XXVI UNIAPAC

WORLD CONGRESS 2018

Business as a Noble Vocation

A STORY TO REMEMBER

“For a Christian who foresees in the action and words of Jesus Christ the divine action itself, business is also a vocation.”

D. Manuel Clemente
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NEWS

News
February 25, 2019

Welcome to UNIAPAC´s XXVI World Congress

Lisbon –and Portugal in general—has been the start of impactful long-range journeys to every corner of this Earth, many of which have transformed the world…
News
February 25, 2019

When goodness in management overcomes greatness

When goodness in management overcomes greatness “God wants, man dreams and the artistic creation is born”, as Pessoa said, and similar was the UNIAPAC WORLD…
News
February 25, 2019

It is more essential than ever to reflect about the leaders’ mission and vocation

The words are the Pope’s words and they were pronounced in a message exclusively sent to the participants in the World UNIAPAC Congress and read…
News
February 25, 2019

Pope letter to the congress

MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE XXVI WORLD CONGRESS OF UNIAPAC Ladies and Gentlemen, I offer a cordial greeting to all…

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UNIAPAC AWARDS

SPEAKERS

Mons. Bruno-Marie Duffé

PROFESSOR-PRIEST

Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Mons. Bruno-Marie Duffé, 65, is the Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, an important department in the Vatican that has a diverse portfolio covering everything from social, climate change to capital punishment.
French priest with wide-ranging expertise in human rights, migrants and medical ethics. The Lyon based professor-priest is an expert in the Church’s social teaching, which is one of the main subjects he teaches, along with moral theology, for more than two decades at the city’s Catholic university and a Jesuit center in Aix.

He also has expertise in defending persecuted groups: he helped set up the UNESCO chair for minority rights while founding and directing a center for human rights at Lyon University.

João Pedro Tavares

PRESIDENT OF ACEGE

Chairman of Junior Achievement Portugal
João Pedro Tavares has 30 years of professional experience mainly in management consulting, being Vice-president and Financial Services lead at Accenture Portugal while leading several NGO and promoting social entrepreneurship. He also serves as an advisory member of some organizations, namely Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and IES – Instituto de Empreendedorismo Social. He’s graduated in Civil Engineering and has a post-graduation with INSEAD in Advanced Management Program and with the Católica University of Lisbon in Financial Institutions Management.

He’s also a keynote speaker in various events related with banking, leadership, entrepreneurship, social economy and other related issues. Currently, he is the President of Associação Cristã de Empresários e Gestores (ACEGE)

Stefano Zamagni

ECONOMIST AND PROFESSOR

Professor of Economics at University of Bologna and at the John Hopkins UniversityDrawing on the Italian tradition of civic humanism, the economist and distinguished Professor Stefano Zamagni advocates the need for a more well-mannered type of economic market – a civil economy – which places well-being, virtue and the common good alongside more familiar economic goals like market share, increased productivity and competitiveness. Teaching Economics at the University of Bologna, Zamagni is also a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association and a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Rolando Medeiros

CHAIRMAN OF UNIAPAC INTERNATIONAL

CEO of Elecmetal S.A, ChileRolando Medeiros is a Chilean business leader with senior executive experience in Latin America, USA and China and in several business sectors. HE is CEO of Elecmetal, an international holding company headquartered in Chile. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Fundición Talleres Ltda. and seats in several domestic and international boards of directors. He participates in different business associations, non profit organizations and academic institutions. He was educated at the University of Chile and earned postgraduate degrees in Quantum Chemistry and Physics (Uppsala University in Sweden), Business Administration (University of Chile) and Philosophy (Alberto Hurtado University in Chile).

PROGRAM

Opening session
18:00 Greetings and presentation of participants:
João Pedro Tavares, President of ACEGE
Rolando Medeiros, President of Uniapac
Cardinal Peter Turkson – Video message to UNIAPAC
Mons. Bruno-Marie Duffé, secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Presentation of “The Vocation of the Business Leader” – 5th Edition
Stefano Zamagni, Keynote Speaker, University of Bologna Italy
President of the Portuguese Republic – video message to UNIAPAC *

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Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Lisbon

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