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Francis Kéré from Burkina Faso was the first African to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, and talks about architecture as a social act, the guiding principle is doing "more with less". He talks about architecture as a social act that engages communities and serves humanity, under the Forum of the Future, at Rivoli, at 9.30 pm, 8 November.

The airliner Iberia will strengthen the daily flights between Porto and Madrid, with two more daily frequencies offered and increase the number of seats available, announced today the company manager Célia Muñoz, at a press conference. As of 25 March 2018, Iberia will fly on the Porto-Madrid route 50 times a week using A319 aircrafts, with bigger passenger capacity (up to 141 passengers, 41 more than at present).

A Portuguese Delegation that promotes the relocation of the European Medicines Agency in Porto is visiting Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. In countries where no cities are applying to host EMA, the Portuguese Delegation proceeds an intense diplomatic work based on the arguments that not only is Porto the city that meets all the criteria to host EMA but also with the aim of generating opportunities in the field of bilateral relations regarding the medicinal and Healthcare sector.

According to Ryanair, Porto Airport will become the third hub to provide the airliner connecting traffic flows after Roma Fiumicino and Milão Bergamo airports in Italy. Flight efficiency, advantageous geographical location and important dimension are the main reasons why Porto airport was selected as Ryanair's new hub.

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.

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.

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.

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. For Talent" is the city's tagline at the attendance for the forthcoming Lisbon Web Summit 2017, from 6 to 9 November.

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.