09:30 | OPENING SESSION

• Rogério Carapuça – President, APDC
• Arlindo Oliveira – Congress Chairman
• Margarida Balseiro Lopes – Minister of Youth and Modernization

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' Presentation

10:30 | WILL AI ECONOMICS PROMOTE A FREE WORLD?

KNS: Pedro Faustino – Managing Director, Axians Portugal Presentation

10:35 | 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

11:35 | 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

KNS: Giorgia Abeltino – Senior Director of Public Policy & Government Relations for South Europe, Google Presentation

13:10 | NETWORKING MOMENT – LUNCH BREAK

14:30 | THE RESILIENCE OF DEMOCRATIC AND LIBERAL ECONOMIES RELY ON US
KNS: Francis Fukuyama – Philosopher & Political Scientist
• Pedro Faustino – Managing Director, Axians Portugal

14:50 | PORTUGAL'S PRR: SHOWCASING AI FOR THE FUTURE

DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Center for Responsible AI: Paulo Dimas – Vice President of Innovation, Unbabel
• Accelerat.ai consortium: Sebastião Villax – Sr. Innovation Partnerships & Alliances Manager, Defined.ai

15:20 | IMPACT OF AI IN MAJOR INDUSTRIES

DISCUSSION PANEL
• Francesco Costigliola – Chief Analytics Officer, CGD
• João Martins de Carvalho – Executive Board Member, E-Redes
• Miguel Leocádio – Executive Board Member at Glintt Global, responsible for Glintt Next
• Rui Lopes – CEO, AgentifAI

16:10 | REGULATION OF AI APPLICATIONS

DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Maria Manuel Leitão Marques – Member of the European Parliament
• Clara Martins Pereira – Assistant Professor, Durham Law School

16:45 | NETWORKING MOMENT – COFFEE-BREAK

17:10 | TALENT

KNS: Filipa de Jesus – President, National Agency for Qualification and Vocational Education and Training (ANQEP, IP) Presentation

DISCUSSION PANEL:
• Luísa Ribeiro Lopes – President, .PT
• Manuel Garcia – National Coordinator of the Program UPskill – Digital Skills & Jobs, APDC
• Hugo Bernardes – CEO, The Key Talent
• Rodrigo Castro – Founder & CEO, Educa-te

18:10 | 1st DAY CLOSING SESSION

18:30 | AWARD CEREMONY CITIES AND TERRITORIES OF THE FUTURE followed by a Cocktail Presentation