Professor of IT and e-government at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. Professor at the National Institute of Public Administration and co-ordinator of Internet and multimedia training areas. Founder of the Portuguese Association for Promotion and Development of Information Society. Executive Co-ordinator of the INFOCID - Interdepartmental System for Information to the Citizen. Creator of the site "e-Government in the World".

E-mail: luis.vidigal@inst-informatica.pt