agenda
09:30 | OPENING SESSION - EUROPE AT A DEFINING MOMENT
• Rogério Carapuça – President of APDC
• António Gameiro Marques – Congress Chairman
10:30 | EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS: THE NEW GEOMETRY OF DIGITAL POWER
11:00 | COFFEE-BREAK
11:30 | STRATEGIC AUTONOMY: REALITY OR ILLUSION?
Keynote Speaker: Paulo Portas – Former Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs
12:00 | TBA
13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:30 | THE BACKBONE OF SOVEREIGNTY: INFRASTRUCTURE AS POWER
A conversation with:
• Roberto Viola - Director-General of DG CONNECT
• Gonçalo Regalado - President & Chief Executive Officer, Portuguese Development Bank (Banco Português de Fomento)
Moderated by: Mário Campolargo - Former Director-General of DG DIGIT, European Commission
15:15 | FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES: THE RACE EUROPE CANNOT LOSE
• TBA
16:00 | COFFEE-BREAK
16:30 | SCALING EUROPE: FROM INNOVATION TO ECONOMIC POWER
Keynote Speaker: João Rui Ferreira - Secretary of State for Economy of Portugal
Panel Discussion:
• Magda Cocco - Partner & Head of ICT and Space Law Sector, Vieira de Almeida & Associados
• Pedro Siza Vieira - Partner, PLMJ - Lawyers & Tax Consultants (Former Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Economy of Portugal)
• TBA
17:15 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF MEDIA
A conversation with: Carla Martins - Member of the Board, Portuguese Media Regulatory Authority (ERC)
Panel Discussion:
• Francisco Pedro Balsemão - CEO, Impresa
• Luís Santana - CEO, Medialivre
• Nicolau Santos - President, RTP
• Pedro Morais Leitão - CEO, Media Capital
18:30 | AWARD CEREMONY ‘CITIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE FUTURE
10:30 | DIGITAL CAREERS UNFILTERED: WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU (PART I)
11:00 | COFFEE-BREAK
11:30 | DIGITAL CAREERS UNFILTERED: WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU (PART II)
12:00 | ATTRACTING THE NEXT GENERATION: RETHINKING TECH RECRUITMENT
12:30 | EXCLUSIVE Q&A
13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:30 | TALENT TRANSFORMATION: BUILDING DIGITAL CAREERS THROUGH UPSKILL PROGRAM
15:00 | TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT THE BUZZWORDS: WHAT REALLY POWERS THE DIGITAL WORLD
15:45 | INTERACTIVE Q&A
16:00 | COFFEE-BREAK
16:30 | BEST THESIS AWARD CEREMONY
17:00 | WORKING IN TECH: EXPECTATIONS VS. REALITY
09:30 | EUROPE’S DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: INNOVATION, GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC VALUE
• TBA
10:15 | REINVENTING THE DIGITAL STATE: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES IN PORTUGAL´S REFORM
Keynote Speaker: Gonçalo Matias - Minister for State Modernization and Administrative Reform of Portugal
Panel Discussion:
• Manuel Dias - Portugal’s Chief Technology Officer, heading the Agency for the Technological Reform of the State (ARTE)
• Luísa Ribeiro Lopes – Chair of the Boards of Directors, .PT
• Inês Pacheco - Presales Director, Capgemini
11:00 | COFFEE-BREAK
11:30 | SECURITY AS STRATEGY: DEFENDING EUROPE’S DIGITAL SPACE
• TBA
12:15 | TBA
12:45 | BEST THESIS AWARD CEREMONY
13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:30 | PORTUGAL´S ROLE IN THE EUROPEAN DIGITAL STRATEGY - THE EXPERIENCE OF PORTUGAL´S TECH UNICORNS
Panel Discussion:
• Filipa Matos – VP of Special Operations, Remote
• TBA
15:15 | TBA
15:30 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Panel Discussion:
• Pedro Rocha - CEO, FastFiber
• TBA
16:30 | COFFEE-BREAK
17:00 | FROM CONNECTIVITY TO COMPETITIVENESS
17:15 | THE STATE OF THE NATION OF COMMUNICATIONS
Panel Discussion:
• Ana Figueiredo - CEO, MEO
• Luís Lopes - CEO, Vodafone Portugal
• Miguel Almeida - CEO, NOS
18:30 | CLOSING SESSION
11:30 | FROM LISBON TO THE WORLD: ESNA’S ROLE IN CONNECTING EUROPEAN STARTUP ECOSYSTEMS
12:00 | HUMAN INTELLIGENCE: WHAT TECHNOLOGY CANNOT DETECT
12:30 | TBA
13:00 | LUNCH BREAK
14:30 | DISRUPT, BUILD, SCALE
15:00 | SKILLS FOR THE AI ERA: WHAT WILL TRULY DIFFERENTIATE YOU
15:30 | ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
16:00 | IMPULSO IA – 30 MINUTES TO WORK SMARTER
16:30 | COFFEE-BREAK