On 22 April, EPIC Junior – the University of Minho’s Junior Engineering Company – organised the second edition of the “Inceptio” initiative at the Azurém campus in Guimarães. The aim was to connect university students with professionals and the business community, in a space dedicated to sharing ideas, learning, networking and entrepreneurship.

The event included workshops and guest speakers on innovations in the world of sport and artificial intelligence, as well as a prize draw, a cocktail reception and a motivational session with comedian João Seabra. This edition featured partner companies Insys, ABB, Norelem, ST+I, Guimaelectra and Progest.

EPIC Júnior is a non-profit association, run exclusively by students from the UMinho School of Engineering. It operates in areas such as consultancy and technological development.

Programme

09:30 | Opening Session

10:05 | Main Sponsor Talk

10:40 | Inceptive Talks: ‘Sport’, with Simão Ferreira

11:15 | Coffee break

11:35 | AI Roundtable, with José Rocha, Afonso Bessa and Filipe Portela

12:35 | Lunch break

13:50 | Comedy Interlude, with João Seabra

14:35 | Simulators Workshop, with Luís Gonzaga

15:10 | Microcontrollers Workshop, with Miguel Armada

15:45 | Inceptive Talks ‘Entrepreneurship’, with Manuel Padrão

16:30 | Speed Dating with Companies

18:10 | Closing Session