Society

The Climate Change Leadership Porto Summit 2019 welcomes first line speakers. Nobel Prize Laureate and former Vice-President of the USA, Al Gore is the keynote speaker of this major event in Porto, on 7th march 2019, and will deliver a lecture on the theme "Solutions for the Wine Industry -Porto protocol - a case for optimism on climate change".

Actor and stage Director, Miguel Loureiro approached the marvelous novella "The Beast in the Jungle" (1903), by British writer Henry James and translated by Marquerite Duras, in 1961 to speculate on human existence. The performance will be on stage at Rivoli, on 8 and 9 February, at 9 pm and 7 pm, respectively.

The Rectory of the University of Porto hosts the 2nd PubhD Porto Gala party and highlights the international PhD student's community in Higher Education institutions of the University of Porto.

It is true that students with an academic international experience are more likely to be targeted by global companies. As such, the University of Porto is keen to enabling its students to gain practical skills and international experience while building their resumes.

Blipers invite for the Open Day i4.0, jointly organised with IAPMEI, on 31 January, starting at 2.30 pm. This will be an opportunity to understand how Blip works and delivers state of the art software.

The magic of cinema is back to Casa da Música from 10 to 19 February, featuring four "not to miss" concert films under the Invicta.Música.Filmes festival, at Casa da Musica, with the Portuguese Symphonic band performing emblematic soundtracks in the history of cinema.

The Health Institute of Research and Innovation (i3S), in Porto, will lead a European consortium entrusted with developing "matrices for knee joint cartilage repair", with an allocation of € 5.5 million euros", stated the project coordinator, Meriem Lamghari to News Agency Lusa.

The Essência do Vinho, which is regarded as the biggest and most prestigious wine competition in Portugal, will run from 21 to 24 February in Palácio da Bolsa, in Porto. Early bird tickets are available till 18 February, at the website of the event.

Following successful exhibitions in several cities across Europe and in the USA, the Arthemisia Organisation, the leading company regarding exhibits and the Escher Foundation, has decided to bring this display to the city of Porto, as "we had confirmation of the Portuguese cultural liveliness, namely in the magnificent city of Porto", as stated by Arthemisia President, Iole Siena.

Porto City Race will take place in May and the novelty this year is that this pedestrian orienteering competition will extend to the eastern part of town. Registrations are now open.