4 YRE students from Portugal have been invited to attend Web Summit 2021 which will be back in Lisbon on November 1-4.
As their first physical event since 2019, Web Summit 2021 is going to be one of the biggest tech events in the world attended by many of the world's leading entrepreneurs, politicians, celebrities, investors, and media.
Speakers on the Agenda:
Ursula von der Leyen - President, European Commission
Brad Smith - President, Microsoft
Antonio Costa - Prime Minister, Portugal
Margrethe Vestager - Executive Vice President, A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, European Commission
Peggy Johnson - CEO, Magic Leap
Jen Wong - COO, Reddit
Brittany Kaiser - Founder, Own Your Data Foundation
Iker Casillas - World Cup winner, Spain
Juergen Mueller - CTO, SAP
Daniela Braga - Founder, DefinedCrowd
Guillaume Pousaz - Founder and CEO, Checkout.com
Clayton Ruebensaal III - CMO, American Express
Roula Khalaf - Editor in chief, The Financial Times
Dame Melanie Dawes - CEO, Ofcom
Brian Tyler Cohen - Host of No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
Jager McConnell - CEO, Crunchbase
Siyabulela Mandela - Director, Africa of Journalists for Human Rights
Steven Galanis - Co-founder & CEO of Cameo
Bastian Nominacher - Co-founder & Co-CEO of Celonis
Joe Atkinson, CTO of PwC
Zach Perret, CEO & Co-founder, Plaid
Ondrej Vicek, CEO of Avast
Gerard Pique, Footballer, FC Barcelona
Markus Villig, Founder & CEO of Bolt
4 YREs; Catarina Semedo Madaíl de Oliveira, Luís Afonso Azevedo Martins, José Diogo Azevedo Martins, Ana Catarina Braga Hencleeday will be there and able to interview them!
Presentation of the YRE students:
“Born in Lisbon, in 1995. Graduated in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Master in Ecology and Environmental Management from the same institution in 2021. Even before graduating, I worked as a monitor and promoter of environmental education events, so the intervention with younger generations is particularly familiar to me, as well as the stimulus to prepare a society more aware of environmental issues. Currently I work as an Environment Technician at the European Blue Flag Association since 2020, following the YRE and Eco-Schools Programs.”
“Olá! My name is Catarina Semedo Oliveira and I am from Portugal. I’m a YRE since 2018, and I’ve been part of several national and international missions so far. Two examples are the Rock in Rio Lisboa Mission, in June 2018, and the International Mission in Coruche in April 2019. Being part of the Web Summit is both a challenge and a big responsibility, that I am excited to fulfil. This mission will be especially meaningful as I am putting together three big passions of mine: journalism, environment and technology.”
"I'm Diogo Martins, I'm 17 years old and I live in the north of Portugal, in the city of Braga. I'm a young reporter for the environment since I was 12 years old and I'm passionate about investigating and understanding the problems that surround us. I like to work collaboratively with idea sharing and social interactions and I'm a lover of basketball and manga series."
“Hi, I'm Luís, I'm 14 years old, I'm from Braga, a city in the North of Portugal. For over 3 years I've been involved in the young reporters for the environment programme, which has brought me a lot of pleasure and unique opportunities to see the world in a different and proactive way. I take pleasure in editing videos and working on photographs. I practice skateboarding and have a passion for the rural world.”
Will you talk about the Green Deal with Ursula Von Der Leyen? Will you ask the FC Barcelona what are their green plans for the future? Will you discuss environment and climate change with Microsoft? Will you be able to interview the prime minister of Portugal to talk about ecological transition?
We are looking forward to watching your videos, looking at your photos and reading your stories on Exposure!!! Thank you very much Margarida (NO from Portugal) for mentoring them during this conference!