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The Start&Scale 2018 in Porto is in full swing. For the third consecutive year, the city organises this major event in the context of ScaleUp Porto, with the fundamental goal of promoting entrepreneurship, innovation and technology based in Porto.

The European University Information Systems Association (EUNIS) Rectors' conference 2018 will take place at the Rectory of the University of Porto, on 26th April. The EUNIS is the Association of Information Technology Services in European Higher Education and Research institutions, established in 1993 with the fundamental goal of encouraging cooperation between higher education institutions and other organisations and industry suppliers.

House-Museum Marta Ortigão Sampaio (CMMOS) carries on mini workshops in handcraft and experimenting with materials to decorate the museum for the International Museum day on May 18th.

Porto Palácio Congress Centre will play host to the World Spine 8, from April 15 to 18. The 8th edition of the congress of the World Spinal Column Society features a pioneering scientific programme of activities and welcomes health professionals of this medical speciality, as well as the public at large trough the awareness raising activity "Healthy spine for all".

Porto Metropolitan Command of the Police Force marks the five years of the Information Office and Victim Support Centre in Porto (GAIV) with the seminar on Domestic Abuse and Gender Equality, to be held on April 3, at the auditorium of Almeida Garrett Municipal Library.

Is natural better than artificial, in all circumstances and covering all situations? In the new knowledge society involving huge progress but also containing certain shortcomings, one generally wonders. And, it raises further issues.

The Rectorate of the University of Porto plays host to a first-of-its-kind meeting. From 17 to 19 April, Porto will convene the United Nations Assembly, where university students and secondary school students will play the role of United Nations Delegates and will address the major issues on the United Nations agenda.

During the informal reception to the QSP Summit speakers at Casa do Roseiral, offered by the Mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, Daniel Goleman shared some of his life orientations and passions in an informal interview with Porto., in which Goleman shared his work and projects.

The University of Porto is among the world's 300 best in 22 assessed areas, standing out specifically in Engineering and Technologies, a rise of 49 places from 2017, which represents the best result ever achieved by a Portuguese University.

The University of Porto will have a huge number of international students as till the end of the school year 2017/2018, U.Porto welcomes 2471 students from 76 nationalities. These figures show the success of the internationalization strategy by the University of Porto over the past decade.