Buildathon Winners Pitch Live!

Talks

Opening Summit Speech
Linda Pereira (Ambassador, World Talents); Tatiana Teixeira; Ricardo Barroca
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All Your Business on One Platform: Odoo Workshop
Vasco Rodrigues (Corvanis)
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Women of Impact: Community-Driven Leadership
With Linda Pereira (Women in Tech) moderating, joined by Agatha Bulha (JB Law Office), Penelope Gonçalves (local.foundation), and Marta Aragão (METIME)
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Building Together: 10 Bold Thoughts on Community
Lou Kerner (CryptoMondays)
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The Innovation Bridge: Connecting Universities, Startups and Society
Hugo Barros (CRIA - University of the Algarve), Pedro Saraiva (TAGUSVALLEY)
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The Future of Wealth: Education, Technology & Strategic Vision
Igor Klyushnev (Klyushnev Invest Academy, Freedom Holding Corp.), Luís Rasquilha (INOVA Ecosystem)
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AI Agent-to-Agent Payments: Scaling to Trillions of Daily Micropayments
With Clarissa Peereboom (ABC) moderating, joined by Lou Kerner (CryptoMondays), and Hugo Martins (Tether)
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Algarve Digital Innovators - Community Network

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An Overview of Startups in the Algarve
Pedro Gomes (DB Informa)
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Now or Never: Can the Algarve Build Its Innovation Future?
Joaquim Nascimento (Algarve Evolution) & Aquiles Marreiros (CCDR-Algarve)
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Location: Main Stage - 11/6/25, 2:10 PM - 11/6/25, 2:25 PM (Europe/Lisbon) (15 minutes)

Michelle Bertumen (PermitHub) Ricardo Barroca (YoouseAI), Vasco Gomes (SmartSpot)

Experience innovation in action as the winning teams from the Buildathon: AI Agents for Regional Challenges take the stage to showcase their AI-powered solutions to real regional problems.

These projects were developed over an intense two-day hackathon that brought together students, entrepreneurs, and professionals to turn ideas into tangible prototypes with impact potential for the Algarve.

Ricardo Mosonzov Barroca

CTO at GR Financial, AI trading expert, passionate about software for positive change.

Vasco Gomes

Software Developer & car enthusiast passionate about problem solving and reliability.

Michelle Bertumen

Michelle Bertumen, Co-Founder of PermitHub, drives AI-powered permitting and civic innovation for future-ready cities.