Maria Manuela Pinto. Professor at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto (PT), since 2004. PhD in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms from U.Porto and U.Aveiro, with a thesis entitled "Information Management in Portuguese Public Universities: Rethinking and proposal of a model" (2016). Major in Information Science-Educational Aptitude and Scientific Capacity Examination in Information Science (FLUP, 2008). Post-graduation in Documentary Sciences-Archive (FLUC, 1998) and graduation in History (FLUP, 1985). Currently Associate Professor and member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Communication and Information Sciences (FLUP), she has been responsible of Graduations and Post-graduations courses in Information Science, Communication Sciences, Museology, Communication and Management of Creative Industries, Information and Communication in Digital Platforms. Since 2019 she is member of the Research Centre CITCEM (Transdisciplinary Research Centre "Culture, Space and Memory") where she coordinates the Creative Industries Accelerator Lab (Creia.Lab) and co-coordinates the Observatory of Creative Industries in Portugal (ObCrei.pt). Between 2016 and 2019, she was a researcher and member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Research in Communication, Information and Digital Culture (CIC.Digital Porto), remaining a collaborator researcher at CITE/INESC TEC - Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (2016-). She also structured and coordinated the Service Delivery Support Unit (UNAPS at FLUP, 2010-2014) and lead the application and coordination of the New Media for Heritage Laboratory (eHeritage.Lab, 2017), created at the Competence Centre for Digital Media at U.Porto (MIL). She works in Social Sciences with an emphasis on Communication and Information Sciences (information management and information services management; information preservation and security; cultural and creative industries; innovation management and entrepreneurship). Recently, she coordinated U.Porto Digital Museum project and participated, as a researcher, in 5 international project(s). namely the European projects Arts and Humanities Entrepreneurship Hubs (AHEH) and Museum Sector Alliance (Mu.SA). Currently, she is part of the team of U.Porto researchers registered to participate in the program led by UPorto-UPTEC EIT KIC Culture & Creativity (2023-2030), which aims to strengthen and transform Culture and Creative Sectors and Industries (50 partners, 20 countries). She is part of the group of FLUP researchers who participate, as a stakeholder, in the consortium of the European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science (ECHOES) project, within the scope of the creation of the ¿European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage¿ (ECCCH)-HORIZON-CL2-2023 HERITAGE-ECCCH-01-01). She is involved in cross-curricular extracurricular entrepreneurship activities aimed at university students, being a member of the coordination and volunteer teaching team at V.IVE! and, between 2008 and 2017, from Start UP Programme U.Porto (JA-YE/Millennium BCP) and also member of the General Council of CEdUP, 2015-2018. She published 3 book(s), 23 book chapter(s) and organized/coordinated 7 editions. This adds 25 articles in journals (indexed in SCOPUS, WoS, LISA, etc.), 35 in conference proceedings, etc. She co-supervised 2 doctoral theses and has 4 in progress. She supervised/co-supervised 61 master's theses. Before 2004, she was a senior manager at several companies (1985-1996), having developed her activity in Computing and Information Systems. Thereafter, she worked as an archivist/information manager at the Municipal Council of Vila do Conde (1998-2004), also collaborating as a teacher in the Specialization Course in Documentary at FLUC (2000-2005), standing out in this phase in the Administrative Modernization projects of the City Council, the Archive/Memory Centre and the digital Documentation Centre for 16th Century Sea Ports.