9 July 2025 · 5 min
International corporate event photography in Lisbon brought the Actemium network to the Myriad Hotel, at Parque das Nações, for two days of conferences, panels and networking. I was commissioned by MindUS for this coverage. The event brought together directors from over 40 countries under the theme Growing Together — a meeting of visions, strategies and experiences that only happens when people from such different geographies share the same space.
Actemium belongs to the VINCI Energies group, one of Europe's largest industrial groups. The Directors' Days is the moment when this network comes together, aligns direction and strengthens the bonds between companies that, day to day, operate autonomously in their own countries. It's an event where context matters as much as content — and that calls for coverage that goes beyond documentary record.
The Myriad Hotel is a venue that challenges: the dramatic light of the main hall, the networking spaces with views over the Tagus and the Torre Vasco da Gama, and the fast pace of a programme with plenary sessions, panel discussions and social moments running in parallel. I worked across the main room and networking areas to make sure no key moment went unrecorded.
One of the highlights was the keynote by Prof. José Manuel Durão Barroso on global geopolitical and economic challenges — a reflection that framed the context in which the Actemium network makes strategic decisions. The image has to be equal to that weight.
The presence of the FST Lisboa project, the Formula Student team from Instituto Superior Técnico, brought the energy of young engineering and applied talent for innovation to the event — an interesting contrast with the accumulated experience of the leaders in the room.
At the end of the second day, the programme took participants to two Lisbon moments worth capturing: departing from Estação do Oriente — Santiago Calatrava's iconic structure, that crossing between architecture and engineering that impresses everyone who arrives in Lisbon — and the CP train ride to SUD Lisboa, the historic riverside station by the Tagus where dinner was held. The shift in scale and atmosphere between the two spaces is striking: from the monumental, contemporary Oriente station to the more intimate and historic feel of SUD, with the Tagus just within reach. These contrasts are part of what makes Lisbon an unrepeatable destination for events like this — and something a photographer should know how to use.
Two very full days, with a network that knows how to grow with intention — and a city that knows how to host.
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