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Live Talks, short conversations between technology executives to reflect on and exchange ideas about issues that affect the sector, are already a classic feature of the APDC Congress and 2024 was no exception. These talks took place in the space created for the purpose, and are an exclusive format for annual sponsors.
Various leaders from the most important national technology companies exchanged views with guests/customers. .PT, Accenture, Capgemini, Deloitte, DXC Technology, Ericsson, Glintt Next, Inetum, Kyndryl, MEO, Minsait, NTT DATA, NOKIA, Salesforce, Vantage Towers, and Vodafone accepted the challenge and recorded conversations in the Congress lounge!
As part of the 35th Digital Business Congress, we brought together leaders from some of the most influential companies in the tech sector for a series of short, informal conversations packed with transformative insights. These APDC Live Talks are now available in a special edition of the Dot Topics series, focusing on the major themes that are shaping the present and future of the digital economy.
This year we invested again in Live Talks, short conversations between technology executives to reflect and exchange ideas on themes that mark the sector. The conversations took place in the Congress venue, an exclusive format for annual sponsors. Thus, several leaders of the most relevant national technology companies exchanged views with guests/clients. .PT, Accenture. AWS, Capgemini, Deloitte, DXC Technology, Inetum, Kyndryl, MEO, Minsait, Nokia, NTT DATA, Salesforce, Vantage Towers and Vodafone accepted the challenge and recorded conversations in the Congress lounge!
The winners of the 6th edition of the Best Thesis Award were also announced at the APDC Congress. This initiative, which was once again sponsored by Axians Portugal, has the support of CEE – Consortium of Engineering Schools, and also includes the Academies participating in the UPskill Program. The aim is to distinguish the best master’s dissertations in the areas of information technologies, telecommunications and media. The winners were, by category:
– IT | Pedro Cerqueira Lobo, with the dissertation “Supporting Raw Data Copies in the LLVM Intermediate Representation” | Instituto Superior Técnico – Mestrado em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores (Tagus).
– Telecommunications | Daniel Moreira Martins Escadas, with her dissertation “Sistema de Radar Portátil para Deteção de Drones” | Universidade de Aveiro – Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica e Telecomunicações.
– Media | Maria Inês Regadas Rebelo, with her dissertation “Designing for Attention and Perception: Strategies for Invisible Interfaces in Human-Machine Interaction” | Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto – Mestrado em Multimédia.
Congratulations to all the winning young talents and to all the applicants! Thanks to Axians for sponsoring this award once again!
Watch the session in portuguese or english.
Award Presentation to Lua Afonso, a top-performing Portuguese student selected to represent Europe in the International Space Design Competition, a NASA-associated global challenge, with this award supporting her participation.
Watch the session here.
The 2024 edition of the Congress was marked by the 40th anniversary of APDC, which is now an association of the digital ecosystem. A role it intends to strengthen by presenting a document with the vision and concrete measures of ICT and Media companies for the development of the national economy. The aim: to make Portugal one of the leaders of Europe’s digital economy and society over the next eight years. Although the country has made significant progress on a number of fronts, as became clear during these two days of reflection and debate, it is still facing threats and challenges that need to be addressed. And fast.
With AI at the center of all the reflections, it has become clear that this is an irreversible path, and we have to look at the potential for expanding knowledge that it brings with it, complementing human intelligence and guaranteeing a better future. Not using this disruptive technology is not an option, not least because it will probably bring about the biggest leap in productivity in human history.
In this respect, the country may have a unique opportunity to differentiate itself. As long as it guarantees the success of the digital transformation in organizations, people and the public sector. The new government has given assurances that it is committed to an acceleration strategy, with the ambition of making the economy more agile and innovative. The process is underway, digital technologies are critical to development in all areas and speed of change will be absolutely essential.
Take a look at everything that was discussed at the 33rd Digital Business Congress! A Congress for sharing knowledge, reflection, exchanging ideas and building scenarios for the future!