Portugal will host the summit of the oldest exploration society in the world, the Explorers Club of New York. It's the Global Exploration Summit (GLEx), which will take place from 3rd to 5th July in Lisbon.
Celebrating 500 years of the first Magalhães / Elcano circumnavigation yoyage, this summit will be attended by 400 pioneering researchers and professionals in the field of science, art and technology, who will take part in the signing of the Lisbon Resolution.
The event, which will be organised with the support of Turismo de Portugal and in collaboration with Estrutura de Missão for the celebration of the circumnavigation's 500th anniversary, should have panels open to the public with worldwide references to exploration and science.
The announcement of this summit coming to Portugal was made by Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho, at the annual The Explorers Club gala held in New York last March 16th. This ceremony celebrated the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Man to the Moon, with a tribute to ten living astronauts from NASA's various Apollo missions, to which Portugal offered a bottle of Port wine dating back to 1969.
The Explorers Club was founded in 1904 and has 3,500 members, including names such as Elon Musk (Tesla and Space X), James Cameron (filmmaker) and Jeff Bezos (Amazon).
Among the confirmed speakers are the World Ocean Forum’s director Alexander More, the doctor Bertrand Piccard, the archaeologist Beverly Goodman, the film director Fabien Cousteau and NASA’s chief-scientist James Garvin.
A second Portuguese edition of the event is already planned for 2021.
