CIDEFES Mini-Day

CIDEFES Mini-Day: Celebrating Scientific Innovation & Collaboration

Preliminary abstract book is HERE.

Join us on January 15, 2026, from 09:00 to 13:10, for the CIDEFES Mini-Day, a semestral event dedicated to showcasing the scientific output of our research center. Designed for the CIDEFES community, this morning of discovery offers a platform for members to engage with the latest research findings from our group.

Register (by January 7, 2026) and Submit (by December 31, 2025) your best research HERE (in the CIDEFES forms webpage). 

The program features a series of short presentations by students and researchers who have recently published their work or presented at major scientific meetings. In addition to these insights, we will host a "Pitch Your Idea" session, providing a collaborative space for members to briefly introduce upcoming projects and spark new partnerships.

We warmly invite all CIDEFES members to attend this celebration of knowledge, whether presenting or supporting colleagues. Those wishing to present must submit an abstract for review by our scientific panel.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and inspire!

Program below:

Event overview

Date: 15 January 2026
Time: 9:00-13:00
Venue: CIDEFES, Universidade Lusófona (rooms and foyer as indicated).

Program

09:00–09:15 - Welcome and opening remarks (Plenary, Room A)
Brief introduction to the Mini-Day objectives and logistics.

09:15–10:15 - Session 1
Parallel Sessions 1A and 1B

Room A – U.3.1
Student thesis presentations (8 min presentations plus 2 min discussion)

• Alfredo Neto
• João Santos
• Luiz Ramos-Filho
• Pedro G.F. Ramos
• João Crisóstomo
• Mariana Ost

Room B – U.0.5 | Session 1B
Presentations from researchers who received CIDEFES Support for a conference or paper (8 min presentations plus 2 min discussion)

• Catarina Santos Silva
• Carla Santos
• Vasco Bastos
• Maria Bhudarally
• Luís Caldeira
• Sara Brito

10:15–10:45 - Coffee Break
Oportunidades de financiamento (10 min)

10:55–11:55 - Seed Funding – Accepted Proposals
(10 min presentation plus 5 minute discussion)

• Hugo Vieira Pereira
• Bruno Rodrigues
• Antonio Videira-Silva
• Ana Paulo

11:55–13:10 – New Ideas Pitch Session
(5 min presentation plus 7 minutes discussion)

• António Palmeira
• Joana Barreto
• Talita M. Fernandes
• Joana Claro
• Pedro Aleixo