In 2013, Portugal was present for the first time at the "Falling Walls" Conference, due to the work of FCT-UNL in the field of transparent electronics and electronic paper. The intervention of Professor Elvira Fortunato was titled "Breaking the wall to the new age of electronics."
Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge is an initiative from Fraunhofer AICOS, whose main objective is to reward the scientific investigation with “practical utility” in Portuguese Universities.