Towards a Sustainable Built Environment: Challenges & Innovation
LNEC Congress Center | Lisbon | Portugal | 8-9 October 2025

Speakers

HIGH-LEVEL ROUND TABLE

Laura Caldeira

Laura Caldeira

President of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering
Margarida Balseiro Lopes

Margarida Balseiro Lopes

Minister of Youth, Modernization and Culture
(to be confirmed)
Filipa Roseta

Filipa Roseta

Lisbon City Councilor for Housing

 

Paulo Lopes Silva

Paulo Lopes Silva

Guimarães City Hall
José Mendes

José Mendes

Fundação Mestre Casais
Universidade do Minho
João Maria Jonet

João Maria Jonet

Political Commentator

 

Daniela Ferreira

Daniela Ferreira

Chair
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

 

 

SESSION 1 - Innovative Technologies for Construction

Keynote Lectures

André Borrmann

André Borrmann

Technical University of Munich
Peter Richner

Peter Richner

Empa – Materials Science and Technology

 

António Cabaço

António Cabaço

Chair
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

 

 

Round Table

André Borrmann

André Borrmann

Technical University of Munich
Peter Richner

Peter Richner

Empa – Materials Science and Technology
Pedro Andrade

Pedro Andrade

Innovation Manager, CTO, Blufab, Casais Group

 

Ana Proença

Ana Proença

Chair
Member of the board of directors of IHRU

 

 

SESSION 2 - Living 4 Tomorrow

Speakers – Non-Conference Format

Alexandre Quintanilha

Alexandre Quintanilha

Universidade do Porto, ICBAS e i3S
Miguel Saraiva

Miguel Saraiva

Saraiva+Associados – Arquitetura e Urbanismo, S.A.
Joana Castro e Almeida

Joana Castro e Almeida

Councilor for Urbanism, for Information Systems and Smart City, and for Transparency and Corruption Prevention of Lisbon City Council

 

Patrícia Canelas

Patrícia Canelas

Technical University of Munich
Marta Vicente

Marta Vicente

National Laboratory for Civil Engineering
João Luís Parracha

João Luís Parracha

National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

 

Lia Vasconcelos

Lia Vasconcelos

Chair
FCT NOVA School of Science & Technology

 

 

Round Tables – Nonconference format

Moderation and Facilitation

Lia Vasconcelos

Lia Vasconcelos

Chair
FCT NOVA School of Science & Technology
Maria João Freitas

Maria João Freitas

Facilitation
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

 

 

 

SESSION 3 - Sustainable buildings and circular economy

José  Ignacio Alvarez

José Ignacio Alvarez

Universidade de Navarra
Maria  Rosário Veiga

Maria Rosário Veiga

National Laboratory for Civil Engineering

 

Jorge Patrício

Jorge Patrício

Chair
National Laboratory for Civil Engineering