On February 20-22 will take place at auditorium of the House of Latin America/UCCLAin Lisbon, the " Connec SME Open Dayst", a event of business networking in which experiences will be shared within the PME Connect project and took stock of the work done so far.

Over the course of the three days, representatives of large Portuguese companies, SMEs and public bodies, diplomatic representations, academics and members of the government will also present concrete cases of international experiences, as well as sharing different visions and knowledge about the internationalization and competitiveness of the Portuguese economy.

The Open Days will allow also promote the external dissemination of PME Connect and extend the benefits of the program to other SMEs and stakeholders from other sectors of the national economy.

It has been confirmed that ISEG  is a member of the Advisory Board of the PME Connect program,  an unprecedented initiative to promote the internationalization of SMEs which puts large national exporting companies and investors outside the country in a position to directly promote and support the internationalization of Portuguese SMEs.

The project, supported by Compete 2020 and developed by the Portuguese Industrial Association (AIP) and Deloitte, with the support of Casa da América Latina, UCCLA - Union of Portuguese-speaking Capital Cities and the Order of Economists, has the collaboration and mentoring of EDP, Mota-Engil, the Pestana Group, Sonae MC and Tekever and five dozen national SMEs.

This business networking is open to all interested parties, who can register via the website https://aippmeconnect.com/.

ISEG's confidence index calculated for January 2019 e relating to the evolution of Portuguese economic activity in the short term was 34.4, which corresponds to a decrease in the Panel's index of confidence in the evolution of the economic situation compared to the value of the index in December, which was 34.8. Year-on-year, the index fell by 0.6%. The Panel members' consensus on economic developments remained unchanged.

>> See Methodological Note

The Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation and Startup Lisboa are organizing the 1st Legal Hackathon in Portugal, with the support of Microsoft and OutSystems, and UNESCO's Life Long Learning, taking place on the March 16th and 17th, at Vieira de Almeida's office, in Lisbon.

The aim of this initiative is to foster the development of innovative technological solutions that bring citizens closer to the law and thus promote legal literacy, legal empowerment and the full exercise of citizenship.

During the two-day hackathon, the teams will be accompanied by mentors specializing in technology, law and management and will have to develop innovative ideas that respond to the proposed problems and that manage to keep up with the strong international trend in the adoption and integration of new technologies in the way different legal actors work and adapt their processes. After pitching their proposals, the jury will decide on the winning teams and award prizes totaling 10,000 euros.

Team or individual applications can be made to here until February 28th. 

Who can take part?
University students, young professionals and entrepreneurs can participate individually or organized in multidisciplinary teams. 

Further information
https://legal-hackathon.com

On 23rd February, it follows from Diagonal Workshop, an  meeting of mathematics studentsintegrated into the New Talents in Mathematics Program promoted by the Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation. 

The event takes place at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Nova University of Lisbon (Auditorium 1-A). 

ISEG will be represented by two students, André Bento, from the 2nd year of MAEG, who will talk about "Topological degree theory and economic applications", and David Barros, from the 3rd year of MAEG, who will talk about "Rotations of the circle and number theory".

The programme is available  at this link.

Free admission.

Further information:
http://www.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/talentos

On February 7, the Solemn Session of the 2018-19 Academic Year of ISEG took place, with the presence of the Magnificent Rector of the University of Lisbon, Professor António Cruz Serra, His Excellency the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and His Excellency the Prime Minister, António Costa.

In this session, the Lesson of Sapience was given by Dr. Vítor Constâncio, President of the ISEG School Board, who spoke about "The 20 Years of the Euro". 

There was also the presentation of insignia to the teachers, the presentation of prizes to the best students and best teachers and the teachers who retired in 2018 were honored.

The musical performances were by soprano Constança Sousa e Melo, accompanied on the piano by Maestro Giovanni Andreoli.

>> Photo Report

As part of the   Electoral Process  which is currently underway for the   Students' election to the Senate and General Council of the University of LisbonThe final Electoral Rolls are available for consultation on the Ulisboa website via the following link  www.ulisboa.pt/eleicoes2019 or via the following links:

>> Candidate Lists for the General Council of ULisboa
>> Candidate Lists for the ULisboa Senate

The Election Campaign will run from March 20 to 29.
The posters of the Electoral Campaign of the competing Lists are displayed in the Francesinhas Building, next to Amphitheaters 3 and 4.
Spaces for the information sessions promoted by the competing Lists should be requested to the following email address: gabineteadministrador@iseg.ulisboa.pt.

The elections will take place on April 2 and 3, 2019.
The Electoral Act will take place on  April 2nd (10h00-19h00) and 3 April (10h00-18h00), at the  Floor 0 of the Library.

Further information:
gabineteadministrador@iseg.ulisboa.pt
https://www.ulisboa.pt/noticia/eleicoes-para-os-estudantes-membros-do-conselho-geral-e-do-senado . 

>> Despacho Senado ULisboa
>> Order of the General Council of ULisboa

Diogo Ramalho, a student on the Mathematical Finance master's degree course, became this weekend's national Taekwondo university champion, Dan.  🥇 🥋

Our students' lives are not all about classes, studying and exams, and this is further proof of that! 💪🏼

Congratulations Diogo!

ISEG's confidence index calculated for December and concerning the evolution of Portuguese economic activity in the short term was 34.8, which corresponds to a slight decrease in the Panel's confidence index in the evolution of the economic situation compared to the value of the index calculated in November, which was 35.0. In year-on-year terms, the index grew by 1.2%. The consensus of the Panel members on economic developments is decreasing.

>> See Methodological Note

The Graduation Ceremony for ISEG's new graduates and masters took place on December 1st on the ISEG Campus.

Congratulations to all the graduates! 

See the photo story here:
- Bachelor's Degrees
- Master's Degrees