Schedule

March 22nd, Saturday

9:30Opening session

10:00Pawsibilities in Engineering

  • Maria João Maia: Lab-grown skin: The game changer for wildlife conservation
  • Ana Couto: Nutricional strategies to improve fish health
  • Rui Miguel da Costa Martins: Reagent-less point-of-care technology: The role of artificial intelligence in blood analysis

11:30Coffee Break

12:00Breaking Bio

  • Susana Magalhães: Roundtable Moderator
  • Pilar Valinhas Morais: Speaker
  • Helena Ferreira: Speaker
  • Nuno Azevedo: Speaker
  • Vasco Dias: Speaker

13:30Lunch

14:30Bioengineering on the Rescue

  • Isabel Veiga: Gene editing to decipher malaria drug response
  • Willy Verstraete: Sustainable feed and food by safe microbial biomes
  • Rodney Guimarães: Bridging the gap: technology for equity in health

16:00Coffee Break

16:30Speed Networking

17:00Hacking the Clock

  • Joris Deelen: The genetics of human longevity: from variant to functionels
  • Pedro Pissara: Interventions for healthy ageing across the lifespan
  • Rudi Tielemans: Enabling healthy aging by monitoring vitality capacity

19:00Social Dinner

March 23rd, Sunday

09:00Made in Bio

  • Diogo Mosqueira: Crossing borders: From academic research towards big pharma
  • Eduardo Pinho: Industry baby! My leap from Biological Engineering to a Biopharma CDMO.
  • Catarina Lopes: The Bioengineer's role in shaping the future of medical devices and education

10:30Coffee Break

11:00Speed Networking

11:30Mental Debug

  • João Cortinhas: Unlocking new therapies for neurodevelopmental diseases: The role of patient-derived cell models
  • Ziva Cooper: Cannabis: Pathway to health, placebo, or peril?
  • Patricio Riva Posse: Deep brain stimulation - targeting neural circuits to treat depression

13:00Lunch

14:00Science Under 5'

15:00Startup Lab

  • Sónia Ferreira: BestHealth4U presentation
  • João Afonso Pereira: How 3 bioengineers founded a pet food company
  • Célia Cruz: From bioengeneering to complear

16:30Coffee Break

17:00Speed Networking + Poster

17:30The Winning Formula

  • Alberto Bulgarelli: Osteochondral scaffolds: Innovations in cartilage regeneration and joint preservation
  • Helder Rosendo: R&D opportunities on sport textiles & apparel
  • Floren Colloud: Contributions and perspectives in sports biomechanics to minimise the risk of injury and improve performance

19:00Closing session

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