Wednesday, October 28, 2026
09:00 - Welcome and Registration
09:15 - Opening Session
09:30 - ORAL ABSTRACT/PAPER | Parallel sessions | Part 1
NATURAL SCIENCES
ROOM EC013
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Biotechnological Potential of Sorghum for Gluten-Free Bread and Low-Alcohol Beer Production |
Angel Angelov |
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09:45 |
Comparative Sustainability Assessment of Pastel de Algas and Pastel de Bacalhau using integrated life cycle assessment and techno economic analysis for multiple Functional Units |
Talha Anwar |
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10:00 |
Sustainable Transdermal Delivery of Babikiwi Polyphenols using FucoPol-Based Dissolving Microneedles |
Mariana Marques |
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10:15 |
Polyphenol-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers for Cutaneous Melanoma: Optimization, Characterization and Biological Evaluation |
Filipa Teixeira |
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10:30 |
Advancing Sustainable Agriculture Through the Circular Valorization of Wastewater-Derived Biopolymers |
Catarina Miranda |
ROOM EC022
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Sustainable valorization of Ulva lactuca byproducts through innovative encapsulation and biopolymeric structuring approaches |
Ana Pereira |
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09:45 |
From Mine Waste to Ecosystem Recovery: Phytomanagement of Copper Tailings Using Organic Amendments and Beneficial Microorganisms |
Ana Sofia Sousa |
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10:00 |
From Wastewater Treatment to Urban Mining: Distribution and Recovery Potential of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Sewage Sludge |
Edgar Pinto | Filipe Couto |
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10:15 |
From Digestion to Cellular Exposure: Screening Conditions for Microplastic Toxicity |
Mariana Lamas |
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10:30 |
Advancing Sustainable Cosmeceuticals through Pullulan-Based Encapsulation of Vitamins C, D and E |
Ana Rita Beiral |
ROOM EC014
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Peas of the Past but Foods of the Future: Reimagining Pea Diversity through Circular Food & Beverage Innovation |
Harsimran Kaur |
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09:45 |
Valorization of Cereal By-Products for High-Protein and High-Fiber Snacks by Cold Extrusion |
Luís Gomes Castro |
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10:00 |
Isolation and primary screening of phytate-degrading soil bacteria as candidate bioinoculants for sustainable soil phosphorus management |
Rada Balabanova |
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10:15 |
Challenges of Climate Change: An Integrated Assessment of Risks, Vulnerability, and Adaptation Measures — Case Study: Iran |
Saeed Givehchi |
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10:30 |
Valorization of corn silk (Stigma maydis) as a natural preservative: metabolomic changes in fresh cheeses during storage |
Laíres Lima |
ROOM EC132B
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Mechanical Extraction and Oxidative Stability of Tenebrio molitor Oil: Towards a Sustainable Functional Lipid Ingredient |
Mariana Gonçalves Rebelo |
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09:45 |
From soil to gut: legume phytochemicals as drivers of One Health |
Rafael Duarte |
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10:00 |
From Mineral Waste to Agroecological Systems: Testing Remineralization in a Living Laboratory in the Brazilian Semi-Arid Region |
António Augusto Pereira de Sousa | Francisco Abreu |
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10:15 |
The GeoCircular Platform: Extractive Waste Valorisation for Land Regeneration and Circular Value Chains |
Raquel Alves |
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10:30 |
Participatory farmer case studies for legume adoption, ecosystem service measurement, and the role of facilitators in the transition to more sustainable food systems |
Anissa Davel |
SOCIAL SCIENCES
CARVALHO GUERRA AUDITORIUM
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Free Repairs for Life! Communicate Repairs Frictionlessly and Saliently to Enhance Consumer Value and Drive Choice |
Elena Gasulla Tortajada |
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09:45 |
Industrial-Policy Persistence and National Innovation: A Cross-Country Analysis |
Bozidar Vlacic |
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10:00 |
Green Communication in the Digital Age: Examining Technology and Language Use in Environmental Mobile Applications an Indian Perspective |
Mathew Martin Poothullil |
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10:15 |
Building Sustainability Literacy in Social Housing: Lessons from the Condómus Programme in Portugal |
Pedro Tamagnini |
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10:30 |
Development The SEaS Scale: Quantifying Organisational Perceptions of the Natural Environment |
Narciso Antunes |
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10:45 |
From Manual Processes to Digital Workflows: Assessing the Operational Impact of Digital Transformation in a Small Business |
Muhammad Yahya Anwar |
ROOM EC105
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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09:30 |
Impact AI: From Impact Investing to a Principled Framework for Regenerative Artificial Intelligence |
Wayne Visser |
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09:45 |
Designing Away Disgust: How Packaging Design Shapes Disgust, Perceived Benefits And Intention To Try Insect Based Snacks In Portugal |
Raquel Oliveira |
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10:00 |
Store Atmosphere in Sustainable Fashion Stores: Understanding the Second-Hand Clothing Experience of Generation Z |
Diana Duarte |
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10:15 |
Human Development and Public Expenditure in Competing Economic Blocs: A Comparative Analysis of the G7 and BRICS |
Murtaza Atayi |
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10:30 |
Collaborative Circular Economy in Agrotourism: Integrating Water, Energy, Biodiversity and Food Production for Sustainable Rural Development |
Cristina Calheiros |
10:45 - Networking break
11:15 - ORAL ABSTRACT/PAPER | Parallel sessions | Part 2
NATURAL SCIENCES
ROOM EC013
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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11:15 |
Beyond total mineral content: bioaccessible mineral delivery from cookies enriched with underutilised grass pea |
Edgar Pinto | José Armando Santos |
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11:30 |
Advancing Circular Economy in the Agri-Food Sector: Sustainable Microencapsulation of Chestnut By-product Extracts for Bioactive Stabilization |
Rita Madureira Oliveira |
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11:45 |
The mirage of decoupling: do relative metrics mask the escalation of absolute material consumption? |
Raquel Lozano Gómez |
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12:00 |
Circular Alternatives for Leather Finishing: Exploiting silage powder and grape stems |
Sara Alexandra Dias Marçal |
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12:15 |
From Environmental Samples to Indigenous Yeast Resources for Sustainable Crude Glycerol Valorisation |
Mima Lacheva |
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12:30 |
Lentil-based food innovation for sustainable diets: integrating nutritional quality and environmental performance |
Rafaela Geraldo |
ROOM EC022
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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11:15 |
Spontaneous fermentation of a Bulgarian pickled vegetable mix: physicochemical changes and LAB identification |
Velitchka Gotcheva |
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11:30 |
From Agronomic Performance Assessment to AI-Assisted Phenotyping: Advancing Tomato Stress Monitoring |
Gianuario Fortunato |
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11:45 |
From Runoff to Harvest: A Floating Wetland Approach for Sustainable Lettuce Production |
Valentina Carrillo |
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12:00 |
Assessment of the potential of sargassum-based amendments for sustainable green roof substrates |
Cristina Calheiros |
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12:15 |
Integrated Constructed Wetland–Microbial Fuel Cell Systems: Innovative Pathways towards Sustainable and Regenerative Wastewater Treatment |
Adetunji A. Ojediran |
ROOM EC014
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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11:15 |
BEIRALMA: Preliminary Physicochemical Characterisation and Stabilisation of Agro-Food By-products to Develop Clean-Label Plant-Based Meat Analogues. |
Sudheera Narisetty |
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11:30 |
Meddiet4Campus: Social marketing program to promote sustainable and healthy eating on Campus |
Sandra Gomes |
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11:45 |
Turning grape pomace into value: microwave-assisted extraction of bioactive compounds using a hydroglycerolic solvent |
Jailton Ribeiro |
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12:00 |
From Roadmap to Action: Scaling Industrial Decarbonization, Circularity, and Regeneration Across the Agrifood Value Chain (Projeto DESCARBONIZA) |
Marta Coelho |
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12:15 |
Water Quality and Agricultural Irrigation Potential of Reclaimed Water from an Upgraded Constructed Wetland in Portugal |
Catarina Teixeira |
SOCIAL SCIENCES
CARVALHO GUERRA AUDITORIUM
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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11:15 |
“I Made Your Clothes”: Humanizing Sustainability Communication to Bridge Psychological Distance in Ethical Consumption. |
Elena Gasulla Tortajada |
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11:30 |
LIPOR Academy: Developing Skills for Sustainability through Environmental Training |
Marta Marinho |
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11:45 |
Integrating Environmental Compliance and Circular Economy Principles into Sustainable Industrial Development in Albania |
Tea Sinamati |
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12:00 |
EcoGeoDidatics: Bridging Stone Waste, Early-Childhood Co-Creation and Industrial Symbiosis |
Raquel Alves |
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12:15 |
How Universities can help Advance Resilience to Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat |
Brian Henning |
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12:30 |
Financing the commitment: why nature projects fail to reach capital, and what the instrument set actually answers |
Luís Folhadela |
ROOM EC105
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Time |
Presentation Title |
Presenter |
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11:15 |
Reducing Missed Appointments Through Digital Reminders: A Before-and-After Case Study in a Small Healthcare Clinic |
Salah Uddin |
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11:30 |
Fintech Innovation and Banking Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from Universal Banks in Ghana. |
Felicia Ankamah |
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11:45 |
From Artificial Intelligence to Regenerative Intelligence: How AI-Enabled Business Transformation Can Accelerate Sustainability and Regeneration |
Bablu Kumar Dhar |
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12:00 |
The Pricing of Sustainable Securitization Bonds |
Maria Órfão | João Pinto |
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12:15 |
The Touristic Footprint Index (TFI): a data-driven framework for transparent sustainability communication in nature tourism |
Dinis Marques |
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12:30 |
Look at Me, I Repair! How Visible Repairs Signal Pride and Influence Consumer Choice. |
Elena Gasulla Tortajada |
12:30 - Teaser | Networking: a call for collaboration | Francisco X. Froes
13:00 - Light Lunch & Coffee with Books
14:15 - Keynote Corner | The Hidden and Unseen Cost of our Styling. The Impact of Circular Approach to Mitigate our Impacts | Antonis Zorpas
14:55 - Panel Discussion | Circularity in the Fashion Industry | Antonis Zorpas | Sara Rios Vieira and Carla Silva
Moderator: Manuela Pintado
15:35 - Networking break
16:00 - Bridging Latin America & Europe | Transatlantic Collaboration between Technology Centres for Disruptive Sustainable Innovation | Luiggi Cavalcanti | Alex Dias Carvalho (online) | Bernardo Ivo Cruz (online) | Daniel Martins (Investe Piauí) | Manuela Pintado
Moderators: João Pinto and João Amaral
17:10 - Music
17:20 - Research and Knowledge Transfer Dialogues | Climate & Nature: A. Resilience and Regeneration in Communities | Brian Henning
Moderator: Wayne Visser
17:40 - Research and Knowledge Transfer Dialogues | Climate & Nature: B. Resilience and Regeneration in Agriculture | Natacha Fontes
Moderator: Wayne Visser
18:00 - Music
18:10 - Bridging Latin America & Europe | Integral Human Development through the Arts and Music | Patrícia Oliveira-Silva | Samuel Quinto | Jorge Chaminé (TBC) João Amaral
Moderator: António Vasconcelos and Maria Lopes Cardoso
Thursday, October 29, 2026
09:15 - MASTERCLASSES
ROOM 1 - Measuring the Unknown. The Influence of Deep Tech – KPIs – Communication Strategies (for PhD Students, Researchers and Industry Stakeholders) | Antonis Zorpas
ROOM 2 - Collaboration Oportunities Opened Up by the EU-Mercosur Agreement (a panel with European and Latin American speakers, followed by an open dialogue) | Coordinated by João Amaral with IINSURE.Hub and a panel of European and Latin American speakers: Gabriel Reis (others TBA)
10:45 - Break
11:15 - MASTERCLASSES
ROOM 1 - Building Resilient Businesses in Challenging Times | Future-Fit Iberian Chapter (ECODES and Cuatrotercios with INSURE.hub), led by Martin Rich
ROOM 2 - The Real Test Beyond Greenwashing: From Sustainability Claims to Sustainable Action | Coordinated by Joana Antunes (Antas da Cunha ECIJA), with a panel of experts (TBA)
12:45 - Lunch Break / Free Time
14:15 - Welcome & Protocol Signing with Ordem dos Engenheiros
14:30 - USE CASE PRESENTATIONS | Part 1 - Three Selected Projects | Antas da Cunha ECIJA | Domus Social | TINTEX
15:30 - Soft break
15:35 - USE CASE PRESENTATIONS | Part 2 - Three Selected Projects | Associação Ajudar Moçambique | Porto Ambiente | RAR
16:35 - Network break
17:00 - INSURE.hub UPDATE - João Pinto, Manuela Pintado, António Vasconcelos
17:15 - INSURE.Hub's strategic partnerships | Launching of a New Era of Collaboration - with representatives from Antas da Cunha ECIJA, Associação de Municípios de Terras de Santa Maria, Future-Fit Iberian Chapter, Sustainable Ventures
18:00 - Soft break
18:05 - Award Ceremony
18:15 - Keynote Corner | Co-creating Regenerative and Circular Investments to Multiply Economic Value across Territories | Gunter Pauli (online)
18:40 - Keynote Corner Panel | Enabling a New Wave of Transatlantic Collaboration to Regenerate Territories | Gunter Pauli (online), Chris Langwallner, Wayne Visser, other Portuguese and Brazilian speakers (TBA)
Moderators: António Vasconcelos, Manuela Pintado, João Amaral
19:25 - Closing Session | Career Achievement Award Presentation to Fernando Leite (LIPOR)
20:00 - Conference Gala Dinner
