Marta Peres

   

Executive Manager
Associaciation Cluster Portugal Mineral Resources

BIO

Marta Peres is a senior executive and innovation manager with extensive experience in leading collaborative R&D and internationalization projects in the mineral resources. As Executive Director of ACPMR, she coordinates the Cluster Portugal Mineral Resources, driving strategic partnerships between companies, R&D centers, public authorities, and civil society. She has played a central role in structuring and managing large-scale mobilizing agendas, such as the Sustainable Stone by Portugal Agenda, the largest ever initiative for innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness in the national stone industry.

Marta is also deeply engaged in European cooperation. She manages and contributes to major EU-funded projects, including MINE.THE.GAP, I4GREEN, and RISE, fostering cross-border innovation ecosystems, digital transformation, and sustainable value chains in mineral resources. Her expertise spans the design, coordination, and evaluation of multi-stakeholder projects, ensuring alignment with EU priorities such as the Green Deal, the Raw Materials Act, and the twin green and digital transition.

She holds a postgraduate degree in Business Management and a degree in Communication Sciences, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Business Management at ISG – Higher Institute of Management.

Session 2
21 October 2025 / 11:00 - 13:00 | Lagoas hall

Ornamental Stones: A Strategic Sector for Portugal – The Sustainable Stone by Portugal Project

The Sustainable Stone by Portugal Agenda is the largest mobilizing initiative ever undertaken for the Portuguese natural stone sector, uniting companies, research centers, universities, and public institutions in a shared vision of innovation, sustainability, and international competitiveness. Its mission is to transform the entire value chain, from extraction to processing and application in architecture and design, by integrating advanced technologies, circular economy principles, and low-carbon solutions. The Agenda is structured around collaborative R&D and demonstration projects that address digitalization, eco-efficiency, product innovation, and global market positioning. By fostering cooperation through a quadruple-helix model, it strengthens the role of Portuguese stone in emblematic works worldwide while ensuring alignment with the EU Green Deal and the twin green and digital transition. More than an industrial program, the Agenda represents a strategic commitment to positioning natural stone as a sustainable, high-value material for the future of construction and design.