In Portugal key institutions and individuals include Antonio Camara, Nuno Correia (FCT/UNL) and Artur Pimenta Alves (University of Porto and INESC-PORTO). Participating faculty include Joao Mario Grilo, Antonio Granado; Rui Cadima; Nelson Traquina, and Jose Rodrigues all at FCSH/UNL. Important Portuguese companies include YDreams and the daily newspaper Publico. From the Portuguese public sector, the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC). UT-Austin key colleges and Departments include: The College of Communication and Departments of Radio, Television, and Film (RTF); Department of Journalism; College of Fine Arts including Theater, Dance, Art, and Music; College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science; and IC² Institute, Digital Media Collaboratory and Austin Technology Incubator. Participating faculty and instructors include Dr. Sharon Strover, Chair, RTF; Rosenthal Alves, on-line journalism; Bruce Pennycook, music and digital arts; Geoff Marslett, animation; Karen Kocher, nonlinear narrative; Ana Boaventura, interactivity and digital storytelling; Arie Stavchansky, compositing and special effects; Gary Chapman, LBJ School of Public Affairs; Ann Beamish and Michael Oden, School of Architecture; Don Turnbull, School of Information; Okan Arikan, College of Natural Sciences; and Joe Straubhaar, Stuart Kelban, John Leckenby, and Kathleen Tyner all of the College of Communication. Participating from the IC² Institute are Isaac Barchas, Director of the Austin Technology Incubator; and Sid Burback, Director of the Institute’s Commercialization Program. Roy Jenevein, Director of the Digital Media Collaboratory (DMC) and Aliza Gold, Manager of the DMC, may also participate.

Possible contributions to policy within the recently launched National Grid Initiative in Portugal will be explored through the participation of the Portuguese Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) which planned the initiative and is involved in its monitoring.

In order to build a successful UT-Austin Portugal Cooperative Program in Mathematics there needs to be a strong component of joint research at junior and senior levels.

Accordingly, it is proposed to have a regular exchange of post-doc and junior faculty as well senior faculty to organize workshops to foster the development of common research interests and projects.

In order to pursue the internationalization of Portuguese universities it is essential to have a post-doc and junior faculty exchange program. Such a program would attract talented recent graduates and junior faculty from UT-Austin to Portugal as well as send to Austin recent Portuguese graduates and junior faculty. In Portugal and at UT-Austin post-doctoral and junior faculty positions would be funded by the UT-Austin Portugal Program and post-docs would be expected to have a reduced teaching load. Furthermore, in order to foster joint research enterprise at the senior level yearly workshops will be organized alternating between Austin, Coimbra and Lisbon.

At UT-Austin, key entities and personnel participating in the UTEN Program include at IC² Institute: Dr. John Sibley Butler, Director; Dr. Larry Secrest, Director MS program in Science and Technology Commercialization; Dr. David Gibson, Director Visiting Scholars and Fellows programs; and Dr. Bruce Kellison, Director, Bureau of Business Research. At the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at UT-Austin key participants include: Isaac Barchas, Director; Erin DeFosse, Director, ATI Wireless; Joel Serface, Director and Kurt Faulhaber, Assistant Director, ATI Clean Energy; and Sid Burback, Director, Technology Commercialization, IC² Institute. At UTA's Office of Technology Commercialization key people involved will be Dr. Neil Iscoe, Director and Bill Catlett, Associate Director.

In Portugal select participants in UTEN include Jose Manuel Mendonça, University of Porto and INESC-Porto, and Teresa Mendes and Paulo Santos, Instituto Pedro Nunes, at the University of Coimbra; Rui Baptista at IST/IN+ and his team of VECTORe (namely Maria José Francisco) ; José Pinto Paixão at FCUL-ICAT; Rui Ferreira (AUDAX-ISCTE), Luis Reto and José Paulo Afonso Esperança, at ISCTE; and the team working with Vice-Rectors Francisco Vaz at University of Aveiro and Manuel Mota at the University of Minho (TecMinho). Vasco Varela and the team at Taguspark should also be involved due their unique experience in enterprise incubation in Portugal. Portuguese institutional participants include: The Universidade da Beira Interior; Universidade da Madeira; Universidade de Aveiro; Universidade de Coimbra; Universidade de Évora; Universidade de Lisboa; Technical University of Lisbon; Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro; Universidade do Algarve; Universidade do Minho; Universidade do Porto; Universidade dos Açores; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Universidade Técnica de Lisboa; ISCTE; Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Universidade de Aveiro as well as Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), Taguspark, Avepark, and AdI Innovation Agency, National Secretariat.