Start & Scale 2018 happens in Porto from 5 to 11 May

The Start & Scale 2018 kicks-off in Porto on May 5th. Over seven days, the city hosts a number of key events to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and technology based in Porto.

The municipal-led initiative ScaleUp Porto features a comprehensive agenda to promote activities to wide audiences and reinforce the role of the city as an entrepreneurship, innovation and technology reference both at national and international levels, including conferences, discussions, business meetings, visits to professional firms in the region, street actions, the sharing of know-how and knowledge development, and a lot more to celebrate Porto's ecosystem.

The Hack For Good 2018 hackathon takes place in 5 and 6 May, structured by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with the objective of inspiring society to take part in innovative technology solutions.

The FIWARE Global Summit gathers programmers, businesspeople, policy makers and investors on 8 and 9 May. This is a networking opportunity to share views on the use of the Internet of Things and Open Data in building a brighter future on the thematic strategy of cities, industry and agriculture.

Two masterclasses will be delivered on the last day of the programme, on May 11th to reveal aspects regarding defence-in-depth techniques for modern web applications and Google's journey with CSP, encouraging participants to put forward new and promising defence techniques to tackle weaknesses on the most recent web applications. The masterclass titled "Rewarding Talent" will debate team organisation.

These are but some of the events that will be delivered throughout the Start & Scale 2018 week. See here the full programme of the ScaleUp Porto.