In April 2018, researcher Paulo Bento participated in the Visão Fest, the commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the weekly magazine, Visão. The festivities included concerts, workshops, debates, encounters with artists and authors, etc. Among the debates, Paulo Bento was one of the invited speakers for the short-talk Optimist Portugal (“Portugal Optimista”), together with renowned entrepreneurs and business managers, discussing on the subject of how to achieve an optimist environment in Portugal and how to capitalize on that optimism for the success of enterprises.