This new magazine "INESC TEC Science & Society" aims to disseminate science to society and to contribute to ongoing debates, aiming in particular at the managers, politicians and technicians of the systems in which the themes discussed are applied. The magazine will have two issues per year, one in the fall and one in the spring. Each issue will address a special topic, without excluding other articles of opportunity, and the autumn issue will have the same theme as the Autumn Forum that INESC TEC has held since 2015.

It was with great satisfaction that I accepted to be the coordinator of the series and I must say that the adhesion of the entire editorial team, the technical and communication services of INESC TEC and all the authors we invited was exceptional. My greatest thanks to all of them.

This first issue has as its special theme the science of data in health, an area of great opportunity in the circumstances that we are going through. We are considering it as a test of our capabilities in which we seek to define the style most suited to our purposes, which is a complex task because it is about implementing a new communication culture and a new way of intervening in the debate of policies most influenced by technology.

We sincerely hope that the result is to your liking.