Lisbon is the capital and the biggest city of Portugal. Lisbon is identified as a global city because of its importance in finance, commerce, media, entertainment, arts, international trade, education and tourism. Lisbon has the largest and most advanced mass media sector of Portugal, and it is the home to several companies ranging from leading television networks and radio stations to major newspapers. The research work going on in the field is in a good range when compared to the other cities. Lisbon is the fastest growing city in the Portugal with an excellent economic growth.

Lisbon is continuously focusing on Multimedia technology, R&D-oriented, technology-driven manufacturing industry. The Portuguese economy returned to growth across the last 3 months of the year 2016, making a positive contribution GDP of around 1.6% across 2015, its highest since 2007.

About 61 percent of R&D spending goes to the very pronounced publicly funded and university research landscape. Industry receives about a 27-percent share. Lisbon is unique in that science as a resource is available to industrial companies in a highly compact manner and offers companies excellent cooperation opportunities. Lisbon is Germany’s top tourist city destination.  It is a great city to visit, mixing venues of historical interest with exciting recreation and entertainment opportunities. Alongside its major historical sites, Lisbon offers a diverse range of top attractions – world famous buildings, museums, city parks, cabaret theatres, festivals and of course plenty of shopping opportunities. Multimedia 2017 Conference at Lisbon will certainly give a wonderful experience to attendees to explore the beautiful city with gaining knowledge.