Scientific Advisory Council

Telefónica I+D's Scientific Advisory Council is an external advisory body.

Chaired by Mateo Valero Cortés, Director of the National Supercomputation Centre, it includes professionals of recognized prestige in both the national and international scientific and business world.

Its aims are to:

• Strengthen Telefónica I+D's relations with the scientific community.
• Identify the most relevant elements of the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) sector.
• Provide guidance on its possible scientific-technological development.
• Make recommendations on the approach of the research and development activities carried out by the Telefónica Group.

President

• Mateo Valero Cortés, Director of the National Supercomputation Centre

Secretary

• Francisco Jariego, Director of Technological Strategy at Telefónica I+D

Members

• Enric Banda, former Director of Innovation and Environment of La Seda de Barcelona
• Jon Crowcroft, Marconi Professor, University of Cambridge
• Carlos Enrique Cruz Limón, Rector of Institutional Innovation and Development at the university Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
• Carlos Enrique de Brito Cruz, Scientific Director of the Fundaçao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (the Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo), Brazil
• Terry Doyle, General Director of Philips
• Fernando Fournon González-Barcia, Executive President of Telefónica I+D
• Luis Lada Díaz, Advisor to the President of Telefónica S.A
• Gonzalo León Serrano, Deputy Rector of Research at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Technical University of Madrid)
• Miguel Menchén Alumbreros, Member of the Board of Telefónica Internacional
• Juan Mulet Meliá, General Director of COTEC (the Foundation for Technological Innovation)
• Fernando Rey Peñas, Director of Research, Marketing and Design at the Antolín-Iransa Group
• Ana Ripoll, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona
• Rahim Tafazolli, Director of the Mobile Communications Research Group at the University of Surrey (UK)