CHRC at the 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences

CHRC at the 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences

Between October 24th and 25th of 2024, the 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences will several important participations of the CHRC Coordinator and DEAN of the NOVA Medical School, Helena Canhão as chair of this edition, and the CHRC researchers, Deborah Aluh and Bruno Heleno.

The Estoril Conferences are driven by the desire to be an education project and a pedagogical tool to create an impact on society. These Conferences have always believed in the extraordinary role of people in changing the course of history and brought to Portugal some of the most prestigious world and national leaders in politics, business and universities, and civil society, including several Nobel Prize Laureates and Heads of State, to discuss the main global challenges that the world is facing.

Organized by Nova School of Business & Economics and NOVA Medical School, 'Time to ReThink' is the motto chosen for this edition, proposing dialogue for collective action in overcoming the most pressing global challenges. The Conferences are linked to 5 essential pillars in this 9th edition: Peace, Policies, Planet, Artificial Intelligence & Technology and Health & Longevity.

CHRC coordinator, Helena Canhão, will be responsible for the Opening Ceremony of the 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences, along with Pedro Oliveira, Director of Nova SBE and Carlos Carreiras, Mayor of Cascais. In addition to this moment, Helena Canhão will also present the Digital Data Design Institute of Nova SBE, within the “AI&Tech” category, and  the Nova Longevity Institute from NOVA Medical in the “Health & Longevity” category.

We also sill have the intervention from the CHRC and NMS researcher, Bruno Heleno, who will intervene as a moderator of the Conference “Is the Obsession With Health Turning Aging Into a Medical Condition?”, within the Health & Longevity category, whose thematic was related to overdiagnosis and medicalization of the elderly population.

On the last day, the CHRC researcher, Deborah Aluah, will be responsible for the Conference within the “Health & Longevity” category, called “What Can Be Done to End Coercion in Mental Healthcare”, where the world of mental health care will be explored through her, considered a new and innovative voice in this field, as she discusses strategies for compassionate and ethical treatment around the world, based on her extensive research between Nigeria and Portugal.

The 9th edition of the Estoril Conferences is organized by the Nova School of Business & Economics and the NOVA Medical School, in partnership of Harvard's Digital Data Design Institute (D^3), a prestigious Harvard Institute dedicated to the study of impact of new technologies in the world, which adds to the co-organization of the event with Cascais City Municipality and Turismo de Portugal.

 

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Author

Andreia Santos

Researchers

Helena Canhão

Bruno Heleno

Deborah Oyine Aluh