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 GRH degree at Grupo Ensino Lusófona Algarve!”
- Professor Rui Loureiro – Director of ISMAT
“AEIsmat as a driving force for the integration of all future professionals”
- Cláudia Valdire – President of AEIsmat
5:15 pm – Opening Conference
“The challenge of integration at multiple levels in people management”
Panel I - Online
5:25 pm - Key-Note Speaker
“Psychopaths in Organisations!: Challenges of Pathologies such as Psychopathy, Narcissism, Aggressive and Disruptive Behaviour for HR professionals”
5:45 pm - New Trends, New Perspectives on People Management
“Conscious Eating/Mindful Eating and the food environment in the workplace”
- S. João Madeira
- Master Sónia Taboada (Nutritionist)
“From the construction sector to HR leadership in a Business School: The challenges of transitioning between sectors in people management”
- Dr Raquel Pereira (HR Director at ISAG Business School, Porto)
“Workplace well-being: Intersection between organisational psychologists and HR managers – reflections, challenges, collaborations!”
- Professor André Tavares Rodrigues
- Moderator: Rui Nunes (Regional Director of Human Resources - Portugal & Europe)
6:15 pm - Break/Networking
Panel II - In-person
6:40 pm - Roundtable: Reflections on the first years in the field!
- Dr Adriana Lourenço (GRUPO Pestana)
- Dr Ana Rita Pinto (Vila Vita Parc)
- Master's Student Vânia Marujo (Zoomarine)
- Master Andreia Lopes (Various)
- Moderator: Filipa David (HR and Happiness Director, Água Monchique)
7:15 pm - Closing Session
Closing Conference - “An HR manager, a trade unionist, a lawyer… in the Algarve: Multi-career paths in the field of People Management”
- Dr Victor Santos (SINTAP, Municipality of Monchique)
Final Reflections - “EGPA – The EGPA Spirit and its future”
- Professor Lígia Nascimento
- Professor Patrícia Araújo
- Dr Victor Santos (AAAULA)
