Ruben Eiras is the Secretary-General of Fórum Oceano, the Portuguese Blue Economy Cluster. Ruben Eiras is the Coordinator for Blue Economy
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment and Financing of Forum Oceano. He was a former Director General for Maritime Policy of the Ministry of the
Sea of Portugal, promoting an innovative and sustainable blue economy. He was advisor for industry, innovation and energy of the Minister of Sea of
Portugal. He was a Science and Technology manager at Galp Energia. He was Director of the Energy Security Program of the Portuguese-American
Foundation for Development. He holds a Phd in energy security policy in the area of History, Defense and International Relations, by the Instituto
Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e Empresa – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and the Military Academy. He also holds a Master Degree in Sustainable
Energy Systems from the MIT-Portugal Program – Instituto Superior Técnico and a Degree in Sociology of Work from Instituto Superior de Ciências
Sociais e Políticas, Universidade de Lisboa. He was a member of the Group of Experts on Natural Gas from the United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe (UNECE) and a SAS Technical Member Energy Security from NATO Science and Technology Organization