Economy

Wines from 33 producers from 11 Portuguese demarcated regions can be found in the 2nd edition of Wine Fest Porto, scheduled for 18 November at the Customs' Salão Nobre.

The "Efficient Resource Management in the Framework of the Circular Economy" is the theme of the conference to be held on 6 November at the EDP's Auditorium. This event, organised under the thematic conferences cycle of the Green Project Awards, is a participation free event but prior registration is required.

The co-operation among cities facing the same type of challenges is on focus at the Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, venue for the URBACT 2017 infoday. This initiative is devoted to the dissemination of good practices performed within the scope of URBACT, the European Learning Programme and experience sharing towards promoting a sustainable urban development.

"First runs in a new location are memorable, even magical", says Oliver Balch, writer and blogger that published his memorable and magical experience of running in Porto in the British daily newspaper The Guardian. Oliver Balch writes about runs and travels around the world and in a "cinematically sequenced" narrative, Balch describes his impressive "encounter" with Porto.

The Portuguese application is the only to provide three available venues to host the seat of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The three options fulfil the requisite criteria in EMA's relocation process.

Porto will play host to the 9th International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) from 31 May to 2 June. This organisation gives itself the task of "raising the standards of respiratory care" of the global community. The 1st Ibero-American Conference on Primary Health Care will also be held as part of this International Conference.

Blip, Tech Company from Porto, has nearly 300 employees and achieved first place in the "100 Best companies to work for" ranking from Exame magazine. The company also leads in the workspace and Personal growth categories. Relaxation, informality, and fun accompany hard and methodical work that deserves recognition.

Porto is increasingly an attractive destination for investments, as a result of "a value based proposition built on the supply of skilled human resources, excellent infrastructure, enterprising ecosystem, intercultural education, and the recognised quality of life". This point of reference to the positive momentum of the city of Porto is made by Ricardo Valente, economic and social development councilman of Porto City Hall, during the workshop "Investing in Property in Portugal".

Over 500 representatives of the event industry from many dozens of countries take part in the Bea World Festival 2017, to be held in Porto from 15 to 18 November. After eleven editions targeted only to Europe, the initiative has gone global this year, with several projects from different continents competing for Bea (Best Events Awards) World, and Porto is the city chosen to embrace this challenge.

The spring/summer 2018 collection brings acknowledged designers, new talent and national brands to the city of Porto, 19 and 20 October. This is the 41st edition of Portugal Fashion. The event is to take place in several spaces through town, including The Tramway Museum, Porto Customs House, Cais Novo and the former Industrial Abbatoir, which has been deactivated and is being rebuilt; here fashion meets Street Art.