agenda
09:30 | OPENING SESSION
• Rogério Carapuça – APDC President
• Maria Manuel Mota – Congress Chairwoman
• Fernando Alexandre – Minister of Education, Science and Innovation
10:20 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER
Keynote Speaker: Erica Orange – Futurist, Partner at The Future Hunters and Author of AI + The New Human Frontier
10:40 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN LIFE SCIENCES
Keynote Speaker: Luís Portela – President of the Bial Foundation
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Pedro Silva – Head of the Funding and Innovation Office, GIMM
• Rui Diniz – Chair of the Executive Committee, CUF
11:30 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
THE EUROPEAN CHALLENGE: FROM DEPENDENCY TO EMPOWERMENT
• Pedro Faustino – Managing Director, Axians
11:40 | COFFEE-BREAK
12:00 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF MEDIA
Keynote Speaker: Telmo Gonçalves – Member of the Board, Portuguese Media Regulatory Authority (ERC)
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Francisco Pedro Balsemão – Impresa CEO
• Luís Santana – Medialivre CEO
• Nicolau Santos – RTP President
• Pedro Morais Leitão – CEO, Media Capital
13:15 | LUNCH BREAK - Please note: lunch is not provided
14:30 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN ENERGY
Keynote Speaker: João Peças Lopes – Board Member of INESC TEC
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Ana Casaca – Global Director of Innovation at Galp
• Sofia Simões – Senior Researcher & Resource Economics Unit Head, LNEG
15:20 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
FROM INSIGHT TO IMPACT: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF DATA IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
Keynote Speaker: Luís Vaz de Carvalho – Partner, NTT DATA Portugal
15:30 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN DEFENSE
Keynote Speaker: José Neves – Director of Homeland Security and Defense at GMV & President at AED Cluster Portugal
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Pedro Petiz – Director of Strategic Development, Tekever
• Miguel Correia Pinto – Head Knowledge Valorization at idD Portugal Defense
16:20 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
HUMAN + MACHINE: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION
Keynote Speaker: Ricardo Lousada –Director of AI Consulting, DXC Technology Portugal
16:30 | COFFEE-BREAK
17:00 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN EDUCATION
Keynote Speaker: Paulo Dimas – VP of Product Innovation, Unbabel
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Luísa Ribeiro Lopes – President at .PT
• Maria João Horta – Deputy Director, Directorate-General for Education of the Portuguese Ministry of Education
• Miguel Herdade – Director, The Access Project
18:00 | AI-POWERED HIRING: UNLOCKING FAIRNESS, EFFICIENCY, AND BUSINESS GROWTH
• Maya Huber – Co-Founder & CEO at TaTiO
• Miguel Luís – CMO, The Key Talent
18:15 | 1ST DAY CLOSING REMARKS
• Bernardo Correia – Secretary of State for Digitalization
18:30 | AWARD CEREMONY CITIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE FUTURE
09:30 | EU TECH SOVEREIGNTY: URGENT ACTIONS FOR SECURING EUROPE'S DIGITAL FUTURE
Keynote Speaker: Director General, Connect Europe
09:45 | A NEW ERA OF INNOVATION WITH AI
Keynote Speaker: Giorgia Abeltino – Senior Director of Public Policy and Government Relations for South Europe, Google
09:55 | WOMEN SHAPING TECH AWARD
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Fazenda Almeida – Executive Director, APDC
10:05 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
FROM CONNECTIVITY TO INTELLIGENCE: TELECOM’S ROLE IN THE AI ERA
Keynote Speaker: Paulo Gomes Pereira – Head of Carrier Business, Huawei Portugal
10:15 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
ACCELERATING TOWARDS A HYPER-DIGITAL WORLD
Keynote Speaker: Sérgio Catalão – Country Manager, Nokia
10:25 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Francisco Veloso – Dean, INSEAD
• José Manuel Mendonça – Emeritus Professor, University of Porto & Director, INESC TEC
11:25 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
SOVEREIGNTY AND RESILIENCE FOR THE EUROPE OF THE FUTURE
Keynote Speaker: Juan Olivera – Country Manager, Ericsson Portugal
11:35 | 7 MINUTES TO WOW
WHAT IF… AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT COULD BE BORN EVERY 7 MINS?
Keynote Speaker: Tiago Esteves – Principal Solution Engineer, Salesforce Portugal
11:45 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
Keynote Speaker: Manuela Veloso – Head of JP Morgan Chase AI Research & Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita at Carnegie Mellon University
DISCUSSION PANEL
• Pedro Bizarro – Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Feedzai
• Isabel Guerreiro – Executive Board Member at Banco Santander Portugal
12:35 | BEST THESIS AWARD CEREMONY
• Carla Madeira – Business Unit General Manager na Axians Portugal
• Nuno Pereira – Deputy Business Unit General Manager na Axians Portugal
• Pedro Valente – Associate Executive na Axians Portugal
12:50 | BORN FROM KNOWLEDGE WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
13:00 | LUNCH BREAK - Please note: lunch is not provided
14:30 | BUSINESS & SCIENCE WORKING TOGETHER IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Jorge Graça – Chief Technology and Information Officer, NOS
• José Pedro Nascimento – Chief Technology Officer, MEO
• Paulino Corrêa – Chief Network Officer, Vodafone Portugal
• Rodrigo Cordeiro – Country Head, Capgemini Engineering
15:15 | FIBERCOS & TOWERCOS' ROLE IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• João Osório Mora – Managing Director, Cellnex
• Paolo Favaro – Managing Director, Vantage Towers
• Pedro Rocha – CEO, FastFiber
16:00 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK
16:30 | WHAT IS REALLY BEHIND THE NEW WORLD ORDER?
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Anne Applebaum – American Journalist and Historian, Pulitzer Prize Winner
• Pedro Faustino – Managing Director, Axians
17:00 | Miguel Pinto Luz – Minister of Infrastructure and Housing
17:15 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF COMMUNICATIONS
Keynote Speaker: Sandra Maximiano – President, Portuguese Communications Regulatory Authority (ANACOM)
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Ana Figueiredo – CEO, MEO
• Luís Lopes – CEO, Vodafone Portugal
• Miguel Almeida – CEO, NOS SGPS
Moderator: Alexandra Machado – Journalist, Observador
18:30 | CLOSING SESSION
• Rogério Carapuça – President, APDC