Pedro Arezes was the guest of SPEE – Portuguese Society for Engineering Education, to contribute to the section “Voice of Partners”, in the 17th edition of the newsletter. The Dean of the EEUM writes about the importance of this proximity with the business fabric, in a context of great changes and technological innovations, but also in the context of the current pandemic and the challenges it has forced to confront, also explaining to what extent this link differentiates EEUM, its research lines, its teaching and its projects with industry. The complete newsletter can be consulted here: SPEE_Newsletter_N17.