WhatNext.Law | Spaces of the Future Annual Event

6 December 2023

The annual event of WhatNext.Law, the research centre resulting from the collaboration between NOVA School of Law and Vieira de Almeida, will take place on 6 December.

The event, entitled “Space of the Future”, will adress the plurality of designs for the spaces of the future in their various dimensions, with the intervention of specialists in the field.

Programme

Location: VdA, na Rua Dom Luís I, 28, em Lisboa.

9:00 a.m. | Welcome Coffee

9:15 a.m | Opening

  • Paula Gomes Freire, Managing Partner | VdA
  • Joana Farrajota, Subdiretora | NOVA School of Law

9:20 a.m | Keynote Speaker

  • Pin Lean Lau, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Bio-Law | Director of Research, UK & European Chapter Responsible Metaverse Alliance | General Manager, Centre for AI : Social & Digital Innovation

9:50 a.m. | Physical Spaces – Can we enjoy spaces differently?

Moderated by: Tiago Bessa, VdA

  • Marco Serrão, Chief People & Spaces Officer | GALP
  • Jaqueline de Montaigne, Painter & Muralist
  • José Cardoso Botelho, CEO | Vanguard Properties Portugal TBC, CTT

10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. | Space – Will earth observation bring us new perspectives and applications?

Moderated by: Magda Cocco, Partner | VdA

  • Ricardo Conde, President of the Portuguese Space Agency | Portugal Space
  • Mário Caetano, Investigador Principal e Subdiretor geral | Direção Geral do Território
  • João Bentes, Institutional Affairs Manager | GEOSAT
  • Ricardo Cabral, Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Spotlite

11:25 a.m. | Digital Spaces – Augmented or alternative reality?

  • José Simão, Head of Retail, Licensing and Merchandising | Sport Lisboa e Benfica
  • Ana Margarida Almeida, Head of Product Design, User Experience, Digital, Product Promotion, and Communication | Altice Labs
  • Vânia Neto, Training Program Manager, Future Skills Initiative Program Manager Western Europe | Microsoft

12:05 p.m. | Closing

Registrations

For more information and registration, click here.