Theme: Compass

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Aula Magna
Edifício da Reitoria, Alameda da Universidade
Lisboa, Lisboa, 1649-004
Portugal

Ana Basílio

Political science student

Ana Basílio is a political science student at Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), from Universidade de Lisboa. Vice-president of her faculty's political science students organisation, she is a human rights activist, a passion that is growing stronger every day.

Bia Berry

Musician + Student

Since she was little she has interest in music. With Ricardo Quintas' help, Bia began to produce its own songs! Her enormous potential led Rui Carvalho to join the team and they are currently producing their first album of originals, after the recent release of Nevermind EP.

Catarina Holstein

Talent strategist

Catarina worked for six years in a multinational company to quit and travel the world while developing competencies and exploring her passions and talents, a personal development program she called MLA - Master in Life Adventures. Today, Catarina calls herself a Talent Strategist, working with people to help them find, explore and leverage their talents, so they can live purposefully and be happy, every day.

Daniel Caramujo

Psychology student

Daniel is a student at Lisbon's Catholic University, attending his last year in a major in psychology. He is passionate about the subjects that psychology teaches him and was never the social being, with his days mostly occupied with swimming practices, that he later dropped out due to injuries, studying and travelling.

Gonçalo Fonseca

Photographer

Documentary photographer based in Lisbon, working on Health and Human Rights stories, Gonçalo Fonseca decided to follow his passion for photography to give voice to those who do not have it. He has worked as freelancer in multiple countries to witness and spread the injustices in the world. His work has been published in TIME, Washington Post, El País, Euronews, among others.

Joana Lobo Antunes

Science communicator

Science communicator, she is dedicated to stimulate a better communication between scientists and society through storytelling and theatrical improvisation. For Joana Lobo Antunes, scientists sharing their work in an appealing and rigorous way is the first step to stimulate a productive dialogue with society and to make science part of culture. She is host of the radio program "90 seconds of Science" and President of the SciComPT Network.

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Researcher + Cartography historian

Retired Navy Officer, where he specialised in Navigation and Hydrography and completed a Master’s in Physical Oceanography, Joaquim Alves Gaspar decided to retire and start a new career, this time as a researcher in History of Cartography. He leads the Medea-Chart research project at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, where he develops innovative techniques for analysing old cartography letters. Joaquim intends not only to solve important historiographical questions but also to revolutionise the discipline itself, creating new lines of research and training a new generation of cartography historians.

Leyla Acaroglu

Sustainability Provocateur + Designer + Sociologist

Sustainability provocateur, designer, and sociologist, Dr. Leyla Acaroglu challenges people to think differently about how the world works. As an UNEP Champion of the Earth, she is internationally known for her creative approaches to addressing complex problems, as she activates positive social change through creative interventions and systems thinking. She is the founder of The UnSchool, an experimental knowledge lab for adults, the developer of the Disruptive Design Method, and most recently founded the CO Project Farm Brain Spa, in Tomar, Portugal.

Marco Rodrigues

Happiness Coach

Born premature, at 6 months and 3 weeks, Marco was faced with the biggest and hardest battle of his life: cerebral palsy. Contrary to medical expectations, Marco holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and trains frequently in the gym. He is optimistic by nature, curious and argues that the balance for a good life comes from a strong spirit, capable of overcoming all limitations (physical and mental). For him, the secret of life is people, and he firmly believes that the act of unconditional love can overcome any challenge in life.

Nuno Santos

Author + Coach + Athlete

The day doctors found he had bone cancer was the day he started to rewrite his story. He did chemotherapy, autotransplant, radiotherapy and a hip removal surgery. Later on he decided that amputating his leg would bring him the quality of life that he was looking for. Today, he manages to live without pain nor any sort of limitations. He exercises daily and motivates others in similar situations. He recently published the book “Vida Acrescentada”, a biographic narrative of overcoming and hope.

Pedro Pereira (P3DRA)

Musician

Singer and composer, Pedro has participated in projects like Meninos da Avó and 432, and he is well known in the field of musical performances and production of recreational-formative content. Curiosity: Pedro has given voice to the famous bear Balu, from the Book of the Jungle (PT version)!

Tiago Grade (Rizumik)

Musician + Dancer + Actor + Beatboxer

Tiago (RIZUMIK) is an award-winning artist, performer, musician, dancer, actor, teacher, entertainer, photographer, writer, born in Lisbon. RIZUMIK stands for artistic expression as the closest form of connection to the source. Having worked at Cirque du Soleil and THE VOCA PEOPLE, Tiago values mainly improvisation, humor and the art of movement in his performances, using mainly beatbox, singing and percussion.

Winy Mule

Law student

Winy Mule is a women empowerer and a law student at University of Lisbon. Angolan, she lived in Namibia and Turkey, the latter to study International Relations in Eastern Mediterranean University and, also, because she wanted to learn about middle eastern politics. After years of living in a muslim culture society, she started helping and inspiring women to be the best version of themselves. In Portugal, she is doing the same and, in the future, she plans to work with agencies with the same goals.