06 Jul 2020

INESC CELEBRATES 40

First conference will take place today, at 2:30 pm

INESC's 40th anniversary celebrations start today and Porto is the first stop. "40 years of Science and Knowledge: enabling companies to face new challenges", will take place today, at 2:30 pm. This celebration is also associated with the celebrations of INESC TEC's 35th anniversary.

This will be a hybrid event. On the one hand, the speakers will be present in the auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), participants will watch online, via ZOOM.

The webinar will be attended by the European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, as keynote speaker. António Costa and INESC President José Manuel Tribolet will be responsible for the closing.

"Celebrating 40 years of INESC is, first of all, publicly recognizing the tremendous capacity of the Portuguese to build a future based on knowledge, science and technology", says José Manuel Tribolet.

The opening will be in charge of José Manuel Mendonça, President of INESC TEC. The panel of speakers will also include António Amorim, President & CEO of Corticeira Amorim, António Mexia, President of EDP, Isabel Furtado, CEO of TMG Automotive and president of COTEC and Paulo Azevedo, President of the Board of Directors of SONAE. The footwear industry will be represented by Manuel Carlos Silva, Executive President of APICCAPS.

The celebrations will proceed in the south of the country. On October 8, Lisbon will host the session "The ability to create new technology-based companies".

The cycle closes in Coimbra, on October 23, under the theme "The relationship with the academic world". 

Registrations and program here
Source: In, Apiccaps
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