Program

Program Overview

Thursday, 29 October 2026

• 08:45-09:15 Registration (IPS/ESCE)
• 09:15-09:45 Opening session (Auditorium)
• 09:45-10:30 Keynote lecture - Invited speaker: Resilient and Sustainable Regions in the Context of Green, Digital and Social Transitions (Auditorium)
• 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00-12:15 Special Session 1 - Resilient Tourism Territories: Governance, Innovation and Adaptation for a Sustainable Future (Auditorium)
• 12:15-13:30 Special Session 2 - INnovative and Sustainable iGovernance for High-Value Tourism (Auditorium)
• 12:15-13:30 – Parallel Sessions - Slot 1
  • Session 1 – Ports, sustainable logistics, artificial intelligence and decision support (Room A)
  • Session 2 – Tourism, events, digital marketing and destination resilience (Room B)
  • Session 3 – Circular economy, territorial sustainability and climate adaptation (Room C)
• 13:30-14:30 Light lunch/networking
• 14:30-15:00 Transfer to the boarding point
• 15:00-17:00 Boat trip (Setúbal/Sado)
• 17:00 End of Day 1 activities

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Friday, 30 October 2026

• 09:00-10:15 – Parallel Sessions - Slot 2
  • Session 4 – Society, education, behaviour and human sustainability (Room A)
  • Session 5 – Finance, SMEs, assets and sectoral economic resilience (Room B)
  • Session 6 – Environment, pollution, environmental health and bioremediation (Room C)
• 10:15-10:45 Coffee break
• 10:45-12:00 – Parallel Sessions - Slot 3
  • Session 7 – Bioengineering, biomolecules and analytical methods (Room A)
  • Session 8 – Presentations to be confirmed / late submissions (Room B)
  • Scientific meetings / networking / editorial committee (Room C)
• 12:00-13:15 Lunch
• 13:15-14:30 Special Session 2 - Resilient Port Ecosystems, AI and Sustainable Blue Regions (Auditorium)
• 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
• 15:00-16:15 Special Session 3 - Circular Models for Resilient Territories (Casa Baía)
• 16:15-16:45 Conference synthesis / scientific reporting (Auditorium)
• 16:45-17:15 Closing session (Auditorium)
• 17:15 End of the conference