CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation Day 2026
Place
CIÊNCIAS Main Auditorium (Building C3, Floor 2)
Research from CIÊNCIAS
to the world
The event celebrating the research and innovation developed at CIÊNCIAS is back for its 8th edition.
CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation Day brings together the academic and scientific community to showcase some of the projects, ideas and advances shaping research at the Faculty. It will be an opportunity to celebrate knowledge, share experiences and strengthen connections between researchers, faculty members, students and partners.
Throughout the day, the programme will feature presentations of outstanding research, innovation initiatives and the achievements of the CIÊNCIAS community, while also creating opportunities for dialogue, collaboration and networking.
Save the date and join us in celebrating science and innovation at CIÊNCIAS.
Attendance is free and open to all, subject to available seating. The event will be conducted in English.
Students from the third year of their bachelor degree onwards are excused from classes to attend the event.
Programme
(updating)
MORNING
FCiências.ID session (details coming soon)
AFTERNOON
CIÊNCIAS Main Auditorium (Building C3, Floor 2)
13:45 Doors open
14:00 Opening session:
Conceição Freitas, Dean of the Faculty
Government representative, to be confirmed
14:15 Introduction of the Distinguished Lecturer:
Jorge Buescu, CIÊNCIAS professor awarded the 2024 Ciência Viva Grand Prize
14:20 Distinguished Lecture:
Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University
The Mathematics of Imaging
15:05 Q&A
15:15 Leading‑edge research at CIÊNCIAS – Flash Talks
Chemical Sciences and Technologies
Life Sciences
Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Mathematical Sciences
Computer Science and Engineering
History and Philosophy of Sciences
15:50 CIÊNCIAS 2025 Science & Innovation Merit Awards:
Cristina Máguas, Vice Dean of CIÊNCIAS for Research and Innovation, Internationalisation and External Relations
16:10 Closing remarks
16:20 Posters session with networking, drinks & snacks
Irene
Fonseca
Kavčić-Moura University Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, where she is Director of the Center for Nonlinear Analysis (CNA)
An alumna of CIÊNCIAS ULisboa, she was awarded the 2024 Prémio Universidade de Lisboa / Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
Unveiling
the Unknown
David W. Macdonald, professor at the University of Oxford,
at the latest edition of CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation Day
Photo credit for Irene Fonseca: Carnegie Mellon University
This is an official Ciências ULisboa event. Photographs and video recordings will be taken throughout the event venue for the purposes of Ciências ULisboa’s institutional communications across its various channels, including its website, digital social media, brochures and other information materials. For further information, please contact protecaodados@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.