"Atlantic interactions" international summit with GMV participation

The island of Terceira in the Azores was the venue for the international "Atlantic Interactions" summit attended by government representatives, companies and scientific and academic institutions from 29 countries, as well as delegations from the European Space Agency, the European Commission and the European Parliament, and the United Nations. Representing GMV was the General Manager of Portugal, Alberto de Pedro Crespo. 

As part of this summit, Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal, announced the creation of the International Research Center for the Atlantic of the Azores by the end of 2018.
The main objective of the summit was to prepare the creation of the Atlantic International Research Center (AIR Center) in the Azores, a research center focused on the study of the Atlantic, in the areas of space, climate change and the atmosphere, renewable energy and data processing.

A new November summit is scheduled to take place in Brazil and aims to validate the commitments now assumed.