Laércio Ferreira is currently developing a research project, at the post-doctoral level, in the area of Territorial Innovation, linked to the Department of Social, Political and Territorial Sciences at the Universidade de Aveiro. He holds a doctorate in Economics from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2008), a master's degree in Administration, with a focus on Innovation Management, from the Universidade Estadual do Ceará (2002), and a degree in Data Processing from the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (1991) , in Sao Paulo. He was Director of Foreign Relationshionship in the Associação Brasileira dos Mentores de Negócios (Brazilian Association for Business Mentors) - ABMEN from 2018, january to 2020, september. He worked for 38 years (1976-2014) in a development bank in the Northeast region of Brazil, developing sector studies, articles and public notices to promote research and development.In 2016, he was hired as a consultant to evaluate the Integrated Public Policy Program for Youth in Fortaleza, with resources from the Inter-American Development Bank. Between 2019 and 2020 he was an evaluator of 87 projects, under the Centelha Program to Support Innovation. He was a professor at several colleges in the State of Ceará. He is an eventual professor of the specialization course in Project Management at the State University of Piauí. He is the author of the book "Technological innovation and local dynamics" (2008) and of several publications events in Brazil and abroad.