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A week dedicated to the promotion of innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation. With initiatives aimed at several segments, the agenda reinforces the role of Porto as a reference to the Scaleup movement on a national and international level.

Agenda

[23/05/2017 | 09:00 – 19:45] WE’BIZ Talks & SPA Demo Day

Address: ANJE – Associação Nacional de Jovens Empresários

[25/05/2017 | 17:30 – 18:30] Exhibition Opening “Porto Innovation Hub – Transform Economy”

Address: Porto Innovation Hub

[26/05/2017 | 18:30 – 20:00] Start & Scale Week 2017 Warm Up Party

Address: Mindera – Rua de Gonçalo Cristóvão 347, 4000-270 Porto

[10:00 – 18:00] Exhibition “Transform Economy”

An exhibition that demonstrates the impact of innovation on the transformation of the economy.

Address: Porto Innovation Hub

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Rectory

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: Reitoria da U.Porto – Praça de Gomes Teixeira, 4050-159 Porto

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Clérigos

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: R. de São Filipe de Nery

[08:30 – 09:30] Open House – Câmara Municipal do Porto

Join us for breakfast and get to know the City Hall, some of its processes and the Integrated Management Center. This session will have the participation of the Municipal Director of the Presidency, Fernando Paulo Ribeiro de Sousa and the Civil Protection Commander, Rebelo de Carvalho.

Address: Câmara Municipal do Porto

[09:00 – 18:00] Chicas Poderosas

The movement that brings women together in technology is back in Porto to promote a conference that will approach innovation as an accelerator to happiness.

Address: Hard Club

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Jardim das Virtudes

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: Passeio das Virtudes

[08:30 – 09:30] Open House – Jscrambler

Join us for breakfast at JScrambler and be part of the discussion about the vision of the company within the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem.

Address: Jscrambler

[09:00 – 18:00] Chicas Poderosas

The movement that brings women together in technology is back in Porto to promote a conference that will approach innovation as an accelerator to happiness.

Address: Hard Club

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – D. Luís Bridge

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: Ribeira, near D. Luís bridge.

[09:30 – 18:00] Doing Business

After the great feedback in 2016, ScaleUp Porto. brings back the Doing Business initiative to promote interactions between startups and large companies. This action allows startups to gain access to the experience of mature companies, and potential future customers, while these companies have the opportunity to learn about the innovations of startups that can increase their competitive advantage.

Doing Business 2017Address: Palácio da Bolsa

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Palácio da Bolsa

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: Rua Ferreira Borges

[14:30 – 16:30] Masterclass: Secure Your Code

Angular is one of the most popular frameworks, and there is a lot of information available on building applications, improving performance, and various other topics. But do you know how to make your Angular applications secure? What kind of security features does Angular offer you, and which additional steps can you take to really boost the security of your applications?
In this session, you will learn how the paradigm shift from server-side to client-side applications impacts security.

Address: Palácio da Bolsa

[09:00 – 18:00] ScaleUp for Europe – CITY FORUM: FROM SMART TO SCALEUP

How to grow competitive companies from Europe, on a global scale? What challenges and advantages do scaleups face in the European innovation ecosystem? And how can cities work as a growth catalyst?

These and other subjects under discussion with investors, entrepreneurs and European decision makers.

Address: Palácio da Bolsa

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – S. Bento Station

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: S. Bento Station

[14:00 – 15:00] Founder meets Founder

Founders Founders is launching a brand new initiative, the Founders TV. They are kicking it off with a special sort of talk show: “Founder Meets Founder”.

Founder Meets Founder is an informal meet-up where two of Porto’s well-known entrepreneurs discuss & explore each other’s professional journeys.

Live. Face to face. With no moderation. Just the two of them in the spotlight. Sharing first-handed, genuine & true information about the lessons learnt and challenges their startups have already faced on the way.

And to spice things up a bit more, they’re giving each of the talk show’s episodes a special & different focus. If you wish to be the first to hear it, live, reserve your ticket!

The first episode of the season will be live recorded on June 1st 2pm at our Founders Café. Join us for this special treat!

Address: Founders Founders

[10:30 – 12:30] Masterclass: Growing a Tech Team

As the company grows, how can you structure your engineering department? And what if you need to have more than one engineering team?

This Masterclass will address strategies and tactics for managing growth, starting with a single team and exploring typical scaling points as the team grows in size and complexity.

Address: Palácio da Bolsa

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Metro do Porto, Trindade Station

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: Metro do Porto, Trindade Station

[14:00 – 17:00] RESOLVE tecHospital

RESOLVE program invites the community for RESOLVE tecHospital. This event aims to showcase and demo the projects that have been through their program during 2016 and 2017 in an innovative format, an Hospital from the Future, presenting innovative technologies for different medical needs.

Address: Founders Founders

[14:00 – 17:00] Masterclass: Scale Your Sales

This Masterclass will address strategies and tactics to scale your sales process. We’ll provide a solid understanding on how to set and grow sales plus some specific tactics that you can apply right away. Full of examples from real companies, you’ll learn how to attract your customers and how to scale to drive thousands more.

Address: Palácio da Bolsa

[18:00 – 23:59] Hackacity

The city is a living lab! Hackacity is a hackathon that will allow you to test big data from the city, promoting its use to develop solutions that will have an impact in the city and the citizens’ lives. During 24 hours participants will work in teams to optimize data provided by cities and turn it into products or services that will create value to the society.

Address: Porto Innovation Hub

[00:00 – 19:30] Hackacity

The city is a living lab! Hackacity is a hackathon that will allow you to test big data from the city, promoting its use to develop solutions that will have an impact in the city and the citizens’ lives. During 24 hours participants will work in teams to optimize data provided by cities and turn it into products or services that will create value to the society.

Address: Porto Innovation Hub

[09:00 – 18:00] Commit Porto

Commit Porto is a tech conference that brings together professionals who tackle challenges in software development with the latest technologies. It is an excellent opportunity for knowledge sharing and inherently promoting Porto as a vibrant and dynamic city for technology-based companies!

Address: FEUP

[12:00 – 19:00] Activity – Discover the ScaleUp City – Porto Innovation Hub

An invitation to the rediscovery of emblematic places of the city. Observe the city as a living lab where the ScaleUp Porto. Manifesto takes shape.

Address: R. Dr. António Luís Gomes

Co-financed:
norte2020
portugal2020
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