The Speakers

Gabriel Coimbra

Executive Advisor | Entrepreneur & Investor | Driving Growth in Tech & AI - GoingNext

Gabriel Coimbra is an executive advisor, entrepreneur and investor, with over 25 years’ experience in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, growth strategy and innovation ecosystems. He was Executive Vice President at IDC, where he progressed from market analyst to national and regional leadership roles, having led the Southern Europe region.
He is currently a Partner at GoingNext, Portugal’s largest digital innovation ecosystem and the organisation behind the Portugal Digital Summit®; Co-Founder and Partner at GrowthOS, which focuses on AI-powered growth engines and go-to-market strategies; and Managing Director at Multisector, a consultancy specialising in financial and tax incentives for innovation, including European Funds, PT2030, PRR and SIFIDE. He is also a board member of several companies, private equity firms and venture capital firms, as well as co-director of the “Leading Business Transformation in an AI Era” programme at Porto Business School, and a visiting lecturer at various universities. His focus is on transforming ambition into accelerated and sustainable growth through the combination of leadership, data, artificial intelligence and innovation ecosystems.

Mike Bachman

Head of Research for AI & EmergingTech Strategy - Boomi

Michael Bachman explores how modern computation--structured around tools, memory, skills, and real-time data activation--can give agentic systems the context they need to be governable, trustworthy, and practical, today.

Jon Boxall

Global Head Solution Architecture & Integrations - Belron

Jon is an IT leader with 20+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems integration, and defining technology strategies for large-scale organizations. He currently leads the global Solution Architecture & Integration function at Belron®, where he drives innovation and operational efficiency through integration centres of excellence.

Throughout his career, Jon has worked with renowned, always focused on the smart reuse of technology assets and the leadership of high-performing teams.

Ricardo Gonçalves

Head of Center for Artificial Intelligence & Analytics - Fidelidade

Damian Evans

Staff Engineering Lead - ASOS

Damian Evans is a Staff Engineering Lead at ASOS, leading Integration teams in delivering scalable, high-performance integration solutions. With 30 years experience in tech, he specialises in enterprise cloud-native platforms on Microsoft Azure, microservices, and service-oriented architecture. With a strong focus on technical excellence and people-first leadership, builds and mentors high-performing teams while driving reliable delivery at enterprise scale.

Gil Perry

Integration Architect and GenAI Engineer - QuadCorps

Gil Perry is an integration architect and GenAI engineer, and co-founder of QuadCorps, specialising in large-scale modernisation. He helps organisations move from complex, under-documented integration estates to streamlined, cloud-native platforms.
With over a decade in enterprise integration, Gil has led delivery across sectors, working closely with engineering teams to solve real-world integration challenges.
His current focus is applying generative AI in a practical, engineering-led way, using agent-driven approaches to analyse legacy applications, generate modern designs, and accelerate delivery, while keeping experienced engineers firmly in the loop.

Hugo Peters

Principal Product Manager - Developer Experience (DX) & AI - TIBCO

Samuel Vandecasteele

AI & Integration Architect | Managing Partner - i8c & Spector

Rui Mendes

Head of IT Strategy & Architecture - UNIT4

CTO / IT Director with 20+ years of international experience in IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management. Passionate about turning IT into a strategic driver of business value, with a strong focus on execution and team culture. Currently Head of IT Strategy at Unit4, supporting global transformation projects.

Carlos Pona

Principal Solution Engineer - MuleSoft

Nelson Barreiros

Project Manager - Rangel Logistics Solutions

Nuno Vilar Moreira

CEO - Polarising

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology industry. Strong combination of software and business development experience throughout Europe. Nuno has a degree in Software Engineering from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and has lived and worked in several European countries. He also enjoys water sports and traveling with his family and friends.