8th Aveiro District Business Forum
8th Aveiro District Business Forum
More and Better Industry. Better Employment
Date: November 10, 2023 | Location: Cineteatro Alba, in Albergaria-a-Velha
Initiative Objectives
- Promote a broad discussion on the sustainability and reindustrialization of Portuguese industry, particularly in the Aveiro District;
- Debate issues such as energy transition, circular economy, digital economy, improvement of working conditions, financing, and taxation in the corporate world;
- Address the importance of implementing upskilling and reskilling programs in industries to ensure a people-centric green and digital transition;
- Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and productivity in companies;
- Establish the Aveiro District and Portugal as an important player in the smart industry scenario;
- Foster networking among entrepreneurs, creating opportunities for business cooperation.
Program
13h45 | Welcome Coffee and Registration
Opening Session
14h30 | Opening Session
- António Loureiro e Santos | Mayor of Albergaria-a-Velha
- Fernando Castro | President of the Board of AIDA CCI
- António Costa Silva | Minister of the Economy and Maritime Affairs
A Path for Portugal – An integrated economic policy
15h00 | Keynote
Carlos Tavares | Economist and Coordinator of the Economic Policies Observatory
15h15 | Round Table
With Miguel Taborda (Senior Manager, Deloitte Business Consulting) in conversation with:
- Álvaro Beleza (President of SEDES – Association for Economic and Social Development) on Sustainable economic growth;
- Sandra Soares (Vice-Rector of the University of Aveiro) on People at the center: lifelong learning as an engine of development;
- Fernando Ilharco (Associate Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences of UCP) on The impact of artificial intelligence and the redesign of jobs;
- Jorge Brandão (Member of the Steering Committee of the Centro Regional Operational Programme) on Digital Transition as a strategy in the reindustrialization of the Central region.
The digital and energy transition in Portuguese industry
15h45 | Keynote
Maria da Graça Carvalho | Member of the European Parliament
16h00 | Round Table
With Jorge Tavares da Silva (Assistant Professor at the University of Beira Interior), on:
- Financing corporate reindustrialization | Nuno Mangas (President of COMPETE);
- Cybersecurity in times of digital and business acceleration | Luís Filipe Antunes (Director of the Cybersecurity and Privacy Competence Center at U.Porto);
- Data means Money | Claúdia Mendes Silva (PMO/Project Manager at Siemens and Ambassador for Women in Tech® Portugal);
- What can a company achieve if all interactions with technology are smart? | José Augusto Silva (Partner at Deloitte Portugal in the Digital Solutions area).
Geopolitics and corporate internationalization
16h45 | Keynote
Paulo Rangel | Member of the European Parliament
17h00 | Q&A with participants
Closing Session
17h15 | Closing Session
- Armindo Monteiro | President of CIP
- Fernando Castro | President of the Board of AIDA CCI
17h45 | Sparkling Wine Reception
Event Photo Gallery
Date
- 10/11/23
- Completed
Time
- 1:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Etiquetas
- Completed
Localização
- Albergaria-a-Velha
Organizador
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AIDA CCI
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Phone
+351 234 302 490 -
Email
aida@aida.pt -
Website
https://aida.pt/ AIDA CCI is the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Aveiro District. It is governmentally recognized since 2018 and is a multi-sector public utility industrial association since 1986.
