LEDEX Faro - AI for Business - May 2026

LEDEX Events brings together business owners, senior managers, and entrepreneurs from across the Algarve to explore practical ways to use AI.

Free entry - registration is required to secure your spot.

LEDEX Events brings together business owners, senior managers, and entrepreneurs from across the Algarve to explore practical ways to use AI and digital tools in their business. This edition in Faro focuses on two areas where AI is already saving time and generating results for small businesses: automation and AI agents.

FOR WHOM

• Business owners and managers who want to cut time spent on repetitive tasks.
• Entrepreneurs looking at how AI can handle customer contact around the clock.
• Team leaders who want to grow capacity without adding headcount.
• Anyone in tourism, hospitality, retail, real estate, or professional services who wants to see AI working in practice.
• Founders and operators who want to leave with a plan, not just ideas.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Vera Firman will show you the AI tools local businesses are using right now to automate customer contact and lead generation - including a live demo. Ignacio Correia will walk through the technical side of AI automation - how to build AI that is wired directly into your business, connecting your data and processes so it handles tasks on its own.

📍 Where: Faro Avenida Business Center, Av. 5 de Outubro 82 A, 8000-076 Faro.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 6 May 2026.

🕡 Time: 18:00 - 20:00.

Free entry - registration required to secure your spot.

AGENDA

• 18:00 - 18:15 Welcome & Introductions.
• 18:15 - 18:45 Leveraging AI to Automate, Engage & Scale Your Business by Vera Firman. Vera shares the exact tools local businesses can use to stop losing customers to faster competitors. She covers how AI handles calls, lead qualification, and appointment booking around the clock, how to generate leads through social media on autopilot, and what to automate first. The session ends with a live demo.
• 18:45 - 19:15 From Prompts to Pipelines: Automation That Actually Runs Your Business by Ignácio Correia. Ignácio goes under the hood. He walks through the technical side of AI automation - specifically how to build AI that is wired directly into your business, connecting your data and processes so it can handle tasks on its own. Using a real business example, he shows exactly how the pieces connect and what it takes to build something that runs without you.
• 19:15 - 19:30 Q&A with both speakers.
• 19:30 - 20:00 Open Networking.

SPEAKERS

Vera Firman - CEO, VF Agency & PulseGrowth.io. Vera is a marketing and automation strategist with 15 years of experience helping businesses grow through AI systems and digital marketing. She founded PulseGrowth.io, an all-in-one automation platform for local and service-based businesses, and runs VF Agency, a digital marketing and SEO firm with clients across the USA, Europe, and the Middle East. She has spoken at events in the USA, Europe, and Dubai - including the SaaSpreneur Summit - and is known for turning complex systems into clear, practical steps.

Ignácio Correia - Founder, SuperCognit (Portugal). Ignácio has 15 years of experience in product design and systems thinking. He is a TEDx speaker and the designer of AI agent infrastructure at Mechanism Ventures, where his systems manage hiring, research, marketing, finance, and client communications across multiple portfolio companies - letting a small team run at a scale that would otherwise require far more people.

PARTNERS

Faro Avenida Business Center - Our host venue. A hybrid workspace in Faro with offices, coworking, and virtual office solutions, built for entrepreneurs and small businesses across the region.

LOFT Community - A professional community for local and international entrepreneurs in the Algarve, built around collaboration and shared workspace.

Algarve Evolution - Working to build the Algarve into a regional hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, connecting businesses across sectors and borders.

ABOUT LEDEX EVENTS

LEDEX Events brings together business owners, senior managers, and entrepreneurs from across the Algarve to explore practical ways to use AI and digital tools in their business. Each event includes 2 focused presentations and relaxed networking, so you can learn from real examples and talk with peers facing similar challenges.