Society

What if you could sleep with bats? You have the opportunity to do so in July, August and in October in Porto. There will be five sessions, and the first is schedule to start at 8.30 pm, on 20th July, guided by Luzia Sousa from the Rectory of Porto University, at the Environmental Education Centre (CEA) of the Rural Settlement of the City Park.

INESC TEC has just seen the ACDC Cube technology patented in the USA. The solution, developed by Portuguese researchers at INESC TEC's Centre for Power and Energy Systems (CPES), is a more compact and efficient electronic power converter.

Mayor Rui Moreira is a guest speaker at the Moscow Urban Forum (MUF), the largest international Forum on the changes affecting major cities. How megacities worldwide remain competitive in the new world, where everything is determined by the quality of human capital is the major question seeking resolve at the MUF 2018.

"The Adventure begins" [Começa a aventura] for over 1300 students of the University of Porto (UP), who will have an opportunity to both enhanced educational knowledge and living a life changing experience, by moving to another country and faculty to pursue their academic degree.

The MMIPO - Museu da Misericórdia of Porto marks three years next Sunday, but celebrations start today, at 10 am with free concerts and a ticket given on the purchase of another. The activities programme include the opening of the contemporary art exhibition "Anda a roda: obras da Coleção de Serralves", featuring artwork from the Serralves Collection.

Nonstop metro service guarantees night service in Porto every Friday and Saturday from 28 June until 7 October. Revellers can enjoy Porto by night without cutting their outings short in the Invicta as MOVE ensures safety, mobility and comfort in the context of nightlife transport availability.

Porto is getting greener by the day, with the new vehicles for recyclable trash collection running on natural gas. The recycling collection all across town is carried out with "green" vehicles in order to reduce pollution and improve the carbon footprint.

The 2018 edition of the Vinho Verde Wine Fest which is by and large "the greatest investment ever made", as stated by the Viticulture Commission of the Vinho Verde Region, starts today and will run till 15th July, at the Customs Building, in Porto.

The University of Porto and the Shanghai Institute of Technology (SIT), of China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on 6th July at the Rectory of Porto University.

The first seminar on the theme "The Time(s) of Contemporaneity", organised by Collective Pláka, runs from 24th to 27th July, at Palácio dos Correios, 7th floor. This event is aimed at debating the state-of- the-art thinking on contemporary art and art practice, distinct temporalities in our times and how contemporary art is built. The seminar has a cost of 50 euros.