Streams of Knowledge – National Scientists’ Day 2018 National Celebration

This is the third edition of the annual Streams of Knowledge conference cycle that pays tribute to José Mariano Gago, on the day of his birth. The National Scientists' Day was established by a Resolution of the Portuguese parliament *, to celebrate and recognize the relevant and innovative historical contribution of the scientific community to the advancement of knowledge, and thus to the progress and welfare of society.

* Resolution of the Portuguese parliament Nº 228/2016 that consecrates 16 May as National Scientists' Day.
Read the Resolution of the Portuguese Parliament

This event will be attended by the President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Programme

09:00 WELCOME SESSION

09:30 OPENING

  • Rui Pedrosa | President of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
  • Rosalia Vargas | President of Ciência Viva
  • Raul Castro | Mayor of Leiria

09:45 JOSÉ MARIANO GAGO | DOCUMENTING THE LINGUISTIC CORPUS OF SCIENCE

  • Invited lecture: Diana Santos | coordinator of Linguateca. Full Professor at the University of Oslo.
  • José Mariano Gago - The Minister of Language
      Introduction: Carlos Catalão | Board of Director of Ciência Viva

10:30 CROSS-TALK: KNOWLEDGE FOR A COMMON FUTURE

  • Alexandre Quintanilha | President of the Parliamentary Commission for Education and Science
  • Manuel Heitor | Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

11:00 BREAK

11:30 SCIENCE AND ART

  • Invited lecture: Rui Horta | Espaço do Tempo
  • Moderator: João Bonifácio Serra | ESAD.CR, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
  • Comments:
    • Pedro Salgado | Biologist, Scientific Illustrator
    • Leonel Moura | Artist, Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Art
    • Marta Menezes | Artist, art and biology
    • Manuela Lopes | Arts, visual arts, multimedia
    • Simão Costa | Artist, musician, contemporary digital art

12:30 SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

  • Invited lecture: Ricardo Mendes | Director of TEKEVER
  • Moderator: Maria Manuel Gil | Coordinator of CETEMARES-IPLeiria
  • Comments:
    • Luis Portela | BIAL
    • Cláudia Cavadas | CNC, University of Coimbra
    • Helena Silva | CEIIA
    • Joaquim Menezes | Grupo Iberomoldes
    • António Sérgio Eusébio | Sumol+Compal, SA

13:30 CLOSING AND BOOK LAUNCH: "STREAMS OF KNOWLEDGE, 2017"

  • Paulo Ferrão | President of the Foundation for Science and Technology
  • Manuel Heitor | Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

13:45 Tour of the Exhibition "12 Conversations around 12 Ceramic Projects"

14:00 LUNCH

Venue

Teatro José Lúcio, Leiria

Address: Av. Heróis de Angola 73 2400-093 Leiria Portugal

Other editions

Find out everything that happened in the other editions. Check the websites.