Detailed Programme | Annual Symposium & Ceremony 2024

October 29th, Tuesday

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:30

Opening Session

Armando Pombeiro (Chairman), José Luís Cardoso (ACL President), Rodrigo Martins (EurASc President)

09:30 – 10:30

L1- Helena Nader
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil
Title: Navigating the complexities: challenges facing health and social welfare in the modern world

L2- Daniel Scherman
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris, France
Title: Biological sciences for sustainability

L3- Alexander Mathys
Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Health; ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Title: Environmental, Social, and Economic Sustainability Assessment of Food Systems: from understanding to actions

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

Room: Session Room – ACL

11:00 – 13:00

L4- Nicholas Long
Imperial College, London, UK
Title: Organometallic-enhanced nanoelectronics and solar cells

L5- Bing-Joe Hwang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech)
Title: Value-added Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

L6- Zhihua Wang
Zhejiang University, State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, China
Title: Combustion of H2/NH3 Zero Carbon Fuels for the Sustainable Energy Solution

L7- Jihong Wang
School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry UK
Title: The Need of Long Duration Energy Storage for Decarbonising UK Power Grid and Analysis of the Potential of Compressed Air Energy Storage

L8- Ehrenfried Zschech
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Title: Mechanically robust microchips for reliable and sustainable high-tech products – What can we learn from nature?

L9- Xinliang Feng
Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Title: Building a Sustainable Future with Organic 2D Crystals

L13- Chao-Jun Li
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Title: Exploration of reactivities towards future Chemical Sustainability

L14- Peter Roesky
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Title: The Rare Earths

L15- Annie Powell
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Title: The Dark Side of Matter from a Magnetic and Electronic Perspective: Molecules Playing Spin State Hide and Seek

L16- Plinio Innocenzi
Laboratory of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, University of Sassari, Italy
Title: The strange story of room temperature phosphorescence of boric acid

L17- João Rocha
CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Title: Nanoporous Materials for a Sustainable World: Case Studies and Applications

L18- Alexey Bilyachenko
INEOS, Moscow, Russia
Title: Metallasilsesquioxane cages: synthesis, structure, applications

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch & Visit to the Museum

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

Room: Session Room – ACL

14:30 – 15:50

L10- Marcella Bonchio
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, University of Padova, Italy
Title: Bioinspired Supramolecular Architectures for Artificial Photosynthesis and Solar Fuels Production

L11- Elvira Fortunato
NOVA School of Sciences and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Laser-Induced Graphene: A Novel and Sustainable Way to Synthesize Graphene

L12- José María De Teresa
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-Univ. de Zaragoza, Spain
Title: Efficient nanofabrication based on spin-coated organometallic films and focused ion irradiation

L23- John Roy Porter (zoom)
University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Denmark
Title: Heresies of the 21st Century

L19- Ana Nunes
LAQV-REQUIMTE, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: The Role of CO2 in a Circular and Sustainable Carbon Economy

L20- Peter Sadler
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Title: Roles of the Chemical Elements in Sustaining Life

L21- José J. G. Moura
LAQV, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal
Title: Bioinorganic Green Tools

L22- Natividad Carpintero- Santamaria
IFN GV, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Title: Nuclear Sciences and Applied Radiation for Human Development in the 21st century

15:50 – 16:20

Coffee Break

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

16:20 – 18:20

L24- Filipe Duarte Santos
CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Softening the Human Sustainability Boundaries to reach Sustainable Development

L25- Virender K. Sharma
School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, USA
Title: Science of High-Valent Iron in Sustainable Environment and Human Health

L26- Paul Lecoq
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
Title: How Physics can contribute to good health and well-being for everyone

L27- Manuel G. Velarde
Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Title: Mechanics meets electronics at the nanolevel ruling out heat. Case study: a field effect transistor based on soliton assisted charge transport

L28- Wil Schilders
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Title: The role of mathematics for the sustainable goals of UNESCO

L29- Rui Vilela Mendes
CMAFcIO-UL and Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Sustainability and governability

20:00

Symposium Dinner (for registrants only)

October 30th, Wednesday

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 09:20

L30- Yu Wang
Farasis Energy (Hayward, USA; Frickenhausen, Europe; Ganzhou and Zhenjiang, China)
Title: Li-ion Battery Development for Electric Vehicle Application.

09:20 – 10:35

L31- Eric Fernandes
RECICLOTRON, Nova Friburgo, Brazil
Title: Consumer engagement is key for everyday sustainability practices

L32- Henrique Pombeiro
Watt-IS, Portugal
Title: From data to added-value services: The role of data science in the energy sector

L33- Diego de Miguel
Certest, Spain
Title: Integral LNP delivery platform for RNA therapeutics based on novel ionizable lipids with enhanced Bioactivity

L34- João Mano, Catarina Custódio
METATISSUE, Portugal
Title: A tale of translating human-derived biomaterials from the bench to the market

L35- Pui-In Mak (zoom)
Digifluidic, State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI University of Macau, Macau, China
Title: Automated nucleic acid analysis systems for decentralized healthcare

10:35 – 11:00

Coffee Break

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

11:00 – 11:30

L36- Gonçalo Doria
STABVIDA, Portugal
Title: The Future of At-Home Diagnostics in Medical Care: Introducing Doctor Vida® pocket

Round Table Discussion

11:30 – 12:50

AL1- Michel Goldman
Blaise Pascal Medal in Medicine and Life Sciences 2024
Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Title: How the Covid 19 pandemic shaped the future of medicine and healthcare

AL2- Alfio Quarteroni
Blaise Pascal Medal in Mathematics 2024
Politecnico di Milano, Italy; EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Title: Scientific Machine Learning for the Simulation of the Heart Function

AL3- Joachim Sauer
Blaise Pascal Medal in Chemistry 2024
Institute für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Title: Understanding and Improving Materials for Water Harvesting and Carbon Dioxide Capture – MOFs

AL5- Pete Smith
Blaise Pascal Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences 2024
Institute of Biological & Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
Title: Managing Land to Address the World’s Multiple Challenges

12:50 – 14:20

Lunch & Visit to the Museum

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

14:20 – 15:20

AL5- Luis O. Silva
Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics 2024
Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Ultra intense lasers and particle beams: from fundamental science to novel tools for discovery

AL6- Yury Gogotsi
Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science 2024
Nanomaterials Institute, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
Title: MXenes and Their Applications in Water and Energy Technologies

AL7- Pol Spanos
Blaise Pascal Medal in Engineering 2024
Mechanical & Civil Engineering, Rice University, Houston, USA
Title: Versatile Techniques for Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamic Analyses

15:20 – 15:50

Welcome & Diplomas to New Members

Photos | New Members; Awardees; All Participants

15:50 – 16:10

Honor for Distinguished Leadership
Past Perpetual Secretary & Past Presidents

16:10 – 16:30

Closing Session

16:30 – 17:00

Coffee Break

Room: Grand Hall – ACL

17:00 – 18:30

EurASc General Assembly (zoom)

Poster Session

October 29th & 30th

Cloister – ACL

P1- Diogo Miguel Pinto
Poster Session October 29th & 30th
CEGOT, Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto, Portugal
Title: Building a Sustainable Future: some strategies and challenges leading to innovative development in rural areas

P2- Esma Ismailova
IMT/Mines St. Etienne, Department of Bioelectronics, Gardanne, France
Title: Organic Bioelectronics for sustainable biomonitoring

P3- Ana Rovisco
CENIMAT/ /i3N, Department of Materials Science, and CEMOP/UNINOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Sustainable and multifunctional ZTO nanostructures for energy and environmental applications

P4- Ana Rovisco
CENIMAT/ /i3N, Department of Materials Science, and CEMOP/UNINOVA, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Photodegradation of Rhodamine B under UV and Sunlight using ZTO Nanostructures

P5- Brij Mohan
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: MOFs Engineered for the Capture and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

P6- Anirban Karmakar
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Sustainable Halogen-Decorated Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon Capture, Separation and Utilization

P7- Anup Paul
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysis with Amide Functionalized Coordination Polymers

P8- Abdallah Mahmoud
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Binary Transition Metal Phosphides Embedded in multi-Codoped Carbon Matrices as Electrode Materials for Batteries and Electrocatalysis

P9- Martin Prechtl
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: UNSDGs and Academia: Is there a holistic approach towards sustainable future societies through small molecules and hydrogen utilisation?

P10- Sónia Carabineiro
LAQV-REQUIMTE, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Novel organotin-PTA complexes supported on carbon materials as recyclable catalysts for solvent-free cyanosilylation of aldehydes

P11- Manas Sutradhar
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, and Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Vanadium in Catalysis and Sustainability

P12- Nuno Reis Conceição
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Catalytic C–H activation of small molecules by copper and zinc complexes towards sustainable organic synthesis

P13- Hugo Lapa
CQE, IST, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Title: Application of ball-mill technology in the synthesis of C-scorpionate complexes and catalytic oxidation reactions