Provisional General Program

08:30

CHECK-IN & WELCOME DESK

Reception — GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:15

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SESSION

GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:30

CONFERENCE OPENING CEREMONY

Music Department of the University of Minho

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Music for Pieces of Wood (10 min.)

Elliot Cole (b. 1984)
Postludes (5 min.)

09:50

WELCOME & CURATORIAL STATEMENT

Opening Futures — Attuning to Nature’s Intelligence

DESIGN COMMIT General Chairs

10:00

European Green Capital 2026

Design as a Public Tool for Ecological Transition

Isabel Loureiro

Board Member, Guimarães 2026 - European Green Capital

Representing the Mayor of Guimarães City Council

Ricardo Araújo

10:15

PORTUGUESE DESIGN

Industry, Responsibility and Future Practice

Moderation: Fátima Pombo
Director, ID+ — Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture

Panelists
Toni Grilo
Designer

Filipe Alarcão
Designer

11:00

COFFEE BREAK

GA - Foyer Floor 2

11:30

TRANSDISCIPLINARY PATHS

Design, Public Responsibility and Planetary Transitions

Moderation: Rita Almendra
Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon
Research & Education in Design Research Group (REDES) from the Center for Research in Architecture Urbanism and Design (CIAUD).

Panelists
Helena Freitas
Professor of Ecology, University of Coimbra
Coordinator, CFE — Centre for Functional Ecology
Science for People & the Planet

João Pedro Costa
President, CIAUD — Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design

Fátima Pombo
Director, ID+ — Research Institute for Design, Media and Culture

Maria Paula Trigueiros Silva Cunha
LAB2PT — Laboratory of Landscape, Heritage and Territory 

Carlos Ribeiro
President, Landscape Laboratory

12:30

DESIGN AS A STRATEGIC DRIVER

Public Innovation, Industry and Territorial Transition

Moderation: Fernando Moreira da Silva
Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon
Research & Education in Design Research Group (REDES) from the Center for Research in Architecture Urbanism and Design (CIAUD).

Panelists
Sílvia Garcia
Executive Board Member
National Innovation Agency (ANI)

Alexandra Vilela
President of the Managing Authority
COMPETE 2030

Madalena Alves
President of the board of Directors
Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)

13:30

LUNCH BREAK

Restaurant Floor -1

14:30

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16:00

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1

Session 1A | Thematic Echoes meeting room 1
Session 1B | Thematic Listen meeting room 2
Session 1C | Thematic Nurture meeting room 3 

16:00

COFFEE BREAK

GA - Foyer Floor 2

16:30

-

18:00

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1 

Session 2A | Thematic Regeneration meeting room 1
Session 2B | Thematic Systemic meeting room 2
Session 2C | Thematic Echoes meeting room 3 

18:00

WELCOME COCKTAIL & MUSIC MOMENT

Café Concerto (CCVF) Floor -1

18:30

EMERGING VOICES — FLASH TALKS

Designing Futures from the Margins

Café Concerto (CCVF) Floor -1

08:30

CHECK-IN & WELCOME DESK

Reception — GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:15

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SESSION

GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:30

KEYNOTE

Fernando Laposse

Learning with Nature: Materials, Systems and Regenerative Design Practice

10:15

DESIGN AT HUMAN & TERRITORIAL SCALE

Material, Culture and Responsible Making

Speaker: Hugo Silva
DAM - From Industrial Legacy to Contemporary Craft Intelligence

Speakers: Luís Lima & Patrícia Gomes
Matterpieces - Stone, Territory and Contemporary Material Expression

11:00

COFFEE BREAK

GA - Foyer Floor 2

11:30

FROM LOCAL INTELLIGENCE TO GLOBAL IMPACT

Curating Design Across Territories

Origin Made

Speakers
Gabriel Tan and Cherie Er

12:00

DESIGN AS A STRATEGIC INTERFACE

Technology, Industry and Green Transition

Moderation: Paulo Cruz
School of Architecture, Art and Design (EAAD), University of Minho
Lab2PT — Laboratory of Landscape, Heritage and Territory

Panelists
Joana Ferreira
Head of Design | Amorim Cork Solutions — Flooring

António Braz Costa
CITEVE
Textile innovation, materials research and sustainable production

Francisco Neves
Stravillia Sustainability Hub

12:45

PORTUGAL AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN GLOBAL MARKETS

Industrial Capability, Skilled Manufacturing and Internationalisation

Speaker
Sara Santos
Business Development Manager for Home Decor Sector / International Trade and Promotion Department
AICEP — Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency

13:00

LIPOR — From Waste Management to Biodiversity Systems

Circular Infrastructure as Regenerative Design

Speaker
Diana Nicolau
Head of Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility
LIPOR

13:30

LUNCH BREAK

Restaurant Floor -1

14:30

-

16:00

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1

Session 3A | Thematic Systemic meeting room 1
Session 3B | Thematic Echoes meeting room 2
Session 3C | Thematic Cross-Cutting meeting room 3 

16:00

COFFEE BREAK

GA - Foyer Floor 2

16:30

-

18:00

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1 

Session 4A | Thematic Echoes meeting room 1
Session 4B | Thematic Systemic meeting room 2
Session 4C | Thematic Cross-Cutting meeting room 3 

18:00

GUIDED TERRITORIAL TOUR

Learning with Nature — In Place

CCVF → (Pousada de Santa Marinha), guided botanical tour

19:30

GALA DINNER

Pousada Mosteiro de Guimarães

08:30

CHECK-IN & WELCOME DESK

Reception — GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:15

TECHNICAL SUPPORT SESSION

GA (Grande Auditório / Main Auditorium)

09:30

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1

Session 5A | Thematic Systemic meeting room 1
Session 5B | Thematic Cross-Cutting meeting room 2
Session 5C | Thematic Echoes meeting room 3 

11:00

COFFEE BREAK

GA - Foyer Floor 2

11:30

THEMATIC SESSIONS

Meeting Rooms — Palácio (CCVF), Floor 1

Session 6A | Thematic Systemic meeting room 1
Session 6B | Thematic Regeneration meeting room 2
Session 6C | Thematic Nurture meeting room 3

13:00

LUNCH BREAK

Restaurant Floor -1

00:00

TEATRO JORDÃO

14:30

MUSIC WELCOME

Music Department of the University of Minho

Martin-Joseph Mengal (1784–1851)
Quartet Op. 19, No. 2 — Grazioso (6 min.)

Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
Six Sonatas for Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon
Quartet No. 1 in F major — Allegro moderato (6 min.)

15:00

KEYNOTE

Mary Reynolds

Learning with Nature: The Intelligence of Place

15:45

KEYNOTE

Anna Heringer

Design as Ethical Practice: Limits, Care and the Courage to Design Differently

16:30

KEYNOTE

Rui Coutinho

Designing Large Systems: From Industrial Logic to Nature-Informed Futures
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17:15

CONFERENCE CLOSING SESSION

Announcement of the Climate Residencies Programme

Carlos Ribeiro

President, Landscape Laboratory

DESIGN COMMIT FINAL STATEMENT