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Open Call allocates €100,000 to innovation and technology activities
The initiative, promoted by the Municipality of Porto, is part of the strategy for innovation and digital transition and is coordinated by Porto Digital, through the Porto Innovation Hub platform.
Municipality shows strategy in the field of smart cities in Barcelona
The Municipality of Porto, represented by Porto Digital – the entity that develops and executes the Innovation and Digital Transition strategy in the city – participated in the Smart City Expo World Congress.
Catalan delegation came to discover “made in Porto” innovation
A delegation of 40 representatives from the public, private and academic sectors of Catalonia, working on the themes of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology, came to learn about Porto’s innovation ecosystem.
Campanhã will be a Living Lab bringing digital transition to the community
CommuniCity comprises 12 partners from six European countries setting innovative solutions in the local communities.
U-Porto student’s digital innovation wins award with the UN seal
In search of digital innovations with social impact, the World Summit Awards 2021 found in “ZoomGuide” one of the best proposals in the area of “Tourism & Culture”.
Five start-ups represent Porto and the cities of the future to international investors
Addvolt, Noocity, Pavnext, Bioworld - Social Impact e a Omniflow will attend the Dealmaking Day of the European network SCALE Cities next March 2022.
Porto is the largest startup centre in the country
Porto concentrates one in five Portuguese startups. The results, presented during the Web Summit that took place in Lisbon, are included in the study “Startup & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report Portugal 2021”.
U.Porto company wins Web Summit 2021 business competition
The jury of experts recognised the solution that applies artificial intelligence to detect defects in textile production, avoiding material waste, and reducing costs.
Professor at U.Porto, and creator of avatars, among the most innovative in the European Union
The EU Prize for Women Innovators distinguishes every year women entrepreneurs, founders of success companies and who have brought innovation to the market.
Researchers from Porto develop job seeker mobile app
A new job seeker mobile app was developed by researchers at the Systems and Computer Engineering Institute of Porto (INESC Porto). It is called ‘Life Skills VR - Life Skills for Employment in COVID-19 Era through VR Innovation and it could be a swift tool to help mitigate the unemployment rates due to the ongoing pandemic. The project takes on a consortium format that includes countries such as the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and Malta.