Society

"Porto is a magnet for investment", said Ricardo Valente, Porto City Hall Councillor for Economy, Tourism and Trade, during the Meet Up event, on 25 September, organised by Iberian Property at Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão, in Porto.

Family Film Project International Festival - archive, Memory, Ethnography is back in Porto, from 15 to 20 October. The Festival is held annually in Porto and since inception, in the year 2012, it has had notorious visibility and increased internationalisation.

"Consumers and environmental justice" is the umbrella topic for the conference that will be held at the Congress Centre in Porto Customs, on 12 October. This event will also assess topics such as the unequal impact on different groups of consumers of environmental hazards, namely air pollution, extreme weather conditions and contaminants in food.

Old Jerusalem is a musical project by Francisco Silva. With a New Country, Folk tune, his music is presented with the virtuoso guitar widdling. This event is presented in the context of the "Quintas da Leitura", at Teatro Campo Alegre, on 25 October, at 10 pm.

The exhibition "Os Sonhos de Helena" ["The Dreams of Helena"] by Isidro Ferrer is on show at the Porto Pharmacy Museum, from 21 September till 31 December. The exhibit is open every day from 10 am till 6 pm.

The Mayors of Bordeaux and Porto, former Prime Minister Alain Juppé and Rui Moreira, inaugurated the exhibition "Douro: L'Air de la terre au bord des eaux", in the port city of Bordeaux, a famed wine-growing region, on the Garonne River in southwestern France, on 4 October.

The work of renowned artists not only from Porto but also from Nagasaki and children art work from both cities are part of this exhibition "stories | estórias - Porto e Nagasaki", that can be visited at Palacete dos Viscondes de Balsemão, till 31 October. Handed on is a message of universal peace.

More than 4.600 students, from 90 countries have chosen Portugal and the University of Porto to complete their Academic training. U. Porto beats all records regarding the number of foreign students, in the context of international mobility programmes or to undergo complete graduate programmes.

If you are on the lookout for surf excitement, why not head up to Porto & Matosinhos Wave Series, at Praia Internacional, with four competitions scheduled for 5 October. The CA Open & Masters Cup kicks off the surf event, followed by three other competitions for this month of October.

Porto Customs Congress Centre will host the XV EUSARF International Conference, which runs from 2 till 5 October. EUSARF stands for European Scientific Association on Residential & Family Care for Children and Adolescents and it gathers researchers on child welfare and protection. EUSARF works voluntarily and disseminates knowledge in the field of child care.