ing in a wide variety of projects and programs, and in providing important community services. This is how faculty members, administrative staff and students make efforts, set goals and materialize strategies daily in a continuous promotion of knowledge in the fields of arts, design and media. I trust that, with the commitment and participation of all, ESMAD will continue to be synonymous with dynamism and innovation, within the national higher education landscape. OlĂvia Marques da Silva Presidente da Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design President of the School of Media Arts and Design