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Most organizations are already using AI. Few know how to turn it into a strategic advantage.

The Executive Master's in Artificial Intelligence for Business at NOVA IMS trains professionals to move beyond adoption – building the skills to integrate AI into decisions, processes, and business models.

🧠 Build strategic and technical skills to lead AI initiatives end-to-end
📊 Apply AI to real business decisions, processes, and models
🔬 Work hands-on through the NOVA AI for Education Analytics Lab

9 months | Starting in September 2026 | Applications close July 16th , 2026

Don’t just adopt AI, lead it. Are you ready?
➡️ https://novaims.unl.pt/en/education/programs/executive-education/executive-master-degree-programs/executive-mater-s-in-artificial-intelligence-for-business/

Uma cidade inteligente não se mede pela tecnologia que tem. Mede-se pela qualidade de vida que proporciona a quem nela vive.

No Data with Purpose Summit, Beto Marcelino fala sobre o papel dos dados na transformação urbana e na tomada de decisão pública, a partir de uma carreira construída no centro do ecossistema global de cidades inteligentes.

Presidente do Conselho do Grupo iCities - The Smart Cities Hub, foi um dos relatores da Carta Brasileira de Cidades Inteligentes e participou na construção da Política Nacional de Cidades Inteligentes do Brasil. É embaixador da Fira Barcelona no Brasil, organizadora do Smart City Expo World Congress, o maior evento mundial de cidades inteligentes.

📅 25 de junho, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Inscreva-se: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

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A smart city is not measured by the technology it has. It is measured by the quality of life it provides to those who live in it.

At the Data with Purpose Summit, Beto Marcelino speaks about the role of data in urban transformation and public decision-making, drawing on a career built at the heart of the global smart cities ecosystem.

Chairman of the Board of iCities - The Smart Cities Hub, he was one of the rapporteurs for the Brazilian Charter of Smart Cities and contributed to the construction of Brazil's National Policy for Smart Cities. He is Fira Barcelona's ambassador in Brazil, organiser of the Smart City Expo World Congress, the world's largest smart cities event.

📅 25 June, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Register now: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

Sabemos cada vez melhor prever o futuro com dados. Mas que decisões deixamos as máquinas tomar sozinhas e quais devem continuar nas mãos de quem decide?

No Data with Purpose Summit, Samuel Fernandes percorre o caminho que transforma informação em previsão, do ecossistema de dados aos modelos preditivos, sem nunca tirar o critério humano do processo.

CTO & Head of Development da WYperformance, empresa data-driven com idoneidade em I&D reconhecida pela ANI | Agência Nacional de Inovação. Desde 2015, lidera mais de 10 profissionais em desenvolvimento e analytics e coordena outros 60 em marketing digital, numa operação que processa milhares de eventos por dia, ao serviço da banca e dos seguros. Engenheiro Informático e de Comunicações (IPL), com passagem pelo Strategic Leadership Program ISEG/Columbia Business School.

📅 25 de junho, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Inscreva-se: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

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We're getting better and better at predicting the future with data. But which decisions should we leave to machines alone and which must stay in human hands?

At the Data with Purpose Summit, Samuel Fernandes traces the path that turns information into prediction, from the data ecosystem to predictive models, without ever taking human judgement out of the process.

CTO & Head of Development at WYperformance, a data-driven company with R&D recognition from ANI | Agência Nacional de Inovação (Portugal's National Innovation Agency). Since 2015, he has led a team of over 10 professionals in development and analytics, and coordinated another 60 in digital marketing, in an operation processing thousands of events per day for the banking and insurance sectors. Engineer in Informatics and Communications (IPL), with executive training at the ISEG/Columbia Business School Strategic Leadership Program.

📅 25 June, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Register now: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

🏆 Meet our newest national champion: Tomás Figueiredo.

Tomás, a NOVA IMS student in Information Systems and Technologies, is officially Portugal's National Triathlon Champion (Olympic Distance) – his first national title, won this weekend in Coimbra in a race that came down to the final kilometers.

1.5 km swim. 40 km bike. 10 km run. Final time: 1:50:01.

He's 19, and this first national title is the result of years of discipline – training for podiums while keeping up with university life.

Congratulations, Tomás. The whole NOVA IMS community is cheering for you – and for the families who quietly make journeys like this possible. 💙

Urban planning used to run on maps and intuition. Now it runs on data.

The Executive Master's in Smart Cities and Urban Analytics at NOVA IMS trains professionals to lead that shift – combining data science, AI, and territorial strategy to manage how cities grow.

🏙️ Specialise in smart cities, sustainability, and territorial strategy
📊 Apply urban analytics to improve mobility, infrastructure, and public services
🔎 Work on real projects through the NOVA Cidade — Urban Analytics Lab

9 months | September 2026 | Applications close July 16

Better cities start with better decisions. Are you ready to lead them?

➡️ https://novaims.unl.pt/en/education/programs/executive-education/executive-master-degree-programs/executive-master-s-in-smart-cities-and-urban-analytics/

As cidades concentram hoje alguns dos maiores desafios das sociedades contemporâneas. Mobilidade, habitação, transição energética, qualidade de vida. Desafios que exigem novas formas de planear e de decidir.

Oeiras tem vindo a construir uma resposta assente no conhecimento, na inovação e numa estratégia de governação orientada por dados. No Data with Purpose Summit, uma mesa sobre o que isso significa na prática e o que distingue uma cidade verdadeiramente inteligente de uma cidade simplesmente tecnológica.

Com Francisco Rocha Gonçalves (Vice-Presidente, Município de Oeiras), Mara Duarte (Head of Public Sector, Closer), Diogo Henriques (Partner, Deloitte) e Pedro Simões Coelho (Professor Catedrático, NOVA IMS).

📅 25 de junho, Taguspark , Oeiras.
🔗 Inscreva-se: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

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Cities today concentrate some of the greatest challenges of contemporary societies. Mobility, housing, energy transition, quality of life. Challenges that demand new ways of planning and deciding.

Oeiras has been building a response grounded in knowledge, innovation and a data-driven governance strategy. At the Data with Purpose Summit, a panel on what that means in practice and what distinguishes a truly smart city from a merely technological one.

With Francisco Rocha Gonçalves (Deputy Mayor, Município de Oeiras), Mara Duarte (Head of Public Sector, Closer Consulting), Diogo Henriques (Partner, Deloitte) and Pedro Simões Coelho (Full Professor, NOVA IMS).

📅 25 June, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras
🔗 Register now: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

Um dos maiores data centers da Europa está a ser construído em Sines. Uma empresa portuguesa especializada em inteligência artificial e machine learning, com presença na Europa, Reino Unido e Estados Unidos, opera a partir de Lisboa. Os dois precisam de talento qualificado. E ambos sabem que formar não chega: é preciso criar as condições para que esse talento fique e trabalhe em Portugal.

No Data with Purpose Summit, Carla Calisto, Chief People Officer da Start Campus, e Ivo Bernardo, co-fundador da DareData Engineering e Presidente da Associação NOVA IMS Alumni, falam sobre talento e competências na economia da IA e sobre o que está em jogo para Portugal nesta corrida.

📅 25 de junho, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Inscreva-se: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/

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One of Europe's largest data centres is being built in Sines. A Portuguese company specialising in artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a presence across Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States, operates out of Lisbon. Both need skilled talent. And both know that training people is not enough: the conditions need to exist for that talent to stay and work in Portugal.

At the Data with Purpose Summit, Carla Calisto, Chief People Officer at Start Campus, and Ivo Bernardo, co-founder of DareData Engineering and President of the NOVA IMS Alumni Association, discuss talent and skills in the AI economy and what is at stake for Portugal in this race.

📅 25 June, Taguspark, Município de Oeiras.
🔗 Register now: https://www.datawithpurpose.pt/