Launch Ceremony | Haddad NOVA Medical Innovation Center

27-Mar-2025
28-Mar-2025

NOVA Medical School is pleased to invite you to attend the Launch Ceremony of the Haddad NOVA Medical Innovation Center, a platform dedicated to driving innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic collaboration in the healthcare sector in Portugal.

Led by NOVA Medical School, this center aims to develop and co-create healthcare solutions based on scientific knowledge, as well as to attract outstanding partners to a multidisciplinary and collaborative ecosystem, generating value and impact for the future of health.

DATE: March 27th, 2025

SCHEDULE: 4:00 pm

PLACE: NOVA Medical School, Carcavelos Campus | Rua de Luanda 166, 2775-233 Parede

 

PROGRAM

4:00 pm | Welcome Drink

4:30 pm | Opening Session:

  • Helena Canhão – Dean of NOVA Medical School
  • Cláudio Haddad – President of the Haddad Foundation
  • João Sàágua - Rector of NOVA University Lisbon
  • Carlos Carreiras - President of Cascais Municipality
  • Fernando Alexandre - Ministy of Education, Science and Innovation

5:00 pm | Presentation of the Center: Mission, Objectives, and Activities

  • Rute Sousa - Head of Transformation and Strategic Partnerships at NOVA Medical School
  • João Conde - Vice-Dean for Research at NOVA Medical School

5:30 pm | Round Table: Challenges and Opportunities in the Portuguese Health Innovation Ecosystem

  • António Grilo – President of the National Innovation Agency
  • Nuno Pires – Senior Manager at BIAL Group
  • Ricardo Perdigão Henriques – Board Member at Biovance Capital
  • Vera Moura – Director at Basinnov
  • Guadalupe Cabral – Researcher at NOVA Medical School

6:40 pm | Closing Remarks

6:45 pm | Cocktail