January
CES 2020

One of the biggest technology events in the world took place in January, where usually the biggest innovations in the world of technology are presented.

March
Covid-19 – Teleworking

The State of Emergency in Portugal was declared on March 20 and one of the measures imposed was the adoption of telework. A measure that may have worked as a paradigm shift in the way of working in
Portugal.

May
Space Tourism

At the end of May SpaceX became the first private company to launch a manned rocket into space, with the aim of laying the foundations for future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Jun
WWDC20

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference took place in June and included more than 100 technical sessions and a forum for developers to put their questions to the brand’s engineers.

November
Online Voting – USA

For the first time in the country’s history, the USA has adopted an online voting system for Presidential Elections aimed at military voters who live outside the country or people with some degree of disability.

December
Web Summit 2020

The first 100% online edition of the Web Summit took place in early December and brought together more than 160 countries, 1100 speakers and around 2000 startups.