MAY 25

09:00 AM
Artificial Intelligence and ESG in SMEs

Forum Braga

Organized by: ACEGE and Santander

Supported by: BCSD, Nova Business School, Braga City Council, InvestBraga, AEB

26 MAY

3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Industry Summit

Theatro Circo

Organisation: Observador

Partner: Minho Business Association

Support: Municipality of Braga

28 & 29 MAY

9:30 AM – 8:00 PM
Business Showcase and Qualifica-te Braga’26

Forum Braga

Organisation: InvestBraga and Municipality of Braga (Qualifica-te Braga’26)

PROGRAMME – BRAGA BUSINESS SHOWCASE STAGE

MAY 28

10:30 AM

Opening of the Business Showcase and Qualifica-te Braga 2026

With the presence of João Rodrigues, President of InvestBraga and Braga Municipality

11:30 AM

“Stories that Transform – Voices from Vocational Education”

• Students

• Former students

• ETMA Metal Parts

• O FELIZ

Afternoon

2:30 PM

dst Industrial School: Build Your Future

• dstgroup

3:30 PM

Financial Literacy: Managing Accounts with “O Secretário”

• HPH – Human Power Hub

4:30 PM

Made in Braga, Played Across the World

• SIDE Braga

5:30 PM

Employability and Careers in Rural Areas

• Associação Mobilizar com Valores

6:30 PM

Informed Parents, Safe Choices – Vocational Education: Why Not?

• Federação da Associação Pais Delegação Braga/Rumos Educations

• TUB

• CTeSP IPCA

MAY 29

10:00 AM

Schools that Transform Futures

• Profitecla

• Escola Profissional de Braga

11:00 AM

You’re Called Up – Your Mental Health Doesn’t Stay on the Bench!

• A “No Stress Braga” initiative with the participation of Sporting Clube de Braga

12:00 PM

Presentation of the Master’s Degree in Environmental Sustainability, Technology and Energy

• School of Sciences – University of Minho

2:30 PM

Likes, Data and Decisions: The World of Algorithms

• Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Braga

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Innovation Centres and R&D Laboratories Pitch Session

• DTX Colab

• Fibernamics

• INL

• PIEP

• CCG

• CVR – Centre for Waste Valorisation

• 2AI

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Innovation Centres and R&D Laboratories Pitch Session

• P5

• TecMinho

• INESC TEC

• CNCA – National Advanced Computing Centre

• 2CA – Academic Clinical Centre

• LIP – Laboratory for Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics

5:30 PM

Closing Cocktail – Flair Demonstration

• Profitecla Vocational School