Join an expected audience of over 350 delegates from industry, academia, the public sector and the investor community to network, share ideas and build new collaborative partnerships.
CONTEXT DAY @ FEUP (22 October)
OPEN SESSIONS
These sessions are open to public so that everyone interested in a specific topic could attend the keynote(s) of their choice. These sessions, based on the three grand themes – CLIMATE | DIGITAL |ENERGY & WATER – shall frame the 3-day event.
IMPACT DAY @ FEUP (23 October)
ACTION TANK SESSIONS
The goal is to encourage working across disciplines, sharing knowledge and experience as well as creating interdisciplinary teams to address proposed topics/challenges from different perspectives and areas involved. Active engagement of the audience is expected.
BROKERAGE DAY @ UPTEC (24 October)
UPTEC SESSIONS
During the day unravelling at UPTEC, you can find a diverse selection of activities to choose from. You can visit the Exhibition: Tech Demo and Business Showcase where the delegates will have the opportunity to present and/or visit a wide group of technology demonstrations as well as company showcases. This brokerage day will also include a roundtable on Climate Resilient Communities, a talk on the art of pitching, UPTEC NON-STOP: Startup Piteches, two parallel Reverse Pitches (Investors Day), time for B2B meetings and the 2024 edition of the Circle Meeting (U.Porto Spin-Off Circle).
SOCIAL PROGRAMME & NETWORKING (21 – 24 October)
The aspect of strengthening ties and deepening collaboration between the participants of the event cannot be disregarded either. Thus, we have come up with a multitude of activities that will be offered to the active delegates of the event free of charge, such as: welcome for international delegates and guests, informal lunches, networking dinner, off-site visits and a community gathering/farewell party at UPTEC.
ABOUT ORGANISERS
U.Porto’s largest faculty is also one of Portugal’s oldest and most prestigious engineering schools. A successor of the Polytechnic Academy, the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto – initially the Technical Faculty, established in 1915 before its name was changed in 1926 – is among the oldest of the University’s Faculties. Currently, FEUP is one of the most prestigious Portuguese teaching and research institutions in engineering and related areas. Its reputation is justified by the wide range of high-quality training offered at various levels of education. The Faculty’s modern complex – which opened in 2000 on Campus 2 (Asprela) – is an incubator of innovation and knowledge, fostered by the work carried out in the research centres based there, in close contact with the business world and community.
Science and Technology Park of University of Porto supports the creation and development of business projects in the arts, sciences and technologies, through sharing knowledge between the university and the market. Since the beginning of its activity, in 2007, UPTEC has supported more than 700 business ideas. UPTEC’s Asprela I is a multidisciplinary centre for hosting business ideas, focused on technology and science. Composed of two buildings, equipped with laboratories, spaces and a prototyping and product development lab, this centre is strongly marked by the proximity and dynamics of tha largest university campus of Porto city.
