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The Queen of Spain, Letizia Ortiz, chairs the opening ceremony of the 7th ECTOH

The 7th European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECTOH) takes place in Porto, from March 22nd to 25th 2017. The Queen of Spain attended the conference as Honorary President of the Spanish Association Against Cancer and stressed the importance of these events.

QSP Summit started to debate "understanding consumer"

The 11th Edition of the QSP Summit started today, March 23rd, at Exponor Congress Centre, in Porto, with the support of Porto City Hall. The aim of this one-day conference is to address issues related to understanding consumer.

Nocturnal Emissions premieres at Rivoli understage, March 24th

Nocturnal Emissions is a experimental/industrial sound art project that has released numerous records and CDs in broad music styles ranging from electro-acoustic, musique concrète, hybridised beats, sound collage, post-industrial music, ambient and noise music.

Bioengineering Symposium at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) is hosting the eighth edition of the Bioengineering Symposium, this year under the motto "Solving Tomorrow, Today". Registrations are already open.

Social Media Guru Harper Reed selected Porto for blowing out the candles on his birthday cake

The "engineer who builds paradigm-shifting technology and leads others to do the same", aka Harper Reed, former CTO Obama Campaign, and probably the coolest guy ever is in Porto for the QSP Summit, taking place March 23rd, at Exponor.

NOS Primavera Sound Festival is becoming one of the most popular events in Portugal

NOS Primavera Sound festivals runs in Porto, Portugal from 8th to 9th June 2017. Advance ticket sale is running and people from all around the globe are purchasing tickets, making this one of the most famous and popular festivals in Portugal.

Short film from Instituto Multimédia in Porto is awarded in England

The short film "Livre", directed by Pedro Nogueira and Tomás Cazaux, from Instituto Multimédia (Porto), was awarded Best Film and Best Drama in the independent filmmakers category in the Harrogate Festival, in England.

The University of Porto celebrates its 106th anniversary on March 22

Porto University is commemorating its 106th anniversaryand invites students, professors, alumni, prospective students, and friends to engage on the celebration programme that was prepared to mark this occasion.

Online gallery holds its first traditional gallery exhibition at District Offices and Lifestyle

Zizzi Art Gallery's innovative project for young entrepreneurs in Porto opens the "Forming Arts" exhibition on March 31st at 7:00 pm and it is scheduled to run till April 2nd at the the District.

Porto Airport undergoes expansion works

ANA- Aeroportos de Portugal, the Airport Authority of Portugal, has announced strong investment at Porto Airport in landside and airside infrastructures, namely passenger control, check-in points and cargo area. Also, the runway will be expanded.