Católica Porto Business School, in collaboration with the Ilídio Pinho Foundation and KPMG Portugal, and with the institutional support of AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal / Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association, AEMinho and the Associação das Empresas Familiares (Portuguese Family Business Association), is launching CIGMA – Centre for Impact in Global Management.
To mark the launch, we will have a conference featuring Ilídio Pinho, Founder and Chairman of Ilídio Pinho Foundation, as Keynote Speaker, and several guest speakers and panel discussions.
Date and time: 27 January, 5:00 pm
Venue: Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Porto, Foz Campus, Carvalho Guerra Auditorium
Access: In-person and free of charge, subject to registration below
Disclaimer: the conference will be held in Portuguese
CIGMA is a new hub for general management that brings together academic knowledge and business practice to support better leadership decision-making within organisations. The centre builds on the expertise and experience of Católica Porto Business School and mobilises the interdisciplinary competences of the Schools that make up UCP – Porto.
PROGRAMME
5:15 pm | Welcome
Isabel Braga da Cruz, Pro-Rector, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
João Pinto, Dean, Católica Porto Business School
5:30 pm | Opening
Ilídio Pinho, Founder and Chairman, Ilídio Pinho Foundation
5:50 pm | CIGMA – Presentation
Ana Salomé Martins, Industry Fellow and Co-Director of CIGMA, Católica Porto Business School
Susana C. Silva, Professor and Co-Director of CIGMA, Católica Porto Business School
6:20 pm | Panel “The Company Operating System: Discipline, Culture and Innovation”
Moderator: Ana Salomé Martins
Invitied panellists:
Carlos Alves, Chairman, HFA
Clara Gonçalves, COO, Inductiva
Carlos Magalhães, CEO, WEGHO
7:00 pm | Panel “Leadership, Legacy and Global Ambition”
Moderator: Luís Magalhães, Head of Tax, KPMG
Invited panellists:
Isabel Furtado, CEO, TMG Automotive
António Portela, CEO, Bial
Carlos Mota Santos, CEO, Mota-Engil
José Germano de Sousa, President, Portuguese Family Business Association
7:40 pm | Closing remarks
Manuel Castro Almeida, Minister of Economy and Territorial Cohesion (to be confirmed)
