Ciências ULisboa Sustainability Week 2026

This edition is guided by the motto "The Future of Sustainability", not only to highlight the importance of reflecting on the impact of our actions, but also as an indication of the Organizing Committee's commitment to rethinking the format of the event in order to guarantee its continuity.

SDS'26 will feature two days entirely dedicated to Central Events (28 and 29 April), consisting of: Lectures and Debates and Special Events: a Workshop, a Documentary, and Ciência no Copo, an initiative of Oficina das Energias.

The Sustainability Fair aims to bring dynamism to the event through activities divided into two groups:

• Those that will only take place on the two days entirely dedicated to the Sustainability Fair (27 and 30 April), such as: the Organizations' Booth or the Interactive Fair;

• The dynamic activities that will run throughout the event, namely: Exhibition of the Scientific Drawing Competition, Treasure Hunt, Wall of Sustainable Commitments.

Programme

27 April

• 14h00-14h30 | OPENING SESSION: General Coordination of SDS’26, SDS’25 and SDS’24 (C3 lobby, 2nd floor)

• 14h00-17h00 | Fair of Entities (C3 lobby, 2nd floor)

28 April

• 11h30-13h00 | Debate: The Role of Stakeholders for a Sustainable Future (room 2.2.15)

  • Moderation: Beatriz Silva, Area of Conceptualisation of SDS’26

  • Speakers:

    • Ivone Fachada (Management Board of Ciência Viva)

    • Acácio Pires (Associação ZERO)

    • Hugo Rebelo (CE3C, Ciências ULisboa)

    • José Lino Costa (Ciências ULisboa)

• 13h00-14h00 | Lunch break

• 14h00-15h30 | Documentary: Eco-Anxiety, Jean-François Rodrigues (room 3.2.15)

• 15h30-16h00 | Coffee Break (C3 lobby, 2nd floor)

• 16h00-17h30 | Workshop: Make Your Own Body Oil, Verónica Paiva (BioVó) (room 8.2.06)

29 April

• 11h00-12h00 | Lecture: Sustainability in Space: the age of New Space (room 8.2.15)

  • Speaker: Duarte Cota (Portuguese Space Agency)

• 12h00-13h00 | Lecture: Ecological Restoration in Marine Ecosystems (room 8.2.15)

  • Speaker: Ricardo Melo (MARE, Ciências ULisboa)

• 13h00-14h00 | Lunch break

• 14h00-15h30 | Debate: The Role of AI in Biodiversity Conservation (room 2.2.21)

  • Moderation: Catarina Sil, General Coordination of the SDS’26)

  • Speakers:

    • Pedro Cardoso (CE3C, Ciências ULisboa)

    • Cíntia Águas Pereira (FMUL)

    • Rafael Raimundo, (Msc Conservation Biology, Ciências ULisboa)

• 15h30-16h00 | Coffee Break (C2 lobby, 2nd floor)

• 16h00-17h30 Ciência no Copo: The Sustainability of Sustainability (room 1.1.30)

  • Moderation: Mário Vilas (Oficina das Energias)

  • Speakers:

    • Anabela Cardoso (G3S, Ciências ULisboa)

    • Kaya Schwemmlein (Ciências ULisboa)

    • Miguel Brito (Ciências ULisboa)

30 April

• 10h0-13h00 | Interactive Fair + Exchange Market - LET’S SWAP (C3 lobby, 2nd floor)

• 14h00-15h30 | CLOSING SESSION (grand auditorium 3.2.14)

  • SDS’26 General Coordination

  • Conceição Freitas,(Faculty Dean of Ciências ULisboa)

  • Mário Mateus da Costa (President of AEFCL)

  • VicenTuna

• 15h30-16h00 | Coffee Break (C3 lobby, 2nd floor)