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ConfTele, the Conference on Telecommunications organized since 2007 by Instituto de Telecomunicações had this year a special wrapping - TechDays - a large technology exhibition organized jointly by IT, Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Associação Empresarial INOVARIA and Polo de Competitividade TICE, with the collaboration of the Aveiro Council. The result was the biggest national technological display of Information, Communication and Electronic Technologies, staged in Aveiro Expo – Parque de Exposições de Aveiro on September 16 and 17. It gathered 262 exhibitors, form start-ups to well established players, and received around 800 visitors.

Conftele had the usual format with plenary sessions, parallel thematic sessions and poster sessions. The invited speakers this year were Dr. H. Philip Stahl, from NASA and Dr. Onur Altintas from Toyota Infotechnology Center. Conftele and Techdays succeeded in bringing together universities and industry, tightening already existing bonds and opening the way for future collaborations. The exhibition was open to the general public on Friday noon, and it was pleasant to see the huge pavilion buzzing with visitors.

Several Groups from IT moved there more than 30 exciting demonstrators which were thoroughly visited by the IT International Advisory Board.

Overall, the event was a success, demonstrating that technologies are much closer to companies, universities and people’s needs than common belief would anticipate.