CIÊNCIAS Research Innovation Day 2023

Participation in Ciências Research & Innovation Day is free, but prior registration is suggested, HERE.

Join us on 24 October 2023 for the 5th edition of Ciências Research & Innovation Day! A public showcase of the best science made in this centenary institution.

We invite you to attend the presentations that will take place during the whole day in Auditorium 3.2.14 (Building C3, 2nd floor). The programme is now available.

Don’t miss also the posters session taking place at the C3 Atrium – a valuable networking opportunity which can allow you to forge relationships for future collaborations.

And stay tuned: in this 5th edition, the side events related to research in Ciências ULisboa will span the whole week, between 23-27 October 2023! See also the side events organised by FCiências.ID.

• 09:30-09:45 Welcome words (Luis Carriço, Dean)

• 09:45-10:00 Research highlights @ CIÊNCIAS (Margarida Santos-Reis, Vice Dean for Research)

• 10:00-10:15 Ciências 2022 Research Awards

10:30-11:15 SESSION I – G CHALLENGES: Act Today for a better tomorrow

• 10:30-10:45 The power of nature in a world under climate change (Cristina Branquinho, cE3c)

• 10:45-11:00 For a clean and just energy transition (Miguel Centeno Brito, IDL)

• 11:00-11:15 Empowering science with artificial intelligence (Cátia Pesquita, LASIGE)

• 11:15-11:45 Coffee-break

11:45-12:30 SESSION II – SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS

• 11:45-12:00 Mathematics is Sudoku (Bruno Loff, LASIGE & CMAFcIO)

• 12:00-12:15 Wet Artificial Life (Margarida Telo da Gama, CFTC)

• 12:15-12:30 Euclid: Unveilling the late-time cosmic acceleration (António Silva, IA)

12:30-14:30 YOUR TREAT

• Bring a Sandwich and look at the posters or speed-date with FCiências.ID

14:30-15:30 SESSION III – FROM SCIENCE TO INNOVATION

• 14:30-14:45 Innovation Strategy and Results at CIÊNCIAS: The Last 5 Years in Review (Rita Tomé, TecLabs)

• 14:45-15:30 The different paths to innovation at CIÊNCIAS (Round Table moderated by Rita Tomé)

  • Francisco Couto - Researcher LASIGE and Professor Ciências ULisboa

  • João Silva - PhD student and Cofounder of Ciências ULisboa spin-off KeepIT (IDL)

  • Rui Cortes (Founder and CEO LeanHealth Portugal)

  • Sara Reis - Portfolio Manager FrontierIP

15:30-16:15 SESSION IV – SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY

• 15:30-15:45 TWIN2PIPSA - Twinning for strategic networking and impactful research and innovation in Biomedicine and Biotechnology (Cláudio Gomes, BioISI)

• 15:45-16:00 Navigating the neuroscientific landscape of sexual objectification and its societal implications (Carlotta Cogoni, IBEB)

• 16:00-16:15 ChemBio services for research and society (Bárbara Anes, CQE)

• 16:15-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45-17:30 SESSION V - COMMUNICATING SCIENCE

• 16:45-17:00 CIÊNCIAS Alumni – ‘Success stories’

  • ​Nuno André da Silva, Grupo Luz Saúde

  • Tiago Marques, University of St. Andrews & CEAUL

• 17:00-17:30 Boosting Sustainable Development Goals Initiative – ‘Pitch your Science’

  • ​Opening by Patrícia Chaves (cE3c)

• 17:30 Closing remarks (Pedro Almeida, Vice Dean for External Relations and Image)

The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Ciências ULisboa) is committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Established in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly to be achieved by 2030, these are a set of 17 interlinked global goals that "provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future".

Does the work you are developing within the scope of your Master's or Doctorate at Ciências ULisboa contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? Share it with the Ciências community and be candidate to a prize.

Through this initiative, we intend to stimulate science communication in a clear, rigorous, and captivating way, in the context of Sustainable Development Goals.

Applications are submitted individually, until October 10, in the form of a three-minute pitch in English.