PORTO | 24 September 2026
Mindera AI Insights
AI Powered. Human Driven.
An immersive AI experience crafted for those shaping what comes next. Join 20 leaders, innovators, and technical minds to explore the future of AI-driven organizations.
Meet the Speakers
Phil Dixon - Keynote Speaker
COO at 2K: Transforming 2K into one of gaming’s most admired companies through strategic clarity grounded in an operator’s mindset - where world-class creative drives player engagement and business growth.
Pedro Vicente
Mobile Horizontal Lead at Mindera with 15+ years of experience in mobile engineering. Helps businesses navigate strategic technology choices and complex architectural decisions. Has led high-performing mobile teams for brands such as Waitrose, Smartbox, New Look, Kingfisher, and Sainsbury’s. Enjoys a good book and a good prank. pedro.vicente@mindera.com
Ahmed Tokyo
AI Engineer at Mindera, directing Applied AI with a mission to elevate Portugal’s AI ecosystem to Silicon Valley standards. Former CTO of Plural.com and Humanform.ai, IEEE researcher, On Deck Fellow, and YC advisor. Has led engineering teams, launched AI-native products and built widely adopted open-source infrastructure. ahmed.tokyo@mindera.com
Helder Pereira
Technical Product Owner at Mindera, exploring how AI transforms software planning and delivery. He leads the vision for a Crossplane-based Internal Developer Platform, built from scratch to launch in 3 months by a fully AI-integrated team. He also coaches POs in spec-driven development. Off-duty, he enjoys calisthenics, sci-fi, and an endless battle for the perfect lawn.
João Anes
A full-stack engineer with 12 years' experience across software, web technologies, and ML, focused on simple, modular solutions. Recently, the focus shifted to practical LLM applications-particularly agents and automation-to realize AI productivity gains across the development process and build tools to get us there. Outside work, they build software and track technologies shaping the future.