\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{simple}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[scale=2]{ccicons}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{epstopdf}
\usepackage{enumitem} %Comment out enumitem if you want round ("default") bullet points
\useinnertheme{rectangles} % Uncomment this (and comment out enumitem) if you want to use different bullet points
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[style=numeric]{biblatex}
\usepackage{listings}
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{cmr} % Resets the default roman font to CM
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{cmss} % Resets the default sans serif font to CM
\renewcommand{\ttdefault}{cmtt} % Resets the default typewriter font to CM
% TODO: 
%   position adjustement
%   change colours
%       
% Watermark background (simple theme)
\setwatermark{\includegraphics[height=8.5cm]{img/iade_background.png}}
\logo{%
    \includegraphics[height=1cm,keepaspectratio]{img/iade_ipca_logo.png}~%
    \vspace{210pt}
}
\setbeamercolor{footline}{fg=white,bg=black} % Set the footer foreground and background colors
\setbeamercolor{navigation symbols dimmed}{fg=gray} % Optional: Set dimmed navigation symbols color
\setbeamercolor{navigation symbols}{fg=white} % Set navigation symbols color
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}[default] % Use default navigation symbols; remove this if you want custom navigation symbols
\setbeamertemplate{footline}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{footline}%
    % Navigation symbols
    \insertnavigation{\paperwidth}
    % Slide number - Adjust the positioning as needed
    \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor
    \hfill \insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber\hspace*{2ex} 
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  }%
  \vskip0pt%
}
% \setbeamertemplate{footline}
% {
%   \leavevmode%
%   \hbox{%
%   \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,center]{author in head/foot}%
%     \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor
%   \end{beamercolorbox}%
%   \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,right]{title in head/foot}%
%     \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\insertshorttitle\hspace*{2em}
%     \insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber\hspace*{2ex} 
%   \end{beamercolorbox}}%
%   \vskip0pt%
% }
\title{A simple beamer theme based on http://github.com/famuvie}
\subtitle{}
\date{\today}
\author{Ezequiel Santos}
\institute{\url{http://github.com/ezefranca}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{frame}{simple}
  \framesubtitle{A beamer theme}
  \texttt{simple} is a minimalist Beamer theme that features
  \begin{columns}
    \column{.5\textwidth}
      \begin{itemize}
        \item a \alert{watermark} logo in the background
        \item slide \alert{numbers}
        \item \emph{emph}asized and \alert{alert}ed text
      \end{itemize}
    \column{.5\textwidth}
      \begin{block}{And of course...}
         blocks, columns, and all Beamer power
      \end{block}
  \end{columns}
  
\end{frame}
\setwatermark{\fontsize{125pt}{125pt}\selectfont{Simple}}
\begin{frame}[fragile]{watermark}
  \framesubtitle{not only for images}
  \begin{itemize}
    \item You can place \emph{any} \LaTeX{} \alert{contents} as a watermark
  \end{itemize}
  \begin{block}{In preamble}
    \begin{verbatim}
     \setwatermark{\includegraphics[height=8cm]{%
                   img/Heckert_GNU_white.png}}
    \end{verbatim}
  \end{block}
  \begin{block}{Just before this frame}
    \begin{verbatim}
     \setwatermark{\fontsize{125pt}{125pt}%
                   \selectfont{Simple}}
    \end{verbatim}
  \end{block}
\end{frame}
\setwatermark[hoffset=-3cm,voffset=-2cm]{\fontsize{125pt}{125pt}\selectfont{Simple}}
\begin{frame}{Options}
  \framesubtitle{Fine adjustement of the watermark position}
  
  \begin{itemize}
    \item \texttt{hoffset}
    \item \texttt{voffset}
  \end{itemize}
  
  They admit any \emph{positive} or \emph{negative} spacing \alert{unit}
  
  Note that some \alert{warnings} about \emph{badboxes} might be generated at compilation
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}{License}
  \begin{block}{Get the source of this theme and the demo presentation from}
  \begin{center}\url{http://github.com/famuvie/beamerthemesimple}\end{center}
  \end{block}
  
  The theme \emph{itself} is licensed under a
  \href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/}{Creative Commons
  Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License}.
  \begin{center}\ccbysa\end{center}
\end{frame}
\end{document}