Program
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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Manuel Machado Macedo Room
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Auditorium 3 - EGAS MONIZ
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ||
| 11:00 - 12:30 | ||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | ESCI MEMBERS Meeting | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Rheumatology session-1: Precision medicine in Rheumatology : from biomarker to patient, integrating the gender perspective. | Cardiovascular and renal session-1: Joint Session ESC WG Thrombosis, WG on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology and WG on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation and ESCI |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Rheumatology session-2: Innovative Pain Management Strategies in Rheumatic Diseases: Recent Advances Improving Patients’ Lives | Cardiovascular and renal session-2: Molecular and Translational Insights in Cardiometabolic Disease |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Opening Lecture | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
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Auditorium 1 - ERNESTO ROMA
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Auditorium 2 - CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | Workshop: From Fundamental Discovery to Clinical Impact | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee-break morning
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Pre-meeting Course: From Prediction to Clinical Practice: Tools and Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Modelin | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | ||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-1: Diabesity in 2035: Risk, Prevention and Precision Therapy | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-1: Tumor Immunology and Cancer Microenvironment |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-2: The Gut as a Metabolic Command Center: Microbiota, Hormones and Extracellular Vesicles | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-2: Novel therapeutic targets in clinical oncology |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | ||
| 17:30 - 18:30 | ||
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
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Manuel Machado Macedo Room
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|---|---|
| 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Rheumatology session-1: Precision medicine in Rheumatology : from biomarker to patient, integrating the gender perspective. |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
|
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Rheumatology session-2: Innovative Pain Management Strategies in Rheumatic Diseases: Recent Advances Improving Patients’ Lives |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
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Auditorium 3 - EGAS MONIZ
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | ESCI MEMBERS Meeting |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Cardiovascular and renal session-1: Joint Session ESC WG Thrombosis, WG on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology and WG on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation and ESCI |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
|
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Cardiovascular and renal session-2: Molecular and Translational Insights in Cardiometabolic Disease |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Opening Ceremony |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Opening Lecture |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
|
|
Auditorium 1 - ERNESTO ROMA
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|
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Workshop: From Fundamental Discovery to Clinical Impact |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee-break morning
|
| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-1: Diabesity in 2035: Risk, Prevention and Precision Therapy |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
|
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-2: The Gut as a Metabolic Command Center: Microbiota, Hormones and Extracellular Vesicles |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
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Auditorium 2 - CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee-break morning
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| 11:00 - 12:30 | Pre-meeting Course: From Prediction to Clinical Practice: Tools and Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Modelin |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-1: Tumor Immunology and Cancer Microenvironment |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-2: Novel therapeutic targets in clinical oncology |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Welcome Drinks and Champions League Universities
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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| 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Coffee-break afternoon
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Thursday, June 4, 2026
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Neuroscience session-1: Psychedelics in Depression: Friend or Foe? |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | A. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group A) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Neuroscience session-2: Synaptic Dysfunction Across Brain Aging, Metabolic Disease and Alzheimer’s Pathology |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Brief Oral Session 1 (Neuroscience) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | B. Lunch & Poster Session (Group B) |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Neuroscience session-3: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Neuroscience: Opportunities and Limitations |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | |
| 17:50 - 18:50 | |
| 20:00 - 0:00 | ASM Dinner |
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Manuel Machado Macedo Room
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-1: Mitochondria, Aging, and Women’s Health |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | A. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group A) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-2: Mitochondria in Obesity (special PAS GRAS session) |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | B. Lunch & Poster Session (Group B) |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-3: Evaluation of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | |
| 17:50 - 18:50 | |
| 20:00 - 0:00 | ASM Dinner |
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Auditorium 3 - EGAS MONIZ
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Cardiovascular session-3: Joint session EU-METAHEART COST ACTION - ESCI |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | A. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group A) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Cardiovascular session-4: Joint session: ESC- ESCI |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Brief Oral Session 1 (Cardiovascular) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | B. Lunch & Poster Session (Group B) |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Cardiovascular session-5: Advances in Cardiorenal and Cardiovascular Disease |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | Round Table session 2: Women’s Life Transitions: Mechanisms, Risks, and Health Trajectories | Cardiovascular and Immune Mechanisms in Women Across the Lifespan |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | Brief Oral Session 2 and Coffee-break (Cardiovascular) |
| 17:50 - 18:50 | Satellite Symposium: Pas Gras |
| 20:00 - 0:00 | ASM Dinner |
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Auditorium 2 - CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO
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| 8:30 - 10:00 | Rheumatology session-3: Women and Rheumatology: from Pregnancy to Menopause in the Era of Targeted Therapies |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | A. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group A) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-3: Precision Medicine and Translational Oncology |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Brief Oral Session 1 (Oncology) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | B. Lunch & Poster Session (Group B) |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Clinical and Molecular Oncology session-4: Gene and Cell Therapy in Oncology |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | Round Table session 3: Women’s Life Transitions: Mechanisms, Risks, and Health Trajectories | Mitochondrial Function and Brain Health in Women’s Life Transitions |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | Brief Oral Session 2 and Coffee-break (Oncology) |
| 17:50 - 18:50 | |
| 20:00 - 0:00 | ASM Dinner |
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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|
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 10:00 | Neuroscience session-1: Psychedelics in Depression: Friend or Foe? |
| 10:00 - 11:00 | A. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group A) |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Neuroscience session-2: Synaptic Dysfunction Across Brain Aging, Metabolic Disease and Alzheimer’s Pathology |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Brief Oral Session 1 (Neuroscience) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | B. Lunch & Poster Session (Group B) |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Neuroscience session-3: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Neuroscience: Opportunities and Limitations |
| 16:00 - 16:50 | |
| 16:50 - 17:50 | |
| 17:50 - 18:50 | |
| 20:00 - 0:00 | ASM Dinner |
Friday, June 5, 2026
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Manuel Machado Macedo Room
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Auditorium 3 - EGAS MONIZ
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-4: Mitochondria in Immunity and Inflammation | Cardiovascular session-6: Novel Pathways and Clinical Challenges in Cardiovascular and Renal Disease |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-5: Mitochondrial Genetics and Medicine | Cardiovascular session-7: New Perspectives in Cardiorenal Disease and Heart Failure |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Final remarks | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | ESCI Awards | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Albert Struyvenberg Medal | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Closing Ceremony | |
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Auditorium 1 - ERNESTO ROMA
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Auditorium 2 - CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-6: Rewiring Metabolism Through Lifestyle: Nutrition, Exercise and Circadian Rhythm | Women’s Health session-1: Endocrine and Metabolic Determinants of Pregnancy Outcomes |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-7: From Bench to Breakthroughs: Future Therapeutic Frontiers in Metabolic Disorders | Women’s Health session-2: Sex as a Biological Variable: Implications for Vascular Health, Immunity, and Therapeutics |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | ||
| 14:30 - 15:30 | ||
| 15:30 - 16:30 | ||
| 16:30 - 17:00 | ||
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Manuel Machado Macedo Room
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|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-4: Mitochondria in Immunity and Inflammation |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Mitochondria: physiology and pathology session-5: Mitochondrial Genetics and Medicine |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Auditorium 3 - EGAS MONIZ
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Cardiovascular session-6: Novel Pathways and Clinical Challenges in Cardiovascular and Renal Disease |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Cardiovascular session-7: New Perspectives in Cardiorenal Disease and Heart Failure |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Final remarks |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | ESCI Awards |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Albert Struyvenberg Medal |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Closing Ceremony |
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Auditorium 1 - ERNESTO ROMA
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|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-6: Rewiring Metabolism Through Lifestyle: Nutrition, Exercise and Circadian Rhythm |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Endocrinology, Metabolism & Liver session-7: From Bench to Breakthroughs: Future Therapeutic Frontiers in Metabolic Disorders |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Auditorium 2 - CAROLINA BEATRIZ ÂNGELO
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| 9:00 - 10:30 | Women’s Health session-1: Endocrine and Metabolic Determinants of Pregnancy Outcomes |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Women’s Health session-2: Sex as a Biological Variable: Implications for Vascular Health, Immunity, and Therapeutics |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Sala dos Actos - Nobel Room
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|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | C. Coffee Break & Poster Session (Group C) |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | D. Lunch & Poster Session (Group D) |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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