Title: Multi-specialization: The concept, motivations and impact on individuals

Biography: Rui Carvalho holds a Graduation in Economics at ISCTE-IUL and a Master of Philosophy degree in Electric Engineering and Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon and works a freelancer at the moment. Rui has 10 years of experience as researcher in Economics (3 years in Innovation Economics, 1/2 years in creation of pensions’ simulator and 7 to 8 years studying specialization), 6 years as researcher in IT (4 years Master Degree, research papers in Artificial intelligence and 2 years to study renewable sources of energy, a specific technology, at INESC-ID). In 2005 (18 to 21 April) he presented a paper entitled “A Multiagent Systems Approach for Managing Supply-Chain Problems: a learning perspective”, (Carvalho, R. and Custódio, L.) at the Conference “Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems”, in Massachusetts, USA. He also has experience in consultancy, as writer and as a very small farmer because he is very interested in environmental conservation.