Universidade Católica Portuguesa is partnering with the Industry Summit, a joint initiative by AEMinho and Observador, which aims to foster debate on the challenges facing industry and its role in driving economic growth.
What makes larger companies better equipped to compete, pay higher wages and withstand crises more effectively? This is one of the starting points for the Industry Summit, organised by Observador on 26 May at Theatro Circo, in Braga.
Confirmed speakers include Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister of Portugal; Gonçalo Matias, Minister Assistant and for State Reform; Rui Moreira, former Mayor of Porto and current Portuguese Ambassador to the OECD; Carlos Moreira da Silva, President of Business Roundtable Portugal; and João Pinto, Dean of Católica Porto Business School, along with other prominent figures from the sector.
Admission is free.
Agenda
9:30: Welcome
- João Rodrigues, Mayor of Braga
- António Carrapatoso, Chairman of the Executive Board of Observador
- Ramiro Brito, President of AEMinho
9:45: Opening
- Luís Montenegro, Prime Minister
10:15: Scale and Competitiveness
Are larger companies better equipped to compete, pay higher wages, and better withstand crises?
- Keynote: Carlos Moreira da Silva, businessman, President of Business Roundtable Portugal (BRP)
10:40: Panel
- Luís Aguiar Conraria, Dean of the School of Economics and Management at the University of Minho
- Carlos Jardim, Board Member at Bosch Braga
- João Pedro Oliveira e Costa, CEO of Banco BPI
- Moderator: Ricardo Conceição, Deputy Director of Rádio Observador
11:20: The challenges facing managers in today’s world
- Keynote: António Brochado Correia, Chairman of PwC Portugal
11:40: Decisive Trends
"Aligning innovation, technology, skills, and sustainability"
- Luís Dinis, Director of Strategy & Program Delivery Portugal at Tabaqueira
- Sofia Tenreiro, CEO of Siemens
- Maria Luísa Cabral, Director for Quality Employment, Working Conditions and Social Dialogue at the European Commission
- Moderator: Carla Jorge de Carvalho, Editor of Rádio Observador’s Manhãs 360
12:30: Lunch
14:45: Context Costs
The invisible burden companies bear: the country’s centralization, bureaucracy, and senseless regulation
- Keynote: Gonçalo Matias, Minister for the Presidency and State Reform
15:15: Panel
- Isabel Furtado, CEO of TMG Automotive
- Pedro Carreira, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Continental Mabor
- Vítor Abreu, CEO of Endutex
- Moderator: José Manuel Fernandes, Publisher of Observador
16:15: Overcoming Obstacles
"What entrepreneurs and managers can do to navigate more challenging environments"
- Keynote: Gonçalo Regalado, CEO of Banco Português de Fomento
16:45: Panel
- João Pinto, Director of Católica Porto Business School
- Joana Carvalho, CEO of SFGo
- Ana Pinheiro, Board Member at Mundotêxtil
- José Teixeira, President of DST Group
- Moderator: Helena Matos, Columnist at Observador
17:45: A new industrial policy
- Keynote: Rui Moreira, Ambassador of Portugal to the OECD
18:15: Closing
- António José Seguro, President of the Republic (to be confirmed)