PROGRAM
- DAY 1 | 12th DECEMBER, 2025
DAY 1 | 12th DECEMBER, 2025
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Welcome message |
| 09:30 – 13:10 |
Session I. Transforming Healthcare: Innovations & Challenges in Digital Health |
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Plenary lecture |
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| Coffee break | |
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Invited speakers |
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| 13:10 – 14:30 |
Lunch + Poster Session
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14:30 – 18:00
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Session II. Basic, Clinical and Translational Health Research Selected Oral Communication |
| Coffee Break | |
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Selected Oral Communications |
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| 19:30 |
Networking Dinner
Awards Communication
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- DAY 2 | 13th DECEMBER, 2025
DAY 2 | 13th DECEMBER, 2025
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 – 13:00 | Session III. Innovations in Healthcare Invited Speakers Robot-assisted neurorehabilitation: from clinic to home to maximise therapy dose Olivier Lambercy, Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Human ingredients for tissue engineering João Mano, Departamento de Química, UA |
| Coffee Break | |
| Plenary lecture Research for action: how can we move it faster and further? Rita Sá Machado, Diretora Geral da Saúde |
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| Company Time (sponsors) | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Parallel session IV. Cardiovascular and Respiratory diseases: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment Coffee Station / per room Invited Speakers Heart and Lung: dangerous liaisons Cristina Gavina, Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia Translational research in cardiovascular diseases Adelino Leite Moreira, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto Advances in Heart Failure Therapy Over the Past Decade Rui Batista, Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga To be announced Jorge Ferreira, Presidente da Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia The Complexity of Patients on Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: From Hospital to Home-based Respiratory Care Miguel Gonçalves, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Parallel session IV – Bone and Muscle Disorders: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment Coffee Station / per room Invited Speakers The paradigm of rheumatic diseases in Portugal Tiago Meirinhos, Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia e Espinho Rethinking brain disease in myotonic dystrophy: It’s not all about neurons Mário Gomes-Pereira, Myology Research Centre, Paris, França Universal genomic newborn screening? Laurent Servais, MDUK Oxford Neuromuscular Centre Lesões Ligamentares e Meniscais no Alto Rendimento Desportivo José Carlos Noronha, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol The SPLIT programme: A stratified model of service delivery for managing patients with Low Back Pain in Primary Health Care Eduardo Brazete Cruz, ESS do Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Parallel Session IV – Infection and Resistance: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment Coffee Station / per room Invited Speakers Host-directed medicine approaches in critical care Agostinho Carvalho, ICVS, Universidade do Minho The Importance of Real-Time Genomics in Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings Luís Malheiro, Unidade Local de Saúde de Gaia e Espinho Vectors, Viruses, and Vulnerabilities: Uncovering Arbovirus Public Health Risks in a Warming World Líbia Zé-Zé, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, INSA Prevention of infection and antimicrobial resistance: two sides of the pandemic. Future challenges at national and international levels. Margarida Valente, PPCIRA/Direção-Geral da Saúde Infección en las heridas: controversias y desafíos en la práctica clínica Jose Verdu Soriano, Universidad de Alicante |
| 14:30 – 17:00 | Parallel session IV. Neurological Diseases: New Frontiers in the Diagnosis and Treatment Coffee Station / per room Invited Speakers Current Challenges in Translational and Clinical Neuroscience Miguel Castelo-Branco, CIBIT, Universidade de Coimbra Cerebral venous thrombosis: recent advances and future directions Diana Dias de Sousa, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa Redefining Dementia Care: New Approaches for Diagnosis and Treatment Luís Ruano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Entre Douro e Vouga The Role of Retinoic Acid and Metals towards Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutic Strategies Odete Cruz e Silva, Departamento Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Aveiro |
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