Celebrating this year its 25th anniversary, IT has decided to associate this emblematic date with one of the largest national technology forums – Techdays – that brings together the best of the R&D done in national centers, companies and public institutions.

With Techdays 2017 taking place this comming October 12-14 in Parque de Exposições de Aveiro, the comemorative session “IT 25 anos” will be held on October 12. The session will feature some highly recognized speakers from the fields of quantum communications to technological development, namely Martin Cooper, considered the "father" of the mobile phone, Arlene Harris - an entrepreneur with a history in the telecommunications world - and Upkar Dhaliwal, an entrepreneur and consultant in the area of wireless communications of the future. The forum will also be attended by Manuel Heitor, the Portuguese Minister of Science and Technology.

On the photo: IT stand during Techdays 2016