Program
Plenary Sessions on 1st Day
Opening Session

Adalberto Campos Fernandes
Chairman of Cascais International Health Forum and Former Minister of Health
speaker

Andrea Telo de Lima
President of Fórum Saúde XXI
speaker

Carlos Carreiras
President of the Cascais City Council
speaker
Global Health in the 21st Century: Navigating Emerging Threats and Opportunities
 
Ewout Van Ginneken
Director of European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
speaker
Ageing Populations and Chronic Disease Management
 
Giovanni Viganò
Senior consultant and public policy expert; Professor of Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences
speaker

Nuno Marques
Specialist in Active and Healthy Aging Action
speaker

Ana Clara Silva
Regional Director for Longevity Policies of the Regional Government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira
commentator

Ana João Sepúlveda
President at Age Friendly Portugal
moderator
Networking
Global Challenges for the Next Decade
 
LuÃs Marques Mendes
Lawyer, State Counselor
speaker
Health System Sustainability and Financing
 
Alberto de la Rosa
President of Ribera Health Group
speaker

Peter van der Voort
Academic Director & Professor Health Care Intensivist, PhD, MD, MSc
speaker

Ricardo Mestre
Former Secretay of State for Health
commentator
Lunch
Mental Health and Well-being
 
Miguel Xavier
Full Professor of Psychiatry and Mental Health
speaker

Oddrun Samdal
Professor in Health Promotion and Psychology at Bergen University
speaker

Maria de Belém Roseira
Former Health Minister of Portugal
commentator

Tânia Gaspar
Coordinator of the Portuguese Laboratory for Healthy Workplaces
moderator
Discovering Cancer, Aging, and Age-Associated Degenerative Disorders
 
Filipe de Botton
Logoplast CEO
speaker

Ronald DePinho
Former MD Anderson President, Public Health Advocate, Entrepreneur, Scientist
speaker
Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
 
Josep Figueras
Founding Director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
speaker

Ana Abrunhosa
President of the Health Commission of the Parliament
commentator

Sónia Dias
Director of NOVA School of Public Health NOVA University of Lisbon
moderator
Building Resilient Health Systems in Europe
 
Francisco Assis
MEP Member of European Parliament
speaker
Networking
Healthcare Workforce Challenges
 
Miguel Guimarães
Member of Parliament
speaker

Orlando Monteiro da Silva
Member of Economic and Social Council
commentator

Inês Fronteira
Professor at NOVA/ENSP
moderator
Parallel Sessions on 1st Day
Biotech as the New Frontier of Intelligence
 
Pedro Gouveia
Breast surgeon, medicalXR researcher and futurist at Champalimaud Foundation
speaker
Health and Climate Changes
 
Neuza Teixeira
Country Medical Director GSK in Portugal
speaker

Pedro Matos Soares
Principal Researcher Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL)
speaker
Digital Health and Telemedicine: Innovations and Integration in Homecare
 
Delfim Rodrigues
National Coordinator of the SNS Home Hospitalization Program
speaker

José Mendes Ribeiro
Executive Director of Walk-in Clinics Portugal SA.
speaker
Exploring Lifestyle Factors in Longevity
 
Helena Monteiro
President of ADBB - Associação de Diabéticos da Beira Baixa
speaker

Paulo Santos
Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
speaker

Pedro Serra Pinto
Founder and executive director of Fórum Saúde XXI
speaker

Pedro Teixeira
Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho and researcher in the field of population health
speaker

Sandra Martins
Associate Professor at Universidade Europeia and Vice-President of the Portuguese Association of Exercise Physiologists
speaker

Tânia Soeiro
Nutritionist in the Health Promotion and Well-being Division of Cascais City Council
speaker
Senior Oral Health: A Public Health Challenge in an Ageing Society
 
Carlos Ribeiro Ferreira
Program Manager at Group Ageas
speaker
Living Europe: innovation in health and competitiveness
 
João Condeixa
Director of External Affairs and Board Member at Johnson & Johnson
speaker

Manuel Durães Rocha
Co-coordinating Partner of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology area of ABREU ADVOGADOS
speaker
Global Health Diplomacy and European Leadership
 
António Martins da Cruz
Ambassador and former Foreign Minister
speaker

Francisco Pavão
Director of International Relations Coordination of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Health
speaker

LuÃs de Almeida Sampaio
Ambassador
speaker
The Role of AI and Big Data in Healthcare
 
Ricardo Batista Leite
CEO of HealthAI – The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health
speaker
Improving Access to Health em Portugal: Social Responsibility, Innovation and Technology
 
João Machado
President of Ageas Foundation
speaker
Science and Technologies That Will Recreate the Future of Health (and Medicine)
 
Maria do Carmo Silveira
Health Strategic Orchestration na Médis, Grupo Ageas Portugal
speaker
Public-Private Partnerships in Health Systems
 
José Bento
President of Hospital de Cascais
speaker

Óscar Gaspar
President of Portuguese Association of Private Hospitalization
speaker
Driving Excellence: How Hospitals Leverage Innovation & Clinical Trials
 
PatrÃcia Calado
Head of Clinical Innovation Portugal at NTT DATA
speaker

Ricardo Constantino
Partner & Head of Health & Public Sector da NTT DATA Portugal
speaker

Tony Young
National Clinical Lead for Innovation NHS England
speaker
Health System Resilience: the Importance of Adult Immunization
 
Guilherme Monteiro Ferreira
Market Access & External Affairs Director of GSK
speaker
Forum Cities
 
Alfonso Vegara
Founder and Honorary President of Fundacion Metropoli Universidad Complutense de Madrid
speaker
Innovation and Sustainability
 What Impact Is GenAI Having on Patient Care?
 
Filipe Ganhão
Partner at Deloitte Portugal in the Technology Consulting area
speaker

Pedro Ferreira
Principal Sales Consultant at Oracle Health
speaker

Pedro Garcia Silva
PhD in Neuroscience
speaker

Rita Veloso
Executive Member of the ULS Santo António Board of Directors
speaker
Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Emerging Challenges
 
Gustavo Jesus
Psychiatrist
speaker

Margarida Matos
Full Professor at the Faculty of Human Motricity, University of Lisbon
speaker

Sónia Vide
Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto
speaker

Tânia Gaspar
Coordinator of the Portuguese Laboratory for Healthy Workplaces
speaker

Teresa Leite
Clinical psychologist, music therapist, university lecturer
speaker
Ageing Populations: Health System Adaptations
 
Carolina Santos
Researcher at the Nova Health Economics & Management Knowledge Center
speaker

Maria do Céu Machado
President Medical Sciences Society of Lisbon
speaker

Nuno Marques
Specialist in Active and Healthy Aging Action
speaker
Plenary Sessions on 2nd Day
Global Governance in Health: Aligning International Cooperation with National Priorities
 
Ana Povo
Secretary of State for Health
speaker
Digital Health and Clinical Innovation
 
Lorena Boix Alonso
Deputy Director General for Health European Union
speaker

Tony Young
National Clinical Lead for Innovation NHS England
speaker

Mourad Aboubakr
Country President da Novartis, Portugal
commentator

PatrÃcia Calado
Head of Clinical Innovation Portugal at NTT DATA
moderator
Health System Sustainability: Challenges for the Future
 
Cristina Vaz Tomé
Secretary of State for Health Management
speaker
Networking
Health System Challenges on Quality in the Whole System
 
Kris Vanhaecht
Professor at Leuven University, Belgium
speaker

Pedro Delgado
Instructor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a Senior Atlantic Fellow of Health Equity
speaker

Ricardo Mexia
Public Health Doctor and Epidemiologist
commentator

Paulo Sousa
Director of the Department of Health Strategies at the National School of Public Health - NOVA University Lisbon
moderator
Sustainability of Social Protection Systems
 
LuÃs Pais Antunes
President of Economic and Social Council
speaker
Lunch
Health System Reforms – Lessons to be Learned
 
Ana Jorge
Former Health Minister of Health
speaker

Mário Amorim Lopes
Member of Parliament
commentator

Paulo Teixeira
Country Manager for Pfizer Portugal
moderator
Climate Change and Health: Preparing Systems for the Global Impact
 
Helena Freitas
University of Coimbra
speaker
Networking
Data Science, Big Data and AI
 
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
Lawyer, partner at Pérez-Llorca
commentator

David Magboulé
CEO LabToMarket
moderator
Health Systems and Sustainable Development: Achieving the SDGs in a Changing World
 
Jorge Moreira da Silva
UN Under-Secretary-Geral and Executive and Director of UNOPS
speaker
Closing Session

Ana Paula Martins
Health Minister of Portugal
speaker
Parallel Sessions on 2nd Day
Hospitals and the Chalenge of Integration in Health Local Units
 
Manuel Delgado
Health Consultant
speaker

Mécia Fonseca
Value & Access Head at Novartis
speaker
Patient Reported Outcomes OCDE
 
André Peralta
Deputy Director General of Health
speaker
Pharmaceutical Policy and Access to Medicines
 
Ema Paulino
President of National Association of Pharmacies
speaker

Jaime Melância
Chairman of Plataforma Saúde em Diálogo
speaker
Health Systems Governance and Leadership
 
José Fragata
Co-director of the Heart Center of CUF Hospitals and Coordinator of the Cardiac Surgery Unit
speaker
One Health, One Planet: Paths to a Sustainable Future
 
Armindo Jacinto
Mayor of Idanha-a-Nova
speaker
Transforming Healthcare: The Impact of Technologies on Health Promotion
 
Cátia Sousa Pinto
Head for Global Digital Health & Public Health Specialist (Portugal)
speaker

Marta Zegre Amorim
Specialist in Medical Genetics
speaker

Raquel Chantre
Advisor to the Board of Directors of Unidade Local de Saúde São José, E.P.E.
speaker

Tamara Milagre
President of the Patient Association EVITA
speaker
A New Generation for a New Purpose in Health Systems
 
Delfim Rodrigues
National Coordinator of the SNS Home Hospitalization Program
speaker

Duarte Tude Graça
Consultant Physician at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon
speaker

José Mendes Ribeiro
Executive Director of Walk-in Clinics Portugal SA.
speaker
Impactiful Community Projects: The Strength of Health Literacy
 
Carla Nunes Semedo
Councillor at Cascais Town Hall since 2021
speaker

Cristina Vaz de Almeida
President of the Portuguese Society for Health Literacy (SPLS)
speaker

Maria Eugénia Brandulo
President of Decilo Bailando & TangoTerapia PT
speaker

Tânia Gaspar
Coordinator of the Portuguese Laboratory for Healthy Workplaces
speaker

Vasco Fonseca
Consultant in medical oncology at Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
speaker
Health Workforce Development and Retention
 
Ricardo Correia de Matos
Invited Professor ESS Norte CVP, Tresurer of Nurses Order
speaker
Forum CEO
 
Catarina Castro
Economist and Financial Markets Analyst
speaker