This is the 2nd Edition of the Algarve People Management Meeting (EGPA), taking place on 20 May 2025.
This is the 2nd Edition of the Algarve People Management Meeting (EGPA), taking place on 20 May 2025. The EGPA celebrates International Human Resources Day (20 May) with a two-hour event dedicated to People Management in the Algarve. The 2nd Edition continues the long-standing dream of bringing together, in the same forum, various Human Resources Management specialists, academia, and the community. It includes the presence of invited experts who will ensure the opening conference, keynote speaker, and two round tables, in addition to a networking and socialising period during the coffee break.
It is aimed at managers and professionals working in organisations, students, and the general community of the Algarve who have a focus or interest in People Management. It is organised under the Change Up Project brand – a collaborative project founded and led by Professors Patrícia Araújo and Lígia Nascimento, which aims to connect the academic and business worlds, by AAULA – the Alumni Association of the Lusófona Group in the Algarve, and by NEGISMAT – the ISMAT Management Students’ Group.
Programme
The Programme is being updated!
5:00 pm – Opening Session
"Celebrating 32 years of the HRM degree at the Lusófona Education Group in the Algarve!"
- Ph.D. Rui Loureiro – Director of ISMAT
"Management students: the potential for integration and event promotion for all future managers across all fields"
"EGPA – The EGPA Spirit and its future"
- Professor Lígia Nascimento
- Professor Patrícia Araújo
5:10 pm – Opening Conference
"The Challenge of Integration at Multiple Levels in People Management"
5:25 pm - Keynote Speaker
"Mobbing, Microaggressions in the Workplace, Gender Audits and Other Challenges: How to Create a Diversity, Inclusion, Ethics, and Compliance Department"
- Dr. Fernanda Barata, Director of Diversity and Inclusion
5:45 pm - Round Table
"Junior People Managers in the Algarve: The First Years in the Field!"
- MSc. Andreia Lopes (Bela Vista Hotel)
- Dr. Adriana Lourenço (GRUPO Pestana)
- Dr. Ana Rita Pinto (Vila Vita Parc)
- Master's student Vânia Marujo (Zoomarine)
- Moderator: Cláudia Valdire
6:15 pm - Break/Networking
6:40 pm - Round Table
"Conscious Eating and the Food Environment in the Workplace"
- S. João Madeira
- MSc. Sónia Taboada, Nutritionist
"From the Construction Sector to HR Leadership in a Business School: The Challenges of Sector Transitions in People Management"
- Dr. Raquel Pereira, HR Director at
