agenda
09:30 | OPENING SESSION
• Rogério Carapuça – President, APDC
• Arlindo Oliveira – Congress Chairman
• Carlos Moedas – Mayor of Lisbon*
• Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – President of the Republic of Portugal
10:00 | LIVING IN A FUTURE WITH AI
KNS: Pedro Domingos – Professor of Computer science, University of Washington, Author of 'The Master Algorithm' and '2040'
10:30 | SHAPING THE FUTURE OF PORTUGAL’S ECONOMY
KNS: Pedro Faustino – Managing Director, Axians Portugal
10:40 | PORTUGAL 2030 DIGITAL STRATEGY: AI, WEB 3.0 AND DATA
KNS: Arlindo Oliveira – Congress Chairman
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Miguel Pupo Correia – Web 3.0 Strategy Coordination
• Graça Canto Moniz – Data Strategy Coordination
• João Gama – AI Strategy Coordination
11:40 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK
12:00 | AI STRATEGIES IN EUROPE: NAVIGATING EXCELLENCE AND TRUST
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Carme Artigas – Former Spain’s Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence; Co-Chair of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Artificial Intelligence
• Siim Sikkut – Former Government CIO of Estonia; Managing Partner at Digital Nation
12:50 | AI'S OPPORTUNITY: A GROWTH AGENDA FOR PORTUGAL AND BEYOND
• Giorgia Abeltino – Senior Director of Public Policy & Government Relations for South Europe, Google
13:00 | NETWORKING MOMENT – LUNCH BREAK
14:30 | PORTUGAL'S PRR: SHOWCASING AI FOR THE FUTURE
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Paulo Dimas – Vice President of Innovation, Unbabel
• Sebastião Villax – Sr. Innovation Partnerships & Alliances Manager, Defined.ai
15:00 | IMPACT OF AI IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES
DISCUSSION PANEL
• Miguel Leocádio – Executive Board Member at Glintt Global, responsible for Glintt Next
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15:45 | REGULATION OF AI APPLICATIONS
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Maria Manuel Leitão Marques – Member of the European Parliament
• Clara Martins Pereira – Assistant Professor, Durham Law School
16:25 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK
17:10 | TALENT
KNS: Adriano Rafael Moreira – Secretary of State for Labor*
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Luisa Ribeiro Lopes – Presidente, .PT
• Manuel Garcia – National Coordinator of the Program UPskill – Digital Skills & Jobs
• Hugo Bernardes – CEO, The Key Talent
18:10 | 1st DAY CLOSING SESSION
• Margarida Balseiro Lopes – Minister of Youth and Modernization
18:15 | AWARD CEREMONY CITIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE FUTURE followed by a Cocktail
08:30 | Executive Breakfast with Siim Sikkut – Former Government CIO of Estonia (reserved for LEADER ticket holders)
09:30 | 2nd DAY WELCOME
• Pedro Reis – Minister of Economy*
09:45 | 40 YEARS OF APDC: A CRUCIAL STAKEHOLDER FOR A DIGITAL PORTUGAL
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Gonçalo Sequeira Braga – Founder of APDC in 1984 and President until Nov’85
• José Graça Bau – President of APDC (Feb’95-Feb’97)
• Pedro Norton – President of APDC (Mar’11-Jan’13)
10:15 | APDC'S PRIORITIES FOR PORTUGAL
• Rogério Carapuça – President of APDC since Jan’13
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER tba
10:55 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK
11:30 | EUROPEAN REGULATIONS – HOW TO DEAL WITH IT
KNS: Yasmina Laraudogoitia – Public Policy & Government Affairs Manager, TikTok España & Portugal
11:40 | PORTUGAL AS THE NEXT SILLICON VALLEY OF EUROPE
KNS: Rodrigo Cordeiro - Country Head, Capgemini Engineering
11:50 | THE ROLE OF PORTUGAL
DISCUSSION PANEL tba
12:15 | FROM 5G DEPLOYMENT TO TRANSFORMATION: A TANGIBLE JOURNEY FOR PORTUGAL
KNS: Juan Olivera – CEO, Ericsson Portugal
12:25 | THE EVOLVING NETWORK IN THE AGE OF AI
KNS: Sérgio Catalão – CEO, Nokia Portugal
12:35 | INFRASTRUCTURE VENDORS & CONNECTIVITY ENABLERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER tba
12:45 | BEST THESIS AWARD CEREMONY
Best MSc Thesis in the fields of Telecommunications, Media and IT
13:00 | NETWORKING MOMENT – LUNCH-BREAK
14:30 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF MEDIA
KNS: Carla Martins – 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 – Media Capital CEO
15:45 | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & ENERGY TRANSITION IN THE 5G ERA
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Manuel Maria Correia – General Manager, DXC Technology
• Tiago Martins - Operations Manager, EDP
15:55 | Miguel Pinto Luz – Minister for Infrastructure and Housing
16:15 | DIGITAL/TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• João Osório Mora – Managing Director, Cellnex
• Paolo Favaro – Managing Director, Vantage Towers
• Pedro Rocha – CEO, FastFiber
17:00 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF COMMUNICATIONS
KNS: Sandra Maximiano – President, Portuguese Communications Regulatory Authority (ANACOM)
DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Ana Figueiredo – CEO, Altice Portugal
• Luís Lopes – CEO, Vodafone Portugal
• Miguel Almeida – CEO, NOS SGPS
MODERATOR: António Costa – Publisher, ECO - Economia Online
18:30 | CLOSING SESSION