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Workshop Day
09:00
Scientific Workshop 1st Slot
11:30
Scientific Workshop 2nd Slot
14:30
AIMS Research Competition | Poster Session
Parallel Session:
• “Why Your Patient Didn’t Get Better: The Hidden Role of Health Literacy, Hospital Nutrition, and System Design” by Goran Stevanovski MD, MA, SFHEA; Eliza Zhogovska MD; Nikola Manev MD; Aleksandra Gjorgjieva MD.
Parallel Session:
• “Chatting with… by Fundação Pulido Valente” with António Correia de Campos, MPH; Francisca Pulido Valente, MD; Isabel do Carmo, MD, PhD; João Lavinha, BSc, MSc, PhD; Nuno Cortez-Dias, MD.
16:30
Scientific Workshop 3rd Slot
18:30
Solidarity Sunset | In Support of Associação Passo a Passo
Organ Origami
The Art of Folding Tissues for Transplant
09:00
Scientific Workshops 4th Slot
11:15
Opening Session
Margarida Galhardo (Solo Dance Performance)
Beatriz Coelho & Pedro Gaiolas, BSc (General Coordination of AIMS Meeting 2026)
Carolina Bargado (President of the Student’s Association of the Faculty of Medicine — University of Lisbon)
João Cabral da Fonseca, MD, PhD (Dean of the Lisbon School of Medicine — University of Lisbon)
Ana Isabel Lopes, MD, PhD (Clinical Director of Hospital de Santa Maria)
Carlos Robalo Cordeiro, MD, PhD (President of the Council of Portuguese Medical Schools)
Cecília Rodrigues, PhD (University of Lisbon’s Vice-Rector)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, BSc, MSc, PhD (Director-General of the World Health Organization) – video message
12:00
Keynote Lecture
JOHN SCHILLER, PhD
National Cancer Institute, USA
13:00
Lunch Break
14:30
JUAN-PERE NERÍN, MD
(Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Spain)
15:00
PANKAJ CHANDAK, MBBS, PhD
(King’s College London, United Kingdom)
15:30
DILEK GÜRSOY, MD
(Helios Hospital Siegburg, Germany)
16:00
Roundtable
16:30
Coffe Break
17:00
Scientific Competition (Preliminary Round)
18:00
Ask Me If You Can
Sentinel Choices
The Unseen Dimensions of Oncology
09:30
Surgery Session | Helena Telles, MD (Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Portugal)
11:10
AIMS Clinical Competition (Silver Round)
12:30
Lunch Break
14:00
BEÀTA LAKI, PhD
(University of Pécs, Hungary)
14:30
ULRIKA KREICBERGS, PhD
(University College London, United Kingdom)
15:00
SIMON DUNNE, PhD
(Dublin City University, Ireland)
15:30
Roundtable
16:00
Coffe Break
16:30
Lasker Lecture
SHIV GAGLANI, MD, MBA
(United States of America)
17:30
Scientific Competition (Semi-Final and Final)
Ask Me If You Can
Rewriting the Script
Innovation as the Best Medicine
10:00
SAMUEL WEBSTER, PhD
(Swansea University Medical School, United Kingdom)
10:30
MEREL HUISMAN, MD, PhD
(Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands)
11:00
PIETRO VALDASTRI, PhD
(University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
11:30
Roundtable
12:00
Lunch Break
13:30
Lasker Lecture
RALF BARTENSCHLAGER, PhD
(Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, Germany)
14:30
AIMS Research Competition (Plenary Session)
Ask Me If You Can
15:30
Coffee Break
16:00
Closing Ceremony
Award Ceremony
Associação Passo a Passo
Astrazeneca
Carlos Cortes, MD (President of the Portuguese Medical Association) – video message
Beatriz Coelho & Pedro Gaiolas, BSc (General Coordinators of AIMS Meeting 2026)
20:00
Gala Dinner