DAYS
LECTURES
WORKSHOPS
General Registration
The participation on lectures, workshops and field trips is completely free.
Lectures
The SBE IST brings to you lectures from investigators and companies in the bioengineering area with vast knowledge willing to provide you a great experience!
Field Trips
Are you curious about what happens outside our school? The SBE IST brings to you interesting scientific field trips to relevant investigation or industrial facilities!
Registration
A.M.O. Brewery
Stem Cell Research Engineering Group - iBB
Workshops
Are you looking for new experiences? The SBE IST provides to you the opportunity to enlarge your knowledge and your soft skills with several workshops in the bioengineering area and business field!
Registration
Startup Businesses: Kickstart your future
9h30m
Opening Session
Professor Doutor Joaquim Sampaio Cabral
Professor Doutor Carlos Nunes da Cruz Ribeiro
Professor Doutor Luís Castro
Engenheiro António Gonçalves da Silva
10h
Environmental talks: Building a Better Tomorrow
It’s time we start taking care of our planet! This series of lectures will cover different technologies that aim to find innovative and sustainable alternatives in the most diverse areas, bringing you speakers specialized in biocombustibles, microalgaes, biopolymers and environmental consulting.
Speakers:
11h30m
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
12h
Workshop
Brewing Beer 101: A few steps for happiness
Have you always wanted to brew your own beer? This workshop will provide you with some basic insights of the process, equipment, necessary resources and different types of beer, all this taught by an experienced professional.
Speaker:
14h30m
Cell Biology: A Microscopic Insight
Being the basic unit of life, cells have always been a major topic for research. In these lectures you will get to learn more about immunological response, cell architecture, regenerative medicine and even an innovative way to address bacterial infections.
16h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
16h30m
Alumni
In this session, former IST students from the Masters in Biological Engineering will share their careers and professional path in the hope of enlightening those who may still have some questions regarding the future prospects in these scientific areas.
Workshop
Networking Skills: Tips and tricks to connect
Whether you are awkwardly shy or a social butterfly, creating your own professional image requires a certain savoir-faire. In this workshop, Dra. Linda Pereira – the Destination Diva – will teach you everything you must know in order to properly present yourself and establish connections in the business world.
Speaker:
11h30m
Cosmetics Industry: Blend Your Way In
Who said that to work in cosmetics you have to go abroad? With these lectures we will bring you researchers and companies located in Portugal whose work is to develop and produce new and innovative beauty products.
Speakers:
13h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
14h30m
Pharmaceuticals & Treatments: From Research to Development
This series of lectures will take you on a journey regarding what’s being done to improve public health and quality of life, starting in the lab, with the research of new drugs and therapies, and ending in the pharmaceutical industry.
Speakers:
16h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
16h30m
Alumni
In this session, former IST students from the Masters in Biological Engineering will share their careers and professional path in the hope of enlightening those who may still have some questions regarding the future prospects in these scientific areas.
Workshop
17h30m
Innovation Protection by JPC
Innovative ideas and projects, like any other asset, must be properly protected, so that they can’t be exploited. In this workshop by our Main sponsor J. Pereira da Cruz, you will learn everything you need to know about the protection of innovation!
Speakers:
Eng. Elsa Guilherme
Dr. Rui Gomes
10h
Workshop
Wearables: DiY Wolverino with BITalino
In this workshop we will narrow the distance between Man and Machine. You will assist to the assembling of a fully functional Wolverine pair of Claws, using Electromyography (EMG) or Mechanomyography (MMG) signals from your arms!
Speaker:
Speed Interviews
With Everis
Are you in the last year of master’s degree and want to have the opportunity to contact with a company directly? Don’t waste more time and come make a small pitch about yourself in which you’ll have the opportunity to deliver your CV and get in touch with a company that seeks people willing to work. SBE and Everis are waiting for you!
11h30m
Contribution of Cellular and Tissue Bioengineering in Therapeutic Approaches
From 3D cell matrices, to engineered cell-based models and approaching methods like umbilical cord-stem cells as well. This researches will show you the different contributions of cellular and tissue bioengineering in innovative therapeutic approaches.
Speakers:
13h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
14h30m
Biomechanics: A Step in The Right Direction
Are you insecure and afraid about the impact of technology in our lives? In this lecture will be presented four very distinctive ways in which the study of biomechanics can be used as prevention and rehabilitation tool to improve our health.
Speakers:
16h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
16h30m
Alumni
In this session, former IST students from the Masters in Biomedical Engineering will share their careers and professional path in the hope of enlightening those who may still have some questions regarding the future prospects in these scientific areas.
10h
Workshop
Startup Businesses: Kickstart your future
If you have always pictured yourself as the CEO of your own successful company this is the workshop for you! This session will be led by Dr. Sérgio Ribeiro, who has built several projects related to sustainability and environmental education, among which the Planetiers online platform, of which he is co-founder, stands out.
Speaker:
11h30m
Biosignal Acquisition and Processing: Innovation Towards Better Diagnostics
Have you ever thought about the importance of biometrics, medical imaging techniques and artificial intelligence algorithms in diagnosis? This panel of speakers will enlighten you with the importance of signal acquisition and processing to monitor a list of different diseases.
Speakers:
13h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
14h30m
Creative Solutions: Improving Healthcare Systems
Traditional methods of hospital management are becoming progressively more outdated. This groups of CEO’s, an account Manager and a sales director, will share with you the secrets and challenges they have to face in order to improve Healthcare Systems.
Speakers:
16h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
16h30m
Alumni
In this session, former IST students from the Masters in Biomedical Engineering will share their careers and professional path in the hope of enlightening those who may still have some questions regarding the future prospects in these scientific areas.
9h30m
Personalized medicine: Cell and Gene Therapy
Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into various cell types in the body during early life and growth. Recently, these cells have been used as vehicles in a novel therapeutic branch: gene therapy. These lectures will be dedicated to understanding the importance of these “multi-purpose” cells and how they can be utilized towards the development of a much more personalized medicine.
Speakers:
11h30m
The War Against Infections
The rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics, which have transformed medicine and saved millions of lives. In this panel, the importance of understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying microbial resistance as well as of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics will be discussed.
Speakers:
13h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
14h30m
Food Industry: What's Cooking?
The concept of “food technology” might appear to some as a futuristic notion, however everyday several professionals dedicate their time and energy to the improvement of the industrial production of food. The speakers of this panel will take you through the main challenges related with this sector and how they can be converted into advantages.
Speakers:
16h
Speed Datings
Do you often have lots of questions at the end of a lecture but don’t have the courage to make them in front of the entire audience? Do you wish to know your favorite speakers in a more informal manner? Don’t miss this opportunity to chat with the speakers of the IV SBE lectures and join our Speed Dating Sessions (enrolment by the reception).
16h30m
Alumni
In this session, former IST students from the Masters in Biotechnology and Microbiology will share their careers and professional path in the hope of enlightening those who may still have some questions regarding the future prospects in these scientific areas.
Speakers:
17h30m
Closing Session
Professora Doutora Isabel Sá-Correia
Professor Doutor Miguel Prazeres
Professor Doutor João Pedro Conde
Field Trips
12th March
17h
A.M.O. Brewery
Are you interested in working in the Brewing Business? The SBE brings you the opportunity to get to know a small beer factory located in the heart of our city! You will get a chance to visit the installations of A.M.O. Brewery (https://amobrewing.pt/wp/), guided by a professional who will explain to you the many steps of the brewing process. At the end, don’t miss the chance to taste the amazing craft beers produced there!
13th March
11h
Stem Cell Research Engineering Group - iBB
In this Field trip to the Taguspark campus of IST you have the possibility of getting to know the different laboratorial environments of this research group (http://scerg.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/). You will be guided through the different cell production systems, both the ex-vivo expansion stem cells systems and the cell differentiation systems. You can also take a look at the integration and purification systems! Don’t let this opportunity slip!
Giveaways
In the end of each day, there will be a lottery for a IV SBE Powerbank. Everyone who attended that day’s Speed Dating Sessions will be eligible to win.
During th IV SBE, you can engage on our BITALINO (R)EVOLUTION giveway, by following these simple steps:
- During the IV SBE, get your picture taken by our photographer wearing the IV SBE frame. Be creative!
- At the end of each day, we will post every photo on our facebook page.
- Share your photo on facebook, with the hashtags: #bioengenhariaist#bitalino
- At 23h59 of march 13th, the post with more likes wins the challenge!
Where to find us
- Centro de Congressos, Pavilhão de Civil, Piso -1 Av. Rovisco Pais 1, Lisboa
- sbe@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
About Us
The Semana da Bioengenharia (Bioengineering Week) at Instituto Superior Técnico (SBE IST) was first developed in 2014 as an initiative of the Bioengineering Department students of the Masters in Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology and Microbiology.
Ever since, our mission has been to enhance the relationship between the academic community and both corporate and scientific world, as well as to disseminate the work carried out in Portugal and the rest of the world in the most diverse fields of bioengineering.
In order to fulfill this goal, we gather, during this week, an interdisciplinary group of students, academics, companies and start-ups, always encouraging the interaction and knowledge sharing between these entities.
Hence, SBE IST is a week full of lectures from investigators and companies in the bioengineering area, scientific field trips to relevant investigation or industrial facilities, workshops and international guests, among others.