Building The Future

12 - 13 Mar 2026

TRANSFORMING PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONS | FROM PORTUGAL TO THE WORLD

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+101K Attendees
+1270 Speakers
+664 Sessions
+35K Connections

BRUCE DICKINSON — Bruce Dickinson

Businessman, Pilot and Lead Singer of Iron Maiden

Sec Est. Bernardo Correia — Bernardo Correia

Secretary of State for Digitalization of the 25th Government of the Portuguese Republic

CAP 7576 — Daniela Ruah

Portuguese Actress

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WHY ATTEND

THE FUTURE STARTS NOW

At Building The Future, the opportunities are limitless. Whether you are a decision-maker, tech professional or an entrepreneur, we guarantee you a unique and insightful experience. From strategies to make your business evolve technologically, to solutions that use technology to leverage digital transformation and sessions that show you how you can implement the latest technology trends.

All of this, providing you access to a network of relevant and influential people for your professional life. If you got curious, BTF is the event you can't miss!

INSPIRATION STAGE

AI: From Adoption to Advantage

Building The Future 2026 is where AI moves from experimentation to real competitive advantage. In a moment when most organizations have already adopted artificial intelligence, but few are truly transforming with it.

BTF26 challenges leaders to go beyond pilots and hype. This edition brings together bold thinkers, global speakers, policymakers, startups, and corporate decision-makers to explore how AI can amplify human potential, accelerate innovation, and reshape business models at scale. More than a conference, it is a platform for action—connecting strategy with execution, technology with impact, and ambition with real outcomes.

Startup World | AI Acceleration Program

Startup World is the startup layer of Building The Future, focused on connecting organizations with AI startups capable of solving concrete business challenges.

Through an open scouting process, we identify and curate startups working across key industries, technologies, and AI use cases. Selected startups are invited to take part in a guided acceleration journey designed to move from experimentation to scale.

Building The Future 2026 will host the first pilot edition of this program, but Startup World is built as an ongoing platform for acceleration, corporate pilots, and long-term collaboration.

The AI Acceleration Program is a 6-week, startup-driven journey designed to help startups refine their solution, align it with real corporate needs, and prepare concrete pilot proposals. Startups selected for the program will work closely with mentors, experts, and corporate challenge owners.

Enrollment does not commit you to a specific program or timeline. It allows us to understand your solution, your maturity, and where collaboration opportunities may exist now or in the future.

If you are ready to accelerate your solution with us, apply now!
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AI POWERED NETWORKING SOFTWARE

Our platform and app generate recommendations for users thanks to our powerful Ai and machine learning technologies. The matchmaking engine uses the information entered in your profile when you first logged into the platform to recommend people and content. It also learns from your user experience and refines the networking recommendations as you go. So basically, the more you interact, more accurate and relevant are the recommendations.

LEAD GENERATION

Among the thousands of participants in Building The Future are those who can help you activate and develop your business. All participants who somehow show interest in your company - profile of one of your representatives, sponsored session, digital booth or products or services - will appear in the respective Leads section so that you can follow up on the contact. Sponsors can get an overview with all participants that interacted with their company and related profiles.

ENGAGE ANYWHERE

Are you outside Portugal or in a different time zone? Left the office or your home to go to the supermarket? Log into Building The Future and live the digital experience that we have prepared for you through our app or platform anytime and anywhere. Share, learn, get inspired, interact, develop new skills, boost your network and enjoy all the features we bring in 2026.

BUILD YOUR OWN EVENT

Our platform allows the event to be experienced by everyone in a unique and personalized way. Participants can create their own event agenda (“My Schedule”), by selecting on the event agenda only the sessions that meet their interests. In this way, everyone can build “their own event” and integrate it into their personal calendar, receiving notifications in real time. Check our content recommendations: user interaction data and NLP provides valuable recommendations of sessions to attend.

RELEVANT INTERACTION

Attend Building The Future sessions and interact via chat with speakers and other participants. Participate sending question and rate our sessions – speakers love feedback! You will also be able to interact and activate your contacts trough chat and instant video calls.