Last week, I had the privilege of delivering the talk “Smart Retail in Motion” as part of the Samsung Ocean Brazil program, featured under activity #4759 Smart Retail. As a researcher focused on intelligent retail systems, I explored how technologies…

In October, I had the opportunity to participate in the 11th European Lean Educator Conference (ELEC 2025) “LEAN in Action: Digitalization, Sustainability, and Operational Excellence”, held in Rzeszów, Poland. I was pleased to present our paper “Operationalizing Lean Replenishment with…

Last month, I had the privilege of joining CAPSI 2025 – the 25th Conference on Information Systems – hosted by the Universidade dos Açores, in the stunning setting of Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island. Yes, it’s as idyllic as it…

Designing the visual identity for FITH 2024, held on October 18, 2024, in Guimarães, Braga, Portugal, at the historic Pousada Mosteiro de Guimarães, was more than an aesthetic exercise — it was about translating the essence of the event into…

At FITH 2025, I presented the study “Consumer Behavior – Yogurt Sections”, developed by the EGI Smart Retail Team (University of Minho). The field observation — conducted at Continente Gaia Shopping — followed over 1,000 consumers for six hours, analyzing…

In 2025, Colaborati once again contributed to the Forum on Innovation, Technology and Humanity (FITH) by designing the visual identity of the event — an initiative organized by the Department of Production and Systems at the School of Engineering, University…