Programme), of the Technological Plan, of the Digital Agenda, of Lisbon’s Strategy, of the National Reform Plan and of the National Programme for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (+E+I). António Bob Santos was also a project manager at UMIC (Knowledge Society Agency) and had duties in the conception of initiatives such as NEOTEC, OTIC, Centres of Excellence and also the B-on (On-line Knowledge Library), and has also worked in Smart Cities projects at CEiiA.

He has a PhD in Economics, awarded by ISCTE-IUL (Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), the institution at which he completed his Master’s degree in Business Sciences (2002) and also his Degree in Economics (1998). António Bob Santos was also a Master’s Degree guest lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarém (2008-2012) and ISCTE-IUL (2017/2018). António has published several academic papers, also writing opinion articles in media on innovation and technology.