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Porto Conference Centre elected Best in Europe
Porto Conference Centre (Old Customs House) was for three times considered the best in Europe by winning the "Best Meetings & Conference Center in Europe 2017" prize, granted by the Business Destinations magazine. Porto Conference Centre had already been awarded this prize in 2014 and 2015.
IAC Auditorium in Rivoli features "Romeo and Juliet", a theatre performance for the entire family
The Municipal Theatre of Porto under the context of its Parallel Programme, features the newest show of Praga Theatre "Romeo and Juliet - an excellent and sad dessert", 17 and 18 November at the IAC, in Rivoli.
Thinking about the future and adjusting to new approaches in Porto with the Forum of the Future
The starting point to this year's edition of The Forum of the Future was the communication by American sociologist Richard Sennett who emphasised the need for a new approach regarding cities; this same sociologist recognises cities as open and complex systems. The topic of the Forum of The Future 2017 is "Electric Earth". The Forum will run until 11 November.
Best Of Wine Tourism winners announced
The six winners of the Best Of Wine Tourism 2018 were announced in Porto. This prize aims at honouring excellence and innovation in the wine tourism sector. Porto played host to this event as a Great Wine Capitals Global Network member, an organisation that aggregates 10 cities and the corresponding wine-growing areas, considered the best in the world.
Porto at the Lisbon Web Summit 2017 to recruit the finest talent
"Porto. For Talent" is the city's tagline at the attendance for the forthcoming Lisbon Web Summit 2017, from 6 to 9 November.
Over 300 wines to taste and select at Wine Fest Porto
Wines from 33 producers from 11 Portuguese demarcated regions can be found in the 2nd edition of Wine Fest Porto, scheduled for 18 November at the Customs' Salão Nobre.
Porto Municipal Archive was visited over 3 million times in five years
In five years, Porto Municipal Archive had around 170 million visitors per day, enabling the online free consultation of nearly 161 thousand documents and 47 thousand images. It is worth spotlighting that among the 168.880 visitors, 25 per cent are from outside Portugal. Moreover, visitors represent several nationalities, more specifically 75 countries from different continents.
Mykki Blanco talks about gender identity and technology at the Forum of the Future
New York based activist, poet and artist Mykki Blanco will be at Palácio do Bolhão (ACE), 6 November at 7 pm under the Forum of the Future event that runs from 5 to 11 November.
Researcher from i3S awarded international prize in genetics
The i3S - Research Institute and Health Innovation of University of Porto (U. Porto) is on the spotlight once again for the best reason: Joana Loureiro, a PhD student has won the 2017 edition of the excellence award for genetic research assigned by the American Society of Genetics (SHG). This is the first time that a Portuguese researcher is awarded this challenging prize.
Dancing Grandmothers premieres 3 November in Rivoli
Rivoli features the dance performance "Dancing Grandmothers" 3 November, at 9, 30 pm. This will be a world first, which combines the urban modern world and the rural setting in South Korea, a mix of flowers, stripes and dots, folklore and electronics, movements, video, young and old. These are the ingredients to transforming the stage in Rivoli in a giant dance floor.