AI. Scale to Compete.

AI is accelerating competitive change. How can organisations in Portugal redesign work, equip people and build the capacity to compete globally?

25 February 2027

Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon

AI BTF Online Platform

Globe with Portugal highlighted. Illustrative connections; they do not represent economic data.

The challenge is global.

Progress takes collective action.

People, technology and organisations.
Better prepared to perform.

Explore BTF 2027

The impact of BTF editions

A community in motion.

Participants

Speakers

Sessions

Connections

The meeting that makes a difference

Why Attend?

Better prepared.
Better able to compete.

In an economy being reshaped around AI, the challenge goes beyond adopting technology. How can companies in Portugal prepare their people, transform operations and build the capabilities to compete globally?

Building The Future brings decision-makers, teams and partners together to build answers collectively: from readiness to execution, from ambition to performance.

Photograph from a previous Building The Future edition, showing the stage and audience

Previous edition · image from the BTF in-person experience

The main stage

Inspiration Stage

From vision to decisions.

A place for ideas that challenge assumptions and conversations that help leaders act. Explore what is changing, the decisions organisations face, and what it takes to move from AI experiments to measurable results.

Where inspiring ideas, challenging conversations and experiences that move us forward come together.

A stage for understanding what is changing, confronting difficult decisions and learning from organizations moving from AI pilots to measurable outcomes.

Stage and audience at a previous Building The Future edition

Main Stage · photograph from a previous edition

The four pillars for 2027

Four pillars.
One direction.

Foundations for progress.

Build the foundations for scale. Data, infrastructure, technology choices and governance determine whether organisations can move from isolated experiments to AI use at scale.

Data & infrastructure

Emerging technologies

Trust & security

Organisations ready to scale.

Reimagining processes, business models and products. A conversation about preparing companies to turn the potential of AI into value.

New business models

Productivity & scale

Products & services

The future starts with people.

Preparing talent, developing new skills and leading change. Putting people at the centre of meaningful technological transformation.

Talent & skills

Leadership

Organisational culture

From ambition to results.

Practical cases, lessons learned and implementation decisions. Bringing vision closer to execution and discussing how to measure the real impact of AI.

Use cases

Implementation

Measurable impact

Performance, together

Connections that continue beyond the event.

BTF helps people start and continue relevant conversations before, during and after the event.

Technology brings people together. Conversation creates change. Make room for the encounters that could open your next path.

BTF AI APP

An app to discover people with an AI assistant, start conversations, and stay connected before, during, and after the event.

Lead generation

Turn meetings into opportunities. Bring brands, teams and potential business partners closer together.

Join from anywhere

Register free to follow the sessions online, interact with the audience in the chat, and engage with the community anytime, wherever you are.

Relevant connections

Discover shared interests and create space for more relevant conversations between participants.

Practical knowledge

Take new perspectives, questions and ideas back to your organisation’s transformation.

Your brand is part of the future.

Let us find the point where your brand and the BTF community come together.

Become a Future Builder

Tickets

The future also happens wherever you are.

Follow Building The Future online, free of charge. Attendance in person is reserved for guests invited by the organisers or the event sponsors.

Included with the Online Ticket

Access to the sessions

Watch the main content sessions from the 2027 edition online.

Qualified networking

Connect with leaders, teams, partners and decision-makers across the ecosystem.

Building The Future AI APP

Access the official app and the profiles of leading decision-makers and leaders in Portugal.

Remote experience

Join sessions remotely and visit sponsors’ virtual stands to discover the latest developments in the market.

Online Ticket

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25 February 2027
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Online access, from anywhere.

In-person Ticket

By invitation only.

25 February 2027
Pavilhão Carlos Lopes, Lisbon

Attendance in person requires an invitation from the organisers or the event sponsors.

Access by invitation

No in-person tickets are sold.

Future Builders

Those building with us.

Brands that turn ambition into capability and help prepare Portugal to compete globally.

Igniter

Strategists

Creators