Book launch: Driven by dreams: Have we arrived? Havent we arrived? 30 years of Arrabida Prospective meetings, 1992-2022 04/04/2024

The Orient Foundation and the Institute for Prospective Studies (IP – "Instituto de Prospectiva") invite to the launch of the book "Driven by dreams: Have we arrived? Haven't we arrived? 30 years of Arrabida Prospective meetings, 1992-2022" (Portuguese edition).

This book includes essays and reflections that have resulted from the annual Arrábida Prospective Meetings held since 1992 and which aim to analyze their impact on Portugal's development. The texts preserve and value the matrix of the Meetings, not divulging their content and focusing only on the impact of their realization. In this context, the title of this book is inspired by the poem "The Dream" by Sebastião da Gama, the poet from Arrábida.

The Arrábida Prospective Meetings were launched and coordinated by José Mariano Gago (1948-2015) until 2014 and, since then, organized and coordinated by Manuel Heitor, together with João Ferreira do Amaral. The aim of these meetings is to stimulate prospective analysis in Portugal and guarantee an annual space for critical and open reflection on structuring issues for the country's development.

The book launch will take place at Orient Museum, on April 4th, at 6 pm.