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Conference | Morning

Conference | Morning

During the morning all participants will have the opportunity to attend various discussions at the Conference in the Grand Auditorium of the Convento São Francisco.

Grand Auditorium

03 June, 2026
08:30 - 09:20
Foyer of the Grand Auditorium

Accreditation

09:30 - 09:55
Grand Auditorium

Welcome aboard

Amílcar Falcão

Rector | Coimbra University

João Gabriel Silva

President of the Board | Instituto Pedro Nunes

Instituto Pedro Nunes

Helena Teodósio

President | Região Metropolitana de Coimbra

Ana Abrunhosa

President | Coimbra City Council

09:55 - 10:00
Grand Auditorium

Empowered Startups Protocol Signing Ceremony

Christopher Lennon

President | Empowered startups

Ana Abrunhosa

President | Coimbra City Council

10:00 - 10:15
Grand Auditorium

Keynote Speaker: AI² - More Science, with More Impact

Fernando Alexandre

Minister of Education, Science and Innovation

10:15 - 10:30
Grand Auditorium

Keynote Speaker: Capitalize Innovation, Accelerate Impact

Gonçalo Regalado

President of the Executive Committee | Banco Português de Fomento

10:30 - 11:00
Grand Auditorium

One-to-one: From Research to Market - The Entrepreneur's Journey

Paulo Marques

CTO & co-founder | Feedzai

Alexandre Teixeira dos Santos

General Partner & Founder | Chamaeleon

President - Startup Portugal

11:00 - 11:30
Foyer of the Grand Auditorium

Coffee & Networking Break

11:30 - 12:15
Grand Auditorium

Round table: Deeptech2market - Portuguese Ecosystem & funding

Rute Vasco

Journalist | Madre Media

Moderadora | Moderator

João Barros

President of the Board | AI2 – Agência para a Investigação e Inovação

Miguel Aguiar

Executive Director | Startup Portugal

Miguel Antunes

Coimbra City Councillor

12:15 - 12:45
Grand Auditorium

One-to-one: Deeptech2Market – From Science to Scalable Innovation

João Pedro Barreto

Co-founder | Perceive 3D

Laura Lecci

CEO | European Business and Innovation Centre Network

13:00 - 14:30
Old Church (Afonso Henriques) and Restaurant Square

Lunch

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