Meet the Team | SWITCH Conference

Organization

RICARDO SOUSA
Curator | Host – ricardosousa@switchconf.com

Ricardo is a teen entrepreneur, a speaker and webdeveloper that founded SWITCH, the MCE, co-founded CORTIZA and loves meeting new and exciting people.

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ROMINA SANTOS
Communication Manager – rominasantos@switchconf.com

Romina is a pro-active high school senior studying Sciences & Technologies. Co-founded Rascunhos and is a communications and photography lover.

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JOÃO CARREIRO
Sponsors & Finances – joaocarreiro@switchconf.com

João is an entrepreneur that took over is first company when he was 18. Was also behind the first National Engineering Competition in Europe.

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FREDERICO LUCAS
Sponsors & Partners – fredericolucas@switchconf.com

Frederico is a territorial developer and founder of the Novos Povoadores project. Loves to meet and help entrepreneurs.

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JOSÉ FONTAINHAS
Logistics (IT) – josefontainhas@switchconf.com

José is the Outernationalist at Automattic (the company behind WordPress.com). Lives by the beach in Portugal.

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JOANA CASTRO
Creative / Design – joanacastro@switchconf.com

Joana is a 17-year-old design student currently on her third year. She loves to try and execute new things that help her learn.

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NUNO RELVÃO
Venue Designer – nunorelvao@switchconf.com

As an architect, Nuno is deeply passioned about how we interact with each other and perceive what is around us. Currently he is finishing his Master degree.

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JOÃO FIGUEIRINHAS COSTA
Speakers Manager – joaocosta@switchconf.com

Teen networker, speaker, wannabe entrepreneur, backpacker.
Curious, open minded and critic. Interested and active participation in organizing conferences.

INÊS SILVA
Non-Profit Partnerships – inessilva@switchconf.com

Entrepreneur, Blogger, TEDxYouth@Porto Organizer & Host, Founder@ Open-Ideas Think Tank wishing to change the world.

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Pedro Santos
Communications – pedrosantos@switchconf.com

Pedro is passionated to help organize events and is a tech guy, currently a IT consultant at PrimeIT.

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Rafael Pires
Head of Logistics – rafaelpires@switchconf.com

Rafael is passionated about conferences and events where you can learn and meet people. He also counts on a great experience organizing events and giving logistics support.

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SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATION

Hugo Baganha
Support – Finances & Sponsors - hugobaganha@switchconf.com

Hugo is a student at the University of Oporto with deep interest in entrepreneurship and getting to know other people.

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Sílvia Dinis
Support – Logistics - silviadinis@switchconf.com

Studying Economy at the University of Coimbra, Sílvia is one of SWITCH founding members and will help handling logistics.

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Dominique Anjo
Sponsors – dominiqueanjo@switchconf.com

Nikki is a passionated and entrepreneurial student. She was the president of the local BEST group at IST and is now the International Relations Officer at IST.

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Irina Lima
Support - Design & Branding – irinalima@switchconf.com

Irina is a young designer wishing to participate and help activities that can open her perspectives. She joined SWITCH to help us be ‘well designed’.

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Mariana Serpinina
Support – Partnerships – marianaserpinina@switchconf.com

Mariana is a management student passionated about entrepreneurship and events surrounding the topic. She’s helping with partnerships.

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THANK YOU’s

We would like to thank this individuals that, not being part of the team anymore, have left a contribution worth mentioning: Rita Veloso (founding member), Daniel Marques (for noteworthy collaboration in both editions), Cristina Pedrosa (for the precious logistics assistance in 2010), Francisco Gomes (for the help in 2010) Cristiana Carvalhal (founding member) and the whole team at jeKnowledge (for the help with the 2010 edition).