Álvaro Manuel Reis da Rocha holds Habilitation in Information Systems and Technologies, PhD in Engineering and Management of Information Systems, MSc in Information Management, and Bachelor in Computer Science. He is Professor of Information Systems and Software Engineering at University of Coimbra and an invited Professor at University of Santiago de Compostela. He is a researcher at CISUC (Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra) and a collaborator researcher at LIACC (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science of the University of Porto) and at CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). He is President of AISTI (Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies), Chair of IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Vice-President of ADI-PME (Association for the Development and Innovation in the Small and Medium Enterprises). He is also the Editor-in-Chief of JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and the Editor-in-Chief of RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). And he is Vice-Chair of Experts in Horizon 2020 of European Commission, Expert in the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, and General Chair of WorldCIST (World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies).