{"id":480,"date":"2018-12-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/2nd-edition-diaspora-talks-2\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:17:27","slug":"2nd-edition-diaspora-talks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diasporaportuguesa.org\/en\/events\/2nd-edition-diaspora-talks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Edition \u2018Diaspora Talks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_column][vc_column_text]The 2nd Edition of ‘Diaspora Talks’ took place on December 20, 2018, at LACS \u2013 Conde d\u2019\u00d3bidos, in Lisbon, with informal conversations about genetics, entrepreneurship, personal branding and social impact.The Diaspora Talks gathered highlight figures of the Portuguese diaspora, young people and entrepreneurs in informal conversations about current issues and the sharing of successful and unsuccessful stories and international experiences.<\/p>\n

The themes of the talks were:<\/p>\n

– What does our genetics says?<\/b>, with\u00a0George Perry<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Main Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Researcher and Professor at UTSA (USA) and\u00a0Tiago Fleming Outeiro<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0Experimental Neurodegeneration Director at the University Medical Center Goettingen (Germany).<\/p>\n

– Investing and Risk Taking for Success, <\/b>with\u00a0Nuno Sebasti\u00e3o<\/a><\/span>, Co-Founder and CEO of FeedZai (USA) and\u00a0John Melo<\/a><\/span>, CEO of Amyris Biotechnologies (USA).<\/p>\n

– Personal<\/b>\u00a0Branding<\/b>: a cria\u00e7\u00e3o de uma marca pessoal,<\/b> with\u00a0Nuno Teles<\/a><\/span>, President at Diageo Beer Company (USA),\u00a0Jo\u00e3o Coutinho<\/a><\/span>, Executive Creative Director at Young & Rubican (USA)\u00a0and\u00a0Zita Martins<\/a><\/span>, Astrobiolgist at IST and part of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 (Portugal).<\/p>\n

– Action<\/strong>s with\u00a0S<\/strong>ocial Impact<\/strong><\/strong>, with\u00a0<\/span>Telma Teixeira da Silva<\/a><\/span>, Founder of ‘Escola do Agricultor’ and CEO of Panav\u00eddeo MZ (Mozambique),\u00a0<\/span>Manuel de Miranda<\/a><\/span>, Partner-Manager and Founder at Egon Zehnder (USA) and\u00a0the guest sepaker Ant\u00f3nio Miguel, Co-founder of MAZE Decoding Impact (Portugal).<\/span><\/p>\n

The talks were guided by Ana Tom\u00e1s Ribeiro, a journalist from Ag\u00eancia Lusa.<\/p>\n

On the launch edition, that took place on December 2017, the\u00a01st Edition of Diaspora Talks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0explored topics such as Science and the promise of a better world; the coexistence of the digital and creativity; the myths and realities about the new careers, and a topic dedicated to the Portuguese diaspora as the new nomads in the world.<\/p>\n