Health x Green Innovation Day: Resilient Systems, Smarter Care

Health × Green Innovation Day: Resilient Systems, Smarter Care

Healthcare systems are under pressure - from rising costs and carbon footprints to fragmented patient journeys and ageing infrastructure. It's time to talk about the systems behind healthcare.

We're bringing together researchers, clinicians, patient advocates, mobility leaders, energy innovators, and hospital operators for an afternoon of honest, high-impact conversations about what it actually takes to build a more sustainable, resilient healthcare system.

Why join us?

🏛️ Architecture meets healthcare

Discover how urban planning and ESG-driven design shape the patient experience, with a real-world lens on the Champalimaud Foundation's landmark building that integrates research, clinical care, patients, and families under one roof.

🗺️ The patient journey, reimagined

From patient communities to clinical networks, explore how access to care is being redefined across the ecosystem.

⚡ Decarbonising healthcare operations

Dive into the nuts and bolts of energy efficiency, waste management, and emissions reduction - with perspectives from private hospitals, public health units, and the construction sector.

Agenda

15:00 - 15:30 📍 Welcome + check-in

15:30 - 16:00 🏛️ Keynote: How clinicians, patients, researches flow in the same space with André Valente, Board Advisor @ Champalimaud Foundation

16:00 - 16:40 🏥 Roundtable: The patient journey & access to healthcare, with:

• Luís Campos (MD and President @ Conselho Português da Saúde e Ambiente),
• Paulo Gonçalves (CEO @ Rare Diseases National Alliance Pt)
• Sérgio Pereira (Principal Engineer | Medical Devices and Life Sciences @ Critical Software)
• Moderated by: Manuel Talhinhas (Head of Policy & Institutional Affairs @ Associação Nacional de Farmácias)

16:40 - 17:00 ☕ Coffee break

17:00 - 17:40 ⚡ Debate: Energy efficiency & decarbonisation of health systems, with:

• Joana Peres (Senior Partner @ Saraiva + Associados),
• Marcelo Botelho (CEO @ VEUS Saúde),
• Teresa Graça (Head of Ecosystem & Partnerships @ Mota-Engil Next),
• Daniel Rodrigues (Sustainability Manager @ CUF)

17:40 – 18:00 🎤 Open Mic: Get to know me - Participants take the stage & networking

Don't miss your chance to connect with the people building healthcare's sustainable future.

The event takes place in the auditorium of building 2