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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:
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)
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