The first day of the conference will feature an Opening Ceremony. This session will welcome all participants to the 15th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance and officially start the 4-day programme. It will be addressed by the following people:

• António Guterres | Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video)
• António Cunha | Presidente of the Portuguese Northern Regional Development and Coordination Commission
• Elsa Estevez | Chair of the ICEGOV Steering Committee
• Rui Vieira de Castro | Rector of the University of Minho
• Shen Xiaomeng | Vice-Rector of the United Nations University in Europe (UNU-ViE)
• Domingos Bragança | Mayor of Guimarães