O maior evento da comunidade académica e científica portuguesa no Reino Unido.
Queremos que o LUSO 2022 seja uma celebração da diáspora portuguesa
científica no Reino Unido, refletindo a diversidade da nossa comunidade e demonstrando o valor social da ciência.
Junta-te a nós em junho!
Comunidade
Cultura
Comunicação
TEMAS DO LUSO 2022
Explorar as potencialidades da comunidade científica e da ciência feita em comunidade;
Dar visibilidade aos percursos alternativos fora da academia.
Explorar como a ciência e a cultura se impactam mutuamente;
Abordar a conexão entre arte e ciência, com exposições e discussões.
Explorar como a comunicação é parte da profissão do investigador e impacta a sociedade ao seu redor; Discutir como a comunicação em ciência pode capacitar cidadãos para o consumo crítico de informação.
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Conhece os nossos convidados do LUSO 2022
Elvira Fortunato Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education Elvira Fortunato was born in Almada in 1964. She has a degree in Physics and Materials Engineering (1987, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon); a PhD in Materials Engineering: Microelectronics and Optoelectronics (1995, FCT/ Nova University of Lisbon. She is a Chair Professor at the Materials Science Department at the Faculty of Science and Technology at NOVA University of Lisbon and currently Vice-Dean of this university, where she has coordinated the research area since 2017. She is also Director of the Associated Laboratory of the Institute of Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanomodelling. From 2015 to 2020 she was part of the group of seven researchers in the European Commission Scientific Advice Mechanism based on scientific evidence. Since 2010 she has been in the Chancellery of the Honorific Orders of Portugal, at the Presidency of the Republic. She is a pioneer in European research on transparent electronics using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly technologies. In 2008, at the 1st edition of the European Research Council ERC grants, she was awarded an Advanced Grant for the project INVISIBLE, considered by the European Commission to be a success story. In the same year, she showed with her group the possibility of manufacturing the first paper transistor, starting a new field in the area of paper electronics. In 2018 she was awarded a second Advanced Grant for the project DIGISMART. Recently, and following on from the exploratory results of the DIGISMART, she obtained Proof of Concept with the e-GREEN project: From forests to Green Electronics, focusing on exploring environmentally friendly and low-cost materials and technology exploration. In 2022, she was part of the group of 27 inspiring European Women, elected by the current French Presidency of the European Union. With over 800 scientific papers published, in the last few years she has been awarded more than 50 prizes and international distinctions for her work, of which we note the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique, bestowed by the President of the Republic in 2010, the Blaise Pascal Medal in 2016, the Czochralski prize in 2017, the Pessoa prize in 2020, the Horizon Impact prize by the European Commission in 2020 with the project INVISIBLE, the prize of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations: WFOE GREE AWARD Women in 2020, The Strait of Magellan Prize by the Chilean Government in 2020, the Innovation in Materials prize in 2021 granted by the FEMS and the Human Rights Prize granted by Parliament in 2021. She is an elected member of the Engineering Academy, the European Science Academy, the Lisbon Science Academy, and the Europaea Academy. She has been on the Luso-American Foundation for Development Board of Trustees since 2014. She has coordinated several national and international project, of which we note her pioneering activity at Nova University of Lisbon in the field of equal opportunities through the SPEAR project, a European platform to support and implement plans for gender equality in higher education institutions.
Nuno Brito Ambassador of Portugal to the United Kingdom
Cristina Pucarinho Portuguese Consul General in London
José Paulo Esperança Vice president FCT José Paulo Esperança is a full professor of Finance and a former Pro-Rector for International Relations and Entrepreneurship at ISCTE-IUL, Portugal. He was the Dean of ISCTE Business School between April 2015 and April 2019, resigning this position to become Vice-president of FCT. He has a degree in Business Organization and Management by ISCTE-IUL and got is MBA by the University of Lisbon. He got a PhD in economics from the European University Institute, Florence on "The Investment Decision by Service Multinationals" and has published in journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Management Research, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Corporate Governance and Management International Review. His research interests include entrepreneurship and small business financing, corporate governance and the impact of language commonality in international business. He was the Chairman of AUDAX-ISCTE, an associated center focused on entrepreneurship and family business. He also co-founded Building Global Innovators (BGI), a technology transfer accelerator in partnership with MIT Portugal. He was the Portuguese Delegate for the SME Instrument of the Horizon's 2020 Program of the European Commission and a member of the board of CPADA, the Portuguese Federation of Environmental Associations. He was born in Vila Garcia, located in the municipality of Guarda, on 13 October of 1957.
Sandra Carito The Anglo-Portuguese Society
Karim Sacoor The Anglo-Portuguese Society Karim Sacoor, as part of an international team of professionals, is a business consultant in various sectors, identifying opportunities and connecting enterprise to international business opportunities and projects with particular interest in promoting Portugal and attracting inward investment. He is a social entrepreneur, who unapologetically promotes disability rights and challenges discrimination. He is the Deputy President of the Conservative Disability Group that works with the party in Government to influence its policies, having held several senior political positions in the past. Amongst other positions Karim, is appointed by British Secretaries of State and Ministers and serves the Home Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities as an advisor for Faith Communities and Security. He is an active member of the Portuguese diaspora with strong links to Portugal and is currently the Vice Chairman of The Anglo-Portuguese Society.
Diogo Martins PARSUK Dr Diogo Martins is a Public Health medical doctor and leads the Snakebite programme at the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest charity foundations in the world whose mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone. He has previously worked at the World Health Organization and participated in the negotiations of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Dr Martins is the incumbent president of the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PARSUK) and a Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) candidate at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, in the United Kingdom.
Regina Duarte Camões Institute in the UK and the Channel Islands
Lara Martins Freelancer Lara Martins is a singer and actor whose international success lies both on technical mastery and creative artistry. She has experienced equal success on the recital, opera and musical theatre stages, with the latter seeing her as the longest serving Carlotta Gudicelli in the history of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in the West End. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, UK), with a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT) and, whether singing opera, lieder, Broadway tunes or songs from the movies, the critics are unanimous in praising her. The Observer, The Times and many other newspapers from across the globe agree that Lara Martins is “a world-class singer”. Lara Martins has won the Donizetti Prize of the Jaumme Aragall International Singing Competition (SP), the 1st Prize of the Estoril Music Performance Competition / El Corte Inglés Award (PT) and the Anne Wyburd Prize at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK). She has performed under baton of some of the greatest contemporary conductors and in some of the most renowned European stages, such as the theatre of Modena, Ferrara and the Teatro Comunale di Bolzano in Italy; the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the opera theatres of Marseille, Toulon and Avignon in France; the Kremlin and the Glazunov Gallery in Moscow (RU); the International Music Festival Tibor Varga in Switzerland; the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London (UK); and the Trindade and Rivoli Theatres, Centro Cultural de Belém, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Portugal. She is a long time and assiduous collaborator of the latter. Her performances have been widely broadcast by several networks, including live concerts for RAI (IT), Antena 2 (PT) and RTP (PT).
Ali Asani Harvard / Institute of Ismaili Studies Professor Ali Asani is Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures at Harvard University. Professor Asani also serves as a Governor of the Institute of Ismaili Studies (IIS). He has served as the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program. A specialist on Ismaili and Sufi traditions in South Asia, he teaches a variety of courses on Islam, including Ismaili History and Thought. He is the author of many articles and several books, including Celebrating Muhammad: Muslim Devotional Poetry in Praise of the Prophet; The Harvard Collection of Ismaili Literature in Indic Languages: A Descriptive Catalog and Finding Aid; and Ecstasy and Enlightenment: The Ismaili Devotional Literature of South Asia. Professor Asani has been engaged in promoting literacy about Islam and Muslim cultures in various forums. He serves on the advisory board of Harvard’s Religious Literacy Project and Pluralism Project. He has been a member of the American Academy of Religion's Task Force on the teaching of religion in schools and a consultant for the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Project. He is the recipient of the Harvard Foundation medal for his outstanding contributions to improving intercultural and race relations, the Petra C. Shattuck prize for excellence in teaching, and the 2020 Harvard Foundation Faculty of the Year Award for his efforts in promoting inclusion and belonging at Harvard. Professor Asani has taught for many years on various IIS programmes including the Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities and has served on its Academic Steering Committee. Professor Asani received his undergraduate and doctoral education at Harvard University.
Ana Faro Native Scientist Ana Faro studied Molecular Biology at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa and has a PhD in Stem Cell Biology & Cancer from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. In 2010, Ana moved to the UK to pursue her postdoctoral studies in Developmental Neurobiology, at University College London. Throughout her career as a scientist, Ana was always committed to creating opportunities for students from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds to access experience and gain insight into a career in STEM. Two years ago, Ana turned her passion into a new career and she currently works at Imperial College London as an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion specialist, with a particular focus on promoting inclusive workplace cultures and wellbeing in Higher Education. In her spare time, Ana Faro volunteers as Impact Report Manager for Native Scientist, a small non-profit organization tackling educational disadvantage through science outreach.
Ana João Correia Ugni Lab Ana João Correia studied Clinical Biochemistry at Aveiro University, and she has been doing research in Computational Biology, Biomaterials, and Bioethics in Portugal, United Kingdom, Belgian, and Luxembourg. She was also involved in the development of training programs in Biochemistry at Timor-Leste University. In 2012 she founded Luso Academy, a social project that aims to empower the Portuguese-speaking migrant communities through music learning. One year ago, she turned her science passion into an educational project, Ugni Lab, to inspire the young Portuguese-speaking community by teaching them how to code
Ana Rita Rodrigues King’s College London
Arif Babul University of Victoria Arif Babul is a University of Victoria Distinguished Professor and a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He received his Bachelor’s of Applied Science in Engineering Sciences — specialising in Physics and Aerospace — from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D in Astrophysics from Princeton University. Professor Babul is a theorist and a computational cosmologist who, over the course of his career, has made a number of groundbreaking contributions to the field of physical cosmology, the study of how galaxies and other observed structures in the Universe formed. More recently, he had also published several papers on computational neuroscience and neurophysics. He has been interviewed about his work on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's renowned Quirks and Quarks radio program and appeared on the BBC World Service’s The Forum. He has received many of awards and honours, including the Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellowship, a NATO Science Fellowship held at the University of Cambridge, the Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at Universities of Oxford and Durham, a Lagrange Institute Visiting Fellowship at the Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, a Pauli Centre Fellowship and Gastprofessorship at the University of Zurich, and he holds the only Distinguished Professorship in the Faculty of Science at the University of Victoria. Professor Babul has given several acclaimed public lectures on astrophysics, including at the Ismaili Centres Dubai and London, and to the various chapters of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. Prof. Babul has also given lectures and published an essay on the relationship between faith and science within the Islamic context. He has a strong interest in the history of science and the relationship between faith and science during the Islamic Golden Age and is the author of two invited book reviews on the subject. Prior to the pandemic, Prof. Babul was the lead organiser and the host of the Ismaili Centres Canada Public Lecture Series in Science and Technology.
Carlos Fiolhais Universidade de Coimbra Born in Lisbon in 1956. He graduated in Physics at the University of Coimbra in 1978 and obtained the Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the University J. W. Goethe, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, in 1982. He is Full Professor, now retired, at the Department of Physics of the University of Coimbra. He was invited professor in universities of Portugal, Brazil and United States. He has published more than 60 books, including textbooks and popular science books ("The Fun of Physics", had international editiosn) . He is author of c. 150 scientific papers in international journals (one of them with more than 20 000 citations) and more than 500 pedagogic and science outreach articles. He was scientific editor of 4 international books (Springer, World Scientific, etc.), translated 5 books and made the scientific revision of many others. His scientific interests are centered in Condensed Matter Physics, Science Teaching and History of Sciences. He was founder and Director of the Center for Computational Physics of the University of Coimbra, where he installed the largest Portuguese computer for scientific research. He organized several meetings and science schools, at national and international levels. He has coordinated several research projects and supervised various M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He participated in many conferences and colloquia promoting science and the scientific culture. He is permanent collaborator of national newspapers, radio and TV shows. He was director of "Gazeta de Física", journal of the Portuguese Physical Society. He managed the Computer Center of the University of Coimbra and the Physics Library of the same University. He was Director of the General Library of the University of Coimbra and Director of the Programs on Education and Science of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, in Lisbon. He received various prizes and distinctions in Portugal and abroad.
Claire Murray European Citizen Science Association Dr Claire Murray is a chemist at the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), who is interested in informal learning, science communication and equity and justice in STEM. She is working on various projects at ECSA, covering a broad range of citizen science topics.
Hugo Lami Royal College Art Hugo Lami lives and works in London (1994). Lami's work looks at the absurdity of the digital and virtual world, evoking our social dependence on our social devices and platforms. His paintings depict 3D construction software environments, with the aim of materializing virtual tools. Hugo Lami obtained a Masters in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art and a Degree in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon. Lami has exhibited in galleries and institutional spaces around the world since 2014. He recently exhibited at the Zona Maco in Mexico City. In 2021 he was awarded the Emerging Artist Award by the Tsivrikos Shake gallery, London. His first public sculpture was made in 2018 and is located in Ermioni, Greece. Over the years he has participated in several artistic residencies, in 2021 Aneffort Art in London and in 2020 as Artist in Residence at Muse at 269 and Re-connect on a commission for the organization Sustainability First. His next exhibitions will be in June with the Tsivrikos Shake Gallery on New Bond Street and in July with the Muse Gallery at 269 on Portobello Road in London.
Inês Campos Matos Office for Health Improvement & Disparities Dr Ines Campos-Matos is a public health doctor working in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in the Department of Health and Social Care. She has worked in several public health roles both in England and in Portugal, including in local and national bodies, government and academia. In her current roles Ines collaborates with other government departments, academic institutions and non-government organisations to bring research and policy together to protect and promote the health of inclusion health groups, such as refugees, in England. Ines also works as a consultant epidemiologist in the COVID-19 Epidemiology team in the UK Health Security Agency, supporting the production of epidemiological outputs. Ines holds a medical degree from the University of Porto (Portugal), a master’s degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD in International Health from the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Nova University of Lisbon. She worked as a visiting scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health under a Fulbright scholarship, doing research on the contextual determinants of health and health inequalities in Europe, the topic of her PhD.
Filipe d'Avillez Freelancer Journalist Filipe Stilwell d’Avillez is a 42 years old journalist, specialized in religion and international relations. After working in Renascença for more than a decade, is a freelancer journalist nowadays, with a close relation with “Ajuda a Igreja que Sofre” foundation. Married and father of 6 children, Filipe d’Avillez also has numerous edited books including “Que fazes aí fechada”, interviews with nuns of different religion orders.
Joana Lobo Antunes Instituto Superior Técnico
Joana Ramiro Freelancer Journalist
Lígia Teixeira Centre for Homelessness Impact Lígia is the founding Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact, a member of the What Works Network. She set up the Centre in 2018 and led the feasibility study which preceded its creation while at Crisis UK. Lígia is bringing ‘what works’ methodology to homelessness: the use of reliable evidence and reason to improve outcomes with existing resources. In 2019 Lígia was conferred the Award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) for her contribution to social science. In 2016 she was awarded a Clore Social Fellowship on Housing and Homelessness, funded by the Oak Foundation. Lígia was previously at Crisis UK, where over a period of nine years she led the organisation's evidence and data programme - growing its scale and impact so that it's now one of the largest and most influential in the UK and internationally. She joined the charity in March 2008 following stints at the Young Foundation and the Refugee Council. Lígia was awarded a PhD from the Government Department of the London School of Economics in 2007. She has also worked in research roles for Professor David Held, founder of Polity Press, for sociologist Professor Helmut Anheier, who founded and directed the LSE’s Centre for Civil Society, and for the International Labour Organisation where she covered issues including human trafficking, child labour and women’s rights.
Miguel Herdade Ambition Institute Associate Director at Ambition Institute (UK) and Director at OSF (Portugal/Spain). Experienced in managing non-profit organisations, primarily in the fields of educational disadvantage and social integration. Strong track record in building sustainable organisations through high-value fundraising (seasoned in corporate and trusts & foundations) as well as commercial operations and bid development. Further relevant experience in programme design & delivery and public policy advisory.
Pen-Yuan Hsing University of Bath Passionate about the role of science in society and civic engagement, Dr Pen-Yuan Hsing co-founded MammalWeb, a citizen science project for ecological monitoring that has grown to span five European countries. As a member of the Citizen Science Global Partnership, Pen is a contributor to the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, which defines citizen science as a core part of scientific endeavours. Pen also advocates for open science, having created an massive open online course (MOOC) for citizen science practitioners, and has been invited to speak on citizen science and open science at multiple international events. Pen hopes to work with you to creatively expand the circle of liberty for science and innovation.
Rebecca Marriott Opera Makers Becca Marriott is a London based opera creator and dramatic soprano. She is Artistic Director of The Opera Makers. In 2021 she devised, wrote and co-produced a new opera based on the music of Debussy, and inspired by the true stories of interviewees who had experienced a cancer diagnosis. Other opera productions Becca has created and co-created include: La Traviata for The King’s Head (Off West End Award nominee), Tosca for The King’s Head (Off West End Award winner), La bohème for Trafalgar Studios (Olivier Award nominee) and The Secretary Turned CEO for Tête-à-tête Opera Festival.
Fora da galeria
Programa
9:00-10:00
Cerimónia de Abertura
- Elvira Fortunato (Ministra da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior de Portugal)
- Cristina Pucarinho (Cônsul-Geral de Portugal em Londres)
- Karim Sacoor (The Anglo-Portuguese Society)
10:00-11:00
Comunidade A: Carreiras com impacto
- Moderadora: Inês Campos Matos (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)
- Lígia Teixeira (Homelessness Impact)
- Miguel Herdade (Ambition Institute)
- Rita Casimiro (MAZE Impact)*
Comunicação A: Educação Científica
- Moderadora: Regina Duarte (Instituto Camões no Reino Unido e Ilhas do Canal)
- Ana João Correia (Ugni Lab)
- Ana Faro (Native Scientist)
- Anjum Halai (Aga Khan University)
11:00-11:30
Intervalo
11:30-12:30
Comunicação B: Desinformação Científica
- Joana Ramiro (Jornalista Freelance)
- Joana Lobo Antunes (Instituto Superior Técnico)
Cultura A: Arte e Ciência
- Moderadora: Lara Martins (Freelancer)
- Hugo Lami (Royal College Art)
- Thomas Moors (Sound Voice)
- Rebecca Marriott (Opera Makers)
12:30-13:45
Almoço
13:45-14:30
Research Pitch (Prémio de £500)
Júri:
- Sandra Carito (The Anglo-Portuguese Society)
- Joana Lobo Antunes (Instituto Superior Técnico)
14:30-15:30
Comunidade B: Citizen Science
- Moderadora: Ana Rita Claro Rodrigues (King's College London)
- Moderador: Filipe d'Avillez (Jornalista Freelancer)
- Carlos Fiolhais (Universidade de Coimbra)
- Arif Babul (University of Victoria) *
- Ali Asani (Harvard / Institute of Ismaili Studies)
15:30-16:00
Intervalo
16:00-17:00
Cerimónia de Encerramento
- Nuno Brito (Embaixador de Portugal no Reino Unido)
- José Paulo Esperança (Vice-presidente Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
- Diogo Martins (PARSUK)
18:00-20:00
Networking reception
- Em colaboração com Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (AICEP) & London Business School (LBS)
Para além da cerimónia de abertura, research pitch e cerimónia de encerramento, as seguintes sessões serão transmitidas em direto e disponíveis para os participantes que se juntem de forma remota:
- coffee breaks e almoço (com um toque típico português)
- research pitch
- outras surpresas que a PARSUK tem reservadas só para ti!
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Presencial (€): de 28 de abril até 29 de maio
Híbrido (€): de 28 de abril até 3 de junho*
*em live streaming: Cerimónia de Abertura, Carreiras com Impacto, Desinformação Científica, Research Pitch, Ciência e Fé e Cerimónia de Encerramento.
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A PARSUK, com o apoio da Anglo-Portuguese Society, promove o Research Pitch no evento LUSO 2022. A finalidade do Research Pitch é promover a Comunicação em Ciência de uma forma clara, criativa e eficaz.
No Research Pitch, vais ter oportunidade de descrever o teu projeto de investigação em 3 minutos.
Tens até dia 25 de maio para submeter a tua candidatura. O formulário de candidatura será enviado por email assim que adquirir um bilhete para o LUSO 2022. Mais informações no regulamento em baixo.
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