Start Date:

November 21st, 2025 9:30

End Date:

12:30pm, 21st November 2025

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Católica Porto Business School, Porsche Auditorium, R. de Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto,

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The Ireland Portugal Business Network (IPBN), in collaboration with its Academic Partner Católica Porto Business School, invites you to join us in Porto on Friday, November 21, from 09h30 to 12h30 for a special conference exploring Investment and Partnership Opportunities in the North of Portugal at the Católica Porto Business School's Porsche Auditorium.

The North region has become a hub for innovation, technology, and sustainable development, attracting both local and international investment. This half-day event will highlight how Irish and Portuguese businesses are collaborating in fields such as AI, biotechnology, and software development, while exploring the region’s strong potential for future growth.

With insights from leading voices in academia, business, and industry in the region, this event will bring together perspectives on how to build partnerships that foster innovation, investment, and shared success between Ireland and Portugal.

Seats are limited — register now to join us in Porto and connect with leaders shaping the future of innovation and investment in the North of Portugal.

Provisional Program (subject to change)

09h00   Registration, Welcome Coffee & Networking
09h30   Welcome Statement – Isabel Vellozo Ferreira, IPBN Executive Partner
09h45   Opening Statement – João Pinto, Dean, Católica Porto Business School 

10h00   Panel 1: Talking Tech & Innovation - Exploring AI, Biotechnology, and Software Development

• Pedro Rodrigues, Deputy Director, UCP School of Biotechnology
• Felipe Ávila da Costa, Co-founder, CEO at Infraspeak
• Telmo Fernandes, Site Lead FinTrU - Technologically Enabled Regulatory Solutions
• Moderated by Susan Cabeceiras, IPBN Board Member & Founder & Chair Konceptness

10h45   Sponsor – Carmo & Cerqueir

11h00   Coffee Break & Networking

11h30   Panel 2: Investment & Development Potential in the North Region

• Professor Ricardo Morais, Católica Porto Business School
• José Carmo, Partner at Carmo & Cerqueira, SROC
• Moderated by John Paul Prior, Chair of the IPBN Porto

12h15   Closing Statement – To be confirmed

12h30   Networking Lunch (optional, charged)
13h30   End

Partners:
Católica Porto Business School | UCP School of Biotechnology | Vellozo Ferreira Advogados 

Sponsor:
Carmo & Cerqueira – Listed on Euronext Lisbon and Dublin

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Event is open to IPBN members and non members

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