DIARY NEWS BIG CONFERENCE
June 15, 2026. Champalimaud Foundation Auditorium, Lisbon
Provisional Program
08:30 – Reception of guests
09:00 – Welcome by Filipe Alves, Director of Diário de Notícias
09h05 – Opening by Leonor Beleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation
09h20 – The world in 2026
Ana Miguel dos Santos, Defense and Security Specialist
António Martins da Cruz, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Luís Amado, former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jaime Nogueira Pinto, Historian
Moderated by Leonídio Paulo Ferreira, Deputy Director of DN
10:20 am – Coffee Break
10:50 am – Conversation on stage with António Leitão Amaro, Minister of the Presidency
11:10 am – Cyber threats and new risks
Hugo Costeira, Vice President of Rubidex.ai for European Operations
Lino Santos, Coordinator of the National Cybersecurity Center
Sandra Maximiano, President of Anacom*
Moderated by Nuno Vinha, Deputy Director of DN
11:40 am – Keynote Speaker: Gonçalo Saraiva Matias, Minister of State Reform
12:00 – Health in the 21st century: universality, ethics and technology
João Varandas Fernandes, Doctor and University Professor
Maria de Belém Roseira, former Minister of Health
TBC Speaker
Moderated by Cecília Carmo, Deputy Director of DN
12:40 pm – Lunch break
2:20 pm – The Portuguese economy in 2026
Jorge Rebelo de Almeida, President of the Vila Galé Group
Marco Galinha, President of the BEL Group
Salvador de Mello, CEO of the Jose de Mello Group
TBC Speaker
Moderated by Margarida Vaqueiro Lopes, Deputy Director of DN and Executive Director of Dinheiro Vivo
3:00 pm – Technology and AI: ethics, innovation and geopolitics
António Costa e Silva, former Minister of Economy
Diogo Madeira, Director of Huawei Portugal
Luísa Ribeiro Lopes, CEO of .PT
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, former Minister of the Presidency and MEP
Moderated by Nuno Vinha, Deputy Director of DN
3:50 pm – Coffee Break
4:20 pm – Keynote Speaker: Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, Minister of State and Finance
4:40 pm – Portugal in the Age of Uncertainty
Diogo Feio, Lawyer
Elisa Ferreira, Former European Commissioner
Guilherme D’Oliveira Martins, Jurist
Moderated by Filipe Alves, Director of DN
5:20 pm – Presentation of DN/BEL Awards to three personalities who stood out in different areas of Portuguese society. The delivery will be carried out by the President of the BEL Group, shareholder of the Global Media Group, Marco Galinha and by Filipe Alves, director of Diário de Notícias.
5:40 pm – Final comment by Marco Galinha, President of the BEL Group
5:50 pm – Closing by the President of the Republic, António José Seguro*
– To be confirmed
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