Techdays :: Building our future

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About TechDays

TechDays. Building our future.
11-13 October 2018
09h30 – 19h30
Parque de Exposições de Aveiro

Technology has been present in our lives since the beginning of times: stone tools, control of fire, clothing, algebra, transistors, and so on.
Great dreams, visionary aspirations, unwavering failures and the ability to stand on the shoulder of giants led mankind to great innovations.
Nowadays men is facing the greatest technological transitions that any generation has ever witnessed. Technological disruption is everywhere in everything we do. It’s part of our lives.
Innovation is changing businesses, creating brand new industries and transforming the society as we know it, in an increasing speed.
All these challenges bring with them opportunities.

Conferences

Do you think
knowledge is
light?

Technology is developing in unparalleled fast pace.
It’s hard to keep up to date, isn’t it?

This is an unique opportunity for you to share ideas with people
who gather to learn about how emerging technologies are redefining
business and society.
Join our conferences and get enlightened by the messages that our
speakers have to share. Make sure that you will be one of the privileged.
Book your presence now
Education for Science

What will kids
be doing in the
future?
It’s hard to guess. But one thing is sure: it will have
everything to do with technology.

Bring the kids and yourself to play with the future of science
and technology.
Education companies and Science Centers will have several activities
to boost their interest in this field: science, technology, engineering,
arts and mathematics.Join this force and have fun.

Show-up. Get smarter.
Gaming

Wanna play?
Technology isn’t only about serious stuff.

Discover the latest games, try out new gaming technology,
participate in small tournaments,meet uprising Youtubers
and be part of Techdays Gaming center.

Pro or noob…show up.
Business Meetings

Do you know
what adds value
to your business?
Have a conversation with the right partner that will
strengthen your company’s technological position.

Come and have ameeting with the sharpest minds in the tech,
academic, startup, and business communities
– the people leading the next wave of intelligent technologies.
Start a partnership that will build the future of your business.

Join this networking opportunity.
Exhibitions

See and
be seen.
Would you like to see the latest innovations?
Wish your business could be displayed for many potencial
clients and partners?

Come and share your ideas with the leading companies of your industry.
Enlarge your network in a friendly environment and discover new
sources of innovation. Widen the possibilities for your business to
become more competitive in the economy of the future.

Join this community.

Program

Thursday, 11 October

9h30 - 10h30

Opening Session

TECHDAYS Aveiro 2018

14h15 - 16h45

TechDays Session

Smart Cities

Presentation

Sponsored by:

17h00 - 19h00

TechDays Session

Industry 4.0

Presentation

Sponsored by:

Friday, 12 October

10h00 - 12h00

TechDays Session

Circular Economy

Presentation

14h15 - 16h45

TechDaysSession

Talents & Skills

Presentation

17h00 - 19h00

TechDays Session

Mobility

Presentation

Sponsored by:

19h30 - 20h30

Meetup

Data Science

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Sponsored by:

Saturday, 13 October

14h30 - 17h00

Meetup

Made in Aveiro

Presentation

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2018 Speakers

José Agostinho Ribau Esteves

Mayor of Municipality of Aveiro

Alexandre Fonseca

CEO Altice Labs

Oliver Hall

Head of Technology Investments for Copenhagen Capacity (Investment Agency for Greater Copenhagen)

Pedro Sarmento

Advisor in Internal Consultancy in The Navigator Company

Cristina Sousa Rocha

Researcher at LNEG

Susana Sargento

Professor in the University of Aveiro and Researcher in the Institute of Telecommunications

Sílvia Vara

Head of R&D Department of ISQ Laboratories

Miguel Aranda da Silva

Director for the Waste Area of VEOLIA Portugal

Ana Abrunhosa

President of Regional Development and Coordination Commission of the Region Center of Portugal

Pedro Fonseca

Professor Auxiliar no Departamento de Eletrónica, Telecomunicações e Informática da UA e Investigador do IT

Juan Ramón Santana

Research fellow at University of Cantabria

Frans-Anton Vermast

Strategy Advisor & International Smart City Ambassador

Pedro Guedes de Oliveira

Professor Emeritus of the University of Porto and General Coordinator INCoDe.2030

António Baptista

Responsible for Technological Surveillance of CENTIMFE

Mara G. Freire

Coordinator Researcher at CICECO-Institute of Materials of the University of Aveiro

Michael Guerin

Programme Manager of Dublin’s smart city testbed

Paulo Jorge Ferreira

Rector of the University of Aveiro

Fernando Javier Rodriguez Alonso

Counsilor of the Municipality of Salamanca

Luís Muchacho

Ericsson, Pre-sales Lead Radio and transmission – Portugal

José Couto

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cluster Mobinov

Victor Ferreira

Full Professor at the UA and President of the Sustainable Habitat Cluster.

Luís Maia Carneiro

Executive Director of INESC TEC

Pedro Silva

Director of Industrial and Consumer Markets of KPMG

Maria do Céu Carvalho

Partner, Incentives of KPMG

Teresa Soares

Senior Consultant of Altice Labs

João Gomes

Chief Operations Officer of CENTI

Célia Resende

Consultant in engineering and construction at "sync AEC - Projects"

Jun Niimi

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Portuguese Republic

Luís Marques Ferreira

Prof. Auxiliar Convidado (DeCA – UA)

Pedro Rocha

Operations Manager of PRODUTECH - Production Technologies Cluster

Miguel Casal

Presidente do conselho de Administração da Grestel SA e CEO

Paulo Martins

COO & Co-founder da Present Technologies

Catarina Duarte

Singer and Songwriter of SENZA

Hermano Rodrigues

Strategic Consultant of EY-AM&A unit of EY

Pedro Sanguinho

E2E IoT Solutions Manager

Carlos Pedro Ferrreira

President the AAAUA e CEO Sondar.I

Isabel Tavares

Jornalista.

Joaquim Castro Ferreira

Associate professor at the University of Aveiro and researcher at the Telecommunications Institute

Fernando Neves de Almeida

Managing Partner da Boyden Portugal

Eduardo Elisio Silva Peralta Feio

President of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Mobility and Transport

Francisco Beirão

Fórum Oceano - Coordenador da delegação de Lisboa

Celso Assunção

Fashion designer (brand CELSUS)

Exhibition

Get to know
some of the most influential thinkers
in technology.

Join us during this 3 day event and get to know with some of today’s most active and influential thinkers and practitioners on technology.
During TechDays 2017 more than 100 exhibitors - including the main national clusters and technological companies - took advantage of the chance to present their exciting new products and services in front of an audience of more than 10.000 guests during the 3 days of the event.

Becoming a TechDays exhibitor will give you the chance to:
- Expand your client base and network, as we provide B2B meetings in the first 2 days of the event.
- Get to know and connect with some of the leading tech industry leaders.
- Find opportunities to integrate the latest technology into your business
- Increase your brand exposure and meet face-to-face with current and future clients and partners.
- Make your business competitive in the economy of the future.

Join us and get ready to build the future.

Exhibitors

News

2018.08.20

TECHDAYS AVEIRO 2018 | FIRST CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Less than two months before the opening of TechDays - Innovation and Technology Forum, the first speakers to be present at the event, which will take place from 11 to 13 October (...)

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2018.07.26

Main Topics to be discussed in TechDays Aveiro

The following topics will be discussed at TechDays: Smart Cities | Industry 4.0 | Circular Economy | Mobility | Talents & Skills, with renowned national and international speake (...)

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2018.07.26

B2B meetings - Registration Open

Following the success of the 2017 edition, the B2B area offers the opportunity to have several meetings / conversations with the right partner that will strengthen the technolog (...)

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